Southern Pulse Training:

Training	Webinars	Briefings	Presentations	Seminars	Courses

Language
Spanish
Portuguese
English

Duration
Minutes	30 or less	30 - 60	45 - 90
Days				Minimum one day	two to five days

Materials
Slides	One to three	By request	By request	Ten or more	Ten or more/day
Readings				As needed	Included
Video				As needed	Included
Interactive Exercices				As needed	Included

Selected Topics:

Webinars:

• City Security Reports focused on drivers behind violence and the "so what" question: Monterrey, Guadalajara, Guatemala City, São Paulo, Caracas, Lima, Bogotá
• Cargo Theft Reports, focused on "how did they do it?" and "where does it most often occur?": Central Mexico, São Paulo state, Brazil, Guatemala
• Organized Crime overview, focused on "who are the stakeholders and actors?" and the "so what" question: Mexico, Central America, Brazil

Briefings:

• The MS-13: roots, structure, expansion, future
• Los Zetas: roots, structure, expansion, future
• Hugo Chavez: health, 2012 elections, future
• Enrique Peña Nieto: Mexico’s 2012 elections, the future of the PRI
• Northern Triangle: public security in Central America

Presentations:

• Organized crime and its parallel power structures across the Americas, Africa, and Europe.
• The business-driven relationships between street gangs and organized crime across the Americas and inside the US.
• Guatemala: The next generation of Mano Dura under Perez Molina.
• Los Zetas: An Innovative Adversary
• The Threat of Cargo and Systemic Disruptions in Latin America

Seminars:

• Brazil's real security challenge: infrastructure.
• Chinese financial and political structures in Latin America
• Hezbollah and the Threat of Terrorism in Latin America
• Iran: Irrational Investments in Latin America
• Russia: Expansion through Armored Diplomacy
• Made in China: The future of Sino-Latino Friction in South America

Courses:

• Beyond 2012: Over the horizon in Latin America – politics, security, energy, and business (one day)
• Mexican Criminal System: Politicians, Business, Warlords (three days)
• The New, New Left in Latin America (one day)
• Brazil: the Politics of Economics and Security (one day)
• LatAm: History of Modern Day Political and Security Challenges (two days)
• Coming Invasion: The Street Gang, Organized Crime Nexus (one day)
• Corporate Infiltration, Espionage, and Subversion in Latin America (one day)
• Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and Doing Business in Latin America (one day)
• Situational Awareness: Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Venezuela (two days)
• Infrastructure Vulnerabilities in Latin America: Roads, Ports, Airports, Global Economy Choke Points (two days)