AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean
AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean
Police guard a supermarket after reports that looters tried to break into the store in Bariloche, Argentina, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Daughters of imprisoned women celebrate their 15th birthday at the San Marta Acatitla rehabilitation center for women, in the Iztapalapa neighborhood of Mexico City, Friday, Aug. 18, 2023. The event organized by the Alas de Amor foundation has been held since 2017 and aims to help reconnect family ties for women in prison. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)
Patricia Barragan, a friend of the family of slain presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio, shows her stitches after a press conference at which the family announced they will sue the government for not protecting his life while campaigning, in Quito, Ecuador, Friday, Aug. 18, 2023. Ecuadorians will choose a new president Sunday, less than two weeks after the South American country was shaken by the assassination of Villavicencio on Aug. 9. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
A man crosses a street after the landfall of Tropical Storm Hilary in Rosarito, Mexico, Sunday, Aug. 20, 2023. Hilary hit the coast in a sparsely populated area about 150 miles (250 kilometers) south of Ensenada, Mexico. (AP Photo/Alejandro Cossio)
A tattoo artist works on a woman’s back during a tattoo convention at the World Trade Center in Mexico City, Sunday, Aug. 20, 2023. Tattoo artists from Costa Rica, Mexico, Brazil, the US, and Colombia are gathering for two days in Mexico. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)
A woman pushes her son in a shopping cart during a protest to demand jobs, social benefits for the unemployed, and more food for soup kitchens amidst skyrocketing inflation, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)
A voter marks her ballot during the snap election, in Guayaquil, Ecuador, Sunday, Aug. 20, 2023. The election was called after President Guillermo Lasso dissolved the National Assembly by decree in May to avoid being impeached. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
Fiscal de Talca stadium is flooded after the Rio Claro river overflowed during heavy rain in Talca, Chile, Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. Chilean government decreed on Tuesday an agricultural emergency in affected regions. (Jose Robles, Aton Chile via AP)
A man floats on a paddle board off Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil at sunrise Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023. Brazil is facing a heat wave during the southern hemisphere’s winter. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
Juan Quintero of Colombia’s Deportivo Pereira remonstrates with Rony of Brazil’s Palmeiras after battling for a ball during a Copa Libertadores quarterfinal first leg soccer match at Hernan Ramirez Villegas stadium in Pereira, Colombia, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
Mexican singer Natalia Lafourcade performs at the Concha Acustica of Bello Monte in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Supporters of presidential candidate Bernardo Arevalo celebrate after preliminary results showed him the victor in a presidential run-off election, in Guatemala City, Sunday, Aug. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
Police guard a supermarket after reports that looters tried to break into the store in Bariloche, Argentina, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Police guard a supermarket after reports that looters tried to break into the store in Bariloche, Argentina, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Daughters of imprisoned women celebrate their 15th birthday at the San Marta Acatitla rehabilitation center for women, in the Iztapalapa neighborhood of Mexico City, Friday, Aug. 18, 2023. The event organized by the Alas de Amor foundation has been held since 2017 and aims to help reconnect family ties for women in prison. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)
Daughters of imprisoned women celebrate their 15th birthday at the San Marta Acatitla rehabilitation center for women, in the Iztapalapa neighborhood of Mexico City, Friday, Aug. 18, 2023. The event organized by the Alas de Amor foundation has been held since 2017 and aims to help reconnect family ties for women in prison. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)
Patricia Barragan, a friend of the family of slain presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio, shows her stitches after a press conference at which the family announced they will sue the government for not protecting his life while campaigning, in Quito, Ecuador, Friday, Aug. 18, 2023. Ecuadorians will choose a new president Sunday, less than two weeks after the South American country was shaken by the assassination of Villavicencio on Aug. 9. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
Patricia Barragan, a friend of the family of slain presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio, shows her stitches after a press conference at which the family announced they will sue the government for not protecting his life while campaigning, in Quito, Ecuador, Friday, Aug. 18, 2023. Ecuadorians will choose a new president Sunday, less than two weeks after the South American country was shaken by the assassination of Villavicencio on Aug. 9. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
