On February 8, Director Paul J. Angelo represented the Perry Center as an observer at the 2023 Central American Security Conference, co-hosted by US Southern Command and Costa Rica’s Ministry of Public Security. US and Central American security leaders from 13 nations gathered to discuss 
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The 2023 Webinar Series opened on January 26 with a discussion on “Countering Disinformation in the Americas” featuring guest speaker Ambassador John Feeley, Executive Director for the Center for Media Integrity of the Americas (CMIA). WJPC professor Celina Realuyo moderated this event which was attended 
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On March 17, the Perry Center held the Hemispheric Forum, “Understanding the Colombian Peace Process,” in which experts engaged a diverse audience of policymakers, military officials, and academics. Featured speakers were Adam Isacson from the human rights advocacy organization Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA), 
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On December 6, 2022 Perry Center Professor Celina Realuyo spoke on the role of China and Mexican cartels in deadly fentanyl trafficking and money laundering on the Illicit Financing panel at the 23rd Parliamentary Intelligence-Security Forum (PISF) at the US Senate. PISF convened over 200 
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On Monday, July 17, 48 students arrived at the William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies for the two-week resident phase of the Caribbean Defense and Security Course (CDSC). Participants from 14 countries in the Caribbean traveled to Washington, DC, to engage with regional 
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On March 19, a delegation of instructors and students from the Inter-American Air Forces Academy (IAAFA) participated in an academic exchange with Perry Center. The delegation consisted of Air Force officers from Guatemala, Colombia, Brazil, Honduras, Dominican Republic, Panama, and the United States. Earlier in 
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On Friday, September 27th 2019 the William J Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies celebrated the graduation of 76 students representing 12 Western Hemisphere countries from its Defense Governance and Cyber Policy and Development courses. The participants spent the last two weeks in residency at 
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The William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies recently convened representatives from the Latin American and Caribbean diplomatic community for its 2022 Washington Security and Defense Seminar (WSDS), held November 1-3, in Washington, DC. The annual three-day seminar featured more than 30 top officials, 
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On November 16, 2022, Dr. Boris Saavedra and Professor Celina Realuyo participated in the Follow-up Meeting of the Advanced Seminar on Regional Security Mexico-United States of America at the Universidad de las Americas Puebla (UDLAP), Mexico with more than 50 participants. Professor Realuyo spoke about 
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On November 6, Perry Center Professor Guillermo Pacheco participated in a videoconference (VTC) program with the Graduate School of Higher Strategic Studies (EGAEE) in the Dominican Republic. This lecture on defense policy was coordinated and proposed by EGAE and was designed to complement the EGAEE 
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