AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean
AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean
Jorge Barroso, dressed as Santa Claus, is carried by his assistants during a visit to a community along the jungle shoreline to give out presents to children in the Amazon basin near Careiro da Varzea, Amazonas state, Brazil, Dec. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros)
Cattle walk along an illegally deforested area in an extractive reserve near Jaci-Parana, Rondonia state, Brazil, July 12, 2023. Meat processing giant JBS SA and three other slaughterhouses are facing lawsuits seeking millions of dollars in environmental damages for allegedly purchasing cattle raised illegally in the area. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
England’s Chris Woakes takes the catch to dismiss West Indies’ Kyle Mayers during the fourth T20 cricket match at Brian Lara Stadium in Tarouba, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)
An electoral worker, left, reflected on a mirrored wall, readies a polling station at the National Stadium, a day ahead of an election on whether to approve a new constitution, in Santiago, Chile, Saturday, Dec. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
A woman grimaces as she walks on her knees with her son on her back, as a self-imposed penance, during a pilgrimage to the shrine of Saint Lazarus, in El Rincon, Cuba, Dec. 16, 2023. The Catholic saint is also known as the Afro-Cuban Yoruba deity Babalu Aye, protector of the sick, an example of Cuba’s religions syncretism, whose feast day is celebrated on Dec. 17. ( AP Photo/Ismael Francisco)
The silhouettes of anti-government protestors are cast on the National Congress building as they protest against government economic measures in Buenos Aires, Argentina, early Dec. 21, 2023. Days after taking office, Argentine President Javier Milei’s government announced drastic economic measures that angered some social and labor groups, and warned it would crack down on any protests blocking streets. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Christmas piñatas for sale hang over a fruit vendor’s stall at the Jamaica market in Mexico City, Dec. 14, 2023. The breaking open of piñatas are part of the Mexican Christmas tradition. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
A sloth named Buba, whose paws were burned by an electrical discharge while climbing on high voltage wires, looks out from a cage at the Instituto Vida Livre, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023. The non-profit group which cares for and rehabilitates injured wild animals found around Rio, says that in the past year they have treated more than 40 animals that have been injured while climbing on power grid cables. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
A new mural of soccer player Lionel Messi is unveiled in downtown Buenos Aires, Argentina, Dec. 18, 2023, one year after his national Argentine team won the World Cup tournament. (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello)
A dancer adjusts his costume before taking part in a procession honoring St. Thomas, the patron saint of Chichicastenango in Guatemala, Dec. 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
Tourists hang out on an abandoned locomotive in an area commonly known as the train graveyard on the outskirts of Uyuni, Bolivia, Friday, Dec. 15, 2023. This town is the site of the country’s first locomotives which arrived in 1889. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
Jorge Barroso, dressed as Santa Claus, is carried by his assistants during a visit to a community along the jungle shoreline to give out presents to children in the Amazon basin near Careiro da Varzea, Amazonas state, Brazil, Dec. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros)
Jorge Barroso, dressed as Santa Claus, is carried by his assistants during a visit to a community along the jungle shoreline to give out presents to children in the Amazon basin near Careiro da Varzea, Amazonas state, Brazil, Dec. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros)
Cattle walk along an illegally deforested area in an extractive reserve near Jaci-Parana, Rondonia state, Brazil, July 12, 2023. Meat processing giant JBS SA and three other slaughterhouses are facing lawsuits seeking millions of dollars in environmental damages for allegedly purchasing cattle raised illegally in the area. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
Cattle walk along an illegally deforested area in an extractive reserve near Jaci-Parana, Rondonia state, Brazil, July 12, 2023. Meat processing giant JBS SA and three other slaughterhouses are facing lawsuits seeking millions of dollars in environmental damages for allegedly purchasing cattle raised illegally in the area. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
England’s Chris Woakes takes the catch to dismiss West Indies’ Kyle Mayers during the fourth T20 cricket match at Brian Lara Stadium in Tarouba, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)
England’s Chris Woakes takes the catch to dismiss West Indies’ Kyle Mayers during the fourth T20 cricket match at Brian Lara Stadium in Tarouba, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)
An electoral worker, left, reflected on a mirrored wall, readies a polling station at the National Stadium, a day ahead of an election on whether to approve a new constitution, in Santiago, Chile, Saturday, Dec. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
