Catherine Osborn
@ccosborn.bsky.social
Journalist and author of Foreign Policy's Latin America Brief
Today’s @foreignpolicy.com LatAm Brief looks at some of the new climate strategies that Latin American policymakers are showcasing at COP30, including Mexico's new emissions target, Colombia's plan for a summit on fossil fuel phase-out, 🧵
November 14, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Today’s @foreignpolicy.com LatAm Brief looks at some of the new climate strategies that Latin American policymakers are showcasing at COP30, including Mexico's new emissions target, Colombia's plan for a summit on fossil fuel phase-out, 🧵
For @foreignpolicy.com I did a deep dive on Brazil's effort to keep climate cooperation alive despite highly adverse geopolitics. While some have said the U.S. retreat on this issue creates an opening for China, Brazil is also flexing its voice as a middle power and raising 🧵
November 13, 2025 at 6:29 PM
For @foreignpolicy.com I did a deep dive on Brazil's effort to keep climate cooperation alive despite highly adverse geopolitics. While some have said the U.S. retreat on this issue creates an opening for China, Brazil is also flexing its voice as a middle power and raising 🧵
Today's @foreignpolicy.com LatAm Brief: At APEC, 🇨🇱, 🇲🇽, & 🇵🇪 moved trade talks forward w countries like the Philippines, Vietnam, Singapore, and New Zealand. The look toward Asia is part of Latin American countries’ broad efforts at trade diversification.
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Latin America’s Pivot to Asia
Chile, Mexico, and Peru announced new trade talks at APEC.
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November 7, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Today's @foreignpolicy.com LatAm Brief: At APEC, 🇨🇱, 🇲🇽, & 🇵🇪 moved trade talks forward w countries like the Philippines, Vietnam, Singapore, and New Zealand. The look toward Asia is part of Latin American countries’ broad efforts at trade diversification.
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This week’s @ForeignPolicy LatAm Brief: Hurricane Melissa brought the costs of climate change into catastrophic focus. Battering countries w different access to global markets, it also underscored there is no one-size-fits-all solution to fund climate adaptation.
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The Politics of Hurricane Melissa
The storm hit three island nations with vastly different approaches to climate adaptation.
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November 2, 2025 at 10:57 PM
This week’s @ForeignPolicy LatAm Brief: Hurricane Melissa brought the costs of climate change into catastrophic focus. Battering countries w different access to global markets, it also underscored there is no one-size-fits-all solution to fund climate adaptation.
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In today’s @foreignpolicy.com LatAm Brief: Outrage over crime—and pre-election political calculations—finally ousted 🇵🇪’s Dina Boluarte. Unrest has continued under her replacement, while as elsewhere in the world, youth demonstrators have embraced the Gen Z slogan.
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Peru’s Political Churn Isn’t Over Yet
Even after the president’s impeachment, protests show little sign of slowing down.
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October 17, 2025 at 10:11 PM
In today’s @foreignpolicy.com LatAm Brief: Outrage over crime—and pre-election political calculations—finally ousted 🇵🇪’s Dina Boluarte. Unrest has continued under her replacement, while as elsewhere in the world, youth demonstrators have embraced the Gen Z slogan.
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Today’s @foreignpolicy.com LatAm Brief: Four Caribbean countries launched an EU-style free movement regime, saying easing migration is part of their economic development strategy. It reflects at least a partial shift in regional debates on migration policy.
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The Caribbean’s Migration Milestone
Four countries are defying global anti-migrant sentiment to offer free movement to their citizens.
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October 10, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Today’s @foreignpolicy.com LatAm Brief: Four Caribbean countries launched an EU-style free movement regime, saying easing migration is part of their economic development strategy. It reflects at least a partial shift in regional debates on migration policy.
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In today’s @foreignpolicy.com LatAm Brief: the UN Security Council greenlit a larger and more powerful security mission to Haiti on the same day that U.S. trade benefits for the country, which helped cultivate its largest export sector, expired.
