Bolivian teachers protested. Chile remembered the 1973 coup that toppled President Salvador Allende. Mexico and Guatemala celebrated independence. This gallery was curated by photojournalist Moises Castillo, based in Guatemala City.
Street cleaners wait to begin their work after President Claudia Sheinbaum gave the annual “Grito de Independencia” to kick off Independence Day celebrations at the Zocalo, Mexico City's main square, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
A boy playfully smooshes his face against a glass door as his mother works in a tailor shop in Panama City, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
A cadet from the Heroic Military Academy parades with a golden eagle, the academy mascot, during the Independence Day military parade in the capital's main square, the Zocalo, in Mexico City, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
Fans of Argentina's Platense invade the field at the end of a Copa Libertadores quarter final second leg soccer match against Brazil's Fluminense in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello)
Alexis Castro, of Argentina's Estudiantes de La Plata, celebrates after scoring his side's opening goal against Brazil's Corinthians during the second leg of a Copa Libertadores quarterfinal soccer match in Sao Paulo, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
A dancer, wearing photos of detainees who disappeared during Chile's military dictatorship, places a flower at the National Stadium, which served as a detention and torture center in the early days of the regime, during an event marking the anniversary of the 1973 military coup that toppled the government of President Salvador Allende, in Santiago, Chile, Friday, Sept. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
Students dressed as soldiers march in a parade marking the 205th anniversary of independence from Spain, in Sumpango, Guatemala, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
Maria Luz Insua readies her mariachi outfit before participating in a contest held as part of an event commemorating Mexican Independence Day in Havana, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Paola Fernandez, dressed as statue of Liberty, speaks to national police members that are blocking a street toward to presidential palace during a march demanding for the release of all political prisoners in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, Sept. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
Brazilian DJ Alok presents his "Keep Art Human" performance during the Rock in Rio music festival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Sept. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
A teacher holds an empty pot during an anti-government protest in La Paz, Bolivia, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
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Street cleaners wait to begin their work after President Claudia Sheinbaum gave the annual “Grito de Independencia” to kick off Independence Day celebrations at the Zocalo, Mexico City's main square, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
A boy playfully smooshes his face against a glass door as his mother works in a tailor shop in Panama City, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
A cadet from the Heroic Military Academy parades with a golden eagle, the academy mascot, during the Independence Day military parade in the capital's main square, the Zocalo, in Mexico City, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
Fans of Argentina's Platense invade the field at the end of a Copa Libertadores quarter final second leg soccer match against Brazil's Fluminense in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello)
Alexis Castro, of Argentina's Estudiantes de La Plata, celebrates after scoring his side's opening goal against Brazil's Corinthians during the second leg of a Copa Libertadores quarterfinal soccer match in Sao Paulo, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
A dancer, wearing photos of detainees who disappeared during Chile's military dictatorship, places a flower at the National Stadium, which served as a detention and torture center in the early days of the regime, during an event marking the anniversary of the 1973 military coup that toppled the government of President Salvador Allende, in Santiago, Chile, Friday, Sept. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
Students dressed as soldiers march in a parade marking the 205th anniversary of independence from Spain, in Sumpango, Guatemala, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
Maria Luz Insua readies her mariachi outfit before participating in a contest held as part of an event commemorating Mexican Independence Day in Havana, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Paola Fernandez, dressed as statue of Liberty, speaks to national police members that are blocking a street toward to presidential palace during a march demanding for the release of all political prisoners in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, Sept. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
Brazilian DJ Alok presents his "Keep Art Human" performance during the Rock in Rio music festival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Sept. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
