“You have someone who can predictably manage Argentina’s decline and someone whose attempts to revolutionize economic management can burn down the house. That is basically what is on the menu,” The Wilson Center’s Benjamin Gedan told The Wall Street Journal.

Milei is casting himself as a culture warrior against the creep of the so-called “socialist agenda” appears to be a headwind, Benjamin Gedan of The Wilson Center’s Latin America Program told The Associated Press.

Join Latin America Program, Global Europe Program, European Union in the U.S., and Arsht Latin America Center & Caribbean Initiative for a discussion on how the United States and EU could deepen their joint efforts to defend democracy in the America. 🗓️Monday, November 13 🕒10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. (ET) 📍The Wilson Center

“La segunda vuelta en Argentina es una elección medio extraña, porque se da entre una oposición nueva y extrema, y el ministro de Economía de un país con una economía rota”, comentó Benjamin Gedan, director del The Wilson Center Latin America Program, a La Tercera.

Sipping mate is a South American cultural phenomenon that has endured for centuries. Uruguay boasts the highest per capita mate consumption, Argentina is the world’s top mate producer, and Brazil is the number-one mate exporter. Learn more about mate in our explainer video:

Join McLarty Associates’s Kezia McKeague and The Wilson Center’s Benjamin Gedan for a virtual dialogue with Gustavo Martínez Pandiani🇦🇷, Sergio Massa’s senior foreign policy adviser, to discuss Massa’s foreign policy priorities. 🗓️ Wednesday, November 15, 2023 🕙 10 am - 11 am (ET)

Join McLarty Associates’s Kezia McKeague and The Wilson Center’s Benjamin Gedan for a virtual dialogue with Gustavo Martínez Pandiani🇦🇷, Sergio Massa’s senior foreign policy adviser, to discuss Massa’s foreign policy priorities. 🗓️ Tomorrow 🕙 10 am - 11 am (ET)

“Este es un ejemplo clásico de una elección con el ‘mal menor’. En Argentina se habla de la opción del continuismo o un salto al vacío”, comentó Benjamin Gedan, director del The Wilson Center Latin America Program, a La Tercera.

Considered ‘a gift from the gods’ the yerba mate tree is the main component of South America’s popular caffeinated beverage known as ‘mate.’ Learn more about mate in our latest explainer video:

“La segunda vuelta en Argentina es una elección medio extraña, porque se da entre una oposición nueva y extrema, y el ministro de Economía de un país con una economía rota”, comentó Benjamin Gedan, director del The Wilson Center Latin America Program, a La Tercera.

Sipping mate is a South American cultural phenomenon that has endured for centuries. Uruguay boasts the highest per capita mate consumption, Argentina is the world’s top mate producer, and Brazil is the number-one mate exporter. Learn more about mate in our explainer video:

Considered ‘a gift from the gods’ the yerba mate tree is the main component of South America’s popular caffeinated beverage known as ‘mate.’ Learn more about mate in our latest explainer video:

Sipping mate is a South American cultural phenomenon that has endured for centuries. Uruguay boasts the highest per capita mate consumption, Argentina is the world’s top mate producer, and Brazil is the number-one mate exporter. Learn more about mate in our explainer video:

Considered ‘a gift from the gods’ the yerba mate tree is the main component of South America’s popular caffeinated beverage known as ‘mate.’ Learn more about mate in our latest explainer video:

The approval of President Javier Milei’s economic reform legislation, following intense negotiations, “shows the government learned from its mistakes,” Ana Iparraguirre told my The Wilson Center colleague Facundo Robles, after its take it or leave it approach “clearly backfired.”

Great match, The Canada Institute! We’ll stick to fútbol, you stick to hockey, and we’ll both be champions! 😜🇦🇷⚽🇨🇦 #CopaAmerica

Outside Argentina, it is easy to marvel at the new government’s success eliminating the chronically large budget deficit and sharply reducing the chronically high inflation. Inside Argentina, it is hard to ignore the social costs, including rapidly rising unemployment.

I had so much fun putting together the Latin America Program's summer playlist for our #WeeklyAsado. My favorite? RAWA & Monsieru Periné's Hora Loca open.spotify.com/playlist/5TnC9…

Today, we launched the new Latin America Program regional Working Group on #AI in Mexico City, focused on governance in agriculture, healthcare, and fintech. This effort is in collaboration with Google and our The Wilson Center colleagues from Science and Technology Innovation Program and @MexicoInstitute.

🟢| Highlights of the inaugural working session on #AI governance in Mexico. Latin America Program Science and Technology Innovation Program Eon Institute