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.
Political chaos reigned in Haiti as a vote over ratifying Fritz William Michel as prime minister paralyzed parliament.
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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.
Leaders of the South American nations that share the Amazon met in the Colombian border town of Leticia to discuss a joint strategy for preserving the world's largest rain forest.
In Mexico City, authorities imposed limits on alcohol consumption and banned loud music on the famed canal boats of Xochimilco following the drowning of a youth during a party on the water.
Curated by photo editor Tomas Stargardter in Mexico City.
In this Sept. 11, 2019 photo, a demonstrator that was injured in the mouth by a rubber bullet fired by the police, protests during clashes in front of the parliament, before the ratification of designate Prime Minister Fritz William Michel in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Fritz William Michel and his cabinet are awaiting in parliament for his ratification as Prime Minster. (AP PhotoDieu Nalio Chery)
In this Sept. 3, 2019 photo, a woman checks her cell phone during a meeting of Tembé tribes at the Tekohaw indigenous reserve, Para state, Brazil. Some saw hope in the sustainable development plan presented this week at the meeting in the village of Tekohaw. It would include drones and other technology to curb the encroachers. (AP PhotoRodrigo Abd)
In this Sept. 6, 2019 photo, women with her hands covered in red paint protest against the murders of sex workers, at Mexico City's iconic Angel of Independence. (AP PhotoMarco Ugarte)
In this Aug. 21, 2019 photo, soldiers enter a pool hall during their routine patrol in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Ironically, the extradition of drug capos to the U.S. under Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández could have helped build the case against his own brother, in which he is now implicated. (AP PhotoEduardo Verdugo)
In this Sept. 11, 2019 photo, people light candles at the National Stadium during a vigil marking the anniversary of the 1973 military coup that ousted the late President Salvador Allende, in Santiago, Chile. The stadium was used as a detention center in the early years of the dictatorship. (AP PhotoEsteban Felix)
In this Sept. 11, 2019 photo, a woman is detained by police during a feminist protest marking the 46th anniversary of the military coup that ousted the late President Salvador Allende, in Santiago, Chile, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019. (AP PhotoEsteban Felix)
In this Sept. 6, 2019 photo, a man takes a photo of a photograph of the late Mexican painter Francisco Toledo during a memorial at the Bellas Artes Palace in Mexico City. Toledo, who was well-known and respected in Mexico both for his art and his activism, has died, the country's president announced late Thursday. (AP PhotoEduardo Verdugo)
In this Aug. 17, 2019 photo, trans rights activist Kenya Cuevas sits on the edge of her bed to show off the tattoos on her right leg, in her bedroom in Chalco, Mexico. While the government of Andres Mauel López Obrador has publicly sided with LGBTQ rights in its discourse, it's not clear what protections may be being put in place or envisioned to combat violence against the community. (AP PhotoGinnette Riquelme)
In this Sept. 11, 2019 photo, relatives of some of the 43 missing teacher's college students listen to other parents speak during a press conference following a private meeting they had with President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, in Mexico City. As the fifth anniversary of the students' disappearance at the hands of police approaches, relatives complained Wednesday that progress in the case has been too slow and some institutions are uncooperative. (AP PhotoRebecca Blackwell)
In this Sept. 6, 2019 photo, Bolivia's President Evo Morales arrives to a meeting with leaders of several South American nations that share the Amazon in Leticia, on Colombia's Amazon river border with Brazil and Peru. Presidents and representatives from several countries in South America's Amazon region met to discuss a joint strategy for preserving the world's largest rain forest, which has been under threat from a record number of wildfires. (AP PhotoFernando Vergara)
In this Sept. 6, 2019 photo, Ivanka Trump, center left, President Donald Trump's daughter and White Houses advisor, dances with a farmer during a roundtable at El Granel coffee shop in Asuncion, Paraguay. Ivanka Trump is on her third stop of a South American trip to promote women's empowerment. (AP PhotoJorge Saenz)
In this Sept. 6, 2019, photo, boats carrying passengers come in to dock amidst parked "trajineras," the colorful passenger boats typically rented by tourists and families in Xochimilco, Mexico City. The usually festive Nativitas pier was subdued and largely empty Friday afternoon, with some boat operators and vendors estimating that business was down by 80% on the first weekend following the drowning death of a youth that was captured on cellphone video and seen widely in Mexico. Borough officials stood on the pier to inform visitors of new regulations that went into effect Friday limiting the consumption of alcohol, prohibiting the use of speakers and instructing visitors to remain seated. (AP PhotoRebecca Blackwell)
In this Sept. 6, 2019 photo, Costa Rica's Celso Borges is congratulated by teammates after scoring against Uruguay during a friendly soccer match at the National Stadium in San Jose, Costa Rica. (AP PhotoCarlos Gonzalez)
In Brazil, leaders of the Tembé indigenous group met to talk about the future of their communities and ways to protect their reserve in the Amazon.
