JULY 24-30, 2020
This photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images made or published by Associated Press photographers in Latin America and the Caribbean. It was curated by AP photojournalist Jorge Saenz in Asuncion, Paraguay.
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JULY 24-30, 2020
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A merry-go-round at a park is closed due to the coronavirus, in Montevideo, Uruguay, Sunday, July 26, 2020. As Latin America struggles to contain coronavirus, Uruguay has managed to keep case numbers low, but in the last weeks some new cases of COVID-19 were reported. (AP PhotoMatilde Campodonico)
Demonstrators burn an effigy of Bolivia's interim President Jeanine Anez during a protest against the postponement of the upcoming presidential election in El Alto, Bolivia, Tuesday, July 28, 2020. Last week Bolivia's highest electoral authority delayed presidential elections from Sept. 6 to Oct. 18, due to the coronavirus pandemic, the third time the vote has been delayed. (AP PhotoJuan Karita)
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro, who is infected with COVID-19, wears a protective face mask as he talks with supporters during a Brazilian flag retreat ceremony outside his official residence the Alvorada Palace, in Brasilia, Brazil, Friday, July 24, 2020. Bolsonaro has tested positive for the new coronavirus for the third time, following his July 7 announcement that he had COVID-19, the Brazilian government confirmed. (AP PhotoEraldo Peres)
Members of the Bolivarian National Guarde explain proper mask use to non-compliant pedestrians and peddlers on a street of the Petare neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, July 29, 2020, amid efforts to contain the spread of the new coronavirus. (AP PhotoMatias Delacroix)
Cinderblock homes fill the El Agustino shantytown as the financial district of San Isidro stands behind in Lima, Peru, Thursday, July 30, 2020. Peru was the first country in Latin America to impose a widespread quarantine on March 16 to curb the spread of COVID-19. (AP PhotoMartin Mejia)
Inmates stand in the outdoor patio within Tacumbu jail, the largest prison in the country, in Asuncion, Paraguay, Wednesday, July 29, 2020. Forty inmates amid just over 2,000 are isolated and visits were suspended after five prisoners tested positive for COVID-19, according to Justice Minister Cecilia Pérez. (AP PhotoJorge Saenz)
Pacaya volcano spews lava, viewed from San Vicente Pacaya, Guatemala, Saturday, July 25, 2020. According to a bulletin published by the Guatemalan Vulcanology Institute, INSIVUMEH, the volcano has slightly increased its activity in recent days without reporting any damage. (AP PhotoMoises Castillo)
A couple wearing protective face masks walk through a decontamination chamber as a preventive measure against the spread of the new coronavirus, before entering a store in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, July 25, 2020. (AP PhotoMatias Delacroix)
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An empty parked bus burns on Belascoain Street in Havana, Cuba, Wednesday, July 29, 2020. Neither residents nor police at the scene knew how the blaze started. (AP PhotoIsmael Francisco)
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People who have tested positive for the new coronavirus are transferred to tents set up outside the Seguro Social hospital to continue their treatment, in Quito, Ecuador, Wednesday, July 29, 2020. The Ecuadorian capital has experienced a surge in COVID-19 cases since the government started to reopen the economy last month. (AP PhotoDolores Ochoa)
A merry-go-round at a park is closed due to the coronavirus, in Montevideo, Uruguay, Sunday, July 26, 2020. As Latin America struggles to contain coronavirus, Uruguay has managed to keep case numbers low, but in the last weeks some new cases of COVID-19 were reported. (AP PhotoMatilde Campodonico)
Demonstrators burn an effigy of Bolivia's interim President Jeanine Anez during a protest against the postponement of the upcoming presidential election in El Alto, Bolivia, Tuesday, July 28, 2020. Last week Bolivia's highest electoral authority delayed presidential elections from Sept. 6 to Oct. 18, due to the coronavirus pandemic, the third time the vote has been delayed. (AP PhotoJuan Karita)
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro, who is infected with COVID-19, wears a protective face mask as he talks with supporters during a Brazilian flag retreat ceremony outside his official residence the Alvorada Palace, in Brasilia, Brazil, Friday, July 24, 2020. Bolsonaro has tested positive for the new coronavirus for the third time, following his July 7 announcement that he had COVID-19, the Brazilian government confirmed. (AP PhotoEraldo Peres)
Members of the Bolivarian National Guarde explain proper mask use to non-compliant pedestrians and peddlers on a street of the Petare neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, July 29, 2020, amid efforts to contain the spread of the new coronavirus. (AP PhotoMatias Delacroix)
Cinderblock homes fill the El Agustino shantytown as the financial district of San Isidro stands behind in Lima, Peru, Thursday, July 30, 2020. Peru was the first country in Latin America to impose a widespread quarantine on March 16 to curb the spread of COVID-19. (AP PhotoMartin Mejia)
Inmates stand in the outdoor patio within Tacumbu jail, the largest prison in the country, in Asuncion, Paraguay, Wednesday, July 29, 2020. Forty inmates amid just over 2,000 are isolated and visits were suspended after five prisoners tested positive for COVID-19, according to Justice Minister Cecilia Pérez. (AP PhotoJorge Saenz)
Pacaya volcano spews lava, viewed from San Vicente Pacaya, Guatemala, Saturday, July 25, 2020. According to a bulletin published by the Guatemalan Vulcanology Institute, INSIVUMEH, the volcano has slightly increased its activity in recent days without reporting any damage. (AP PhotoMoises Castillo)
A couple wearing protective face masks walk through a decontamination chamber as a preventive measure against the spread of the new coronavirus, before entering a store in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, July 25, 2020. (AP PhotoMatias Delacroix)