Policy-relevant podcast on Argentina, during the country’s historic political and economic transformation, by the Argentina Project, in the Wilson Center’s Latin American Program
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The Argentina Project Podcast is led by host Benjamin Gedan, the Latin American Program’s Deputy Director and former South America Director on the National Security Council at the White House. Each episode features dialogue and exchange with leading experts on Argentine affairs, posing pivotal questions while analyzing the country’s present and future.
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Un Vistazo a las Propuestas Económicas de Milei
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En este episodio del podcast del Proyecto Argentina del Wilson Center, Alejo Czerwonko, director general y director de inversiones para mercados emergentes de las Américas en UBS, platica con Diana Mondino, asesora económica senior del candidato presidencial argrentino Javier Milei, sobre la plataforma económica de Milei y sus perspectivas de cara …
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Argentina’s Election and the Future of its Foreign Relations
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In this episode of the Wilson Center’s Argentina Project podcast, Benjamin Gedan speaks with Francisco de Santibañes, a Wilson Center global fellow and vice president of the Consejo Argentino para las Relaciones Internacionales, about the implications of Argentina’s October election on the nation’s foreign policy, including its relationships with t…
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Casa Rosada to Casa Blanca: Alberto Fernández Comes to Washington
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Argentine President Alberto Fernández took office in December 2019. Last week, more than three years later, he made it to the White House. In this episode of the Wilson Center’s Argentina Project podcast, Benjamin Gedan speaks with Rafael Mathus Ruiz, the U.S. correspondent for Argentina’s La Nación, about the objectives and outcomes of Fernández’s…
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En este episodio, Patricia I. Vásquez, miembro global del Programa Latinoamericano del Wilson Center, platica con Daniel Chávez Diaz, CEO de Eramine, sobre las características innovadoras de un proyecto de litio que la empresa desarrolla actualmente en la provincia de Salta y sobre los riesgos de invertir en un país de alta volatilidad económica y …
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En este episodio, Beatriz García Nice platicó con Fernando Straface, Secretario General y de Relaciones Internacionales de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires sobre la reciente cumbre del C40 en dicha ciudad y donde se firmó el Pacto de Buenos Aires. También discutieron el rol de la Argentina en la actual convergencia internacional y como Argentina puede ser…
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Ampliando Lazos: Una Argentina Productiva
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En este episodio, Beatriz García Nice platica con el Secretario de Industria y Desarrollo Productivo del Ministerio de Economía de Argentina, José Ignacio (Vasco) de Mendiguren, sobre la actualización de la matriz productiva argentina en la coyuntura actual con la guerra en Ucrania, la transformación energética que vive el país y las oportunidades …
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La desconocida huella ambiental de producir litio en Argentina
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En este episodio, Patricia I. Vásquez, miembro global del Programa Latinoamericano, plática con María Laura Castillo Díaz, coordinadora del Programa Altoandinos, en la Fundación Ambiente y Recursos Naturales, sobre la falta de suficientes datos científicos para poder entender la huella ambiental que genera el desarrollo del litio en los salares arg…
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Figuritas and Argentina’s Latest Economic Troubles
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In this episode, host Benjamin Gedan speaks with Andrés Borenstein, the chief economist at Econoviews and the host of the podcast, “La economía en tres minutos,” about Argentina’s fragile economic condition and whether the country’s latest finance minister is solving long-term problems or simply postponing the next crisis.…
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En este episodio, Beatriz García Nice, coordinadora del Programa Latinoamericano, plática con Nicolás Acero, director de la Consultora Economía y Energía, sobre el déficit energético que vive Argentina durante el invierno austral, la falta de infraestructura para cubrir la demanda actual y los retos que el país enfrenta para incentivar una inversió…
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Guest host Nicolás Saldías, a Latin America analyst at the Economist Intelligence Unit, sits down with Esteban Paulón, executive director of Argentina’s Instituto de Políticas Públicas LGBT+, to discuss Argentina’s recently approved transgender labor law and the impacts of COVID-19 on Latin America’s LGBTQ+ community.…
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Perspectives from Palacio Bosch (Part 2)
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In part two of this special conversation, former U.S. Ambassador to Argentina Noah Mamet hosts his successor, Edward Prado, who served as ambassador in Buenos Aires until this past January, to discuss where the relationship between the United States and Argentina stands today, and where it is headed.…
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Perspectives from Palacio Bosch (Part 1)
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In part one of this special conversation, former U.S. Ambassador to Argentina Noah Mamet hosts his successor, Edward Prado, who served as ambassador in Buenos Aires until this past January, to discuss their experiences representing very different U.S. presidents and interacting with very different Argentine governments.…
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Host Benjamin Gedan is joined by Thomaz Favaro, director for the Southern Cone at Control Risks, to discuss Walmart’s exit from Argentina and what it says about the country’s turbulent business climate.
