This photo gallery highlights some of the top news images made by Associated Press photographers in Latin America and the Caribbean that were published in the past week.
People in Puerto Rico took to the streets to demand that Gov. Ricardo Rossello resign after the leak of online chats that showed him making misogynistic slurs and mocking his constituents.
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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 that were published in the past week.
On Mexico's frontier with the United States, migrants are piling up at shelters waiting anxiously while their asylum petitions wind through clogged U.S. immigration courts.
Catholic Bishop Ruben Dario Jaramillo Montoya rode on a firetruck through some of the most crime-ridden neighborhoods in Buenaventura, Colombia, sprinkling blessed water hoping to thwart drug traffickers and other gangs.
Curated by Associated Press photojournalist Fernando Vergara in Bogota, Colombia. On Twitter: https://twitter.com/ferver2010 .
I this Friday, July 12, 2019 photo, a boy dressed as a clown watches as the Martinez de Leon family console themselves as they mourn the murder of Carlos Alberto Martinez in Guatemala City. Rates of crime in Guatemala are very high. An average of 101 murders per week were reported in 2016, making the country's violent crime rate one of the highest in Latin America. (AP PhotoOliver de Ros)
In this Tuesday, July 16, 2019 photo, family members wait outside the Air Force Base for the arrival of their relatives who were deported from the United States, in Guatemala City. Nearly 200 Guatemalan migrants have been deported on Tuesday, the day the Trump administration planned to launch a drastic policy change designed to end asylum protections for most migrants who travel through another country to reach the United States. (AP PhotoMoises Castillo)
In this Thursday, July 18, 2019 photo, a man cries as he holds up a candle on the 25th anniversary of the bombing of the AMIA Jewish center that killed 85 people in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (AP PhotoNatacha Pisarenko)
In this Tuesday, July 16, 2019 photo, Kevin Gonzalez searches for food in the trash, on a sidewalk in Caracas, Venezuela. (AP PhotoRodrigo Abd)
In this Friday, July 12, 2019 photo, trucks and debris lie scattered after a deadly explosion of propane gas cylinders at a depot in Mejicanos, El Salvador. Defense Minister Rene Merino visiting the site said that early indications suggested the explosion was accidental, but that authorities are still investigating any possible connection to terrorism by the gangs. (AP PhotoSalvador Melendez)
I this Tuesday, July 16, 2019 photo, men stand below street lights as the moon rises during a partial lunar eclipse in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (AP PhotoNatacha Pisarenko)
In this Tuesday, July 16, 2019 photo, people watch the sunset before a partial lunar eclipse in the skies of Brasilia, Brazil. (AP PhotoEraldo Peres)
In this June 6, 2019 photo, Carlos Suarez practices his bodybuilding poses as part of his daily training regimen ahead of the Pan Am Games, at the neighborhood gym owned by his parents in Toluca, Mexico. "It's going to be a historic moment for my sport...It's something very beautiful, it will be a party for my sport," Suárez said. (AP PhotoRebecca Blackwell)
In this Saturday, July 13, 2019 photo, Catholic Bishop Ruben Dario Jaramillo Montoya is helped onto a fire truck in Buenaventura, Colombia. Jaramillo traveled on the fire truck to some of Buenaventura's most crime-ridden neighborhoods on Saturday, sprinkling water that he had blessed in what he called an attempt to thwart drug trafficking gangs and other illegal groups. (AP PhotoFernando Vergara)
In this Saturday, July 13, 2019 photo, cadets board the first train using new equipment from China, in Havana, Cuba. The first train using new equipment from China pulled out of Havana Saturday, hauling passengers on the start of a 915-kilometer (516-mile) journey to the eastern end of the island as the government tries to overhaul the country's aging and decrepit rail system. (AP PhotoRamon Espinosa)
In this Tuesday, July 16, 2019 photo, workers sleep on top of a cargo truck transporting cement, in Kenscoff, Haiti. (AP PhotoDieu Nalio Chery)
In this Tuesday, July 16, 2019 photo, a jetliner crosses the sky before a partial lunar eclipse in the skies of Brasilia, Brazil. (AP PhotoEraldo Peres)
Karen Palacios, a clarinet player who was cut from Venezuela's National Philharmonic for criticizing the government, was released from prison after being detained six weeks
In this Monday, July 15, 2019 photo, a protester stands near a poster calling for the resignation of Gov. Ricardo Rossello, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Protesters are demanding Rossello step down for his involvement in a private chat in which he used profanities to describe an ex-New York City councilwoman and a federal control board overseeing the island's finance. (AP PhotoCarlos Giusti)
On Mexico's frontier with the United States, migrants are piling up at shelters waiting anxiously while their asylum petitions wind through clogged U.S. immigration courts.
Argentines commemorated the 25th anniversary of the terrorist bombing at the AMIA Jewish center that killed 85 people in Buenos Aires.
Crowds gathered in both Argentina and Brazil to observe a partial lunar eclipse.
