AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean
AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean

Santiago Peña, presidential candidate for the ruling Colorado Party, arrives at a rally in Villa Elisa, Paraguay, Wednesday, April 26, 2023. Paraguay’s general elections are scheduled for April 30. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
Indigenous athletes compete in a soccer match as part of the Indigenous Games, in the Tapirema community of Peruibe, Brazil, Saturday, April 22, 2023. Hundreds of Indigenous athletes gather this weekend in the south of Sao Paulo state to hold their version of the Olympic Games. They will compete for medals in archery, tug of war, athletics, Indigenous wrestling and other sports. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
Migrants start walking north on their way to Mexico City from Tapachula, Chiapas state, Mexico, Sunday, April 23, 2023.(AP Photo/Edgar Hernandez Clemente)
An athletes competes in a log carrying relay race event at Peruibe beach during the Indigenous Games, near the Tapirema community of Peruibe, Brazil, Sunday, April 23, 2023. Hundreds of Indigenous athletes gather this weekend in the south of Sao Paulo state to hold their version of the Olympic Games. They will compete for medals in archery, tug of war, athletics, Indigenous wrestling and other sports. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
Presidential honor guards stand in formation as they wait for the arrival of Romanian President Klaus Iohannis, at the La Moneda presidential palace in Santiago, Chile, Saturday, April 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
A Mexican Lucha Libre wrestler named CintaDeOro observes a painting by Claude Monet during the inauguration of a Monet exhibition at the National Arts Museum in Mexico City, Wednesday, April 26, 2023 . (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
Mia Rodriguez waits her class’ turn to enter school in Salinas, Uruguay, Friday, April 14, 2023. Before getting her prosthetic hands, Mia, whose fingers did not fully develop, did not want to eat next to her classmates and begged to be allowed to eat alone in the kitchen. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)
A singing bird stands inside a cage covered by cloth at the store of Paul Lall, who has sold birds for more than 50 years, at the Stabroek Market in Georgetown, Guyana, Thursday, April 20, 2023. Songbirds are popular among Guyanese, who keep them as pets or to participate in singing competitions that are a centuries-old tradition. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
A youth smokes marijuana during the Open Plaza festival organized by the Granjamadre marijuana farm and the “Mama Cultiva” organization for medical marijuana in Asuncion, Paraguay, Sunday, April 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
Horsemen await the start of the cavalcade in honor of Saint George’s Day organized by Fenix ranch, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, April 23, 2023. The traditional cavalcade completes 25 years crossing the streets of Campo Grande and Cosmos neighborhoods, between an urban and a rural area of the city. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)

Santiago Peña, presidential candidate for the ruling Colorado Party, arrives at a rally in Villa Elisa, Paraguay, Wednesday, April 26, 2023. Paraguay’s general elections are scheduled for April 30. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
Santiago Peña, presidential candidate for the ruling Colorado Party, arrives at a rally in Villa Elisa, Paraguay, Wednesday, April 26, 2023. Paraguay’s general elections are scheduled for April 30. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
Indigenous athletes compete in a soccer match as part of the Indigenous Games, in the Tapirema community of Peruibe, Brazil, Saturday, April 22, 2023. Hundreds of Indigenous athletes gather this weekend in the south of Sao Paulo state to hold their version of the Olympic Games. They will compete for medals in archery, tug of war, athletics, Indigenous wrestling and other sports. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
Indigenous athletes compete in a soccer match as part of the Indigenous Games, in the Tapirema community of Peruibe, Brazil, Saturday, April 22, 2023. Hundreds of Indigenous athletes gather this weekend in the south of Sao Paulo state to hold their version of the Olympic Games. They will compete for medals in archery, tug of war, athletics, Indigenous wrestling and other sports. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
Migrants start walking north on their way to Mexico City from Tapachula, Chiapas state, Mexico, Sunday, April 23, 2023.(AP Photo/Edgar Hernandez Clemente)
An athletes competes in a log carrying relay race event at Peruibe beach during the Indigenous Games, near the Tapirema community of Peruibe, Brazil, Sunday, April 23, 2023. Hundreds of Indigenous athletes gather this weekend in the south of Sao Paulo state to hold their version of the Olympic Games. They will compete for medals in archery, tug of war, athletics, Indigenous wrestling and other sports. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
An athletes competes in a log carrying relay race event at Peruibe beach during the Indigenous Games, near the Tapirema community of Peruibe, Brazil, Sunday, April 23, 2023. Hundreds of Indigenous athletes gather this weekend in the south of Sao Paulo state to hold their version of the Olympic Games. They will compete for medals in archery, tug of war, athletics, Indigenous wrestling and other sports. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
Presidential honor guards stand in formation as they wait for the arrival of Romanian President Klaus Iohannis, at the La Moneda presidential palace in Santiago, Chile, Saturday, April 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
Presidential honor guards stand in formation as they wait for the arrival of Romanian President Klaus Iohannis, at the La Moneda presidential palace in Santiago, Chile, Saturday, April 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
A Mexican Lucha Libre wrestler named CintaDeOro observes a painting by Claude Monet during the inauguration of a Monet exhibition at the National Arts Museum in Mexico City, Wednesday, April 26, 2023 . (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
A Mexican Lucha Libre wrestler named CintaDeOro observes a painting by Claude Monet during the inauguration of a Monet exhibition at the National Arts Museum in Mexico City, Wednesday, April 26, 2023 . (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
Mia Rodriguez waits her class’ turn to enter school in Salinas, Uruguay, Friday, April 14, 2023. Before getting her prosthetic hands, Mia, whose fingers did not fully develop, did not want to eat next to her classmates and begged to be allowed to eat alone in the kitchen. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)
Mia Rodriguez waits her class’ turn to enter school in Salinas, Uruguay, Friday, April 14, 2023. Before getting her prosthetic hands, Mia, whose fingers did not fully develop, did not want to eat next to her classmates and begged to be allowed to eat alone in the kitchen. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)
A singing bird stands inside a cage covered by cloth at the store of Paul Lall, who has sold birds for more than 50 years, at the Stabroek Market in Georgetown, Guyana, Thursday, April 20, 2023. Songbirds are popular among Guyanese, who keep them as pets or to participate in singing competitions that are a centuries-old tradition. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
A singing bird stands inside a cage covered by cloth at the store of Paul Lall, who has sold birds for more than 50 years, at the Stabroek Market in Georgetown, Guyana, Thursday, April 20, 2023. Songbirds are popular among Guyanese, who keep them as pets or to participate in singing competitions that are a centuries-old tradition. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
A youth smokes marijuana during the Open Plaza festival organized by the Granjamadre marijuana farm and the “Mama Cultiva” organization for medical marijuana in Asuncion, Paraguay, Sunday, April 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
A youth smokes marijuana during the Open Plaza festival organized by the Granjamadre marijuana farm and the “Mama Cultiva” organization for medical marijuana in Asuncion, Paraguay, Sunday, April 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
Horsemen await the start of the cavalcade in honor of Saint George’s Day organized by Fenix ranch, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, April 23, 2023. The traditional cavalcade completes 25 years crossing the streets of Campo Grande and Cosmos neighborhoods, between an urban and a rural area of the city. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
Horsemen await the start of the cavalcade in honor of Saint George’s Day organized by Fenix ranch, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, April 23, 2023. The traditional cavalcade completes 25 years crossing the streets of Campo Grande and Cosmos neighborhoods, between an urban and a rural area of the city. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
April 21-27, 2023
This photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images made or published by Associated Press photographers in Latin America and the Caribbean. It was curated by AP photo editor Tomas Stargardter in Mexico City.
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