AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean
AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean
Youths hang out near cars serving as street barricades placed there by residents to deter gangs from entering their neighborhood, in downtown Port-au-Prince, Haiti, May 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Argentine President Javier Milei sings at a promotional event for his new book in Buenos Aires, Argentina, May 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello)
A soldier removes the body of a howler monkey that died amid high temperatures in Tecolutilla, Mexico, May 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Luis Sanchez)
A commuter sits in a subway car in Buenos Aires, Argentina, May 17, 2024. Argentine commuters in the city were hit by an abrupt 360% increase in subway fares as part of President Javier Milei’s austerity campaign. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
People wait in Ouanaminthe, Haiti, to cross into Dominican Republic, May 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Baseball coach Franklin Lopez shows young Venezuelan migrants how to throw a ball during a baseball practice session in a public park in the Comas area, on the outskirts of Lima, Peru, May 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
A porcupine is treated for an injured paw at a wildlife center in the rural Las Mercedes community of Tocaima, Colombia, May 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
Argentine singer Lali Esposito performs during the Tecate Emblema music festival in Mexico City, May 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Aurea Del Rosario)
A child covers his head with a bucket in the Los Guandules neighborhood of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, May 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado is lifted onto the stage as she arrives to help launch the campaign for presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia, in La Victoria, Venezuela, May 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
Flag girls partake in the Cavalhadas festival in Pirenopolis, Goias, Brazil, May 19, 2024. A Portuguese priest brought the tradition to Brazil in the 1800s to celebrate the Holy Spirit and to commemorate the victory of Iberian Christian knights over the Moors. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
Youths hang out near cars serving as street barricades placed there by residents to deter gangs from entering their neighborhood, in downtown Port-au-Prince, Haiti, May 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Youths hang out near cars serving as street barricades placed there by residents to deter gangs from entering their neighborhood, in downtown Port-au-Prince, Haiti, May 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Argentine President Javier Milei sings at a promotional event for his new book in Buenos Aires, Argentina, May 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello)
Argentine President Javier Milei sings at a promotional event for his new book in Buenos Aires, Argentina, May 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello)
A soldier removes the body of a howler monkey that died amid high temperatures in Tecolutilla, Mexico, May 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Luis Sanchez)
A soldier removes the body of a howler monkey that died amid high temperatures in Tecolutilla, Mexico, May 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Luis Sanchez)
A commuter sits in a subway car in Buenos Aires, Argentina, May 17, 2024. Argentine commuters in the city were hit by an abrupt 360% increase in subway fares as part of President Javier Milei’s austerity campaign. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
A commuter sits in a subway car in Buenos Aires, Argentina, May 17, 2024. Argentine commuters in the city were hit by an abrupt 360% increase in subway fares as part of President Javier Milei’s austerity campaign. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
People wait in Ouanaminthe, Haiti, to cross into Dominican Republic, May 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
People wait in Ouanaminthe, Haiti, to cross into Dominican Republic, May 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Baseball coach Franklin Lopez shows young Venezuelan migrants how to throw a ball during a baseball practice session in a public park in the Comas area, on the outskirts of Lima, Peru, May 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
Baseball coach Franklin Lopez shows young Venezuelan migrants how to throw a ball during a baseball practice session in a public park in the Comas area, on the outskirts of Lima, Peru, May 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
A porcupine is treated for an injured paw at a wildlife center in the rural Las Mercedes community of Tocaima, Colombia, May 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
A porcupine is treated for an injured paw at a wildlife center in the rural Las Mercedes community of Tocaima, Colombia, May 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
Argentine singer Lali Esposito performs during the Tecate Emblema music festival in Mexico City, May 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Aurea Del Rosario)
Argentine singer Lali Esposito performs during the Tecate Emblema music festival in Mexico City, May 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Aurea Del Rosario)
A child covers his head with a bucket in the Los Guandules neighborhood of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, May 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
A child covers his head with a bucket in the Los Guandules neighborhood of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, May 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado is lifted onto the stage as she arrives to help launch the campaign for presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia, in La Victoria, Venezuela, May 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado is lifted onto the stage as she arrives to help launch the campaign for presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia, in La Victoria, Venezuela, May 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
Flag girls partake in the Cavalhadas festival in Pirenopolis, Goias, Brazil, May 19, 2024. A Portuguese priest brought the tradition to Brazil in the 1800s to celebrate the Holy Spirit and to commemorate the victory of Iberian Christian knights over the Moors. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
Flag girls partake in the Cavalhadas festival in Pirenopolis, Goias, Brazil, May 19, 2024. A Portuguese priest brought the tradition to Brazil in the 1800s to celebrate the Holy Spirit and to commemorate the victory of Iberian Christian knights over the Moors. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
May 17-23, 2024
In the Dominican Republic, Haitians and migration featured heavily in the election conversation.
Argentine President Javier Milei belts hard rock at a presentation of his new book in Buenos Aires.
Mexico’s heatwave is so dire, howler monkeys are falling dead out of trees. Dozens were found dead in the Gulf Coast state of Tabasco while others were rescued by residents who rushed them to a local veterinarian.
Venezuelans in soccer-mad Peru find shelter in baseball. Immigrants, mainly Venezuelans, have opened five baseball academies in Peru’s capital.
This photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images made or published by Associated Press photographers in Latin America and the Caribbean.
The selection was curated by photo editor Jon Orbach based in Mexico City.
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