In this Sunday, July 14, 2019 photo, police block protesters from advancing to La Fortaleza governor's residence in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Protesters are demanding Gov. Ricardo Rosselló step down for his involvement in a private chat in which he used profanities to describe an ex-New York City councilwoman and a federal control board overseeing the island's finance. (AP PhotoCarlos Giusti)
Catholic Bishop Ruben Dario Jaramillo Montoya rode on a firetruck through some of the most crime-ridden neighborhoods in Buenaventura, Colombia, sprinkling blessed water hoping to thwart drug traffickers and other gangs.
In Mexico, lawyer Carlos Suarez put in tough daily bodybuilding workouts preparing to be Mexico's representative at the Pan Am Games in the newly introduced sport.
Cuban officials showed off their first train using new equipment from China intended to overhaul the country's aging and decrepit rail system.
In this Tuesday, July 16, 2019 photo, Karen Palacios, center, is helped by family members after she was released from prison at Los Teques on the outskirts of Caracas, Venezuela. Palacios who plays the clarinet and was cut from the National Philharmonic for criticizing the government, was detained for 6 weeks. (AP PhotoAriana Cubillos)
Curated by Associated Press photojournalist Fernando Vergara in Bogota, Colombia. On Twitter: https://twitter.com/ferver2010 .
In this Tuesday, July 16, 2019 photo, a migrant baby is given a bath at the AMAR migrant shelter in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. A U.S. policy to make asylum seekers wait in Mexico while their cases wind through clogged U.S. immigration courts has also expanded to the violent city of Nuevo Laredo. (AP PhotoMarco Ugarte)
I this Friday, July 12, 2019 photo, a boy dressed as a clown watches as the Martinez de Leon family console themselves as they mourn the murder of Carlos Alberto Martinez in Guatemala City. Rates of crime in Guatemala are very high. An average of 101 murders per week were reported in 2016, making the country's violent crime rate one of the highest in Latin America. (AP PhotoOliver de Ros)
In this Tuesday, July 16, 2019 photo, family members wait outside the Air Force Base for the arrival of their relatives who were deported from the United States, in Guatemala City. Nearly 200 Guatemalan migrants have been deported on Tuesday, the day the Trump administration planned to launch a drastic policy change designed to end asylum protections for most migrants who travel through another country to reach the United States. (AP PhotoMoises Castillo)
In this Thursday, July 18, 2019 photo, a man cries as he holds up a candle on the 25th anniversary of the bombing of the AMIA Jewish center that killed 85 people in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (AP PhotoNatacha Pisarenko)
In this Tuesday, July 16, 2019 photo, Kevin Gonzalez searches for food in the trash, on a sidewalk in Caracas, Venezuela. (AP PhotoRodrigo Abd)
In this Friday, July 12, 2019 photo, trucks and debris lie scattered after a deadly explosion of propane gas cylinders at a depot in Mejicanos, El Salvador. Defense Minister Rene Merino visiting the site said that early indications suggested the explosion was accidental, but that authorities are still investigating any possible connection to terrorism by the gangs. (AP PhotoSalvador Melendez)
I this Tuesday, July 16, 2019 photo, men stand below street lights as the moon rises during a partial lunar eclipse in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (AP PhotoNatacha Pisarenko)
In this Tuesday, July 16, 2019 photo, people watch the sunset before a partial lunar eclipse in the skies of Brasilia, Brazil. (AP PhotoEraldo Peres)
In this June 6, 2019 photo, Carlos Suarez practices his bodybuilding poses as part of his daily training regimen ahead of the Pan Am Games, at the neighborhood gym owned by his parents in Toluca, Mexico. "It's going to be a historic moment for my sport...It's something very beautiful, it will be a party for my sport," Suárez said. (AP PhotoRebecca Blackwell)
In this Saturday, July 13, 2019 photo, Catholic Bishop Ruben Dario Jaramillo Montoya is helped onto a fire truck in Buenaventura, Colombia. Jaramillo traveled on the fire truck to some of Buenaventura's most crime-ridden neighborhoods on Saturday, sprinkling water that he had blessed in what he called an attempt to thwart drug trafficking gangs and other illegal groups. (AP PhotoFernando Vergara)
In this Saturday, July 13, 2019 photo, cadets board the first train using new equipment from China, in Havana, Cuba. The first train using new equipment from China pulled out of Havana Saturday, hauling passengers on the start of a 915-kilometer (516-mile) journey to the eastern end of the island as the government tries to overhaul the country's aging and decrepit rail system. (AP PhotoRamon Espinosa)
In this Tuesday, July 16, 2019 photo, workers sleep on top of a cargo truck transporting cement, in Kenscoff, Haiti. (AP PhotoDieu Nalio Chery)
In this Tuesday, July 16, 2019 photo, a jetliner crosses the sky before a partial lunar eclipse in the skies of Brasilia, Brazil. (AP PhotoEraldo Peres)