An electoral worker, left, reflected on a mirrored wall, readies a polling station at the National Stadium, a day ahead of an election on whether to approve a new constitution, in Santiago, Chile, Saturday, Dec. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
A woman grimaces as she walks on her knees with her son on her back, as a self-imposed penance, during a pilgrimage to the shrine of Saint Lazarus, in El Rincon, Cuba, Dec. 16, 2023. The Catholic saint is also known as the Afro-Cuban Yoruba deity Babalu Aye, protector of the sick, an example of Cuba’s religions syncretism, whose feast day is celebrated on Dec. 17. ( AP Photo/Ismael Francisco)
A woman grimaces as she walks on her knees with her son on her back, as a self-imposed penance, during a pilgrimage to the shrine of Saint Lazarus, in El Rincon, Cuba, Dec. 16, 2023. The Catholic saint is also known as the Afro-Cuban Yoruba deity Babalu Aye, protector of the sick, an example of Cuba’s religions syncretism, whose feast day is celebrated on Dec. 17. ( AP Photo/Ismael Francisco)
The silhouettes of anti-government protestors are cast on the National Congress building as they protest against government economic measures in Buenos Aires, Argentina, early Dec. 21, 2023. Days after taking office, Argentine President Javier Milei’s government announced drastic economic measures that angered some social and labor groups, and warned it would crack down on any protests blocking streets. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
The silhouettes of anti-government protestors are cast on the National Congress building as they protest against government economic measures in Buenos Aires, Argentina, early Dec. 21, 2023. Days after taking office, Argentine President Javier Milei’s government announced drastic economic measures that angered some social and labor groups, and warned it would crack down on any protests blocking streets. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Christmas piñatas for sale hang over a fruit vendor’s stall at the Jamaica market in Mexico City, Dec. 14, 2023. The breaking open of piñatas are part of the Mexican Christmas tradition. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
Christmas piñatas for sale hang over a fruit vendor’s stall at the Jamaica market in Mexico City, Dec. 14, 2023. The breaking open of piñatas are part of the Mexican Christmas tradition. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
A sloth named Buba, whose paws were burned by an electrical discharge while climbing on high voltage wires, looks out from a cage at the Instituto Vida Livre, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023. The non-profit group which cares for and rehabilitates injured wild animals found around Rio, says that in the past year they have treated more than 40 animals that have been injured while climbing on power grid cables. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
A sloth named Buba, whose paws were burned by an electrical discharge while climbing on high voltage wires, looks out from a cage at the Instituto Vida Livre, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023. The non-profit group which cares for and rehabilitates injured wild animals found around Rio, says that in the past year they have treated more than 40 animals that have been injured while climbing on power grid cables. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
A new mural of soccer player Lionel Messi is unveiled in downtown Buenos Aires, Argentina, Dec. 18, 2023, one year after his national Argentine team won the World Cup tournament. (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello)
A new mural of soccer player Lionel Messi is unveiled in downtown Buenos Aires, Argentina, Dec. 18, 2023, one year after his national Argentine team won the World Cup tournament. (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello)
A dancer adjusts his costume before taking part in a procession honoring St. Thomas, the patron saint of Chichicastenango in Guatemala, Dec. 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
A dancer adjusts his costume before taking part in a procession honoring St. Thomas, the patron saint of Chichicastenango in Guatemala, Dec. 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
Tourists hang out on an abandoned locomotive in an area commonly known as the train graveyard on the outskirts of Uyuni, Bolivia, Friday, Dec. 15, 2023. This town is the site of the country’s first locomotives which arrived in 1889. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
Tourists hang out on an abandoned locomotive in an area commonly known as the train graveyard on the outskirts of Uyuni, Bolivia, Friday, Dec. 15, 2023. This town is the site of the country’s first locomotives which arrived in 1889. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
Dec. 15-21, 2023
Santa Claus visits children in the Brazilian jungle’s Amazon basin as marketgoers in Mexico shop under piñatas traditionally broken open during the Christmas season. Chileans reject a second rewriting of their national constitution, and anti-government protestors in Argentina demonstrate against their new president’s austerity measures. Pilgrims in Cuba make their way to the shrine of St. Lazarus, the Roman Catholic saint considered the protector of the sick. In Guatemala, people celebrate the feast day of Saint Thomas.
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 senior photo editor for Latin America and the Caribbean Leslie Mazoch in Mexico City.
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