In this Sept. 6, 2019 photo, a boat sits grounded in the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian, in Marsh Harbor, Abaco Island, Bahamas. The Bahamian health ministry said helicopters and boats are on the way to help people in affected areas, though officials warned of delays because of severe flooding and limited access. (AP PhotoGonzalo Gaudenzi)
Leaders of the South American nations that share the Amazon met in the Colombian border town of Leticia to discuss a joint strategy for preserving the world's largest rain forest.
Women painted their hands red for a rally at Mexico City's Angel of Independence monument to protest killings of sex workers. Also in the capital, parents and relatives marked the fifth anniversary of the disappearance of 43 teacher's college students at the hands of police, complaining about slow progress in resolving the case.
Chileans observed the anniversary of the 1973 military coup that ousted the late Marxist President Salvador Allende and installed the dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet.
In this Sept. 8, 2019 photo, Synobia Reckley holds up the dress her niece wore as a flower girl at her wedding, as she goes through valuables in the rubble of her home destroyed one week ago by Hurricane Dorian in Rocky Creek East End, Grand Bahama, Bahamas. Synobia, 25, married two days after Hurricane Mathew in 2016, which passed over her home without doing serious damage. (AP PhotoRamon Espinosa)
In Mexico City, authorities imposed limits on alcohol consumption and banned loud music on the famed canal boats of Xochimilco following the drowning of a youth during a party on the water.
Ivanka Trump, President Donald Trump's daughter and adviser, danced with a farmer at a coffee shop during a visit to Paraguay's capital.
Celso Borges of Costa Rica's national soccer team won congratulations from teammates after scoring against Uruguay during a friendly match.
I this Sept. 8, 2019 photo, an abandoned high heel shoe lays in the mud in the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian in an area called The Mudd, in Marsh Harbor, Abaco Island, Bahamas. Dorian was the most powerful hurricane in the northwestern Bahamas' recorded history. (AP PhotoFernando Llano)
Curated by photo editor Tomas Stargardter in Mexico City.
