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.
Chilean activist groups celebrated the second full month of unprecedented social revolt that has altered the country's political landscape.
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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.
Meanwhile, with Venezuela mired in a long economic crunch, burying the dead is becoming an overwhelming financial burden for many poor people, who already struggle to pay for food and shelter.
Forensic workers covered the bodies of passengers who died in bus that crashed with a trailer truck in Guatemala. Family members waited outside a Honduran prison for news of imprisoned relatives after at least 18 inmates were killed during a fight.
Former soccer great Diego Maradona flashes victory signs to fans below at the Casa Rosada government house after meeting with Argentine President Alberto Fernandez in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2019. (AP PhotoMarcos Brindicci)
Ana Paez sits by the grave of her son Eduardo Garzon at a cemetery in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2019. Paez is a member of the Mothers of Soacha, an organization comprised of the relatives of men allegedly killed by the military and falsely identified as guerrillas to boost reported body counts. (AP PhotoIvan Valencia)
People gather around a giant baby Jesus statue in preparation for Christmas Eve in Mexico City, Monday, Dec. 23, 2019. (AP PhotoMarco Ugarte)
In this Nov. 28, 2019 photo published on Dec. 27, Zaida Bravo, who suffers Parkinson's disease and is malnourished, waits for dinner on her dirty mattress in her one room living quarters in Maracaibo, Venezuela. The 48-year-old's sister Ana Bravo brings her food when she can, but for the last four years the older sister has had trouble affording even rice or cornmeal. "We can't find her medicine or even know how to help her, so we're letting what happens happen," Ana Bravo, 57, said. "Sometimes, I'm afraid to go inside and find her dead." (AP PhotoRodrigo Abd)
Family members wait outside the prison gate for news from their imprisoned relatives, outside the Tela prison where at least 18 inmates were killed on Friday, in Tela, Honduras, early Saturday, Dec. 21, 2019. The violence came several days after Honduras declared a state of emergency in its prison system. (AP PhotoDelmer Martinez)
Fans of Brazil's Flamengo soccer team watch a live broadcast of the FIFA Club World Cup final soccer match against England's Liverpool, at the Rocinha slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2019. (AP PhotoLeo Correa)
A woman places flowers on the grave of a person who died during the 1989 U.S. military invasion that ousted Panamanian strongman Manuel Noriega, on the 30th anniversary of the invasion in Panama City, Friday, Dec. 20, 2019. According to official figures, 300 Panamanian soldiers and 214 civilians died during the invasion, though the number remains controversial and human rights groups believe it is much higher. Twenty-three U.S. soldiers also perished. (AP PhotoArnulfo Franco)
The Bishop of Chilpancingo, Guerrero state, Salvador Rengel, receives the family members of 43 missing students from the Isidro Burgos rural teachers college, carrying posters of their missing loved ones, during Mass at the Basilica of Guadalupe in Mexico City, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2019. Family members continue to call for justice five years after the Ayotzinapa students were allegedly taken from buses by local police and turned over to a drug gang. (AP PhotoMarco Ugarte)
The leader of Venezuela's opposition-controlled National Assembly said in an interview that he remains focused on trying to win over the military in his campaign to unseat socialist President Nicolas Maduro.
In this photo taken on Dec. 16, 2019 and published on Dec. 23, Venezuela's National Assembly President and self-proclaimed interim President Juan Guaido poses for a photo during an interview in Caracas, Venezuela. Guaido, the hand-picked successor to then-detained opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez, leaped onto the stage in January at a dark moment in the once-wealthy nation's history. (AP PhotoMatias Delacroix)
Meanwhile, with Venezuela mired in a long economic crunch, burying the dead is becoming an overwhelming financial burden for many poor people, who already struggle to pay for food and shelter.
Guatemalans celebrated St. Thomas, the patron saint of Chichicastenango, where a church sits atop a sacred Maya site. People in Mexico City gathered around a giant baby Jesus statue in preparation for Christmas Eve.
