FEB. 7-13, 2020
This photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images made or published by Associated Press photographers in Latin America and the Caribbean, curated by AP photo editor Anita Baca in Mexico City.
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FEB. 7-13, 2020
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A drag queen playfully sticks out his tongue during the "Banda de Ipanema" street party in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, Feb. 8, 2020. Thousands have started attending the popular street parties, two weeks ahead of the world's famous carnival festival that begins on Feb 21. (AP PhotoLeo Correa)
Natacha Kovalenko of Russia trains at the Paraiso de Tuiuti samba school in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Jan. 15, 2020. Kovalenko is part of the movement of foreigners who come to Brazil to train in the ways of hip swiveling and hot stepping, spending months at the samba schools that during Rio's world-famous Carnival will dance for more than an hour through Rio's 700-meter (2,300-foot) Sambadrome. After the parade, the outsiders return to their home countries and spread their samba fever. (AP PhotoSilvia Izquierdo)
A man walks on a carpet of garbage accumulated along the banks of the Chillon River, below, and the Pacific Ocean, searching for items that can be reused or sold, in Callao, Peru, Friday, Feb. 7, 2020. The Chillon River, which starts in the Andes mountains and connects to the Pacific Ocean, an important water source for the capital city is laden with pollutants. (AP PhotoMartin Mejia)
An assistant holds an umbrella over Howard Buffett as he plants a cocoa plant at a farm in La Gabarra, Colombia, Jan. 29, 2020. The eldest son of billionaire investor Warren Buffett has crisscrossed the world giving away part of his father's fortune to promote food security, conflict mitigation and public safety. His latest gamble is one of the most daunting yet: helping Colombia kick its cocaine curse. (AP PhotoIvan Valencia)
Spoiled fruit and vegetables are strewn across the CEAGESP flooded complex in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020. Heavy rains brought Brazil's most populous city nearly to a halt on Monday with floods, mudslides and enormous traffic jams. Parts of the city received 100 mm (4 inches) of within three hours. (AP PhotoAndre Penner)
Soccer player Mara Gomez trains with first division Villa San Carlos women's soccer team, in La Plata, Argentina, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020. Gomez is a transgender woman who is limited to only training with her team while she waits for permission to start playing from the Argentina Football Association or AFA. If approved, she would become the first trans woman to compete in a professional AFA tournament. (AP PhotoNatacha Pisarenko)
Soldiers stand on the tarmac wearing protective suits, as they watch the arrival of Brazilians repatriated from Wuhan, China, the epicenter of a new virus, at the air force base in Anapolis, Brazil, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2020. Dozens of Brazilians landed early Sunday morning at the airbase in the Brazilian state of Goias, where they will spend the next 18 days in quarantine. (AP PhotoBeto Barata)
Felix Girola rides his 11-foot tall, custom-made bicycle in Havana, Cuba, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020. Ever since he was a child, Girola dreamed of riding tall bicycles. For the past 35 years he's been able to live his dream on the streets of Cuba, winding his way, in tall fashion, between pedestrians and classic cars. (AP PhotoRamon Espinosa)
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Confetti showers Luis Arce, center, Bolivian presidential candidate for the Movement Towards Socialism Party referred to as MAS, and running mate David Choquehuanca, second left, during their opening campaign rally, in El Alto, Bolivia, Saturday, Feb. 8, 2020. Arce was named by exiled former President Evo Morales as his party's candidate for the upcoming May 3 presidential elections. (AP PhotoJuan Karita)
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Marilia Barros da Silva recalls the time her son Arthur broke the kitchen window with a soccer ball, one year after his death, in Volta Redonda, Brazil, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020. Saturday, Feb. 8th marked one year since the fire killed Barros da Silva's son and 9 other Flamengo's academy players, all between 14 and 16 years old. It was "the worst tragedy" in the team's 124-year history, club president Rodolfo Landim has repeatedly said since. (AP PhotoLeo Correa)
A drag queen playfully sticks out his tongue during the "Banda de Ipanema" street party in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, Feb. 8, 2020. Thousands have started attending the popular street parties, two weeks ahead of the world's famous carnival festival that begins on Feb 21. (AP PhotoLeo Correa)
Natacha Kovalenko of Russia trains at the Paraiso de Tuiuti samba school in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Jan. 15, 2020. Kovalenko is part of the movement of foreigners who come to Brazil to train in the ways of hip swiveling and hot stepping, spending months at the samba schools that during Rio's world-famous Carnival will dance for more than an hour through Rio's 700-meter (2,300-foot) Sambadrome. After the parade, the outsiders return to their home countries and spread their samba fever. (AP PhotoSilvia Izquierdo)
A man walks on a carpet of garbage accumulated along the banks of the Chillon River, below, and the Pacific Ocean, searching for items that can be reused or sold, in Callao, Peru, Friday, Feb. 7, 2020. The Chillon River, which starts in the Andes mountains and connects to the Pacific Ocean, an important water source for the capital city is laden with pollutants. (AP PhotoMartin Mejia)
An assistant holds an umbrella over Howard Buffett as he plants a cocoa plant at a farm in La Gabarra, Colombia, Jan. 29, 2020. The eldest son of billionaire investor Warren Buffett has crisscrossed the world giving away part of his father's fortune to promote food security, conflict mitigation and public safety. His latest gamble is one of the most daunting yet: helping Colombia kick its cocaine curse. (AP PhotoIvan Valencia)
Spoiled fruit and vegetables are strewn across the CEAGESP flooded complex in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020. Heavy rains brought Brazil's most populous city nearly to a halt on Monday with floods, mudslides and enormous traffic jams. Parts of the city received 100 mm (4 inches) of within three hours. (AP PhotoAndre Penner)
Soccer player Mara Gomez trains with first division Villa San Carlos women's soccer team, in La Plata, Argentina, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020. Gomez is a transgender woman who is limited to only training with her team while she waits for permission to start playing from the Argentina Football Association or AFA. If approved, she would become the first trans woman to compete in a professional AFA tournament. (AP PhotoNatacha Pisarenko)
Soldiers stand on the tarmac wearing protective suits, as they watch the arrival of Brazilians repatriated from Wuhan, China, the epicenter of a new virus, at the air force base in Anapolis, Brazil, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2020. Dozens of Brazilians landed early Sunday morning at the airbase in the Brazilian state of Goias, where they will spend the next 18 days in quarantine. (AP PhotoBeto Barata)
Felix Girola rides his 11-foot tall, custom-made bicycle in Havana, Cuba, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020. Ever since he was a child, Girola dreamed of riding tall bicycles. For the past 35 years he's been able to live his dream on the streets of Cuba, winding his way, in tall fashion, between pedestrians and classic cars. (AP PhotoRamon Espinosa)