Rio de Janeiro - On November 21, The United Kingdom Ambassador in Brazil, Mr. Vijay Rangarajan, visited the Brazilian Peace Operations Joint Training Center (CCOPAB, acronym in Portuguese). His delegation was composed of Mr. Simon Wood, UK General Consul in Rio de Janeiro; Captain (Navy) Kevin Fleming, Military Defense Attaché of the United Kingdom in Brazil; Mrs. Caitlin Smith, Second Secretary and Mrs. Cecília Bijos, Assistant of the Military Defense Attaché.
Rio de Janeiro- On November 14, the Brazilian Peace Operations Joint Training Center (CCOPAB, acronym in Portuguese) was present at the Annual Foreign Relations Conference, also known as Model United Nations, which was held at the Brazilian Institute for Rehabilitation Medicine (IBMR, acronym in Portuguese). Lieutenant Commander (Marines) Álvaro Tadeu Ribeiro attended the opening ceremony of the event as a representative of CCOPAB. The conference counted on the presence of Mrs. Giulia Scortegagna, Administrative General Secretary and of Professor Leonardo Braga, Coordinator of Foreign Relations Course at IBMR.
Rio de Janeiro (RJ) - On 20 November, the Brazilian Peace Operations Joint Training Center, Sérgio Vieira de Mello Center, welcomed COL Ronnie Nilsson and MAJ Peter Sterner, commander and instructor of the Swedish Armed Forces International Centre (SWEDINT), respectively. The purpose of the visit was to strengthen the bonds between both centers.
Rio de Janeiro (RJ) - The Brazilian Peace Operations Joint Training Center - Sérgio Vieira de Mello Center keeps supporting Operation Acolhida. On 7 November, CCOPAB sent 1LT Wander, 1SGT (Marine) Mamede and 3SGT Jonathas to Roraima. As part of a regular rotation, this is the fourth team CCOPAB sends to the area of operation.
Brasília (DF) - On 13 November, COL Machado, commander of the Brazilian Peace Operations Joint Training Center, visited the office of the EU Delegation to Brazil.
Rio de Janeiro (RJ) - The Brazilian Peace Operations Joint Training Center, Sérgio Vieira de Mello Center, aims at training military, police and civilian personnel from Brazil and friendly nations to work in peace mission and humanitarian demining. There are five members of State Police taking the current Military Experts on Mission (UNPOL) course (EPMP, acronym in Portuguese).