In Argentina, former soccer great Diego Maradona met with new President Alberto Fernandez and greeted fans from the balcony where he held up the country's World Cup trophy 30 years earlier.
Forensic workers cover the bodies of passengers that perished in bus that crashed with a trailer truck in Gualan, Guatemala, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2019. The accident killed at least 21 people and left a dozen wounded, according to the national disaster agency. (AP PhotoCarlos Cruz)
Forensic workers covered the bodies of passengers who died in bus that crashed with a trailer truck in Guatemala. Family members waited outside a Honduran prison for news of imprisoned relatives after at least 18 inmates were killed during a fight.
A woman placed flowers on the grave of someone who died during the 1989 U.S. military invasion that ousted Panamanian strongman Manuel Noriega. Relatives of 43 Mexican students who disappeared five years ago attended a Mass at the Basilica of Guadalupe in the capital as they pressed demands for justice.
Curated by photo editor Leslie Mazoch in Mexico City.
Locals launch fireworks from the steps of Saint Thomas church during celebration honoring the patron saint of Chichicastenango, Guatemala, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2019. The church is built atop a former sacred Maya site and incorporates the temple's 18 steps, each representing a month of the Mayan calendar. (AP PhotoMoises Castillo)
Former soccer great Diego Maradona flashes victory signs to fans below at the Casa Rosada government house after meeting with Argentine President Alberto Fernandez in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2019. (AP PhotoMarcos Brindicci)
Ana Paez sits by the grave of her son Eduardo Garzon at a cemetery in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2019. Paez is a member of the Mothers of Soacha, an organization comprised of the relatives of men allegedly killed by the military and falsely identified as guerrillas to boost reported body counts. (AP PhotoIvan Valencia)
People gather around a giant baby Jesus statue in preparation for Christmas Eve in Mexico City, Monday, Dec. 23, 2019. (AP PhotoMarco Ugarte)
In this Nov. 28, 2019 photo published on Dec. 27, Zaida Bravo, who suffers Parkinson's disease and is malnourished, waits for dinner on her dirty mattress in her one room living quarters in Maracaibo, Venezuela. The 48-year-old's sister Ana Bravo brings her food when she can, but for the last four years the older sister has had trouble affording even rice or cornmeal. "We can't find her medicine or even know how to help her, so we're letting what happens happen," Ana Bravo, 57, said. "Sometimes, I'm afraid to go inside and find her dead." (AP PhotoRodrigo Abd)
Family members wait outside the prison gate for news from their imprisoned relatives, outside the Tela prison where at least 18 inmates were killed on Friday, in Tela, Honduras, early Saturday, Dec. 21, 2019. The violence came several days after Honduras declared a state of emergency in its prison system. (AP PhotoDelmer Martinez)
Fans of Brazil's Flamengo soccer team watch a live broadcast of the FIFA Club World Cup final soccer match against England's Liverpool, at the Rocinha slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2019. (AP PhotoLeo Correa)
A woman places flowers on the grave of a person who died during the 1989 U.S. military invasion that ousted Panamanian strongman Manuel Noriega, on the 30th anniversary of the invasion in Panama City, Friday, Dec. 20, 2019. According to official figures, 300 Panamanian soldiers and 214 civilians died during the invasion, though the number remains controversial and human rights groups believe it is much higher. Twenty-three U.S. soldiers also perished. (AP PhotoArnulfo Franco)
The Bishop of Chilpancingo, Guerrero state, Salvador Rengel, receives the family members of 43 missing students from the Isidro Burgos rural teachers college, carrying posters of their missing loved ones, during Mass at the Basilica of Guadalupe in Mexico City, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2019. Family members continue to call for justice five years after the Ayotzinapa students were allegedly taken from buses by local police and turned over to a drug gang. (AP PhotoMarco Ugarte)