Catherine Osborn

The Energy Shock Hits Latin America foreignpolicy.com/2026/04/03/ira… @ForeignPolicy @cculbertosborn

@_allrenatinha partially as an economic response to the global oil shock of 1973. For @ForeignPolicy: foreignpolicy.com/2026/03/27/lat…

about whether the Africa policies will endure. But it would be a "basic error" to say South-South cooperation has historically been restricted to the left, @_allrenatinha told me. Brazil's right-wing military regime sought such ties in the 1970s, 🧵

A Colombia summit last week showcased how several Latin American and Caribbean countries have been building up their Africa policies in recent years, with new embassies and increased trade flows. The trend is stronger in governments with leftist leaders, raising questions 🧵

for counternarcotics-focused messaging—and for sorting leaders in the region by political ideology. For @ForeignPolicy: foreignpolicy.com/2026/03/13/tru…

Latin American heads of state gathered in significant numbers for last weekend's Florida event with Trump, an opportunity to voice a joint agenda. But the event was light on specifics, serving generally to reinforce Trump's preference 🧵

Observers say Boric nevertheless might be remembered for bringing a focus on human rights back to the Latin American left after the issue had faded over recent years, above all in the case of Venezuela. For @ForeignPolicy: foreignpolicy.com/2026/03/06/chi…

Latin America's first crop of millennial presidents have now been around long enough that they are getting reelected—or replaced by the other side of the aisle. The latter is the case for Chile's Gabriel Boric, who leaves office on Wednesday. 🧵

@laloguerrero @farfan_cc in a country the size of Mexico. For @ForeignPolicy: foreignpolicy.com/2026/02/27/men…

but also to gain access to intelligence for broader anti-crime operations, @laloguerrero told me. @farfan_cc said Sheinbaum's approach of following the money still has a long way to go, flagging the low number of money laundering sentences 🧵

While Sunday's raid thrust the Sheinbaum administration's security policy into the spotlight, she has been carving a new path on security for months. The choice to step up cooperation with Washington allowed her not only to head off unilateral U.S. military action 🧵

Falei com a revista @ForeignPolicy sobre a participação brasileira na Índia na cúpula sobre inteligência artificial. Destaquei que os caminhos da Índia e do Brasil no tema da IA são muito diferentes. E que a trilha seguida pela Índia tem dado certo. foreignpolicy.com/2026/02/20/bra…

@lemos_ronaldo Brazil and India's positions on issues ranging from AI to critical minerals—which they also discussed in New Delhi—are increasingly important amid strains in the international order, Hussein Kalout said. For @ForeignPolicy: foreignpolicy.com/2026/02/20/bra…

between reaping AI's economic gains and protecting from its harms, tech policy expert @lemos_ronaldo told me the latter is currently overweighted. That’s why it's especially important the policies are seeing debate in global forums, he argued. More broadly, 🧵

At this week's AI summit in India, Brazil showcased its nascent policies toward the technology. Brazilian officials drew up much of the country's draft AI governance based on the EU model, and while they argue their approach strikes a balance 🧵

The humanitarian outlook could worsen sharply without a resolution to the standoff or change in tactics, experts say. For @ForeignPolicy: foreignpolicy.com/2026/02/13/us-…

of working with a government insider who is open to cooperating. In the meantime, a U.S. tariff threat has broadly cut off oil shipments to the island; the government has begun rationing fuel at sites that reportedly include hospitals. 🧵

In Cuba, the top U.S. envoy said Washington is in talks with unspecified local officials in an effort to bring about political change this year. He suggested his team favored a repeat of the Venezuela strategy 🧵

to trade—and history of investments in high-tech sectors—also prompted a positive milestone last year, when the World Bank upgraded it to high-income status. For @ForeignPolicy: foreignpolicy.com/2026/02/06/cos…

Costa Rica's election was the region's latest to reward a tough-on-crime candidate against a backdrop of rising concerns about insecurity. Drug smuggling routes have grown following the opening of a new port. But Costa Rica's openness 🧵