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U.N. Authorizes Larger Haiti Mission
The resolution was a rare point of consensus between Washington and Latin American countries.
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October 3, 2025 at 7:21 PM
In today’s @foreignpolicy.com LatAm Brief: the UN Security Council greenlit a larger and more powerful security mission to Haiti on the same day that U.S. trade benefits for the country, which helped cultivate its largest export sector, expired.
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This week's @foreignpolicy.com Latin America Brief is about UNGA's surprises, including Trump's “chemistry” with Lula and the pledge of an unusually direct U.S. bailout for Milei.
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UNGA Deals Latin America Some Surprises
From Trump’s “chemistry” with Lula to a U.S. bailout of Argentina.
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September 26, 2025 at 6:50 PM
This week's @foreignpolicy.com Latin America Brief is about UNGA's surprises, including Trump's “chemistry” with Lula and the pledge of an unusually direct U.S. bailout for Milei.
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Today's @foreignpolicy.com Latin America Brief: 🇺🇸 declared 🇨🇴 failed at drug control obligations but stopped short of halting support $. Despite leader-to-leader tensions, lower level officials & civil society advocates helped preserve some cooperation.
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The U.S.-Colombia Rift Widens
Trump added Bogotá to an anti-drug blacklist but stopped short of cutting aid.
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September 19, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Today's @foreignpolicy.com Latin America Brief: 🇺🇸 declared 🇨🇴 failed at drug control obligations but stopped short of halting support $. Despite leader-to-leader tensions, lower level officials & civil society advocates helped preserve some cooperation.
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In @foreignpolicy.com: 🇧🇷’s top court convicted Bolsonaro & allies of attempting a coup to stay in power after losing the 2022 vote.
In a country w a long history of coups, it was the 1st time a civilian court convicted military members of coup-related charges.
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In a country w a long history of coups, it was the 1st time a civilian court convicted military members of coup-related charges.
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Bolsonaro Convicted of Attempting Coup
The ruling is a watershed moment in Brazilian history—and one that could further upend relations with the United States.
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September 11, 2025 at 10:42 PM
In @foreignpolicy.com: 🇧🇷’s top court convicted Bolsonaro & allies of attempting a coup to stay in power after losing the 2022 vote.
In a country w a long history of coups, it was the 1st time a civilian court convicted military members of coup-related charges.
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In a country w a long history of coups, it was the 1st time a civilian court convicted military members of coup-related charges.
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In today’s @foreignpolicy.com Lat Am Brief: how different leaders in the region reacted to Trump’s highly unusual Caribbean strike reveals not only how they are positioning themselves in relation to Washington, but also Maduro’s relative isolation.
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Trump’s Caribbean Strike Polarizes Region
Venezuela’s frayed ties with old allies have left it isolated in responding to U.S. force.
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September 5, 2025 at 8:20 PM
In today’s @foreignpolicy.com Lat Am Brief: how different leaders in the region reacted to Trump’s highly unusual Caribbean strike reveals not only how they are positioning themselves in relation to Washington, but also Maduro’s relative isolation.
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In today’s @foreignpolicy.com Latin America Brief, Amazon rainforest countries held their 2nd leaders summit in 3 years. But more summits did not necessarily mean more 🌳 protection, w/ deforestation rising in 🇨🇴 & 🇧🇴 in 2024. The countries did endorse an innovative plan for financing (1/2)
August 29, 2025 at 5:49 PM
In today’s @foreignpolicy.com Latin America Brief, Amazon rainforest countries held their 2nd leaders summit in 3 years. But more summits did not necessarily mean more 🌳 protection, w/ deforestation rising in 🇨🇴 & 🇧🇴 in 2024. The countries did endorse an innovative plan for financing (1/2)
Today’s @foreignpolicy.com LatAm Brief looks at how 🇧🇴’s foreign policy could change as MAS dominance ends & the country shifts right. It will hold a presidential runoff between a former president who admires 🇦🇷’s Javier Milei & a more conciliatory senator.
