AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean
AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean
Women don white scarves made iconic by the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo human rights group, during a march to commemorate the anniversary of Argentina’s 1976 coup, in Buenos Aires, March 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Women don white scarves made iconic by the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo human rights group, during a march to commemorate the anniversary of Argentina’s 1976 coup, in Buenos Aires, March 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Women don white scarves made iconic by the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo human rights group, during a march to commemorate the anniversary of Argentina’s 1976 coup, in Buenos Aires, March 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
A prisoner at the Terrorist Confinement Center stands shackled against a wall as the U.S. Homeland Security secretary tours the facility, in Tecoluca, El Salvador, March 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
A prisoner at the Terrorist Confinement Center stands shackled against a wall as the U.S. Homeland Security secretary tours the facility, in Tecoluca, El Salvador, March 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
An aide holds an umbrella over Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem during a light drizzle, as she departs National Police headquarters after meeting with the Counter Organized Crime Group, in Bogota, Colombia, March 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
An aide holds an umbrella over Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem during a light drizzle, as she departs National Police headquarters after meeting with the Counter Organized Crime Group, in Bogota, Colombia, March 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Ypehu farmer Beatriz Sanchez poses for a portrait with her son Martin, before participating in the annual farmers’ march for agrarian reform, better public services and economic help for their sector, in Asuncion, Paraguay, March 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
Ypehu farmer Beatriz Sanchez poses for a portrait with her son Martin, before participating in the annual farmers’ march for agrarian reform, better public services and economic help for their sector, in Asuncion, Paraguay, March 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
An aerial view of a sump at the Cobre Panama copper open-pit mine during a press tour of the mine, owned by Canada’s First Quantum Minerals, in Donoso, Panama, March 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
An aerial view of a sump at the Cobre Panama copper open-pit mine during a press tour of the mine, owned by Canada’s First Quantum Minerals, in Donoso, Panama, March 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
A female African elephant named Pupy stands in her enclosure at the Ecoparque in Buenos Aires, Argentina, March 25, 2025, as she is trained for relocation to a sanctuary in Brazil. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
A female African elephant named Pupy stands in her enclosure at the Ecoparque in Buenos Aires, Argentina, March 25, 2025, as she is trained for relocation to a sanctuary in Brazil. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Pedestrians cross a road blocked off with stones by protestors during a demonstration demanding the resignation of the transitional presidential council, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, March 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
Pedestrians cross a road blocked off with stones by protestors during a demonstration demanding the resignation of the transitional presidential council, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, March 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
Venezuelan migrants deported from the United States peer through their plane windows as they arrive at the Simon Bolivar International Airport in Maiquetia, Venezuela, March 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
Venezuelan migrants deported from the United States peer through their plane windows as they arrive at the Simon Bolivar International Airport in Maiquetia, Venezuela, March 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
Bolivia’s Carmelo Algaranaz attempts to head the ball as Peru’s Miguel Trauco kicks it during a World Cup 2026 qualifying soccer match in Lima, Peru, March 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
Bolivia’s Carmelo Algaranaz attempts to head the ball as Peru’s Miguel Trauco kicks it during a World Cup 2026 qualifying soccer match in Lima, Peru, March 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
Central American migrants hang out in a courtyard as they wait to be fed, at a government-run Human Mobility Assistance Center in Mexico City, March 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
Central American migrants hang out in a courtyard as they wait to be fed, at a government-run Human Mobility Assistance Center in Mexico City, March 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
A youth navigates a motor boat on the Rio Caxiuana near Brazil’s Ferreira Penna Scientific Station, in Para state, March 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
A youth navigates a motor boat on the Rio Caxiuana near Brazil’s Ferreira Penna Scientific Station, in Para state, March 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
Fishermen talk after a day of fishing on makeshift “corcho” rafts next to a classic American car loaded with garlic and onions for sale, in Cojimar, Cuba, March 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Fishermen talk after a day of fishing on makeshift “corcho” rafts next to a classic American car loaded with garlic and onions for sale, in Cojimar, Cuba, March 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
March 21-27, 2025
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem landed in El Salvador visiting the prison where deported Venezuelans are being held, as part of a three-country tour that includes Colombia and Mexico.
Venezuela accepted renewing repatriation flights from the United States carrying its deported nationals after reaching an agreement with the U.S.
Panama reopened talks about the future of a controversial copper mine.
Cubans are using makeshift rafts known as ‘corchos’ to catch elusive fish.
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 photo editor Anita Baca, based in Mexico City.
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