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In this episode of the Latin American Program's Plaza Central podcast, Juan Sebastián Chamorro, a Nicaraguan economist and opposition leader imprisoned by Daniel Ortega for 611 days, recounts his time in El Chipote prison, his sudden release and arrival in the United States, and the future of Nicaragua's opposition movement.

In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, we are joined by Benjamin Gedan, Acting Director of the Wilson Center's Latin American Program and the Director of its Argentina Project. He discusses current U.S. policy approaches to Latin America and what shifts have occurred under the Biden administration.  Gedan also highlights how global competition with China has affected U.S. political and economic focus on the region.

Venezuela has lost about a fifth of its population since its economic collapse in 2014. Roughly 6.8 million people have fled the country, creating one of the largest refugee crises in the world. Why does Venezuela's free-fall continue? And how is the U.S. government responding to increasing numbers of Venezuelan refugees? Guest: Cindy Arnson, a distinguished fellow at The Wilson Center and former director of its Latin American Program. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get benefits like zero ads on any Slate podcast, bonus episodes of shows like Slow Burn and Dear Prudence—and you'll be supporting the work we do here on What Next. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to help support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Venezuela has lost about a fifth of its population since its economic collapse in 2014. Roughly 6.8 million people have fled the country, creating one of the largest refugee crises in the world. Why does Venezuela's free-fall continue? And how is the U.S. government responding to increasing numbers of Venezuelan refugees? Guest: Cindy Arnson, a distinguished fellow at The Wilson Center and former director of its Latin American Program. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get benefits like zero ads on any Slate podcast, bonus episodes of shows like Slow Burn and Dear Prudence—and you'll be supporting the work we do here on What Next. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to help support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Venezuela has lost about a fifth of its population since its economic collapse in 2014. Roughly 6.8 million people have fled the country, creating one of the largest refugee crises in the world. Why does Venezuela's free-fall continue? And how is the U.S. government responding to increasing numbers of Venezuelan refugees? Guest: Cindy Arnson, a distinguished fellow at The Wilson Center and former director of its Latin American Program. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get benefits like zero ads on any Slate podcast, bonus episodes of shows like Slow Burn and Dear Prudence—and you'll be supporting the work we do here on What Next. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to help support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Building the Future, Dan Runde is joined by Cynthia Arnson, a distinguished fellow and former director of the Wilson Center's Latin American Program. Arnson is one of the country's foremost experts on the Spanish-speaking countries of the Western Hemisphere. In today's podcast, Dan and Cynthia discuss her impressive career in Latin American affairs, the challenges of entering a male-dominated industry, her predictions for the future of U.S. foreign policy in Latin America, and the trajectory of various Latin American countries.

In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, we are joined by Benjamin Gedan, acting director of the Wilson Center's Latin American Program and the director of its Argentina Project. He recaps the Ninth Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles and highlights what progress has been made on economic recovery, climate change, health, and migration issues among nations in a divided hemisphere.

The U.S. will host the Ninth Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles from June 6-10, 2022. A number of Latin American and Caribbean presidents have said they won't attend, protesting the exclusion of Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua. Others have criticized the Biden administration's lack of ambition and concrete proposals to achieve the Summit's broad goals. In this episode, Latin American Program fellow Dr. Richard Feinberg joins us to discuss what we should expect at this Summit of the Americas.

As a close U.S. ally in the region, Colombia’s competitive May 29 presidential elections will undoubtedly have important implications for the longstanding bilateral relationship. At a May 13 townhall event at USIP, Colombia’s principal vice-presidential candidates discussed their respective policy plans and visions for the country’s future. Speakers Marelen Castillo Vice-Presidential Candidate, Liga de Gobernantes Anticorrupción (Candidate: Rodolfo Hernández) Francia MárquezVice-Presidential Candidate, Pacto Histórico (Candidate: Gustavo Petro) Luis Gilberto MurilloVice-Presidential Candidate, Centro Esperanza (Candidate: Sergio Fajardo) Steve Hege, moderatorDeputy Director, Latin America Program, U.S. Institute of Peace Cynthia Arnson, moderatorDistinguished Fellow, Latin American Program, Woodrow Wilson Center Jason Marczak, moderatorSenior Director, Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center, Atlantic Council For more information about this event, please visit: https://www.usip.org/events/townhall-colombian-vice-presidential-candidates

