This photo gallery highlights some of the top news images made by Associated Press photographers in Latin America and the Caribbean published in the past week.
Former Argentine President Cristina Fernandez denied new corruption allegations aimed at her, while she refused to answer an investigative judge's questions about in case in which she is purported to have led a corruption scheme involving government officials and business leaders.
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This photo gallery highlights some of the top news images made by Associated Press photographers in Latin America and the Caribbean published in the past week.
Beaches on Mexico's Caribbean coast were engulfed by mounds of seaweed. In Mexico City, a family used a plastic sheet to cover themselves during a sudden downpour.
Cuban citizens began debating proposed constitutional changes in preparation for a referendum on a new charter planned for next year.
In this Aug. 14, 2018 photo, a woman holds a up machete during a march to the headquarters of Mexico's President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador to deliver a letter, in Mexico City. Residents of Atenco arrived to deliver a letter to Lopez Obrador to ask him to stop the construction of a new Mexico City airport. (AP PhotoEduardo Verdugo)
In this Sunday, Aug. 5, 2018 photo, children play on the beach full of sargassum in Bahia La Media Luna, near Akumal in Quintana Roo state, Mexico. A Mexican environmental agency is constructing barriers at sea just beyond its famed Riviera Maya beaches to decrease the massive amounts of sargassum washing up onshore. (AP PhotoEduardo Verdugo)
In this Aug. 13, 2018 photo, a fisherman jumps on to his wooden boat, joining his mates as they head out to the sea from Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (AP PhotoDieu Nalio Chery)
In this Aug. 14, 2018 photo, Anthony David Tovar Ortiz, left, is embraced by a relative after arriving to La Aurora airport in Guatemala City. The 8-year-old stayed in a shelter for migrant children in Houston after his mother Elsa Ortiz Enriquez was deported in June 2018 under President Donald Trump administration's zero tolerance policy. (AP PhotoOliver de Ros)
In this Aug. 15 2018 photo, a supporter of Brazil's jailed, former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is carried in a hammock while he is on hunger strike to protest the former leader's corruption conviction, during a march in Brasilia. The Workers' Party registered da Silva as its candidate for president Wednesday, attempting to muscle him into the race to lead Latin America's largest nation and forcing a showdown with Brazilian electoral authorities. (AP PhotoEraldo Peres)
In this Aug. 14, 2018 photo, a youth performs the "Paquchi" dance, wearing a mask made from a plastic cooking oil container, during the first student festival featuring folkloric and autochthonous dance in El Alto, Bolivia. Students from the San Roque public school created their costumes from recycled materials to raise solid-waste management awareness. (AP PhotoJuan Karita)
In this Aug. 13, 2018 photo, she Spanish message: "Fidel is among us" covers a wall next to an image of the late leader in Havana, Cuba. Cuba's new constitution is being debated among citizens until Nov. 15, and any revisions accepted by the government will be included in the final document to be presented in a referendum in 2019. (AP PhotoDesmond Boylan)
In this Aug. 12, 2018 photo, Fernando Rodriguez Garcia covers his family with a plastic sheet during a sudden downpour as he and his family take a walk through Alameda park in Mexico City. (AP PhotoAnthony Vazquez)
Colombia's new president, Ivan Duque, named his new defense minister, while Paraguayan President Mario Abdo Benitez took office as his country's 50th president.
In this Aug. 14, 2018 photo, Colombia's President Ivan Duque, fifth from left, walks with his new Defense Minister Guillermo Botero, fourth from left, as they review troops with military officials during a ceremony in Bogota, Colombia. At the ceremony, Botero formally took command of the armed forces. (AP PhotoFernando Vergara)
Beaches on Mexico's Caribbean coast were engulfed by mounds of seaweed. In Mexico City, a family used a plastic sheet to cover themselves during a sudden downpour.
An 8-year-old Guatemalan boy was reunited with his family after arriving back home from a shelter for migrant children in Houston where he was kept after his mother was deported in June.
In Brazil, thousands of supporters of jailed former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva rallied in the capital as the Workers' Party registered him as its candidate for October's presidential election.
In this Aug. 15, 2018 photo, Paraguay's new President Mario Abdo Benitez rides in an open top car with his wife Silvana Lopez, after his inauguration ceremony at "Lopez Palace" in Asuncion, Paraguay. (AP PhotoJorge Saenz)
Cuban citizens began debating proposed constitutional changes in preparation for a referendum on a new charter planned for next year.
Curated by photographer Dieu Nalio Chery in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
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In this Aug. 15, 2018 photo, a girl holding her doll watches a military parade marking the 481th anniversary of the founding of Asuncion, Paraguay. Paraguay's new President Mario Abdo Benitez was sworn-in before the parade. (AP PhotoJorge Saenz)
In this Aug. 14, 2018 photo, a woman holds a up machete during a march to the headquarters of Mexico's President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador to deliver a letter, in Mexico City. Residents of Atenco arrived to deliver a letter to Lopez Obrador to ask him to stop the construction of a new Mexico City airport. (AP PhotoEduardo Verdugo)
In this Sunday, Aug. 5, 2018 photo, children play on the beach full of sargassum in Bahia La Media Luna, near Akumal in Quintana Roo state, Mexico. A Mexican environmental agency is constructing barriers at sea just beyond its famed Riviera Maya beaches to decrease the massive amounts of sargassum washing up onshore. (AP PhotoEduardo Verdugo)
In this Aug. 13, 2018 photo, a fisherman jumps on to his wooden boat, joining his mates as they head out to the sea from Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (AP PhotoDieu Nalio Chery)
In this Aug. 14, 2018 photo, Anthony David Tovar Ortiz, left, is embraced by a relative after arriving to La Aurora airport in Guatemala City. The 8-year-old stayed in a shelter for migrant children in Houston after his mother Elsa Ortiz Enriquez was deported in June 2018 under President Donald Trump administration's zero tolerance policy. (AP PhotoOliver de Ros)
In this Aug. 15 2018 photo, a supporter of Brazil's jailed, former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is carried in a hammock while he is on hunger strike to protest the former leader's corruption conviction, during a march in Brasilia. The Workers' Party registered da Silva as its candidate for president Wednesday, attempting to muscle him into the race to lead Latin America's largest nation and forcing a showdown with Brazilian electoral authorities. (AP PhotoEraldo Peres)
In this Aug. 14, 2018 photo, a youth performs the "Paquchi" dance, wearing a mask made from a plastic cooking oil container, during the first student festival featuring folkloric and autochthonous dance in El Alto, Bolivia. Students from the San Roque public school created their costumes from recycled materials to raise solid-waste management awareness. (AP PhotoJuan Karita)
In this Aug. 13, 2018 photo, she Spanish message: "Fidel is among us" covers a wall next to an image of the late leader in Havana, Cuba. Cuba's new constitution is being debated among citizens until Nov. 15, and any revisions accepted by the government will be included in the final document to be presented in a referendum in 2019. (AP PhotoDesmond Boylan)
In this Aug. 12, 2018 photo, Fernando Rodriguez Garcia covers his family with a plastic sheet during a sudden downpour as he and his family take a walk through Alameda park in Mexico City. (AP PhotoAnthony Vazquez)