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On August 22, 2024, Perry Center Professor Celina Realuyo spoke on "The Financing of Human Trafficking through Cryptocurrencies" at the XXVIII Hemispheric Congress for the Prevention of Money Laundering, Financing of Terrorism and Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction in Panama before an in-person audience of more than 1200 Panamanian and Latin American participants from the public, private and civic sectors.

Today the Perry Center welcomed a high-level delegation from Belize, led by Minister of National Defence and Border Security Florencio Marin Jr., for a full day of consultations focused on the implementation of a National Security Strategy and conceptualization of a National Defence Strategy.

From August 13 to 15, 2024, Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina hosted the "Regional Meeting on the New Challenges for Public Security in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and the United States – United for a Safer Hemisphere."

On August 6, 2024, Professor Celina Realuyo spoke virtually on a panel titled "Organized Crime and Violence in Mexico: Considerations for Future Nearshoring Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)" hosted by University of California San Diego, the Institute of the Americas and the Wilson Center.

The Perry Center warmly welcomes Jeffrey Zinsmeister as Professor of Practice. An attorney and former US diplomat, his work focuses on the intersection between the justice system and international affairs, particularly in the areas of rule of law, cybersecurity and data privacy, organized crime, and the integrity of state institutions.

Perry Center Visiting Professor Brigadier General (ret.) Juan Carlos Gomez of Colombia supported the US Southern Command's Human Rights Office in the implementation of a workshop on human rights training and education for the Guatemalan armed forces.

On 14 August 2024 Perry Center's Dean of Academic Affairs William Godnick made a virtual presentation on military interventions in Latin America's prisons to 780 participants in the Joint Defense Military Academy of Ecuador's academic panel on Strategic Thought in Regional Security.

The Perry Center warmly welcomes Dr. Holly Peirce to the team!

On Tuesday, July 23, The William J. Perry Center and Argentina Global co-sponsored a webinar focused on Argentina's pursuit of becoming a NATO Global Partner. This initiative is part of Argentina's broader efforts to professionalize and modernize its Armed Forces. Argentina follows Colombia as the second Latin American country seeking this relationship.

The week of July 22, 2024 the Perry Center conducted a three-day cybersecurity seminar hosted by the Ministry of Defense for members of the executive branch, military, Congress and the private sector in Guatemala as the country designs and debates a new cybersecurity law.