On March 13, the Perry Center hosted a round table discussion and organizational overview for Vice Admiral Marco Antonio Ortega Siu, Coordinator General of the Mexican Marine Corps; Lieutenant General Richard P. Mills, Commander of both the US Marine Forces Reserve and Marine Forces North; 
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On March 11, Perry Center Executive Liaison Officer to USSOUTHCOM Steve Meyer presented a Perry Center overview to an Army South–sponsored Civil-Military Relations Professional Development Exchange at the Honduran Defense Ministry. These overviews serve as the foundation for institutional relationship-building, bringing the mission and resources 
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The federal government was closed on March 17, which would have been the first day for the Perry Center advanced courses residence phase, so courses began officially on March 18 instead. Students arrived in Washington, DC, during the late weekend snowstorm, and spent Monday preparing 
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On March 12, 2014, the Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies hosted a Hemispheric Forum on US engagement related to women in peace and security issues at Abraham Lincoln Hall Auditorium at the National Defense University on Ft. McNair. The Forum was a collaborative effort 
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General (ret.) Carlos Ospina, Chief of Defense Chair and Professor of National Security Affairs, recently published a new book in Colombia titled The Years in Which Colombia Recovered Hope. We sat down with General Ospina to talk about his new publication. Why did you decide 
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On February 28, Perry Center Professor Celina Realuyo participated in the University of Miami Law School’s annual National Security and Armed Conflict (NSAC) Symposium. She served on a panel discussion on the topic of illicit trafficking and national security, discussing topics including international law and 
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From March 3 to 7, the Perry Center conducted a course on Combating Terrorism at the Colombian High School of War (Escuela Superior de Guerra – ESDEGUE) in Bogota, Colombia. The course was a collaborative effort between US Special Operations Command–South (SOCSOUTH), Joint Special Operations 
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On March 1, 2014, Perry Center Professors Isidro Sepúlveda and Guillermo Pacheco participated in an activity organized by the Commander in Chief of the Ministry of Defense in Honduras, in an effort to create a defense community. The professors gave two lectures to approximately 150 
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On March 5, Perry Center professor Dr. R. Evan Ellis made a guest appearance on The John Batchelor Show to speak about the recently announced “China-CELAC Forum” and Chinese engagement in Latin America more broadly. The John Batchelor Show, a national news talk show launched 
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From February 24 to 28, four Perry Center professors delivered a five-day course on “Combating Transnational Organized Crime (CTOC) in the Americas” to 53 military and civilian personnel at USSOUTHCOM Headquarters in Doral, FL. Perry Center Acting Director Ken LaPlante presided over the graduation ceremony.
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