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Host Benjamin Gedan is joined by Sabina Frederic, Argentina's security minister, to discuss the role of the armed forces in domestic security, and whether rising unemployment and poverty could increase crime, especially after the coronavirus quarantine ends.
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Host Benjamin Gedan is joined by Sabina Frederic, Argentina's security minister, to discuss the new government's security strategies and its approach to drug policy.
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Host Benjamin Gedan is joined by Fernando Straface, the chief of staff to the major of Buenos Aires, to discuss the impacts of COVID-19 in Argentina’s capital, relations between the mayor, who is the leading opposition figure, and Argentina’s Peronist president, and the city’s prospects for post-pandemic recovery.…
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Host Benjamin Gedan is joined by David Smith, The Economist’s Argentina correspondent, to discuss the relationship between Mendoza, Argentina’s famed winegrowing province, with the national government, which has become so strained some Mendocinos are calling for a #MendoExit.
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Host Benjamin Gedan is joined by Ginés González García, the health minister of Argentina, to discuss the country’s COVID-19 response, potential post-pandemic health reforms and the challenges of its shared border with Brazil.
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Host Benjamin Gedan is joined by Matías Kulfas, the minister of productive development of Argentina, to discuss the outlook for Argentina’s energy sector, the future of Mercosur and the challenges faced by Argentina’s low-cost carriers.
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Host Benjamin Gedan is joined by Matías Kulfas, the minister of productive development of Argentina, to discuss the new government’s plan to boost economic growth and the implications of the nationalization of soybean processor Vicentin.
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Host Benjamin Gedan is joined by Felipe Solá, the foreign minister of Argentina, to discuss Argentina's relationship with Brazil, and the diplomatic challenge of deepening ties to China while maintaining a strong relationship with the United States.
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Host Benjamin Gedan is joined by Felipe Solá, the foreign minister of Argentina, to discuss U.S.-Argentina relations, the future of Mercosur and Argentina’s approach to international trade.
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Host Benjamin Gedan is joined by Kezia McKeague, the Southern Cone and Brazil team’s director at McLarty Associates, who shares on-the-ground observations from Buenos Aires on the economic and political consequences of the strict public health measures the Argentine government has adopted to halt the spread of COVID-19.…
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Host Benjamin Gedan is joined by Todd Martinez, Fitch Ratings’s lead Argentina analyst, to discuss Argentina’s high-stakes efforts to restructure its foreign debt and avoid default.
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Host Benjamin Gedan is joined by phone from Buenos Aires by Agustino Fontevecchia, digital director of Perfil, one of the leading news companies in Argentina, and executive director of the English-language Buenos Aires Times, to discuss tensions between the Argentine press and the Cristina Fernández de Kirchner government, and expectations for the …
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Host Benjamin Gedan is joined by Duncan Wood, director of the Wilson Center’s Mexico Institute, to discuss Alberto Fernández’s Mexico City jaunt, his first international trip as Argentina’s president-elect.
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Host Benjamin Gedan is joined by Sarah Nielson, an Argentina Project researcher at the Wilson Center and former reporter for the Bubble, an English-language media company in Argentina, to discuss Alberto Fernández’s dog and how young Argentines are shaping the political landscape.
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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; an…
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Host Benjamin Gedan is joined by phone from Buenos Aires by Demian Bio, who is covering Argentina's presidential election for the leading online Argentine news site, Infobae. They discuss the return of the Peronists, and why the election showed off Argentina’s maturing democracy.
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What Awaits Argentina’s Next President
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Host Benjamin Gedan is joined by Nicolás Saldías, a senior researcher at the Wilson Center’s Argentina Project, to discuss how Argentina’s powerful unions and restive social movements could complicate life for whoever wins Argentina’s presidential election.
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Host Benjamin Gedan speaks to David Smith, a foreign correspondent for The Economist, former senior UN diplomat and special contributor to the Wilson Center’s Argentina Project, to discuss President Mauricio Macri’s surprisingly energetic, albeit quixotic, campaign to win reelection.
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Benjamin Gedan is joined by phone from Buenos Aires by Bloomberg reporter Patrick Gillespie to discuss Patrick’s recent article on Argentina’s collapsing real estate market and the implications for Argentina’s sputtering construction industry. Read Patrick’s article here, https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-01/capital-controls-sky-high-…
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Host Benjamin Gedan is joined by Kristie Pellecchia, OPIC’s senior adviser for Latin America, to discuss her high-profile trip to Argentina, Paraguay and Colombia; OPIC’s support for female entrepreneurs; and OPIC’s strategy for drawing U.S. investment to a region in the face of rising Chinese engagement.…
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Host Benjamin Gedan talks to James Bosworth, author of the Latin America Risk Report and CEO of the Hxagon consultancy, to discuss whether President Mauricio Macri's reelection hopes are as far-fetched as polls suggest.
