AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean
Sissa de la Cruz, left, and Sisa Guandinango, fight for the ball during a handball match in the Indigenous community of Turucu, Ecuador, June 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
June 14-20, 2024
Indigenous women in Ecuador take on soccer by inventing a sport: handball in traditional skirts.
Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Sao Paulo as protests sweep across Brazil in opposition to a bill that would further criminalize abortions. If passed, the law would equate the termination of a pregnancy after 22 weeks with homicide.
Panama Canal authorities reported they will increase vessel transits through the interoceanic waterway following drought-related restrictions.
Tropical Storm Alberto formed in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico, the first named storm of what is forecast to be a busy hurricane season.
This gallery highlights some of the most compelling images made or published in the past week by The Associated Press from Latin America and the Caribbean.
Faithful pray while attending a Mass recognizing the efforts of soup kitchen volunteers and priests who serve low-income neighborhoods amid the government’s restrictions on distribution of subsidized food to soup kitchens, at the Virgin of Caacupé sanctuary in La Matanza, Argentina, June 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
The selection was curated by AP photo editor Anita Baca, based in Mexico City.
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