Two the Point: Recent Episodes
Wilson Center Latin American Program
What can you do in 2 minutes? Steep a cup of tea. Brush your teeth. Listen to expert updates on the top developments in Latin America from a new podcast from the Wilson Center’s Latin American Program.
Margaret Myers, director of the Asia & Latin America Program at the Inter-American Dialogue, shares insights on perceptions of China’s coronavirus assistance to Latin America.
Host Benjamin Gedan is joined by Alex Schober, DuckerFrontier’s senior analyst for Latin America, to discuss the coronavirus's economic consequences.
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.
Host Benjamin Gedan is joined by Todd Martinez, Fitch Ratings’s lead Uruguay analyst, to discuss Uruguay’s new government and the economic difficulties it inherited.
Host Benjamin Gedan is joined by Duncan Wood, director of the Wilson Center’s Mexico Institute, to discuss AMLO's high approval ratings, despite struggles with crime and economic malaise.
Host Benjamin Gedan is joined by phone from Hamburg, Germany by Christoph Harig, a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg, to discuss the changing role of Latin America armed forces.
Guest host Anna Prusa of the Wilson Center’s Brazil Institute is joined by phone from Brazil by Renato Leite Monteiro, head of the Privacy and Data Protection Practice at Baptista Luz Advogados and director of Data Privacy Brazil, an organization focused on education and applied research on privacy and data protection, to discuss what to expect from Brazil's new general data protection law.
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.
Host Benjamin Gedan is joined by Robert Albro, an American University professor who studies Bolivian politics, to discuss Evo Morales’s controversial attempt to win a fourth term and the implications of the close and contested vote.
Host Benjamin Gedan is joined by Michael Penfold, a Wilson Center fellow and professor at the Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administración (IESA) in Caracas, to discuss the future of the suspended Norway-mediated dialogue between Nicolás Maduro’s regime and the opposition, led by Juan Guiadó.
Host Benjamin Gedan and Monica de Bolle, a Wilson Center Latin American Program board member and director of the Latin American Studies Program at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, discuss why Uruguay has the most to lose should the Mercosur-EU free trade agreement fall apart. They were speaking at a recent Wilson Center seminar on Uruguay’s presidential election.
Host Benjamin Gedan sits down with Alfredo Romero, a Wilson Center scholar and the executive director of Foro Penal, to discuss UN Human Rights Chief Michelle Bachelet’s recent report on human rights abuses in Venezuela and Foro Penal’s role in protecting Venezuelan citizens from government repression.
Host Benjamin Gedan is joined by Fernando Cutz, a global fellow at the Wilson Center and former acting senior director for Western Hemisphere Affairs at the White House’s National Security Council, to discuss John Bolton's departure and what it means for U.S. Venezuela policy.
Host Benjamin Gedan is joined by Natalie Unterstell, a climate change expert and co-founder of the environmental think tank Talanoa, to discuss how the fires in the Brazilian Amazon could scorch the historic Mercosur-EU trade agreement.
Host Benjamin Gedan is joined by Reuters Buenos Aires correspondent Cassandra Garrison to discuss the political and economic drama in Argentina and the implications of a Peronist presidency on Argentina's global partners.
Host Benjamin Gedan is joined by Stephen Kaplan, a Wilson Center global fellow and professor at George Washington University, to discuss how the potential return of Peronists to power in Argentina could change its approach to China, as the United States attempts to limit Chinese influence in Latin America.
Host Benjamin Gedan sits down with Christopher Wilson, deputy director of the Wilson Center’s Mexico Institute, to discuss the El Paso shooting and the Mexican government’s response.
Host Benjamin Gedan is joined by Fernando Cutz, a global fellow at the Wilson Center and former acting senior director for Western Hemisphere Affairs at the White House National Security Council, to talk about President Trump’s apparently fading interest in Venezuela.
This episode host Benjamin Gedan sits down with Wilson Center researcher Nicolás Saldías for 2 minutes (and 2 minutes only) to discuss Uruguay’s presidential primaries.