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Bolivia Says ‘No MAS’
After two decades as a bastion of the left, the country is taking a right turn.
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August 22, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Today’s @foreignpolicy.com LatAm Brief looks at how 🇧🇴’s foreign policy could change as MAS dominance ends & the country shifts right. It will hold a presidential runoff between a former president who admires 🇦🇷’s Javier Milei & a more conciliatory senator.
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In today’s @foreignpolicy.com Latin America Brief, Haiti gets a new leader of its transitional government, Peru strikes a trade agreement with Indonesia, and Bolivia prepares for elections that could usher in a major political shift.
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Haiti Taps New Interim Leader
The country avoided a gang-backed government takeover last week, but security remains tenuous.
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August 15, 2025 at 3:27 PM
In today’s @foreignpolicy.com Latin America Brief, Haiti gets a new leader of its transitional government, Peru strikes a trade agreement with Indonesia, and Bolivia prepares for elections that could usher in a major political shift.
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In today’s @foreignpolicy.com LatAm Brief: 🇸🇻 scraps presidential term limits, a move condemned by pro-democracy watchdogs when it happened elsewhere in the region. Now, diplomats say there is a chilling effect at one major such group, the OAS.
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El Salvador’s Latest Regression Met With Silence From Watchdog
The Organization of American States is experiencing a chilling effect under Trump.
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August 8, 2025 at 5:03 PM
In today’s @foreignpolicy.com LatAm Brief: 🇸🇻 scraps presidential term limits, a move condemned by pro-democracy watchdogs when it happened elsewhere in the region. Now, diplomats say there is a chilling effect at one major such group, the OAS.
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This week’s @foreignpolicy.com LatAm Brief is about Colombia’s trial of former President Álvaro Uribe, South American countries receiving significant migrant flows in the first semester, and where Brazil and Mexico landed—for now—with U.S. tariffs.
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Former Colombian Leader Is Convicted of Bribery
The landmark ruling provoked immediate criticism from the Trump administration.
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August 3, 2025 at 6:27 PM
This week’s @foreignpolicy.com LatAm Brief is about Colombia’s trial of former President Álvaro Uribe, South American countries receiving significant migrant flows in the first semester, and where Brazil and Mexico landed—for now—with U.S. tariffs.
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Today’s @foreignpolicy.com LatAm Brief: the recent U.S.-Brazil escalation can be analyzed from many angles. Attacking Brazil’s digital payments technology could reflect not only attempts to boost U.S. companies (1/2)
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U.S.-Brazil Feud Could Speed Up De-Dollarization
A popular Brazilian payment system is causing concerns in Washington.
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July 25, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Today’s @foreignpolicy.com LatAm Brief: the recent U.S.-Brazil escalation can be analyzed from many angles. Attacking Brazil’s digital payments technology could reflect not only attempts to boost U.S. companies (1/2)
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Today’s @foreignpolicy.com Latin America Brief previews the BRICS summit in Rio de Janeiro and looks at how Brazil is trying to put its stamp on the group amid its expansion.
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BRICS Envoys Flock to Rio
At the bloc’s annual summit, Brazil hopes to focus on economic development rather than anti-Western antagonism.
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July 4, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Today’s @foreignpolicy.com Latin America Brief previews the BRICS summit in Rio de Janeiro and looks at how Brazil is trying to put its stamp on the group amid its expansion.
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This week’s @foreignpolicy.com Lat Am Brief is about the COP30 warm-up talks in Bonn. They produced new draft language on a just transition away from fossil fuels, even as 🇧🇷 held a controversial auction of oil drilling rights off the coast of the Amazon River.
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U.N. Hosts Dress Rehearsal for COP30
The November climate summit in Brazil will be Lula’s biggest diplomatic test yet.
