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
A man sitting in a tree holds a Venezuelan flag during a protest against the result of the country’s presidential election in Caracas on July 30.
A man sitting in a tree holds a Venezuelan flag during a protest against the result of the country’s presidential election in Caracas on July 30.
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado and opposition presidential candidate Edmundo González wave alleged voting records during a rally in front of the United Nations headquarters in Caracas on July 30.
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado and opposition presidential candidate Edmundo González wave alleged voting records during a rally in front of the United Nations headquarters in Caracas on July 30.
Bolivian President Luis Arce (fourth from left) and the president of state-run oil company Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales Bolivianos, Armin Dorgathen Tapia (fourth from right), gesture for a picture during a visit to the company’s’s Mayaya Centro-X1 natural gas field in Alto Beni, Bolivia, on July 23.
Bolivian President Luis Arce (fourth from left) and the president of state-run oil company Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales Bolivianos, Armin Dorgathen Tapia (fourth from right), gesture for a picture during a visit to the company’s’s Mayaya Centro-X1 natural gas field in Alto Beni, Bolivia, on July 23.
Members of a crowd hold signs that read “Mass Deportation Now!” on the third day of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on July 17.
Members of a crowd hold signs that read “Mass Deportation Now!” on the third day of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on July 17.
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro greets Argentine President Javier Milei during the CPAC Brazil conference in Balneário Camboriú, Brazil, on July 7.
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro greets Argentine President Javier Milei during the CPAC Brazil conference in Balneário Camboriú, Brazil, on July 7.
Venezuelan opposition presidential candidate Edmundo González greets supporters in Barlovento, Venezuela, on June 26.
Venezuelan opposition presidential candidate Edmundo González greets supporters in Barlovento, Venezuela, on June 26.
Newspapers report the victory of Javier Milei in Argentina’s presidential runoff election on a newsstand in Buenos Aires on Nov. 20, 2023.
Newspapers report the victory of Javier Milei in Argentina’s presidential runoff election on a newsstand in Buenos Aires on Nov. 20, 2023.
Rio de Janeiro’s health secretary, a man wearing a white lab coat, stands in front of a large stained glass window as he holds up a vial of a dengue vaccine.
Rio de Janeiro’s health secretary, a man wearing a white lab coat, stands in front of a large stained glass window as he holds up a vial of a dengue vaccine.
Mexican President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum waves during her victory speech at Zócalo Square in Mexico City on June 3.
Mexican President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum waves during her victory speech at Zócalo Square in Mexico City on June 3.
World Bank President Ajay Banga, Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley, Prime Minister of Barbados, and Germany's Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development Svenja Schulze take part in an event at the World Bank headquarters in Washington on April 18.
World Bank President Ajay Banga, Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley, Prime Minister of Barbados, and Germany's Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development Svenja Schulze take part in an event at the World Bank headquarters in Washington on April 18.
Haitians walk past the wall being built on Haiti’s border with the Dominican Republic in Pedernales, Dominican Republic, on May 15.
Haitians walk past the wall being built on Haiti’s border with the Dominican Republic in Pedernales, Dominican Republic, on May 15.
Mexican presidential candidate Claudia Sheinbaum poses for a selfie with supporters during a campaign rally in Xochimilco, Mexico, on April 29.
Mexican presidential candidate Claudia Sheinbaum poses for a selfie with supporters during a campaign rally in Xochimilco, Mexico, on April 29.
Supporters of Panamanian presidential candidate José Raúl Mulino celebrate his election victory in the Sheraton Hotel in Panama City on May 5.
Supporters of Panamanian presidential candidate José Raúl Mulino celebrate his election victory in the Sheraton Hotel in Panama City on May 5.
Chilean police work at the site where three police officers were killed in a Mapuche area in Cañete, in Chile’s Biobió region, on April 27.
Chilean police work at the site where three police officers were killed in a Mapuche area in Cañete, in Chile’s Biobió region, on April 27.
Colombian President Gustavo Petro and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva at the Colombia-Brazil Business Forum in Bogotá on April 16.
Colombian President Gustavo Petro and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva at the Colombia-Brazil Business Forum in Bogotá on April 16.