Catherine Osborn


Catherine Osborn is the writer of Foreign Policy’s weekly Latin America Brief. She is a print and radio journalist based in Rio de Janeiro.

Articles by Catherine Osborn
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva attends the 37th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union at the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Feb. 17.
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva attends the 37th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union at the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Feb. 17.
Guatemalan President-elect Bernardo Arévalo shakes hands with European Union foreign-policy chief Josep Borrell after a press conference in Guatemala City on Jan. 13.
Guatemalan President-elect Bernardo Arévalo shakes hands with European Union foreign-policy chief Josep Borrell after a press conference in Guatemala City on Jan. 13.
Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele and his wife, Gabriela Rodriguez, greet supporters after El Salvador’s presidential and legislative elections in the capital, San Salvador, on Feb. 4.
Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele and his wife, Gabriela Rodriguez, greet supporters after El Salvador’s presidential and legislative elections in the capital, San Salvador, on Feb. 4.
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado speaks to supporters during a demonstration in Caracas.
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado speaks to supporters during a demonstration in Caracas.
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Vice President Geraldo Alckmin participate in a ceremony to launch a new industrial development policy at the Planalto Palace in Brasília on Jan. 22.
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Vice President Geraldo Alckmin participate in a ceremony to launch a new industrial development policy at the Planalto Palace in Brasília on Jan. 22.
New Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo waves after his inauguration ceremony at the Miguel Ángel Asturias Cultural Center in Guatemala City on Jan. 15.
New Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo waves after his inauguration ceremony at the Miguel Ángel Asturias Cultural Center in Guatemala City on Jan. 15.
Members of Ecuador’s armed forces patrol a street in Quito, Ecuador, on Jan. 10.
Members of Ecuador’s armed forces patrol a street in Quito, Ecuador, on Jan. 10.
Indigenous supporters of the now-demobilized Zapatista Army of National Liberation guerrilla group take part in the preparations to mark the 30th anniversary of their first armed uprising against the Mexican government on Jan. 1, 1994, in the autonomous community of Caracol Dolores in Ocosingo, Mexico, on Dec. 31, 2023.
Indigenous supporters of the now-demobilized Zapatista Army of National Liberation guerrilla group take part in the preparations to mark the 30th anniversary of their first armed uprising against the Mexican government on Jan. 1, 1994, in the autonomous community of Caracol Dolores in Ocosingo, Mexico, on Dec. 31, 2023.
Members of the Mandalay People's Defense Forces, wearing camouflage and holding guns, head to the frontline down a road lined with greenery and flowers amid clashes with the Myanmar military.
Members of the Mandalay People's Defense Forces, wearing camouflage and holding guns, head to the frontline down a road lined with greenery and flowers amid clashes with the Myanmar military.
U.S. President Joe Biden, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva hold hands at the G-20 summit in New Delhi on Sep. 9.
U.S. President Joe Biden, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva hold hands at the G-20 summit in New Delhi on Sep. 9.
From left, former Barbadian Foreign Minister Jerome Walcott, Norwegian Center for Conflict Resolution Director Dag Nylander, and Mexican Foreign Affairs Ministry diplomat Efrain Guadarrama look on as the Venezuelan government and opposition sign an agreement at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Center in Two Mile Hill, Saint Michael, Barbados, on Oct. 17.
From left, former Barbadian Foreign Minister Jerome Walcott, Norwegian Center for Conflict Resolution Director Dag Nylander, and Mexican Foreign Affairs Ministry diplomat Efrain Guadarrama look on as the Venezuelan government and opposition sign an agreement at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Center in Two Mile Hill, Saint Michael, Barbados, on Oct. 17.
Guatemalan President-elect Bernardo Arévalo speaks to supporters in Guatemala City on Oct. 20.
Guatemalan President-elect Bernardo Arévalo speaks to supporters in Guatemala City on Oct. 20.
Paraguayan President Santiago Peña, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou pose for an official photo during the second day of the Mercosur summit in Rio de Janeiro on Dec. 7.
Paraguayan President Santiago Peña, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou pose for an official photo during the second day of the Mercosur summit in Rio de Janeiro on Dec. 7.
A worker hoists a United Nations flag with other national flags of participating countries at the venue of the COP28 U.N. climate summit in Dubai on Nov. 30, 2023.
A worker hoists a United Nations flag with other national flags of participating countries at the venue of the COP28 U.N. climate summit in Dubai on Nov. 30, 2023.
Mexican President Andres Manuel López Obrador speaks with other leaders at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders’ week in San Francisco, California, on Nov. 16.
Mexican President Andres Manuel López Obrador speaks with other leaders at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders’ week in San Francisco, California, on Nov. 16.