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June 27, 2025 at 8:25 PM
This week’s @foreignpolicy.com Lat Am Brief is about the COP30 warm-up talks in Bonn. They produced new draft language on a just transition away from fossil fuels, even as 🇧🇷 held a controversial auction of oil drilling rights off the coast of the Amazon River.
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This week’s @foreignpolicy.com Latin America Brief looks at regional leaders’ priorities at the G7 summit. For Mexico’s Sheinbaum, whose predecessor never attended the event, the trip signaled a shift toward a more globally oriented foreign policy.
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Sheinbaum Makes Her G-7 Debut
After years of disengagement on the global stage, Mexico’s new president is taking a different tack.
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June 20, 2025 at 6:21 PM
This week’s @foreignpolicy.com Latin America Brief looks at regional leaders’ priorities at the G7 summit. For Mexico’s Sheinbaum, whose predecessor never attended the event, the trip signaled a shift toward a more globally oriented foreign policy.
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Today’s @foreignpolicy.com Lat Am Brief is about an effort to put Latin America on the global AI map via a large language model that draws from deep archives of data in the region. It aims to address gaps & oversimplifications from models trained mostly in English.
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Where Does Latin America Stand in the Global AI Race?
Chile-backed model Latam-GPT plans to make its public debut in September.
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June 13, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Today’s @foreignpolicy.com Lat Am Brief is about an effort to put Latin America on the global AI map via a large language model that draws from deep archives of data in the region. It aims to address gaps & oversimplifications from models trained mostly in English.
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Today’s @foreignpolicy.com Latin America Brief looks at 🇲🇽’s shock therapy to its judiciary. Plans for the nationwide election had already rankled trade partners before it produced a top court full of judges tied to the ruling party on Sunday.
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The Aftermath of Mexico’s Judicial Elections
Sunday’s vote handed more influence to the ruling party—and shook investor confidence.
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June 6, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Today’s @foreignpolicy.com Latin America Brief looks at 🇲🇽’s shock therapy to its judiciary. Plans for the nationwide election had already rankled trade partners before it produced a top court full of judges tied to the ruling party on Sunday.
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Today in @ccosborn.bsky.social's Latin America Brief: It's been a big week for Suriname, which held elections on Sunday and saw its former foreign minister take office as OAS secretary-general.
Suriname’s Growing Clout
The Caribbean nation now helms a key regional forum and is on the cusp of an oil boom.
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May 30, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Today in @ccosborn.bsky.social's Latin America Brief: It's been a big week for Suriname, which held elections on Sunday and saw its former foreign minister take office as OAS secretary-general.
Today’s @foreignpolicy.com Lat Am Brief is about the uproar in El Salvador over what experts say is a swift closing of civic space, with journalists fleeing, a top government critic arrested, and a new law taxing and tracking nonprofits. Many see echoes of 🇳🇮.
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Bukele Clamps Down on Dissent
In El Salvador, human rights violations extend beyond the country’s notorious prisons.
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May 23, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Today’s @foreignpolicy.com Lat Am Brief is about the uproar in El Salvador over what experts say is a swift closing of civic space, with journalists fleeing, a top government critic arrested, and a new law taxing and tracking nonprofits. Many see echoes of 🇳🇮.
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Today’s @foreignpolicy.com Lat Am Brief is about the CELAC-China forum & related meetings. While Colombia’s BRI accession made headlines, the week also showed how Brazil’s China policy has evolved alongside its industrial policy.
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Latin American Economies Look to China as U.S. Slashes Aid
In Beijing this week, Colombia joined the Belt and Road Initiative, and Brazil notched key investment pledges.
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May 16, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Today’s @foreignpolicy.com Lat Am Brief is about the CELAC-China forum & related meetings. While Colombia’s BRI accession made headlines, the week also showed how Brazil’s China policy has evolved alongside its industrial policy.
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