AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean
AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean
A reveler attends the annual zombie parade in Santiago, Chile, Oct. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
People walk through a part of the Amazon River that shows signs of drought in Santa Sofia, on the outskirts of Leticia, Colombia, Oct. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)
Residents prepare a soup over an open fire during a blackout following the failure of a major power plant, in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Children ride in a stroller along the Huixtla highway in the state of Chiapas, Mexico, Oct. 22, 2024, as part of a group of migrants hoping to reach the country’s northern border and ultimately the United States. (AP Photo/Edgar H. Clemente)
Cargo ships wait to transit the Panama Canal in Gatun Lake in Colon, Panama, Sept. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Residents use ropes to lower the coffin of slain Catholic priest and activist Marcelo Pérez, into a grave in the church courtyard of San Andrés Larráinzar, Chiapas state, Mexico, Oct. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Isabel Mateos)
Guatemalan journalist Jose Ruben Zamora, founder of El Periodico newspaper, jailed for more than two years on money laundering charges, talks with reporters before attending a hearing to ask the judge to serve his detention at home while his judicial process continues, in Guatemala City, Oct. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
A woman drips candle wax on the back of devotee Valentin Solis as part of his penance, outside the San Felipe Catholic Church in Portobelo, Panama, Oct. 21, 2024, during the annual festival celebrating the iconic Black Christ statue that was found on the shore in 1658. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Pilgrims rest after crawling to the San Felipe Catholic Church to honor the Black Christ statue, in Portobelo, Panama, Oct. 21, 2024, during the annual festival celebrating the iconic statue that was found on the shore in 1658. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Women prepare to model creations by a local designer at a Chola fashion show, promoting the Andean style and beauty of Aymara women, in La Paz, Bolivia, Oct. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
A woman prepares to catch a tossed frisbee during a massive blackout after a major power plant failed in Havana, Cuba, Oct. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
A reveler attends the annual zombie parade in Santiago, Chile, Oct. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
A reveler attends the annual zombie parade in Santiago, Chile, Oct. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
People walk through a part of the Amazon River that shows signs of drought in Santa Sofia, on the outskirts of Leticia, Colombia, Oct. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)
People walk through a part of the Amazon River that shows signs of drought in Santa Sofia, on the outskirts of Leticia, Colombia, Oct. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)
Residents prepare a soup over an open fire during a blackout following the failure of a major power plant, in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Residents prepare a soup over an open fire during a blackout following the failure of a major power plant, in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Children ride in a stroller along the Huixtla highway in the state of Chiapas, Mexico, Oct. 22, 2024, as part of a group of migrants hoping to reach the country’s northern border and ultimately the United States. (AP Photo/Edgar H. Clemente)
Children ride in a stroller along the Huixtla highway in the state of Chiapas, Mexico, Oct. 22, 2024, as part of a group of migrants hoping to reach the country’s northern border and ultimately the United States. (AP Photo/Edgar H. Clemente)
Cargo ships wait to transit the Panama Canal in Gatun Lake in Colon, Panama, Sept. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Cargo ships wait to transit the Panama Canal in Gatun Lake in Colon, Panama, Sept. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Residents use ropes to lower the coffin of slain Catholic priest and activist Marcelo Pérez, into a grave in the church courtyard of San Andrés Larráinzar, Chiapas state, Mexico, Oct. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Isabel Mateos)
Residents use ropes to lower the coffin of slain Catholic priest and activist Marcelo Pérez, into a grave in the church courtyard of San Andrés Larráinzar, Chiapas state, Mexico, Oct. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Isabel Mateos)
Guatemalan journalist Jose Ruben Zamora, founder of El Periodico newspaper, jailed for more than two years on money laundering charges, talks with reporters before attending a hearing to ask the judge to serve his detention at home while his judicial process continues, in Guatemala City, Oct. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
Guatemalan journalist Jose Ruben Zamora, founder of El Periodico newspaper, jailed for more than two years on money laundering charges, talks with reporters before attending a hearing to ask the judge to serve his detention at home while his judicial process continues, in Guatemala City, Oct. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
A woman drips candle wax on the back of devotee Valentin Solis as part of his penance, outside the San Felipe Catholic Church in Portobelo, Panama, Oct. 21, 2024, during the annual festival celebrating the iconic Black Christ statue that was found on the shore in 1658. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
A woman drips candle wax on the back of devotee Valentin Solis as part of his penance, outside the San Felipe Catholic Church in Portobelo, Panama, Oct. 21, 2024, during the annual festival celebrating the iconic Black Christ statue that was found on the shore in 1658. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Pilgrims rest after crawling to the San Felipe Catholic Church to honor the Black Christ statue, in Portobelo, Panama, Oct. 21, 2024, during the annual festival celebrating the iconic statue that was found on the shore in 1658. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Pilgrims rest after crawling to the San Felipe Catholic Church to honor the Black Christ statue, in Portobelo, Panama, Oct. 21, 2024, during the annual festival celebrating the iconic statue that was found on the shore in 1658. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Women prepare to model creations by a local designer at a Chola fashion show, promoting the Andean style and beauty of Aymara women, in La Paz, Bolivia, Oct. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
Women prepare to model creations by a local designer at a Chola fashion show, promoting the Andean style and beauty of Aymara women, in La Paz, Bolivia, Oct. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
A woman prepares to catch a tossed frisbee during a massive blackout after a major power plant failed in Havana, Cuba, Oct. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
A woman prepares to catch a tossed frisbee during a massive blackout after a major power plant failed in Havana, Cuba, Oct. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Oct. 18-24, 2024
Millions of Cubans were left without electricity for days after the nation’s energy grid went down when one of the island’s major power plants failed.
The Amazon River naturally fluctuates during the dry and rainy seasons. But a dramatic drop has been evident since 2023. In Colombia, the river’s fall has isolated some Indigenous communities, prompting nonprofits and the government to deliver water and food to places that depend on rain and river water to survive.
Hundreds of people turned out for the burial of Catholic priest Marcelo Pérez, an activist for Indigenous peoples and farm laborers who was killed in the southern Mexico State of Chiapas. The Rev. Pérez had worked to bring peace to the highlands and border regions of Chiapas, where two drug cartels are battling for control.
It is one of the most striking scenes to happen every year in Panama’s northern province of Colón: Every Oct. 21, the province celebrates the festival of the Black Christ of Portobelo. Moved by faith, they crawl for several hours along the street toward the image of the saint housed in the Church of San Felipe.
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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