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

Demonstrators protest in front of the Planalto Palace in Brasília on Oct. 8, the day Brazil was expected to reach the milestone of 600,000 people dead of COVID-19.

Brazil’s Senate Accuses Bolsonaro of Crimes Against Humanity

Latin America Brief |

Catherine Osborn

October 22, 2021, 8:00 AM

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a joint news conference with Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard at the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Mexico City on Oct. 8.

The U.S.-Mexico Drug War Gets a Rebrand

Latin America Brief |

Catherine Osborn

October 15, 2021, 8:00 AM

Chilean President Sebastián Piñera delivers a press conference a day after he was mentioned in the Pandora Papers, a media investigation exposing world leaders’ use of tax havens, at La Moneda presidential palace in Santiago, Chile, on Oct. 4.

Hips Don’t Lie (and Neither Do Receipts)

Latin America Brief |

Catherine Osborn

October 8, 2021, 8:00 AM

Chilean President Sebastián Piñera (right) and then-Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao speak after the signing of agreements at La Moneda presidential palace in Santiago, Chile, on June 26, 2012.

Can the United States Rival China in Latin America?

Latin America Brief |

Catherine Osborn

October 1, 2021, 8:00 AM

A U.S. Border Patrol agent on horseback tries to stop a Haitian migrant from entering an encampment on the banks of the Rio Grande near the Acuña-Del Rio International Bridge in Del Rio, Texas, on Sept. 19.

The View From Haiti

Latin America Brief |

Catherine Osborn

September 24, 2021, 8:00 AM

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