Benjamin N. Gedan


Benjamin N. Gedan is a former South America director on the National Security Council and the current deputy director of the Wilson Center’s Latin American program.

Articles by Benjamin N. Gedan
Yamandu Orsi during the presidential election on October 27, 2024 in Montevideo, Uruguay.
Panama's presidential candidate for the Realizando Metas party Jose Raul Mulino gestures during his campaign closing rally in Panama City on April 28, 2024.
A man opposing the government of Peruvian President Pedro Castillo faces the police during a demonstration to demand his resignation in Lima, on November 5, 2022.
Colombian senator and opposition leader Gustavo Petro delivers a speech under the rain during a political rally in Medellin, Colombia, on November 19, 2021.
Aerial view of a thermosolar power plant in Antofagasta, Chile, the first in in Latin America, on September 22, 2021.
Gabriel Boric celebrates with supporters at the end of the Presidential Elections on November 21, 2021 in Santiago, Chile.
Mexico City Imposes Restrictions To Cars Due to High Level of Air Pollution
Officials attend the signing of a declaration to kick off the Prosur regional initiative at La Moneda presidential palace in Santiago, on March 22, 2019.
People protest against corruption in Lima on January 3, 2019.
Posters against the International Monetary Fund in Buenos Aires
Argentine President-elect Alberto Fernández
Argentine President Mauricio Macri speaks during the second debate for presidential candidates in Buenos Aires on Oct. 20.
Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner looks at Argentine President Mauricio Macri, before delivering a speech in Buenos Aires on Aug. 2, 2012. (Juan Mabromata/AFP/Getty Images)
A Venezuelan refugee child walks inside a shelter in the city of Boa Vista, Roraima, Brazil, on February 24, 2018. (MAURO PIMENTEL/AFP/Getty Images)