AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean
AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean
A sedated lion, housed in Puerto Rico’s only zoo, is transported in a cage, in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, Friday, April 28, 2023. Puerto Rico is closing the U.S. territory’s only zoo following years of suspected negligence, a lack of resources and deaths of animals that were highlighted by activists. Most of the animals are being transferred to The Wild Animal Sanctuary in Colorado. (AP Photo/Alejandro Granadillo)
An Indigenous woman attends the closing of the annual Terra Livre, or Free Land Indigenous Encampment in Brasilia, Brazil, Friday, April 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
A vendor salvages items from the burned ruins of the Shada Market in the Petion-ville area of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, May 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
Pablo Fernandez, an Mb’a Indigenous man from Caaguazu, stands under plastic that is part of an encampment outside the National Indigenous Office (INDI) where an Indigenous group is demanding food aid in Asuncion, Paraguay, Friday, April 28, 2023. Paraguay’s general elections are scheduled for April 30. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
Floating containers that are pulled by a boat sit empty next to government-run sugar cane fields where Daniel Bacchus inspects the land in Albion, Guyana, Saturday, April 15, 2023. Despite the oil boom, poverty is deepening for some as the cost of living soars, with goods such as sugar, oranges, cooking oil, peppers and plantains more than doubling in price while salaries have flatlined. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Migrants who blocked the highway on the Chile-Peru border are dispersed by Chilean police near Arica, Chile, Tuesday, May 2, 2023. A migration crisis at the border between Chile and Peru has intensified as migrants who say they want to go home remained stranded, unable to enter Peru. (AP Photo/Agustin Mercado)
Dogs and owners run during of 4k pet run “A Race with a Cause,” organized to raise funds for a shelter for rescued dogs in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, April 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
Jessica do Vale controls a ball during a street soccer training program run by the Street Child United Brazil non-governmental organization, at the Complexo da Penha favela, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, April 29, 2023. Girls are challenging the male-dominated sport stereotype with the support of trainers from the community, being taught more than just soccer but also personal development. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
Wilfredo Ajllahuanca sits inside a structure built from within by three educators on hunger strike who walled themselves inside of it at the teachers union headquarters in La Paz, Bolivia, Tuesday, May 2, 2023. Three leaders in public education began a hunger strike on May 1 after two months of ongoing protests by teachers demanding a higher budget for public education and to protest the new educational curriculum. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
Ayrton Lucas of Brazil’s Flamengo, right, is fouled by Gabriel Hauche of Argentina’s Racing Club during a Copa Libertadores group A soccer match at Presidente Peron stadium in Avellaneda, Argentina, Thursday, May 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello)
A sedated lion, housed in Puerto Rico’s only zoo, is transported in a cage, in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, Friday, April 28, 2023. Puerto Rico is closing the U.S. territory’s only zoo following years of suspected negligence, a lack of resources and deaths of animals that were highlighted by activists. Most of the animals are being transferred to The Wild Animal Sanctuary in Colorado. (AP Photo/Alejandro Granadillo)
A sedated lion, housed in Puerto Rico’s only zoo, is transported in a cage, in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, Friday, April 28, 2023. Puerto Rico is closing the U.S. territory’s only zoo following years of suspected negligence, a lack of resources and deaths of animals that were highlighted by activists. Most of the animals are being transferred to The Wild Animal Sanctuary in Colorado. (AP Photo/Alejandro Granadillo)
An Indigenous woman attends the closing of the annual Terra Livre, or Free Land Indigenous Encampment in Brasilia, Brazil, Friday, April 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
A vendor salvages items from the burned ruins of the Shada Market in the Petion-ville area of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, May 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
Pablo Fernandez, an Mb’a Indigenous man from Caaguazu, stands under plastic that is part of an encampment outside the National Indigenous Office (INDI) where an Indigenous group is demanding food aid in Asuncion, Paraguay, Friday, April 28, 2023. Paraguay’s general elections are scheduled for April 30. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
Pablo Fernandez, an Mb’a Indigenous man from Caaguazu, stands under plastic that is part of an encampment outside the National Indigenous Office (INDI) where an Indigenous group is demanding food aid in Asuncion, Paraguay, Friday, April 28, 2023. Paraguay’s general elections are scheduled for April 30. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
Floating containers that are pulled by a boat sit empty next to government-run sugar cane fields where Daniel Bacchus inspects the land in Albion, Guyana, Saturday, April 15, 2023. Despite the oil boom, poverty is deepening for some as the cost of living soars, with goods such as sugar, oranges, cooking oil, peppers and plantains more than doubling in price while salaries have flatlined. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Floating containers that are pulled by a boat sit empty next to government-run sugar cane fields where Daniel Bacchus inspects the land in Albion, Guyana, Saturday, April 15, 2023. Despite the oil boom, poverty is deepening for some as the cost of living soars, with goods such as sugar, oranges, cooking oil, peppers and plantains more than doubling in price while salaries have flatlined. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Migrants who blocked the highway on the Chile-Peru border are dispersed by Chilean police near Arica, Chile, Tuesday, May 2, 2023. A migration crisis at the border between Chile and Peru has intensified as migrants who say they want to go home remained stranded, unable to enter Peru. (AP Photo/Agustin Mercado)
Migrants who blocked the highway on the Chile-Peru border are dispersed by Chilean police near Arica, Chile, Tuesday, May 2, 2023. A migration crisis at the border between Chile and Peru has intensified as migrants who say they want to go home remained stranded, unable to enter Peru. (AP Photo/Agustin Mercado)
Dogs and owners run during of 4k pet run “A Race with a Cause,” organized to raise funds for a shelter for rescued dogs in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, April 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
Jessica do Vale controls a ball during a street soccer training program run by the Street Child United Brazil non-governmental organization, at the Complexo da Penha favela, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, April 29, 2023. Girls are challenging the male-dominated sport stereotype with the support of trainers from the community, being taught more than just soccer but also personal development. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
Jessica do Vale controls a ball during a street soccer training program run by the Street Child United Brazil non-governmental organization, at the Complexo da Penha favela, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, April 29, 2023. Girls are challenging the male-dominated sport stereotype with the support of trainers from the community, being taught more than just soccer but also personal development. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
Wilfredo Ajllahuanca sits inside a structure built from within by three educators on hunger strike who walled themselves inside of it at the teachers union headquarters in La Paz, Bolivia, Tuesday, May 2, 2023. Three leaders in public education began a hunger strike on May 1 after two months of ongoing protests by teachers demanding a higher budget for public education and to protest the new educational curriculum. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
Wilfredo Ajllahuanca sits inside a structure built from within by three educators on hunger strike who walled themselves inside of it at the teachers union headquarters in La Paz, Bolivia, Tuesday, May 2, 2023. Three leaders in public education began a hunger strike on May 1 after two months of ongoing protests by teachers demanding a higher budget for public education and to protest the new educational curriculum. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
Ayrton Lucas of Brazil’s Flamengo, right, is fouled by Gabriel Hauche of Argentina’s Racing Club during a Copa Libertadores group A soccer match at Presidente Peron stadium in Avellaneda, Argentina, Thursday, May 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello)
Ayrton Lucas of Brazil’s Flamengo, right, is fouled by Gabriel Hauche of Argentina’s Racing Club during a Copa Libertadores group A soccer match at Presidente Peron stadium in Avellaneda, Argentina, Thursday, May 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello)
April 28-May 4, 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 journalist Jorge Saenz in Asuncion, Paraguay
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