AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean
AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean
Producer Hugo Sand hauls on his shoulders a bag of harvested yerba mate during a protest against President Javier Milei’s proposal to scrap price controls and subsidies affecting a range of markets, including yerba mate, at the iconic Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
La Plata river floods a road after Tropical Storm Ernesto passed through Toa Baja, Puerto Rico, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Alejandro Granadillo)
Workers set up scaffolding to change an old Cuban flag in Havana, Cuba, Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Relatives of people missing embrace each other after a fatal explosion in the Petare neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, Aug. 12, 2024. According to civil protection at the site, the explosion was gas related. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
The feet are what remains of a statue of former dictator Gen. Alfredo Stroessner (1912-2006) that was removed several decades ago from Victory Peace Monument which features national heroes on Lambare Hill in Asuncion, Paraguay, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024, the day before the 70th anniversary of the start of Stroessner’s regime that lasted 35 years. The shadow behind is from another statue. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
Karla Valerye, 15, and her “chamberlain” or escort, arrive to the annual “Mis XV” or “My Fifteenth” birthday celebration for patients who are currently in treatment for a serious disease or have overcome cancer, at the Federico Gomez Children’s Hospital in Mexico City, Friday, Aug. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Aurea Del Rosario)
CORRECTS NUMBER OF PEOPLE ON BOARD - The debris at the site where an airplane crashed with 62 people on board, in Vinhedo, Sao Paulo state, Brazil, early on Saturday, Aug. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
Prince Harry and Meghan attend a welcoming ceremony, accompanied by Colombia’s Vice President Francia Márquez, left, at the Delia Zapata National Arts Center, in Bogota, Colombia, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)
A boy pours a jug of water on his head at a school that serves as a shelter for people displaced by gang violence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
Workers carry empty coffins into the morgue where the bodies of plane crash victims were brought in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Monday, Aug. 12, 2024. The flight crashed into the backyard of a home in the city of Vinhedo on Aug. 9. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
Mexica dancers burn incense during a ceremony commemorating the 503rd anniversary of the fall of the Aztec empire’s capital, Tenochtitlan, in Mexico City, Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
Producer Hugo Sand hauls on his shoulders a bag of harvested yerba mate during a protest against President Javier Milei’s proposal to scrap price controls and subsidies affecting a range of markets, including yerba mate, at the iconic Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Producer Hugo Sand hauls on his shoulders a bag of harvested yerba mate during a protest against President Javier Milei’s proposal to scrap price controls and subsidies affecting a range of markets, including yerba mate, at the iconic Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
La Plata river floods a road after Tropical Storm Ernesto passed through Toa Baja, Puerto Rico, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Alejandro Granadillo)
La Plata river floods a road after Tropical Storm Ernesto passed through Toa Baja, Puerto Rico, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Alejandro Granadillo)
Workers set up scaffolding to change an old Cuban flag in Havana, Cuba, Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Workers set up scaffolding to change an old Cuban flag in Havana, Cuba, Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Relatives of people missing embrace each other after a fatal explosion in the Petare neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, Aug. 12, 2024. According to civil protection at the site, the explosion was gas related. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Relatives of people missing embrace each other after a fatal explosion in the Petare neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, Aug. 12, 2024. According to civil protection at the site, the explosion was gas related. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
The feet are what remains of a statue of former dictator Gen. Alfredo Stroessner (1912-2006) that was removed several decades ago from Victory Peace Monument which features national heroes on Lambare Hill in Asuncion, Paraguay, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024, the day before the 70th anniversary of the start of Stroessner’s regime that lasted 35 years. The shadow behind is from another statue. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
The feet are what remains of a statue of former dictator Gen. Alfredo Stroessner (1912-2006) that was removed several decades ago from Victory Peace Monument which features national heroes on Lambare Hill in Asuncion, Paraguay, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024, the day before the 70th anniversary of the start of Stroessner’s regime that lasted 35 years. The shadow behind is from another statue. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
Karla Valerye, 15, and her “chamberlain” or escort, arrive to the annual “Mis XV” or “My Fifteenth” birthday celebration for patients who are currently in treatment for a serious disease or have overcome cancer, at the Federico Gomez Children’s Hospital in Mexico City, Friday, Aug. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Aurea Del Rosario)
Karla Valerye, 15, and her “chamberlain” or escort, arrive to the annual “Mis XV” or “My Fifteenth” birthday celebration for patients who are currently in treatment for a serious disease or have overcome cancer, at the Federico Gomez Children’s Hospital in Mexico City, Friday, Aug. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Aurea Del Rosario)
CORRECTS NUMBER OF PEOPLE ON BOARD - The debris at the site where an airplane crashed with 62 people on board, in Vinhedo, Sao Paulo state, Brazil, early on Saturday, Aug. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
CORRECTS NUMBER OF PEOPLE ON BOARD - The debris at the site where an airplane crashed with 62 people on board, in Vinhedo, Sao Paulo state, Brazil, early on Saturday, Aug. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
Prince Harry and Meghan attend a welcoming ceremony, accompanied by Colombia’s Vice President Francia Márquez, left, at the Delia Zapata National Arts Center, in Bogota, Colombia, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)
Prince Harry and Meghan attend a welcoming ceremony, accompanied by Colombia’s Vice President Francia Márquez, left, at the Delia Zapata National Arts Center, in Bogota, Colombia, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)
A boy pours a jug of water on his head at a school that serves as a shelter for people displaced by gang violence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
A boy pours a jug of water on his head at a school that serves as a shelter for people displaced by gang violence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
Workers carry empty coffins into the morgue where the bodies of plane crash victims were brought in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Monday, Aug. 12, 2024. The flight crashed into the backyard of a home in the city of Vinhedo on Aug. 9. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
Workers carry empty coffins into the morgue where the bodies of plane crash victims were brought in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Monday, Aug. 12, 2024. The flight crashed into the backyard of a home in the city of Vinhedo on Aug. 9. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
Mexica dancers burn incense during a ceremony commemorating the 503rd anniversary of the fall of the Aztec empire’s capital, Tenochtitlan, in Mexico City, Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
Mexica dancers burn incense during a ceremony commemorating the 503rd anniversary of the fall of the Aztec empire’s capital, Tenochtitlan, in Mexico City, Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
August 9-15, 2024
A producer hauls a sack of yerba mate in Buenos Aires to protest President Javier Milei’s plan to slash price controls and subsidies in various markets. Tropical Storm Ernesto makes lashes Puerto Rico. A plane crashes in Vinhedo, Brazil. Prince Harry and Meghan visit Colombia.
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 photojournalist Esteban Felix based in Santiago, Chile.
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