Catherine Osborn

Peru’s Political Churn Isn’t Over Yet Even after the president’s impeachment, protests show little sign of slowing down.

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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The Caribbean’s Migration Milestone Four countries are defying global anti-migrant sentiment to offer free movement to their citizens.

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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U.N. Authorizes Larger Haiti Mission The resolution was a rare point of consensus between Washington and Latin American countries.

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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UNGA Deals Latin America Some Surprises From Trump’s “chemistry” with Lula to a U.S. bailout of Argentina.

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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The U.S.-Colombia Rift Widens Trump added Bogotá to an anti-drug blacklist but stopped short of cutting aid.

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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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.

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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Trump’s Caribbean Strike Polarizes Region Venezuela’s frayed ties with old allies have left it isolated in responding to U.S. force.

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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Amazon Summit Shows Scant Progress A meeting of rainforest countries offers a preview of COP30.

forest conservation that is expected to be in the spotlight at COP30.

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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)

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Bolivia Says ‘No MAS’ After two decades as a bastion of the left, the country is taking a right turn.

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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Haiti Taps New Interim Leader The country avoided a gang-backed government takeover last week, but security remains tenuous.

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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El Salvador’s Latest Regression Met With Silence From Watchdog The Organization of American States is experiencing a chilling effect under Trump.

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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Former Colombian Leader Is Convicted of Bribery The landmark ruling provoked immediate criticism from the Trump administration.

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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Has Brazil Invented the Future of Money? And will it ever come to America?

but also discomfort with transfer systems outside the dollar ecosystem. This week, Paul Krugman wrote that PIX might be “the future of money.”

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U.S.-Brazil Feud Could Speed Up De-Dollarization A popular Brazilian payment system is causing concerns in Washington.

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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BRICS Envoys Flock to Rio At the bloc’s annual summit, Brazil hopes to focus on economic development rather than anti-Western antagonism.

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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U.N. Hosts Dress Rehearsal for COP30 The November climate summit in Brazil will be Lula’s biggest diplomatic test yet.

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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Sheinbaum Makes Her G-7 Debut After years of disengagement on the global stage, Mexico’s new president is taking a different tack.

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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Where Does Latin America Stand in the Global AI Race? Chile-backed model Latam-GPT plans to make its public debut in September.

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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The Aftermath of Mexico’s Judicial Elections Sunday’s vote handed more influence to the ruling party—and shook investor confidence.

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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Suriname’s Growing Clout The Caribbean nation now helms a key regional forum and is on the cusp of an oil boom.

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.

Bukele Clamps Down on Dissent In El Salvador, human rights violations extend beyond the country’s notorious prisons.

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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In 2023, the top categories of 🇨🇳 FDI in 🇧🇷 by volume were in electricity and hybrid & electric vehicles, and the oil sector accounted for under 1 percent. That’s in contrast to the full stock of Chinese FDI in the country from 2007 to 2023, of which oil accounts for 30 percent, according to CEBC.

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.

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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Beautiful and nuanced obituary of Mujica by Búsqueda's Guillermo Draper for @foreignpolicy.com, discussing Mujica's legacy inside and outside of Uruguay, including his stances on hemispheric relations and his convention-bucking move to legalize marijuana—as security policy, first and foremost.

Trump Targets Haitian Gangs U.S. authorities slapped a terrorist designation on two groups as Haiti’s crisis deepens.

In today’s @foreignpolicy.com LatAm Brief, Trump expands his approach of FTO listings for Latin American crime groups to 🇭🇹. The move underscored the lack of a unified strategy in the country despite the many actors engaged there, @romainlecour.bsky.social said.

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Milei’s Moment of Truth Argentina’s economic overhaul passed a key test—and earned support from Trump.

Today's @foreignpolicy.com Lat Am Brief is about two long-anticipated tests for Argentina's Milei: reaching a new IMF deal and partially floating the peso. The float has so far proved naysayers wrong, while the deal tells a larger story of 🇺🇸-🇦🇷 relations.

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The Latin American Pope How Pope Francis’s Argentine roots shaped his geopolitics.

Today in @foreignpolicy.com: How Latin America produced a nonaligned pope. Not only Francis’s experience of the Cold War in Argentina but also the 🇦🇷 spiritual tradition of theology of the people influenced his approach to the Vatican’s geopolitics.

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Ecuador’s Election Surprise A wider-than-expected victory for incumbent Daniel Noboa keeps Ecuador in the pro-Trump camp

In today’s @foreignpolicy.com Latin America Brief, Ecuador’s Noboa is reelected president, Chile continues its large-scale battery boom, and Peruvians remember the iconoclastic Mario Vargas Llosa.

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