AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean
AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean
An Indigenous woman carries a cross with the name of a missing person during a memorial for the victims of the civil war in Guatemala City, Feb. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
A tractor transports farmers’ produce to a market across the La Paz River inundated by a mudslide due to persistent rains in El Penol, Bolivia, Feb. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
People smoke cigars on the opening day of the annual Habano Festival in Havana, Cuba, Feb. 26, 2024. Cigar enthusiasts from around the world flock to Cuba for the festival where they can visit tobacco farms and taste new cigar brands. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Confetti showers Bolivarian Militia members and government supporters at a march commemorating a 2004 speech by late President Hugo Chavez that is considered by his supporters a key anti-imperialist moment in the history of his Bolivarian Revolution in Caracas, Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
FILE - An attacker lies dead on his back in the parking lot of a convenience store as a police investigator uses a measuring wheel while collecting evidence from a crime scene where a municipal policeman was shot dead, in Celaya, Mexico, Feb. 28, 2024. The policeman had been driving his wife to work when cartel gunmen opened fire on their car. The policeman killed one attacker before dying. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano, File)
A Maka Indigenous woman puts on make-up before protesting for the recovery of ancestral lands in Asuncion, Paraguay, Feb. 28, 2024. Her protest group is denouncing that the government has built a bridge on their land in El Chaco’s Bartolome de las Casas. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
Great Britain’s Sky Brown competes in the ISA World Surfing Games off La Marginal beach in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, Feb. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Alejandro Granadillo)
Ana Pasapera, who suffers from dengue, prays beside her bed at La Merced Hospital in Paita, Peru, Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. Peru declared a health emergency in most of its provinces on Feb. 26 due to a growing number of dengue cases. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
Boca Juniors’ Edinson Cavani, left, and River Plate’s goalkeeper Franco Armani battle for the ball during an Argentine soccer league match in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2024. The game ended in a 1-1 draw. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Patricia Strier poses for a portrait with family photos including her sister Mirta at her home in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Jan. 29, 2024. Strier’s sister died in the worst bombing attack on civilians in Argentina’s history in 1994 when a bomb-laden van exploded inside the AMIA Jewish community center, killing 85 people. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
U.S. golfer Jake Knapp is showered with water as he celebrates winning the Mexico Open golf tournament in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, Feb. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
A passenger rests in a check-in area after flights were suspended at Ezeiza airport in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Feb. 28, 2024. Airport and airline workers, as well as pilots, are staging a 24-hour strike for higher wages. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)
An Indigenous woman carries a cross with the name of a missing person during a memorial for the victims of the civil war in Guatemala City, Feb. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
An Indigenous woman carries a cross with the name of a missing person during a memorial for the victims of the civil war in Guatemala City, Feb. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
A tractor transports farmers’ produce to a market across the La Paz River inundated by a mudslide due to persistent rains in El Penol, Bolivia, Feb. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
A tractor transports farmers’ produce to a market across the La Paz River inundated by a mudslide due to persistent rains in El Penol, Bolivia, Feb. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
People smoke cigars on the opening day of the annual Habano Festival in Havana, Cuba, Feb. 26, 2024. Cigar enthusiasts from around the world flock to Cuba for the festival where they can visit tobacco farms and taste new cigar brands. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
People smoke cigars on the opening day of the annual Habano Festival in Havana, Cuba, Feb. 26, 2024. Cigar enthusiasts from around the world flock to Cuba for the festival where they can visit tobacco farms and taste new cigar brands. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Confetti showers Bolivarian Militia members and government supporters at a march commemorating a 2004 speech by late President Hugo Chavez that is considered by his supporters a key anti-imperialist moment in the history of his Bolivarian Revolution in Caracas, Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
Confetti showers Bolivarian Militia members and government supporters at a march commemorating a 2004 speech by late President Hugo Chavez that is considered by his supporters a key anti-imperialist moment in the history of his Bolivarian Revolution in Caracas, Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
