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.

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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.

Will COP28 Jump-Start Latin America’s Green Energy Ambitions?
Latin America Brief
Catherine Osborn
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.

Mexico Could Spoil New U.S.-China Fentanyl Plan
Latin America Brief
Catherine Osborn
Leaders gather for a family photo at the inaugural Americas Partnership for Economic Prosperity Leaders’ Summit at the White House at in Washington on Nov. 3.
Leaders gather for a family photo at the inaugural Americas Partnership for Economic Prosperity Leaders’ Summit at the White House at in Washington on Nov. 3.

Biden’s Economic Statecraft Takes Shape
Latin America Brief
Catherine Osborn
Electric public buses line a parking facility in Bogotá.
Electric public buses line a parking facility in Bogotá.

How Oil-Rich Colombia Is Trying to Go Green
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Catherine Osborn
Demonstrators protest against a contract between Canadian mining company First Quantum Minerals and the Panamanian government in Panama City, Panama, on Oct. 24.
Demonstrators protest against a contract between Canadian mining company First Quantum Minerals and the Panamanian government in Panama City, Panama, on Oct. 24.

How a Copper Mine Prompted Mass Protests in Panama
Latin America Brief
Catherine Osborn
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