A man crosses a street after the landfall of Tropical Storm Hilary in Rosarito, Mexico, Sunday, Aug. 20, 2023. Hilary hit the coast in a sparsely populated area about 150 miles (250 kilometers) south of Ensenada, Mexico. (AP Photo/Alejandro Cossio)
A man crosses a street after the landfall of Tropical Storm Hilary in Rosarito, Mexico, Sunday, Aug. 20, 2023. Hilary hit the coast in a sparsely populated area about 150 miles (250 kilometers) south of Ensenada, Mexico. (AP Photo/Alejandro Cossio)
A tattoo artist works on a woman’s back during a tattoo convention at the World Trade Center in Mexico City, Sunday, Aug. 20, 2023. Tattoo artists from Costa Rica, Mexico, Brazil, the US, and Colombia are gathering for two days in Mexico. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)
A tattoo artist works on a woman’s back during a tattoo convention at the World Trade Center in Mexico City, Sunday, Aug. 20, 2023. Tattoo artists from Costa Rica, Mexico, Brazil, the US, and Colombia are gathering for two days in Mexico. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)
A woman pushes her son in a shopping cart during a protest to demand jobs, social benefits for the unemployed, and more food for soup kitchens amidst skyrocketing inflation, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)
A woman pushes her son in a shopping cart during a protest to demand jobs, social benefits for the unemployed, and more food for soup kitchens amidst skyrocketing inflation, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)
A voter marks her ballot during the snap election, in Guayaquil, Ecuador, Sunday, Aug. 20, 2023. The election was called after President Guillermo Lasso dissolved the National Assembly by decree in May to avoid being impeached. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
A voter marks her ballot during the snap election, in Guayaquil, Ecuador, Sunday, Aug. 20, 2023. The election was called after President Guillermo Lasso dissolved the National Assembly by decree in May to avoid being impeached. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
Fiscal de Talca stadium is flooded after the Rio Claro river overflowed during heavy rain in Talca, Chile, Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. Chilean government decreed on Tuesday an agricultural emergency in affected regions. (Jose Robles, Aton Chile via AP)
Fiscal de Talca stadium is flooded after the Rio Claro river overflowed during heavy rain in Talca, Chile, Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. Chilean government decreed on Tuesday an agricultural emergency in affected regions. (Jose Robles, Aton Chile via AP)
A man floats on a paddle board off Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil at sunrise Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023. Brazil is facing a heat wave during the southern hemisphere’s winter. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
A man floats on a paddle board off Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil at sunrise Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023. Brazil is facing a heat wave during the southern hemisphere’s winter. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
Juan Quintero of Colombia’s Deportivo Pereira remonstrates with Rony of Brazil’s Palmeiras after battling for a ball during a Copa Libertadores quarterfinal first leg soccer match at Hernan Ramirez Villegas stadium in Pereira, Colombia, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
Juan Quintero of Colombia’s Deportivo Pereira remonstrates with Rony of Brazil’s Palmeiras after battling for a ball during a Copa Libertadores quarterfinal first leg soccer match at Hernan Ramirez Villegas stadium in Pereira, Colombia, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
Mexican singer Natalia Lafourcade performs at the Concha Acustica of Bello Monte in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Mexican singer Natalia Lafourcade performs at the Concha Acustica of Bello Monte in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Supporters of presidential candidate Bernardo Arevalo celebrate after preliminary results showed him the victor in a presidential run-off election, in Guatemala City, Sunday, Aug. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
Supporters of presidential candidate Bernardo Arevalo celebrate after preliminary results showed him the victor in a presidential run-off election, in Guatemala City, Sunday, Aug. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
Aug. 18 – 24, 2023
Argentine police brave snow and inclement weather to guard a supermarket in Bariloche after reports that looters tried to break into it. A tattoo artist works on a woman’s back during a tattoo convention at the World Trade Center in Mexico City. Supporters of presidential candidate Bernardo Arévalo in Guatemala City celebrate after his victory in a presidential run-off election. Juan Quintero of Colombia’s Deportivo Pereira remonstrates with Rony of Brazil’s Palmeiras during a Copa Libertadores quarterfinal first-leg soccer match. And a man float on a paddle board off Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro.
This gallery highlights some of the most compelling images made or published in the past week by Associated Press photographers in Latin America and the Caribbean.
The selection was curated by photojournalist Esteban Felix in Santiago, Chile.
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