Benjamin N. Gedan

Biden’s climate opportunity in Latin America

Guy Edwards, Benjamin N. Gedan | April 27, 2021

As Latin America inches toward recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, it is vital that the region’s governments align their rebuilding strategies with their ...
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Do we have to choose? Argentina’s growing partnership with Beijing and Washington

Benjamin Gedan and Emma Sarfity | July 31, 2019

A new ArgentinaPulse survey conducted by the Wilson Center and Poliarquía indicates that despite U.S. pressure, few in Argentina question economic ties to ...
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Regional pressure on Maduro’s regime must continue despite Mexico’s abdication

Benjamin N. Gedan | January 16, 2019

The shameful decision of the AMLO administration to take a stance of non-intervention on Venezuela will hamper the effectiveness of a regional response, ...
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The U.S. decision to abandon CICIG in Guatemala doesn’t make moral or geostrategic sense

Benjamin N. Gedan | September 6, 2018

U.S. policy is never governed purely by moral calculations. But in the case of CICIG, it is hard to detect any concerns that remotely outweigh the U.S. ...
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In Argentina, is an IMF embrace no longer a political kiss of death?

Benjamin N. Gedan | June 14, 2018

President Macri has touched what used to be the third rails of Argentine politics—settling with holdout bondholders and now seeking a loan from the ...
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Targeting the good guys in a country overrun by villains

Benjamin N. Gedan | May 11, 2018

The recent criticism of CICIG from outside Guatemala is unexpected, unfair and shamefully counterproductive. The attacks only aid the local thugs, crooks ...
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Chile, the Trans Pacific Partnership’s unlikely savior

Anders Beal and Benjamin N. Gedan | February 5, 2018

The Andean country, a proponent of free trade but often a reluctant diplomatic leader, has taken a surprising outsized role in furthering economic ...
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The case for a Nobel Peace Prize for CICIG

Benjamin N. Gedan | October 27, 2017

Despite CICIG’s current challenges in Guatemala, the organization’s work to battle corruption in the trouble Central American country has been remarkable; ...
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The deteriorating U.S.-Argentina relationship

Benjamin N. Gedan | August 31, 2017

While President Trump affirms that the U.S. and Argentina are going to be “great friends,” ties with South America’s second largest economy are fraying.
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