We are excited to launch Season 2 of our video series, “Dialogues with the Perry Center,” hosted by Perry Center Professor Dr. Luis Bitencourt. In this Spanish-language episode, Dr. Bitencourt discusses climate change with Perry Center Associate Dean for Research and Publications Dr. Patrick Paterson. 
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On April 8, 2024, Professor Celina Realuyo spoke on “The Globalization and Digitalization of Illicit Networks in the Americas” at the Fourth Meeting of National Authorities on Transnational Organized Crime (RANDOT-IV), which will be held on 8th and 9th April 2024, at OAS headquarters in 
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On Monday, April 22, sixty participants gathered online for our 2024 Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) course. The annual week-long course is among the most popular offered by the Perry Center. This year, participants from 19 Latin American and Caribbean countries heard from experts 
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On April 25, 2024, the Perry Center hosted a Chilean Air Force delegation. Twenty-nine members of the Chilean Air Force led by Commodore Guillermo Pino, Director of the Education Division of the Chilean Air Force, and Colonel Rodrigo Grunert, Director of the Air War Academy, 
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The first Alumni Leaders Summit took place on September 18-22, 2023, at the Perry Center in Washington DC. This workshop was attended by twenty-nine participants from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay. This 
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REPRINTED FROM DIALOGO MAGAZINE The 2023 William J. Perry Award for Excellence in Security and Defense Education was awarded to the University of Guyana’s (UG) Institute for Human Resilience, Strategic Security, and the Future (IHRSSF). The award, bestowed each year upon individuals or institutions in 
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On April 4, 2024, the William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies partnered with Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and The Wilson Center to host the 6th Annual Security Challenges in Latin America Forum–Environmental Protection: Land Use in the Amazon Basin and 
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On March 20, 2024, Perry Center Professor Celina Realuyo testified on the topic of US efforts in disrupting the illicit fentanyl trade through cooperation with China and Mexico at a hearing titled “Strengthening International Cooperation to Stop the Flow of Fentanyl into the United States” 
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On March 21, English and Spanish-speaking alumni from Latin America and the Caribbean gathered in person and virtually for the fourth annual Alumni Day celebration. It was a spectacular example of teamwork and camaraderie among the WJPC graduates from several countries, partner institutions, and WJPC 
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On March 15, the Perry Center concluded the resident phase of two courses: Civil-Military Relations in Armed Violence Reduction and Prevention (AVRP) and Combating Transnational Threat Networks (CTTN). Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Enrique Roig provided the keynote address 
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