A series of recent corruption scandals in Latin America and the Caribbean threatens to destabilize a number of nations that are already suffering from organized crime, weak institutions, and the highest levels of violence in the world. On July 15, 2015, the Perry Center examined 
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The Perry Center started its Caribbean Defense and Security Course (CDSC) with the arrival of over 50 students for the two-week in-person phase of the course. Student participants hail from 18 countries in the region and will examine common security issues that face each of 
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On July 7, 2015, Marcos Robledo Hoecker, Chile’s Undersecretary of Defense, visited the Perry Center in support of the US-Chilean Defense Consultative Commission. The visit included a roundtable discussion of the inter-American defense and its relationship to the South American Defense Council.
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The Inter-American Air Force Academy visited the Perry Center as part of their course trip to Washington, DC. The group was comprised of thirty commissioned and non-commissioned officers. Additionally, eight officers and NCOs from the school’s faculty and staff were in attendance. They were received 
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Perry Center Professor Pat Paterson participated via video teleconference in the 10th Annual Miguel Grau International Humanitarian Law Conference in Lima, Peru. The annual event has been held since 2006 and is hosted by the Peruvian Ministry of Justice and Human Rights. This year’s event 
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On June 23, the Perry Center hosted Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (PDUSDP) Brian McKeon, for his first visit to the Center. Mr. McKeon and the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Western Hemisphere Affairs, Dr. Rebecca Bill Chavez, participated in a 
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Perry Center Professor of Practice Celina Realuyo was published in NDU/CTNSP’s Shifting Human Environment: How Trends in Human Geography will Shape Future Military Operations – Defense and Technology Paper 107 with an article entitled “The Future Evolution of Transnational Criminal Organizations and the Threat to 
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The Perry Center started the inaugural edition of its Managing Security and Defense course, the first-ever academic program of its kind. Over the next 10 days, about 40 senior defense officials representing 12 countries will analyze the internal processes of security and defense institutions in 
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Perry Center Chief of Staff Jeff Murphy presided over an internal ceremony and reception honoring the service of departing staff member Yesenia Godoy. Ms. Godoy, who has accepted a new position at the Department of Energy, leaves the Center after serving as Assistant Alumni Coordinator 
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A delegation from Mexican Secretariat of Defense’s (SEDENA) Escuela Superior de Guerra (ESG), visited the Perry Center for an organizational briefing and dialogue on emerging defense and security challenges in the Western Hemisphere. The group was composed of a diverse body of security and defense 
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