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
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado addresses supporters during a protest in Caracas on Jan. 9.
The Danish cargo ship Lars Maersk sails through the Agua Clara locks of the Panama Canal in Colón City, Panama, on Dec. 28, 2024.
Argentine President Javier Milei (from left), Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and Paraguayan President Santiago Peña pose for a family photo during the Mercosur summit in Montevideo, Uruguay, on Dec. 6.
Supporters of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro march during a rally in Caracas on Dec. 1.
Police officers from Kenya arrive in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on July 16.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen arrives for a meeting with Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou in Montevideo, Uruguay, on Dec. 5.
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and other world leaders pose for a group photo after the first session of the G-20 Leaders’ Meeting in Rio de Janeiro on Nov. 18.
An aerial view of the megaport in Chancay, Peru, on Oct. 29.
A supporter of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and former U.S. President Donald Trump is seen outside the Casa Rosada presidential palace on Argentine President Javier Milei’s inauguration day in Buenos Aires on Dec. 10, 2023.
On the left is President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and on the right is U.S. President Donald Trump, both standing behind podiums.
Inger Andersen, the executive director of the United Nations Environment Program, and Colombian Environment Minister Susana Muhamad attend a press conference at the U.N. Biodiversity Conference, or COP16, in Cali, Colombia, on Oct. 25. Muhamad serves as the president of COP16.
Russian President Vladimir Putin greets Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira at the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, on Oct. 22.
Employees of a shipyard walk over a makeshift bridge to cross the Tarumã Açu River, a tributary of the Rio Negro, which is at a very low level due to a severe drought, in Manaus, Brazil, on Sept. 25.
An aerial view of a long line of migrants walking through the jungle.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum raises the ceremonial staff she received from Indigenous peoples during her inauguration ceremony, at Zócalo Square in Mexico City on Oct. 1.