Tropical Storm Beryl has formed in the Atlantic Ocean and could reach the Caribbean Sea next week as a hurricane

AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean

June 21-27, 2024 People celebrated International Yoga Day on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro. Bolivian soldiers entered the presidential palace in what President Luis Arce called a coup attempt. A growing Indian community in Mexico makes it mark on the sport's popularity in the...

AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean

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...

Russian warships leave Havana's port after a 5-day visit to Cuba

HAVANA (AP) — A fleet of Russian warships, including a nuclear-powered submarine, left Havana’s port on Monday after a five-day visit to Cuba following planned military drills in the Atlantic Ocean. The exercise has been seen by some as a show of strength by Moscow against the backdrop of...

AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean

June 7-13, 2024 Within Bolivia, the world’s third-biggest producer of the coca leaf, and of cocaine, the ancient leaf has inspired spiritual rituals among Indigenous communities for generations — and more recently, among the well-heeled with a deluge of coca-related products. ...

US submarine pulls into Guantanamo Bay a day after Russian warships arrive in Cuba

WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. Navy submarine has arrived in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in a show of force as a fleet of Russian warships gather for planned military exercises in the Caribbean. U.S. Southern Command said the USS Helena, a nuclear-powered fast attack submarine, pulled into the...

Russian warships reach Cuban waters ahead of military exercises in the Caribbean

HAVANA (AP) — A fleet of Russian warships reached Cuban waters on Wednesday ahead of planned military exercises in the Caribbean that some see as a projection of strength as tensions grow over Western support for Ukraine. The fleet, made up of a frigate, a nuclear-powered...

Russian warships and aircraft enter the Caribbean for military drills as tensions grow over Western support for Ukraine

AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean

May 31-June 6, 2024 Claudia Sheinbaum took the top spot in Mexico's biggest-ever elections, becoming the country's first female president. Residents from the Panamanian island of Gardi Sugdub arrived at their new homes on the mainland on the country's Caribbean coast....

Russian warships will arrive in Havana next week, say Cuban officials citing 'friendly relations'

HAVANA (AP) — Four Russian ships, including a nuclear-powered submarine, will arrive in Havana next week, Cuban officials said Thursday, citing “historically friendly relations” between both nations and as tensions escalate over Western military support for Ukraine in its war with Russia. ...