AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean

Ruling party grassroots organizers known as “Community Leaders” sort documents and propaganda about the Essequibo region, during a referendum about the future of a disputed territory with Guyana, in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, Dec. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

A vendor’s car is covered with handicrafts displayed for sale, on a street in Mexico City, Monday, Dec. 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

Peru’s former President Alberto Fujimori, 85, center, is driven away from a prison by one of his lawyers, accompanied by his son Kenji, left, and daughter Keiko, after his release in Callao, Peru, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023. The country’s constitutional court ordered an immediate humanitarian release on Tuesday for the former leader who was serving a 25-year sentence for human rights abuses. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Members of the Presidential Guard line up to vote in a referendum about the future of a disputed territory with Guyana, at a polling station in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, Dec. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Children pose for a photo on a platform of the Quito Metro, in Quito, Ecuador, Friday, Dec. 1, 2023. After a 10-year wait marked by questions about costs and allegations of corruption that delayed its construction, Ecuador’s capital saw the start of operations of the country’s first metro on Friday. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

Boca Juniors’ Vice President Roman Riquelme waves to fans near La Bombonera stadium, demanding elections to appoint new club leadership, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Dec. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello)

Indigenous people rest after accompanying President-elect Bernardo Arévalo in a march in protest of government interference in the elections he won in August, in Guatemala City, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023. Arévalo is set to take office on Jan. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Heads of state from left to right: Argentina’s outgoing President Alberto Fernandez, Paraguay’s President Santiago Pena, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Uruguay’s President Luis Lacalle Pou and Bolivia’s President Luis Arce, pose for a group photo at the 63rd Mercosur Summit, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

A samba group member arrives to the central train station to board the Samba Train which will wind its way through the outskirts of the city celebrating National Samba Day, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, Dec. 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)

Scottie Scheffler, of the United States, poses with the Hero World Challenge PGA Tour trophy as Tiger Woods smiles in the background, at the Albany Golf Club in New Providence, Bahamas, Sunday, Dec. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Brazil’s Rayssa Leal competes during the Skate Street World Championships in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Saturday, Dec. 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Suibel Gonzales, left, and her mother Lidia Huayllas, Aymara Indigenous women who make a living as mountain guides, walk on the Huayna Potosi glacier on the outskirts of El Alto, Bolivia, Sunday, Nov. 5, 2023. When they first started climbing the Andes peaks years ago, they could hear the ice crunching under their crampons. These days, it’s the sound of melted water running beneath their feet that they mostly listen to as they make their way up. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)