AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean
Posted September 03, 2021 7:00 am
Aug. 27 '“ Sept. 2, 2021
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 Photo Editor for Latin America & Caribbean Anita Baca in Mexico City.
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A Haitian migrant takes off running so as not to be apprehended by members of the Mexican National Guard to be turned over to immigration agents, in Escuintla, Chiapas state, Mexico, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021. The majority of the migrants in recent days are Haitian asylum seekers who have grown tired of waiting in southern Mexico for the system to process their cases. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
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A Haitian migrant, holding his country's national flag, pleads with Mexican National guardsmen not to detain migrants making their way to the US-Mexico border, in Escuintla, Chiapas state, Mexico, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
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An Indigenous protester participates in a march to the Supreme Court in Brasilia, Brazil, Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021. Indigenous people are demanding the Supreme Court protect their land rights and reserves, in a landmark case that could open their lands to outside development by commercial interests. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
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Indigenous protesters shout "Bolsonaro Get out!," referring to President Jair Bolsonaro, during a march to the Supreme Court in Brasilia, Brazil, Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021. Thousands of Indigenous people marched to pressure justices expected to issue a ruling with far-reaching implications for land rights. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
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Eighth graders sit in a socially distanced classroom at the National School 1044 Santa Ana, on the first day that teachers are required to offer in-person instruction, in Asuncion, Paraguay, Monday, Aug. 30, 2021, after one and a half years of remote learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
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Argentina's Lionel Messi waves at fans as he and his teammates leave the hotel where they are staying, to be transported to a practice session in preparation for a World Cup qualifying soccer match against Venezuela, in Caracas, Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
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Soccer fans hang banners in the empty stands of the Alfredo Beranger Stadium before their team's match against Club Atletico Alvarado in Lomas de Zamora, Argentina, Friday, Aug. 27, 2021, amid the new coronavirus pandemic. Few places in the world have soccer fans more passionate than those in Argentina, and few have been so long denied a live view of their teams due to the pandemic. It's been 20 months since the government banned spectators at stadiums. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
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Healthcare workers treat a COVID-19 patient at the Ajusco Medio General Hospital in Mexico City, Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021. The country is now in the middle of its third wave of infections, a surge that began in mid-June and is just beginning to show signs of easing. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
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A resident carries an elderly woman on a street damaged by flooding and landslides triggered by torrential rains in the Tovar municipality in Merida state, Venezuela, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Luis Bustos)
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Whales swim near a kayak in Puerto Madryn, Argentina, Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021. As the migration season of the Southern Right Whale gets underway in the Argentine Patagonia, locals and visitors are thrilled by the curious animals coming ever closer to the shore. (AP Photo/Maxi Jonas)
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