AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean
AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean
Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado waves a Venezuelan national flag during a rally to protest official results that declared President Nicolas Maduro the winner of the July presidential election, in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Cristian Hernandez)
Welder Alejandro Azorin looks out of a hole in a ship under repair at the shipyard in Puerto Martins in Ramallo, Argentina, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Colombian migrants stand in shackles as they prepare to enter a plane for deportation at the Marcos A. Gelabert de Albrook Airport in Panama City, Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Agustin Herrera)
A woman is affected by tear gas fired by police to disperse a protest demanding that police and the Prime Minister take immediate action against gangs in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Aug. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
Maximiliano Falcon of Chile’s Colo Colo celebrates after scoring his side’s second goal against Colombia’s Junior during a Copa Libertadores round of sixteen first leg soccer match at the Metropolitano Roberto Melendez stadium in Barranquilla, Colombia, Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
Waorani Indigenous women take part in a demonstration demanding authorities comply with the provisions of a popular consultation that puts an end to oil extraction in a sector of the Amazon where Indigenous people live, in Quito, Ecuador, Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
Former President Evo Morales, below center, the current MAS party president, gives a news conference in El Alto, Bolivia, Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
Venezuelan nationals protest against the official results that declared President Nicolas Maduro the winner of the July presidential election, in Mexico City, Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Aurea Del Rosario)
Trash collectors rappel down Corcovado Mountain to remove garbage dumped on the slope of the Christ the Redeemer Statue in Rio de Janeiro, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro flashes victory hand signs at supporters during a pro-government rally, in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Cristian Hernandez )
The supermoon rises over the “Memorial JK,” a monument in honor of the founder of Brasilia, Brazil, Monday, Aug. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado waves a Venezuelan national flag during a rally to protest official results that declared President Nicolas Maduro the winner of the July presidential election, in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Cristian Hernandez)
Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado waves a Venezuelan national flag during a rally to protest official results that declared President Nicolas Maduro the winner of the July presidential election, in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Cristian Hernandez)
Welder Alejandro Azorin looks out of a hole in a ship under repair at the shipyard in Puerto Martins in Ramallo, Argentina, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Welder Alejandro Azorin looks out of a hole in a ship under repair at the shipyard in Puerto Martins in Ramallo, Argentina, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Colombian migrants stand in shackles as they prepare to enter a plane for deportation at the Marcos A. Gelabert de Albrook Airport in Panama City, Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Agustin Herrera)
Colombian migrants stand in shackles as they prepare to enter a plane for deportation at the Marcos A. Gelabert de Albrook Airport in Panama City, Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Agustin Herrera)
A woman is affected by tear gas fired by police to disperse a protest demanding that police and the Prime Minister take immediate action against gangs in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Aug. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
A woman is affected by tear gas fired by police to disperse a protest demanding that police and the Prime Minister take immediate action against gangs in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Aug. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
Maximiliano Falcon of Chile’s Colo Colo celebrates after scoring his side’s second goal against Colombia’s Junior during a Copa Libertadores round of sixteen first leg soccer match at the Metropolitano Roberto Melendez stadium in Barranquilla, Colombia, Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
Maximiliano Falcon of Chile’s Colo Colo celebrates after scoring his side’s second goal against Colombia’s Junior during a Copa Libertadores round of sixteen first leg soccer match at the Metropolitano Roberto Melendez stadium in Barranquilla, Colombia, Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
Waorani Indigenous women take part in a demonstration demanding authorities comply with the provisions of a popular consultation that puts an end to oil extraction in a sector of the Amazon where Indigenous people live, in Quito, Ecuador, Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
Waorani Indigenous women take part in a demonstration demanding authorities comply with the provisions of a popular consultation that puts an end to oil extraction in a sector of the Amazon where Indigenous people live, in Quito, Ecuador, Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
Former President Evo Morales, below center, the current MAS party president, gives a news conference in El Alto, Bolivia, Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
Former President Evo Morales, below center, the current MAS party president, gives a news conference in El Alto, Bolivia, Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
Venezuelan nationals protest against the official results that declared President Nicolas Maduro the winner of the July presidential election, in Mexico City, Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Aurea Del Rosario)
Venezuelan nationals protest against the official results that declared President Nicolas Maduro the winner of the July presidential election, in Mexico City, Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Aurea Del Rosario)
Trash collectors rappel down Corcovado Mountain to remove garbage dumped on the slope of the Christ the Redeemer Statue in Rio de Janeiro, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
Trash collectors rappel down Corcovado Mountain to remove garbage dumped on the slope of the Christ the Redeemer Statue in Rio de Janeiro, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro flashes victory hand signs at supporters during a pro-government rally, in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Cristian Hernandez )
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro flashes victory hand signs at supporters during a pro-government rally, in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Cristian Hernandez )
The supermoon rises over the “Memorial JK,” a monument in honor of the founder of Brasilia, Brazil, Monday, Aug. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
The supermoon rises over the “Memorial JK,” a monument in honor of the founder of Brasilia, Brazil, Monday, Aug. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
Aug. 16 - Aug. 22, 2024
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado attended a rally in Caracas to protest the country’s disputed election results. Trash collectors clean up the Christ the Redeemer statue on Rio de Janeiro’s Corcovado Mountain. Bolivia’s former President Evo Morales gave a press conference in La Paz. The supermoon rose above “Memorial JK,” a monument in honor of the founder of Brasilia, Brazil.
This gallery highlights some of the most compelling images made or published in the past week by The Associated Press from Latin America and the Caribbean.
The selection was curated by AP photographer Martín Mejía, based in Lima, Peru.
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