In this Sept. 9, 2019 photo, members of the fire rescue team Task Force 8, from Gainesville, Florida, help remove a body one week after Hurricane Dorian hit The Mudd neighborhood in the Marsh Harbor area of Abaco Island, Bahamas. Dorian, the most powerful hurricane in the northwestern Bahamas' recorded history, has killed at least 44 people in Bahamas as of Sunday, Sept. 8, according to the government. (AP PhotoGonzalo Gaudenzi)
In this Sept. 11, 2019 photo, a demonstrator that was injured in the mouth by a rubber bullet fired by the police, protests during clashes in front of the parliament, before the ratification of designate Prime Minister Fritz William Michel in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Fritz William Michel and his cabinet are awaiting in parliament for his ratification as Prime Minster. (AP PhotoDieu Nalio Chery)
In this Sept. 3, 2019 photo, a woman checks her cell phone during a meeting of Tembé tribes at the Tekohaw indigenous reserve, Para state, Brazil. Some saw hope in the sustainable development plan presented this week at the meeting in the village of Tekohaw. It would include drones and other technology to curb the encroachers. (AP PhotoRodrigo Abd)
In this Sept. 6, 2019 photo, women with her hands covered in red paint protest against the murders of sex workers, at Mexico City's iconic Angel of Independence. (AP PhotoMarco Ugarte)
In this Aug. 21, 2019 photo, soldiers enter a pool hall during their routine patrol in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Ironically, the extradition of drug capos to the U.S. under Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández could have helped build the case against his own brother, in which he is now implicated. (AP PhotoEduardo Verdugo)
In this Sept. 11, 2019 photo, people light candles at the National Stadium during a vigil marking the anniversary of the 1973 military coup that ousted the late President Salvador Allende, in Santiago, Chile. The stadium was used as a detention center in the early years of the dictatorship. (AP PhotoEsteban Felix)
In this Sept. 11, 2019 photo, a woman is detained by police during a feminist protest marking the 46th anniversary of the military coup that ousted the late President Salvador Allende, in Santiago, Chile, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019. (AP PhotoEsteban Felix)
In this Sept. 6, 2019 photo, a man takes a photo of a photograph of the late Mexican painter Francisco Toledo during a memorial at the Bellas Artes Palace in Mexico City. Toledo, who was well-known and respected in Mexico both for his art and his activism, has died, the country's president announced late Thursday. (AP PhotoEduardo Verdugo)
In this Aug. 17, 2019 photo, trans rights activist Kenya Cuevas sits on the edge of her bed to show off the tattoos on her right leg, in her bedroom in Chalco, Mexico. While the government of Andres Mauel López Obrador has publicly sided with LGBTQ rights in its discourse, it's not clear what protections may be being put in place or envisioned to combat violence against the community. (AP PhotoGinnette Riquelme)
In this Sept. 11, 2019 photo, relatives of some of the 43 missing teacher's college students listen to other parents speak during a press conference following a private meeting they had with President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, in Mexico City. As the fifth anniversary of the students' disappearance at the hands of police approaches, relatives complained Wednesday that progress in the case has been too slow and some institutions are uncooperative. (AP PhotoRebecca Blackwell)
In this Sept. 6, 2019 photo, Bolivia's President Evo Morales arrives to a meeting with leaders of several South American nations that share the Amazon in Leticia, on Colombia's Amazon river border with Brazil and Peru. Presidents and representatives from several countries in South America's Amazon region met to discuss a joint strategy for preserving the world's largest rain forest, which has been under threat from a record number of wildfires. (AP PhotoFernando Vergara)
In this Sept. 6, 2019 photo, Ivanka Trump, center left, President Donald Trump's daughter and White Houses advisor, dances with a farmer during a roundtable at El Granel coffee shop in Asuncion, Paraguay. Ivanka Trump is on her third stop of a South American trip to promote women's empowerment. (AP PhotoJorge Saenz)
In this Sept. 6, 2019, photo, boats carrying passengers come in to dock amidst parked "trajineras," the colorful passenger boats typically rented by tourists and families in Xochimilco, Mexico City. The usually festive Nativitas pier was subdued and largely empty Friday afternoon, with some boat operators and vendors estimating that business was down by 80% on the first weekend following the drowning death of a youth that was captured on cellphone video and seen widely in Mexico. Borough officials stood on the pier to inform visitors of new regulations that went into effect Friday limiting the consumption of alcohol, prohibiting the use of speakers and instructing visitors to remain seated. (AP PhotoRebecca Blackwell)
In this Sept. 6, 2019 photo, Costa Rica's Celso Borges is congratulated by teammates after scoring against Uruguay during a friendly soccer match at the National Stadium in San Jose, Costa Rica. (AP PhotoCarlos Gonzalez)