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has affected all regions of the world, including Latin America. Host Carol Castiel speaks with Benjamin Gedan, deputy director of the Latin American Program at the Woodrow Wilson Center and Eric Farnsworth, vice president of the Council of the Americas and the Americas Society about the impact of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the politics of lifting of two controversial US border policies which affect migration at the southern US border.

In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, our guests are Anders Beal, Andrea Capurro, and Maximiliano Bello. Anders describes a new project from the Latin American Program, Latin America's Environmental Policies in Global Perspective. Andrea and Max discuss their contributions to the project, focusing on ocean health issues. The project is co-sponsored by the Brazil Institute, Environmental Change and Security Program, China Environment Forum, and Global Europe Program. It explores how environmental challenges in Latin America increasingly influence the region's most important diplomatic and economic relationships.

In this edition of Wilson Center NOW we are joined by Benjamin Gedan, Deputy Director of the Wilson Center's Latin American Program and Director of the Argentina Project. With the United States hosting this year's Summit of the Americas, Gedan argues the Biden administration should put environmental protection at the center of the hemispheric agenda.

On this edition of Encounter, host Carol Castiel talks with Doris Meissner, senior fellow at the Migration Policy Institute and Cynthia (Cindy) Arnson, Director of the Latin American Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars about the causes and consequences of the large influx of Central American migrants at the US southern border including urgent humanitarian needs of unaccompanied minors, reasons why so many make the treacherous journey from Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala, and major shortcomings of outmoded US immigration laws.

On this edition of Encounter, host Carol Castiel talks with Doris Meissner, senior fellow at the Migration Policy Institute and Cynthia (Cindy) Arnson, Director of the Latin American Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars about the causes and consequences of the large influx of Central American migrants at the US southern border including urgent humanitarian needs of unaccompanied minors, reasons why so many make the treacherous journey from Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala, and major shortcomings of outmoded US immigration laws.

As Latin America prepares for a new U.S. administration, special guest Dan Restrepo, former Senior Director for Western Hemisphere affairs at the National Security Council under President Obama, joins us to explore the potential hemispheric priorities for President-elect Joseph Biden, including migration, climate, and COVID-19 support. Additionally, Cynthia Arnson, Director of the Wilson Center’s Latin American Program, analyzes Venezuela’s recent National Assembly elections.

In this episode of “Two the Point,” host Benjamin Gedan is joined by Patricia Vásquez, an independent energy expert and author of a new Latin American Program report, “The Lithium Triangle: The Case for Post-Pandemic Optimism,” to discuss the development opportunities and challenges for South America's strategic lithium sector.     

On this Latin American edition Encounter, host Carol Castiel talks with Eric Farnsworth, Vice President of the Council of the Americas and the Americas Society, and Benjamin Gedan, Deputy Director of the Latin American Program at the Woodrow Wilson Center, about the significance of Chile’s referendum on a new constitution, Bolivian election results, the mini US – Brazil trade deal and much more.

