AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean
Chilean police carry puppies that will be trained as police dogs during a military parade on Army Day, and Independence Day, in Santiago, Chile, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
A Venezuelan migrant laughs as she jokes with her husband, who gave her a few flowers he picked in the grass, as they wait along the rail lines in hopes of boarding a freight train heading north in Huehuetoca, Mexico, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
Armed members of “G9 and Family” march in a protest against Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
Ballet dancers perform “Giselle” during the annual presentation at the Teresa Carreno Theater in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
An Indigenous woman cries tears of happiness after learning that the Supreme Court ruled to enshrine Indigenous land rights, in Brasilia, Brazil, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023. Six of the 11 Supreme Court justices voted against establishing a cut-off date after which Indigenous peoples could not claim new territory. (AP Photo/Gustavo Moreno)
A portrait of former Argentina dictator Rafael Videla is projected on a window of the Argentine Navy School of Mechanics, ESMA, Museum and Site of Memory in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023. The ESMA, which was used as an illegal detention and torture center during Argentina’s last military dictatorship, has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
A cultural and religious group of Afro-Brazilian cults performs during a Defense of Religious Freedom march at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Sept. 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
Family members of inmates cry during a raid of the Tocorón Penitentiary Center, in Tocorón, Venezuela, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023. Soldiers carried out the prison raid in an effort to dismantle one of the largest criminal gangs in the country, according to Interior Minister Admiral Remigio Ceballos. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
Indigenous people watch on a large television screen as the Supreme Court gets ready to decide on whether to overturn or maintain a ruling on the legality of boundaries for vast Indigenous lands, and whether Indigenous people can claim their right to be on some protected areas, in Brasilia, Brazil, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
Heroic Military Academy cadets march in the annual Independence Day military parade in the capital’s main square, the Zocalo, in Mexico City, Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
An Aymara woman herds her cow on a drought-damaged field, in Villa Andrani, on the outskirts of El Alto, Bolivia, Friday, Sept. 15, 2023. More than 80% of Bolivia’s municipalities are affected by drought conditions, according to the Civil Defense Vice Ministry. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
Chilean police carry puppies that will be trained as police dogs during a military parade on Army Day, and Independence Day, in Santiago, Chile, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
Chilean police carry puppies that will be trained as police dogs during a military parade on Army Day, and Independence Day, in Santiago, Chile, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
A Venezuelan migrant laughs as she jokes with her husband, who gave her a few flowers he picked in the grass, as they wait along the rail lines in hopes of boarding a freight train heading north in Huehuetoca, Mexico, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
A Venezuelan migrant laughs as she jokes with her husband, who gave her a few flowers he picked in the grass, as they wait along the rail lines in hopes of boarding a freight train heading north in Huehuetoca, Mexico, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
Armed members of “G9 and Family” march in a protest against Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
Armed members of “G9 and Family” march in a protest against Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
Ballet dancers perform “Giselle” during the annual presentation at the Teresa Carreno Theater in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Ballet dancers perform “Giselle” during the annual presentation at the Teresa Carreno Theater in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
An Indigenous woman cries tears of happiness after learning that the Supreme Court ruled to enshrine Indigenous land rights, in Brasilia, Brazil, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023. Six of the 11 Supreme Court justices voted against establishing a cut-off date after which Indigenous peoples could not claim new territory. (AP Photo/Gustavo Moreno)
An Indigenous woman cries tears of happiness after learning that the Supreme Court ruled to enshrine Indigenous land rights, in Brasilia, Brazil, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023. Six of the 11 Supreme Court justices voted against establishing a cut-off date after which Indigenous peoples could not claim new territory. (AP Photo/Gustavo Moreno)
A portrait of former Argentina dictator Rafael Videla is projected on a window of the Argentine Navy School of Mechanics, ESMA, Museum and Site of Memory in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023. The ESMA, which was used as an illegal detention and torture center during Argentina’s last military dictatorship, has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
A portrait of former Argentina dictator Rafael Videla is projected on a window of the Argentine Navy School of Mechanics, ESMA, Museum and Site of Memory in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023. The ESMA, which was used as an illegal detention and torture center during Argentina’s last military dictatorship, has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
A cultural and religious group of Afro-Brazilian cults performs during a Defense of Religious Freedom march at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Sept. 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
A cultural and religious group of Afro-Brazilian cults performs during a Defense of Religious Freedom march at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Sept. 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
Family members of inmates cry during a raid of the Tocorón Penitentiary Center, in Tocorón, Venezuela, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023. Soldiers carried out the prison raid in an effort to dismantle one of the largest criminal gangs in the country, according to Interior Minister Admiral Remigio Ceballos. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
Family members of inmates cry during a raid of the Tocorón Penitentiary Center, in Tocorón, Venezuela, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023. Soldiers carried out the prison raid in an effort to dismantle one of the largest criminal gangs in the country, according to Interior Minister Admiral Remigio Ceballos. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
Indigenous people watch on a large television screen as the Supreme Court gets ready to decide on whether to overturn or maintain a ruling on the legality of boundaries for vast Indigenous lands, and whether Indigenous people can claim their right to be on some protected areas, in Brasilia, Brazil, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
Indigenous people watch on a large television screen as the Supreme Court gets ready to decide on whether to overturn or maintain a ruling on the legality of boundaries for vast Indigenous lands, and whether Indigenous people can claim their right to be on some protected areas, in Brasilia, Brazil, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
Heroic Military Academy cadets march in the annual Independence Day military parade in the capital’s main square, the Zocalo, in Mexico City, Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
Heroic Military Academy cadets march in the annual Independence Day military parade in the capital’s main square, the Zocalo, in Mexico City, Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
An Aymara woman herds her cow on a drought-damaged field, in Villa Andrani, on the outskirts of El Alto, Bolivia, Friday, Sept. 15, 2023. More than 80% of Bolivia’s municipalities are affected by drought conditions, according to the Civil Defense Vice Ministry. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
An Aymara woman herds her cow on a drought-damaged field, in Villa Andrani, on the outskirts of El Alto, Bolivia, Friday, Sept. 15, 2023. More than 80% of Bolivia’s municipalities are affected by drought conditions, according to the Civil Defense Vice Ministry. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
Sept 14 – 21, 2023
Chilean police carried puppies to be trained as police dogs during an Independence Day parade. Mexico’s largest railroad suspended freight service after a upsurge in migrants hopping rides on north. Indigenous people in Brazil celebrated after the Supreme Court upheld their land rights. Armed gang members in Port-au-Prince marched against Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry. In Argentina, a detention and torture center during the country’s last military dictatorship was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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.
Family members of inmates cry during a raid of the Tocorón Penitentiary Center, in Tocorón, Venezuela, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023. Soldiers carried out the prison raid in an effort to dismantle one of the largest criminal gangs in the country, according to Interior Minister Admiral Remigio Ceballos. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
A portrait of former Argentina dictator Rafael Videla is projected on a window of the Argentine Navy School of Mechanics, ESMA, Museum and Site of Memory in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023. The ESMA, which was used as an illegal detention and torture center during Argentina’s last military dictatorship, has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
An Indigenous woman cries tears of happiness after learning that the Supreme Court ruled to enshrine Indigenous land rights, in Brasilia, Brazil, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023. Six of the 11 Supreme Court justices voted against establishing a cut-off date after which Indigenous peoples could not claim new territory. (AP Photo/Gustavo Moreno)
The selection was curated by Associated Press journalist Fabiola Sanchez in Mexico City.
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