AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean
Miss Nicaragua Sheynnis Palacios participates in the evening gown category during the 72nd Miss Universe Beauty Pageant in San Salvador, El Salvador, Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023. The 23-year-old communicologist went on to win the competition, the first to wear the crown from her country. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
Nov. 17-23, 2023
Miss Nicaragua won the Miss Universe competition in El Salvador, the first to wear the crown from her country. The deaths of two people, muggings and a dangerous heat wave left legions of Taylor Swift’s Brazilian fans angry and disappointed in the three-day Rio de Janeiro leg of the pop superstar’s Eras Tour. And what many deemed impossible just months ago is now a reality: Right-wing populist Javier Milei resoundingly won Argentina’s presidential runoff.
This gallery highlights some of the most compelling images made or published in the past week by Associated Press photographers in Latin America and the Caribbean.
The selection was curated by photo editor Anita Baca in Mexico City.
Taylor Swift fans wait for the doors of the Nilton Santos Olympic stadium to open amid a heat wave in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023. The deaths of two people, muggings and a dangerous heat wave left legions of Brazilian fans angry and disappointed in the three-day Rio leg of the pop superstar’s Eras Tour. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
A photo of Arturo Zacarias Meza, a crew member of the cargo ship Galaxy Leader, adorns an altar, in Misantla, Mexico, Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023. Meza is one of 25 crew members of the ship Galaxy Leader who have been held hostage by Yemeni Houthi rebels since the group seized their Israel-linked vessel while it was sailing along a major shipping lane in the Red Sea. The armed group said it will continue attacking vessels linked to Israel and in international waters until its war against Hamas ends. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)
A jaguar rests in an area recently scorched by wildfires at the Encontro das Aguas park in the Pantanal wetlands near Pocone, Mato Grosso state Brazil, Friday, Nov. 17, 2023. Amid the high heat, wildfires are burning widely in the Pantanal biome, the world’s biggest tropical wetlands. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
Supporters of presidential candidate Javier Milei gather outside his campaign headquarters after his opponent, Economy Minister Sergio Massa, conceded defeat in the presidential runoff election, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023. The right-wing populist handily beat the ruling party’s candidate 55.7% to 44.3%. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Mexico’s Cesar Huerta falls on the pitch after he is fouled by Honduras’ Denil Maldonado, during a CONCACAF Nations League quarterfinal second leg soccer match, at Azteca stadium in Mexico City, Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023. El Tri went on to defeat Honduras 4-2 on penalty kicks to qualify for next year’s Copa America. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
National Assembly President Henry Kronfle places the presidential sash on incoming President Daniel Noboa after he was sworn-in during his inauguration ceremony at the National Assembly, in Quito, Ecuador, Thursday, Nov. 23, 2023. Noboa, an inexperienced politician and heir to a fortune built on the banana trade, said his government’s main objective will be to “reduce violence and make progress a habit.” (AP Photo/Juan Diego Montenegro)
Argentina’s Lionel Messi embraces teammate, goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez, as they celebrate their team’s 1-0 victory over Brazil at the end of a qualifying soccer match for the FIFA World Cup 2026, at the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023. It was Brazil’s first home defeat ever in a World Cup qualifying game. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
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