Webinar com Lanxin Xiang, intelectual chinês respeitado na China e no Ocidente, PhD pela Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, diretor do Centro de Pesquisa sobre a iniciativa One Belt, One Road, em Xangai, e professor de história e relações internacionais no Graduate Institute of Geneva, onde dirige o projeto The Leibniz Paradox: How the West Misunderstands China. Convidado: LANXIN XIANG Professor de História e Política Internacional no Instituto de Estudos Internacionais e de Desenvolvimento (IHEID, Genebra), é diretor do Centre of One Belt, One Road Studies, at China National Institute for SCO International Exchange and Judicial Cooperation. Graduado pela Fudan University (Xangai), é PhD pela SAIS, Johns Hopkins University, e comentarista no South China Morning Post e no Global Times. Especialista em História e Política Chinesas e em relações entre China, EUA e Europa, seu livro mais recente é The Quest for Legitimacy in Chinese Politics - A new interpretation (2019). Comentários: EMBAIXADOR LUIZ AUGUSTO DE CASTRO NEVES Ex-embaixador do Brasil em Pequim, é presidente do Conselho Empresarial Brasil-China (CEBC) e vice-presidente emérito do CEBRI. Moderação: SERGIO FAUSTO Diretor da Fundação FHC, colaborador do Latin American Program do Baker Institute of Public Policy da Rice University (EUA) e codiretor do projeto Plataforma Democrática e da Coleção "O Estado da Democracia na América Latina".

Gonzalo Schwarz joins Panorama to discuss the moral debates happening within economic policy as well as what can be done to increase economic opportunity and business dynamism in the United States. Afterwards, Luis and Gil talk about why liberals and conservatives often talk past each other when discussing economics and speculate about the policy implications of a more racially diverse Republican party. About the guest: Gonzalo Schwarz is president and CEO of the Archbridge Institute, a newly established public policy think tank devoted to rekindling the American Dream by lifting barriers for upward mobility. Prior to that, Schwarz spent six years with Atlas Network, where he managed the awards and grants program, including the prestigious Fisher Memorial Award and Templeton Freedom Awards, as well as the Leveraging Indices for Free Enterprise Reform program, the Latin American Program, and the Sound Money Project. He holds a master’s degree in economics from George Mason University, and has also spent time working in both academics and other nonprofit organizations. Schwarz is originally from Uruguay, and he has lived in four other countries throughout his life.

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro tests positive for Covid-19 as Brazil trails only the United States in the number of confirmed coronavirus cases and deaths. On this Latin American edition Encounter, host Carol Castiel talks with Eric Farnsworth, Vice President of the Council of the Americas and the Americas Society, and Benjamin Gedan, Deputy Director of the Latin American Program at the Woodrow Wilson Center about the pandemic’s political, economic and social ramifications on the region.

Today's episode features highlights from “Adelante or Déjà vu?”, our recent seminar on Argentina's presidential election, co-hosted by the John Hopkins SAIS. La Nación's Rafael Mathus moderated the panel, featuring our host, Benjamin Gedan; Monica de Bolle, a Johns Hopkins professor and board member of the Wilson Center's Latin American Program; and Paula Alonso, a professor at George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs.

Host Benjamin Gedan is joined by Nicolás Saldías, a senior researcher at the Wilson Center's Latin American Program, to discuss the first round of Uruguay's presidential election, and the possible end to the Frente Amplio's 15-year reign.

Host Benjamin Gedan is joined by Nicolás Saldías, the Argentina Project's senior researcher in the Wilson Center's Latin American Program, who shares on-the-ground insights on how the coronavirus is affecting life and the economy in Uruguay.

Continuing our look at economics in a time of global pandemics, I talk with Benjamin Gedan of the Latin American Program at the Wilson Center to see what Latin America is doing in this crisis, and the prospects for recovery. 

Host Benjamin Gedan is joined by Nicolás Saldías, the Argentina Project’s senior researcher in the Wilson Center's Latin American Program, who shares on-the-ground insights on how the coronavirus is affecting life and the economy in Uruguay.

Dr. Cynthia Arnson, Director of the Latin American Program at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, DC discusses Venezuela--a 60 percent economic collapse since 2013, a 90 percent poverty rate, and some four million citizens fleeing to neighboring countries--and what it means for the region, the US, and the world.

Host Benjamin Gedan is joined by Anne Slaughter Andrew, former U.S. ambassador to Costa Rica and board member at the Wilson Center’s Latin American Program, to discuss climate policy in Latin America.