FILE - An attacker lies dead on his back in the parking lot of a convenience store as a police investigator uses a measuring wheel while collecting evidence from a crime scene where a municipal policeman was shot dead, in Celaya, Mexico, Feb. 28, 2024. The policeman had been driving his wife to work when cartel gunmen opened fire on their car. The policeman killed one attacker before dying. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano, File)
FILE - An attacker lies dead on his back in the parking lot of a convenience store as a police investigator uses a measuring wheel while collecting evidence from a crime scene where a municipal policeman was shot dead, in Celaya, Mexico, Feb. 28, 2024. The policeman had been driving his wife to work when cartel gunmen opened fire on their car. The policeman killed one attacker before dying. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano, File)
A Maka Indigenous woman puts on make-up before protesting for the recovery of ancestral lands in Asuncion, Paraguay, Feb. 28, 2024. Her protest group is denouncing that the government has built a bridge on their land in El Chaco’s Bartolome de las Casas. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
A Maka Indigenous woman puts on make-up before protesting for the recovery of ancestral lands in Asuncion, Paraguay, Feb. 28, 2024. Her protest group is denouncing that the government has built a bridge on their land in El Chaco’s Bartolome de las Casas. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
Great Britain’s Sky Brown competes in the ISA World Surfing Games off La Marginal beach in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, Feb. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Alejandro Granadillo)
Great Britain’s Sky Brown competes in the ISA World Surfing Games off La Marginal beach in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, Feb. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Alejandro Granadillo)
Ana Pasapera, who suffers from dengue, prays beside her bed at La Merced Hospital in Paita, Peru, Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. Peru declared a health emergency in most of its provinces on Feb. 26 due to a growing number of dengue cases. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
Ana Pasapera, who suffers from dengue, prays beside her bed at La Merced Hospital in Paita, Peru, Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. Peru declared a health emergency in most of its provinces on Feb. 26 due to a growing number of dengue cases. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
Boca Juniors’ Edinson Cavani, left, and River Plate’s goalkeeper Franco Armani battle for the ball during an Argentine soccer league match in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2024. The game ended in a 1-1 draw. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Boca Juniors’ Edinson Cavani, left, and River Plate’s goalkeeper Franco Armani battle for the ball during an Argentine soccer league match in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2024. The game ended in a 1-1 draw. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Patricia Strier poses for a portrait with family photos including her sister Mirta at her home in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Jan. 29, 2024. Strier’s sister died in the worst bombing attack on civilians in Argentina’s history in 1994 when a bomb-laden van exploded inside the AMIA Jewish community center, killing 85 people. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Patricia Strier poses for a portrait with family photos including her sister Mirta at her home in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Jan. 29, 2024. Strier’s sister died in the worst bombing attack on civilians in Argentina’s history in 1994 when a bomb-laden van exploded inside the AMIA Jewish community center, killing 85 people. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
U.S. golfer Jake Knapp is showered with water as he celebrates winning the Mexico Open golf tournament in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, Feb. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
U.S. golfer Jake Knapp is showered with water as he celebrates winning the Mexico Open golf tournament in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, Feb. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
A passenger rests in a check-in area after flights were suspended at Ezeiza airport in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Feb. 28, 2024. Airport and airline workers, as well as pilots, are staging a 24-hour strike for higher wages. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)
A passenger rests in a check-in area after flights were suspended at Ezeiza airport in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Feb. 28, 2024. Airport and airline workers, as well as pilots, are staging a 24-hour strike for higher wages. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)
Feb. 23–29, 2024
Indigenous people in Guatemala remembered the victims of their country’s civil war, while Paraguay’s Indigenous communities protested for the recovery of ancestral lands. Bolivians moved to shelters as their homes filled with flood water from an overflowing river. Cuba held its annual Habano Festival where cigar enthusiasts visited tobacco farms and tasted new cigar brands.
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 Silvia Izquierdo in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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