AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean
AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean
A snorkeler watches a shoal of fish near a shipwreck off Cubagua Island, Venezuela, Jan. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Soldiers enter the jail in Turi, Ecuador, Jan 14, 2024. Soldiers and police intervened on Sunday in several prisons in Ecuador in search of weapons, ammunition and explosives and to restore order. (AP Photo/Javier Caivinahua)
Soldiers search women as they patrol the south side of Quito, Ecuador, Jan. 12, 2024, in the wake of the apparent escape of a powerful gang leader from prison. President Daniel Noboa decreed Monday a national state of emergency, a measure that lets authorities suspend people’s rights and mobilize the military in places like the prisons. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
Heloisa Regina walks inside her flooded bar after deadly rainfall in Duque de Caxias, Brazil, Jan. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
A demonstrator, wearing a towel on her head for sun protection, eats communal food served during a protest against austerity measures proposed by Argentina’s President Javier Milei in La Matanza on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Jan. 17, 2024. Milei has announced economic measures in hopes of staving off hyperinflation. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Small cars made by inmates to sell at the Alasita fair dry on the roof of the San Pedro jail for men in La Paz, Bolivia, Bolivia, Jan. 18, 2024. The annual fair, which starts Jan. 24, is a pre-Columbian event where people buy tiny replicas of things they dream of owning. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
People celebrate as they watch the inauguration ceremony of incoming Guatemalan President Bernardo Arevalo on a screen outside the National Palace in Guatemala City, early Jan. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Santiago Billy)
Fireworks explode over the National Palace as incoming Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo and Vice President Karin Herrera wave to supporters from the balcony, on their inauguration day in Guatemala City, early Jan. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Santiago Billy)
Paraiso do Tuiuti samba school dancers carry their high heels to rehearsal where they will practice for upcoming Carnival parades in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Jan. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
Fruit and candles are part of an altar for an Indigenous ceremony honoring Guatemala’s new President Bernardo Arévalo at the sacred Mayan site of Kaminaljuyu in Guatemala City, Jan. 16, 2024. Arévalo was inaugurated as Guatemala’s new president on Monday. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
A Market 4 worker takes a nap on a hot summer day in Asuncion, Paraguay, Jan. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
A snorkeler watches a shoal of fish near a shipwreck off Cubagua Island, Venezuela, Jan. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
A snorkeler watches a shoal of fish near a shipwreck off Cubagua Island, Venezuela, Jan. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Soldiers enter the jail in Turi, Ecuador, Jan 14, 2024. Soldiers and police intervened on Sunday in several prisons in Ecuador in search of weapons, ammunition and explosives and to restore order. (AP Photo/Javier Caivinahua)
Soldiers enter the jail in Turi, Ecuador, Jan 14, 2024. Soldiers and police intervened on Sunday in several prisons in Ecuador in search of weapons, ammunition and explosives and to restore order. (AP Photo/Javier Caivinahua)
Soldiers search women as they patrol the south side of Quito, Ecuador, Jan. 12, 2024, in the wake of the apparent escape of a powerful gang leader from prison. President Daniel Noboa decreed Monday a national state of emergency, a measure that lets authorities suspend people’s rights and mobilize the military in places like the prisons. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
Soldiers search women as they patrol the south side of Quito, Ecuador, Jan. 12, 2024, in the wake of the apparent escape of a powerful gang leader from prison. President Daniel Noboa decreed Monday a national state of emergency, a measure that lets authorities suspend people’s rights and mobilize the military in places like the prisons. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
Heloisa Regina walks inside her flooded bar after deadly rainfall in Duque de Caxias, Brazil, Jan. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
Heloisa Regina walks inside her flooded bar after deadly rainfall in Duque de Caxias, Brazil, Jan. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
A demonstrator, wearing a towel on her head for sun protection, eats communal food served during a protest against austerity measures proposed by Argentina’s President Javier Milei in La Matanza on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Jan. 17, 2024. Milei has announced economic measures in hopes of staving off hyperinflation. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
A demonstrator, wearing a towel on her head for sun protection, eats communal food served during a protest against austerity measures proposed by Argentina’s President Javier Milei in La Matanza on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Jan. 17, 2024. Milei has announced economic measures in hopes of staving off hyperinflation. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Small cars made by inmates to sell at the Alasita fair dry on the roof of the San Pedro jail for men in La Paz, Bolivia, Bolivia, Jan. 18, 2024. The annual fair, which starts Jan. 24, is a pre-Columbian event where people buy tiny replicas of things they dream of owning. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
Small cars made by inmates to sell at the Alasita fair dry on the roof of the San Pedro jail for men in La Paz, Bolivia, Bolivia, Jan. 18, 2024. The annual fair, which starts Jan. 24, is a pre-Columbian event where people buy tiny replicas of things they dream of owning. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
People celebrate as they watch the inauguration ceremony of incoming Guatemalan President Bernardo Arevalo on a screen outside the National Palace in Guatemala City, early Jan. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Santiago Billy)
People celebrate as they watch the inauguration ceremony of incoming Guatemalan President Bernardo Arevalo on a screen outside the National Palace in Guatemala City, early Jan. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Santiago Billy)
Fireworks explode over the National Palace as incoming Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo and Vice President Karin Herrera wave to supporters from the balcony, on their inauguration day in Guatemala City, early Jan. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Santiago Billy)
Fireworks explode over the National Palace as incoming Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo and Vice President Karin Herrera wave to supporters from the balcony, on their inauguration day in Guatemala City, early Jan. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Santiago Billy)
Paraiso do Tuiuti samba school dancers carry their high heels to rehearsal where they will practice for upcoming Carnival parades in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Jan. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
Paraiso do Tuiuti samba school dancers carry their high heels to rehearsal where they will practice for upcoming Carnival parades in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Jan. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
Fruit and candles are part of an altar for an Indigenous ceremony honoring Guatemala’s new President Bernardo Arévalo at the sacred Mayan site of Kaminaljuyu in Guatemala City, Jan. 16, 2024. Arévalo was inaugurated as Guatemala’s new president on Monday. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
Fruit and candles are part of an altar for an Indigenous ceremony honoring Guatemala’s new President Bernardo Arévalo at the sacred Mayan site of Kaminaljuyu in Guatemala City, Jan. 16, 2024. Arévalo was inaugurated as Guatemala’s new president on Monday. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
A Market 4 worker takes a nap on a hot summer day in Asuncion, Paraguay, Jan. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
A Market 4 worker takes a nap on a hot summer day in Asuncion, Paraguay, Jan. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
Jan. 12-18, 2024
Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa decreed a national state of emergency to deal with gang violence. In Rio de Janeiro, Carnival dancers rehearsed. Inmates in Bolivia crafted miniature cars and furniture to sell at a fair. Indigenous people in Guatemala held a ceremony to honor new President Bernardo Arévalo.
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 photo editor Leslie Mazoch in Mexico City.
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