Host Benjamin Gedan is joined by Nicolás Saldías, a senior researcher at the Wilson Center's Latin American Program, to discuss the first round of Uruguay's presidential election, and the possible end to the Frente Amplio's 15-year reign.

In this edition of Wilson Center NOW we discuss the continuing political and economic crisis in Venezuela with Cynthia Arnson, Director of the Wilson Center’s Latin American Program.  Are Nicolás Maduro’s domestic and foreign allies beginning to waver in their support and how could the politicization of humanitarian aid affect the Venezuelan population?

We're featuring a series this month called “2019: A Look Ahead” and continue with a look at the future of Latin America. In the last 12 months leadership has changed in Latin American countries including Brazil, Cuba and Mexico. Brazil elected a far right president, Jair Bolsonaro, while Mexico has its first leftist president in seven decades, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. And for the first time in over 50 years, the leader of Cuba is not a Castro, it's Miguel Diaz Canel. In the meantime Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was sworn in last week for his second term, even though his reelection is being called illegitimate and the country is in economic turmoil. Host Dan Loney examines many of these issues with William Burke White, Director of The Perry World House and Law Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, and Benjamin GEDAN, Senior Advisor to the Latin American Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Adjunct Professor at Johns Hopkins University and a former South America Director of the National Security Council at The White House. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Eric Farnsworth, Vice President of the "Council of the Americas and the Americas Society and Eric Olson, Associate Director of the Latin American Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, tell host Carol Castiel why Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is the front-runner in Mexico's upcoming election and explain the factors driving Central American immigration to the United States.

Eric Farnsworth, Vice President of the Council of the Americas and the Americas Society, and Eric Olson, Associate Director of the Latin American Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, talk with host Carol Castiel about the re-election of Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro, as well as the upcoming, potentially divisive election in Venezuela pitting a conservative former senator against a leftist former rebel.

Eric Farnsworth, Vice President of the Council of the Americas and the Americas Society, and Eric Olson, Associate Director of the Latin American Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, talk with host Carol Castiel about US President Donald Trump's decision to skip the Summit of the Americas, the Summit agenda focused on fighting corruption and stabilizing Venezuela, and how to overcome tensions between Washington and Latin American nations over NAFTA, border security and drug trafficking.

Eric Farnsworth, Vice President of the Council of the Americas and the Americas Society, and Eric Olson, Associate Director of Latin American Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, discuss with host Carol Castiel the political crisis in Venezuela and implications for the hemisphere.

Authoritarian regimes are under siege in many parts of the world. Some have already given way and others are likely to follow. Building democracies in their place will not be easy or quick, and in some cases it will not happen in the medium term. Much has been learned about how to organize free and fair elections, but building the other institutions and the habits of democratic governance inevitably takes time. Some countries in transition face intense divisions that make democracy challenging to achieve. But the historic possibility of decisive movement from exclusionary and repressive rule toward more open, inclusionary and accountable democratic governance beckons in North and sub-Saharan Africa, Western Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Caribbean. Learning how unexpected transitions toward democracy were accomplished should be of great interest to those who want to understand, undertake or support democratic transitions today. Abraham F. (Abe) Lowenthal has combined two careers: as an analyst of Latin America, US-Latin American relations, comparative democratization and California’s global role, and as the founder and chief executive of three prestigious organizations—the Woodrow Wilson Center’s Latin American Program, the Inter-American Dialogue, and the Pacific Council on International Policy. He has also served as vice-president and as director of studies at the Council on Foreign Relations (New York), and as an official of the Ford Foundation in Latin America. He took his A.B., M.A. and Ph.D. degrees at Harvard University and completed one year at Harvard Law School. He is a non-resident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution and an adjunct research professor at Brown University’s Watson Institute. He is currently preparing a book on “Rethinking US-Latin American Relations in an Age of Transformations,” and has co-edited a symposium volume on “Scholars, Policymakers and International Affairs” to be published by Johns Hopkins in 2014. This event was chaired by Professor the Hon Gareth Evans AC QC, Chancellor of ANU.