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El deseo de una política aburrida en Argentina
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El episodio especial de hoy incluye los hitos del último evento del programa de América Latina, en conjunto con el Proyecto Argentina, con Juan Manuel Urtubey, actual candidato a la Vicepresidencia de Argentina y gobernador de la provincia de Salta; y Kezia McKeague, de McLarty Associates. La discusión se centró en cómo la Argentina cambió totalmen…
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Host Benjamin Gedan sits down with Adrian Bono, founder and CEO of The Essential and the Bubble, two leading English-language publications in Argentina, to discuss how the political stability in Argentina amid economic chaos demonstrates how the country has matured since past crises.
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Where Does Argentina’s Economy Go From Here?
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Benjamin Gedan joined a panel of experts in New York City at a seminar co-sponsored by the Wilson Center’s Argentina Project and UBS to discuss the economic drama in advance of Argentina’s election.
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Host Benjamin Gedan is joined by Kezia McKeague, of McLarty Associates, by phone from Buenos Aires, to discuss her recent meeting with leading presidential candidate Alberto Fernández and her advice to U.S. companies trying to answer the biggest mystery in Argentina: the likely economic policies of a Fernández administration.…
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China’s Latin America Shopping Spree
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Host Benjamin Gedan sits down with Stephen Kaplan, a Wilson Center global fellow and George Washington University professor, to discuss why investment in Latin America might not be zero-sum game between China and the U.S.
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Host Benjamin Gedan is joined by phone from Buenos Aires by Stephen Kaplan, a Wilson Center global fellow and professor at George Washington University to discuss the violent market reaction to Argentina's presidential primaries and whether populism is on its way back.
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Host Benjamin Gedan speaks to David Smith, a foreign correspondent for The Economist, former senior UN diplomat, and special contributor to the Wilson Center’s Argentina Project to unpack the results of Argentina’s stunning August 11 primary results. Does Alberto Fernández’s strong showing signal the end of President Mauricio Macri’s chances for re…
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Host Benjamin Gedan sits down with Cynthia McClintock, a professor at George Washington University, a former Wilson Center fellow and the author of “Electoral Rules and Democracy in Latin America,” to discuss the story behind Argentina’s quirky election system and the moderating power of a presidential runoff.…
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Host Benjamin Gedan sits down with former U.S. Ambassador to Argentina Tony Wayne to discuss the AMIA bombing, Hezbollah's operations in the region and Ambassador Wayne's experience working with different Argentine governments on the AMIA case. Missed our recent Wilson Center event on the AMIA Bombing? Watch the webcast here: https://www.wilsoncent…
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Host Benjamin Gedan is joined by Wilson Center Latin American Project board member and Brazil expert Monica de Bolle and Wilson Center senior scholar and EU expert George Kopits to discuss the Mercosur-European Union agreement, why it took 20 years to get here, and the likelihood it will go into force.…
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Attracting Capital to Argentina's Technology Capital
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We interview Francisco Resnicoff, foreign affairs adviser to Buenos Aires Mayor Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, about the Urban 20; Buenos Aires's efforts to attract technology investment; and the Boston Red Sox return to the World Series.
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Meanwhile, across the Río de la Plata
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With Argentina's economy collapsing, we check in on neighboring Uruguay to learn the secret of its success, and whether its neighbor's troubles are crossing the Río de la Plata.
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The latest scandal rocking Argentina politics is the release of notebooks from former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner's chauffeur detailing years of money delivered to her personal residence and elsewhere. The Bubble's Damien Bio joins the Argentina Project Podcast to discuss what these cuadernos mean for Kirchner and the Argentina politic…
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In the early hours of Thursday morning, the Argentine Senate held a vote on a bill to legalize abortion. While the measure failed, the narrow margin represents a major change in the country. Wilson Center researcher Nicolás Saldías joins host Benjamin Gedan to break down what all of this means.
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Former United Nations official David Smith joins host Benjamin Gedan to discuss the fiscal successes of Argentina's Mendoza province. Join us to hear how the pronvince's leadership succeeded, and the potential lessons on the national level.
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David Smith joins Ben Gedan the Argentina Project Podcast via Skype to discuss the tentative economic growth in Argentina following an IMF bailout of the Argentine peso
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