AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean
AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean
Brazilian singer Catia de Franca, 77, belts out a tune at a warehouse converted into a venue for independent artists in Sao Paulo, Brazil, April 19, 2024. It took almost half a century for de França to find her audience. Her belated fame largely reflects a revival taking place in Brazil, where vinyl records outsold CDs and DVDs for the first time last year. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
A member of the Mexico City Search Commission uses a ground-penetrating radar in an area where volunteers who search for missing people said they have found a clandestine crematorium in Tlahuac, on the edge of Mexico City, May 1, 2024. Ceci Flores, a leader of one of the groups of so-called “searching mothers” from northern Mexico, announced late Tuesday that her team had found bones around clandestine burial pits and ID cards. Later, prosecutors said they determined the remains were not human. (AP Photo/Ginnette Riquelme)
Protesters carry balloons to a march on International Workers’ Day in Santiago, Chile, May 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Basualdo)
Residents walk past a burnt car blocking the street as they evacuate the Delmas 22 neighborhood the morning after an attack amid gang violence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, May 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
A doll’s face is covered with supportive messages for government-proposed reforms during the International Workers’ Day march in Bogota, Colombia, May 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
Union workers march on International Workers’ Day in Caracas, Venezuela, May 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Jesus Vargas)
Union workers’ shadows are cast on the street as they march with flags on International Workers’ Day in Asuncion, Paraguay, May 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
People cheer for their favorite contestant during the Queen of Great Power contest, in La Paz, Bolivia, May 1, 2024. The contest takes place ahead of the Festival of the Lord Jesus of Great Power, a street party that celebrates a rendering of Jesus Christ with native features and outstretched arms. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
Carlos Cisterna grieves during the burial service for his son, slain police officer Carlos Cisterna, in Lebu, Chile, April 30, 2024. Armed assailants ambushed and killed three law enforcement officers including Cisterna, in southern Chile before setting their car on fire, authorities said. (AP Photo/Amilix Fornerod)
Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, who has been banned from running for office, holds a campaign poster promoting presidential candidate Edmundo González, during a rally in Maracaibo, Venezuela, Thursday, May 2, 2024. Venezuela’s opposition is rallying behind the unknown former diplomat to challenge Nicolas Maduro in the July 28th presidential election. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
An overhead night view of Panama City, May 1, 2024. Panamanians will elect a new president on Sunday, May 5th. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Brazilian singer Catia de Franca, 77, belts out a tune at a warehouse converted into a venue for independent artists in Sao Paulo, Brazil, April 19, 2024. It took almost half a century for de França to find her audience. Her belated fame largely reflects a revival taking place in Brazil, where vinyl records outsold CDs and DVDs for the first time last year. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
Brazilian singer Catia de Franca, 77, belts out a tune at a warehouse converted into a venue for independent artists in Sao Paulo, Brazil, April 19, 2024. It took almost half a century for de França to find her audience. Her belated fame largely reflects a revival taking place in Brazil, where vinyl records outsold CDs and DVDs for the first time last year. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
A member of the Mexico City Search Commission uses a ground-penetrating radar in an area where volunteers who search for missing people said they have found a clandestine crematorium in Tlahuac, on the edge of Mexico City, May 1, 2024. Ceci Flores, a leader of one of the groups of so-called “searching mothers” from northern Mexico, announced late Tuesday that her team had found bones around clandestine burial pits and ID cards. Later, prosecutors said they determined the remains were not human. (AP Photo/Ginnette Riquelme)
A member of the Mexico City Search Commission uses a ground-penetrating radar in an area where volunteers who search for missing people said they have found a clandestine crematorium in Tlahuac, on the edge of Mexico City, May 1, 2024. Ceci Flores, a leader of one of the groups of so-called “searching mothers” from northern Mexico, announced late Tuesday that her team had found bones around clandestine burial pits and ID cards. Later, prosecutors said they determined the remains were not human. (AP Photo/Ginnette Riquelme)
Protesters carry balloons to a march on International Workers’ Day in Santiago, Chile, May 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Basualdo)
Protesters carry balloons to a march on International Workers’ Day in Santiago, Chile, May 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Basualdo)
Residents walk past a burnt car blocking the street as they evacuate the Delmas 22 neighborhood the morning after an attack amid gang violence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, May 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Residents walk past a burnt car blocking the street as they evacuate the Delmas 22 neighborhood the morning after an attack amid gang violence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, May 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
A doll’s face is covered with supportive messages for government-proposed reforms during the International Workers’ Day march in Bogota, Colombia, May 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
A doll’s face is covered with supportive messages for government-proposed reforms during the International Workers’ Day march in Bogota, Colombia, May 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
Union workers march on International Workers’ Day in Caracas, Venezuela, May 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Jesus Vargas)
Union workers march on International Workers’ Day in Caracas, Venezuela, May 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Jesus Vargas)
Union workers’ shadows are cast on the street as they march with flags on International Workers’ Day in Asuncion, Paraguay, May 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
Union workers’ shadows are cast on the street as they march with flags on International Workers’ Day in Asuncion, Paraguay, May 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
People cheer for their favorite contestant during the Queen of Great Power contest, in La Paz, Bolivia, May 1, 2024. The contest takes place ahead of the Festival of the Lord Jesus of Great Power, a street party that celebrates a rendering of Jesus Christ with native features and outstretched arms. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
People cheer for their favorite contestant during the Queen of Great Power contest, in La Paz, Bolivia, May 1, 2024. The contest takes place ahead of the Festival of the Lord Jesus of Great Power, a street party that celebrates a rendering of Jesus Christ with native features and outstretched arms. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
Carlos Cisterna grieves during the burial service for his son, slain police officer Carlos Cisterna, in Lebu, Chile, April 30, 2024. Armed assailants ambushed and killed three law enforcement officers including Cisterna, in southern Chile before setting their car on fire, authorities said. (AP Photo/Amilix Fornerod)
Carlos Cisterna grieves during the burial service for his son, slain police officer Carlos Cisterna, in Lebu, Chile, April 30, 2024. Armed assailants ambushed and killed three law enforcement officers including Cisterna, in southern Chile before setting their car on fire, authorities said. (AP Photo/Amilix Fornerod)
Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, who has been banned from running for office, holds a campaign poster promoting presidential candidate Edmundo González, during a rally in Maracaibo, Venezuela, Thursday, May 2, 2024. Venezuela’s opposition is rallying behind the unknown former diplomat to challenge Nicolas Maduro in the July 28th presidential election. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, who has been banned from running for office, holds a campaign poster promoting presidential candidate Edmundo González, during a rally in Maracaibo, Venezuela, Thursday, May 2, 2024. Venezuela’s opposition is rallying behind the unknown former diplomat to challenge Nicolas Maduro in the July 28th presidential election. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
An overhead night view of Panama City, May 1, 2024. Panamanians will elect a new president on Sunday, May 5th. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
An overhead night view of Panama City, May 1, 2024. Panamanians will elect a new president on Sunday, May 5th. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
April 16 - May 2, 2024
Brazilian singer Catia de Franca performs her blend of psychedelic rock with traditional rhythms and modernist poetry. Mothers search a field on the outskirts of Mexico City looking for remains of missing love ones. Gangs in Haiti lay siege to several neighborhoods in Port-au-Prince, burning homes and battling with police.
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 Leslie Mazoch, AP senior photo editor for Latin America and Caribbean, in Mexico City.
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