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- June 19, 2009 | In the Field
A scandal involving murder allegations against the president and escalating violence from drug trafficking threaten Guatemala’s stability. Former USIP grantee Anita Isaacs recently traveled to the Central American country, where she witnessed massive demonstrations that exposed the fragility of Guatemala’s democracy.
- May 19, 2008 | In the Field
In May 2008, the United States Institute of Peace's (USIP) Ted Feifer, Maria Jessop-Mandel, and Mary Hope Schwoebel and the Organization of American States' (OAS) Logioco Bautista, presented a course on "Conflict Management and Resolution" to the 64 students of Class XLVII of the Inter-American Defense College (IADC) at Fort McNair.
- May 11, 2007 | In the Field
Senior Training Officer Ted Feifer provided two days of training in communication, negotiation and mediation in cross-cultural and emotional situations to 18 participants in a month-long course conducted by the Spanish non-governmental organization Helsinki Espana.
- May 15, 2006 | In the FieldInternational Conflict Management Seminar for Senior Latin American and Caribbean Military Officials
In conjunction with the Organization of the American States (OAS), the Institute conducted a one-week workshop for over eighty senior Latin American and Caribbean military officials along with special invited guests from the resident military missions for the Inter American Defense College (IADC) at Fort McNair, Washington DC.