AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean

Nov. 29 - Dec. 5, 2024 Relatives grieved at a funeral service for police officer Jeff Petit-Dieu in Haiti. Massive balloons passed through the streets of Santiago, Chile, for a Christmas festival. A person in Cuba cooked soup in the street during a blackout. Farther...

EU chief in Uruguay for final talks on a huge trade deal with the South American Mercosur bloc

BRUSSELS (AP) — European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen arrived in Uruguay Thursday for the final stages in years-long negotiations to clinch a trade deal between the 27-nation EU and the South American Mercosur trade bloc that would create a trans-Atlantic market of some 700 million...

AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean

Nov. 22 - Nov. 28, 2024 Countries across the region marked International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women with performances and demonstrations. Left-wing opposition candidate Yamandú Orsi wins a tight presidential run-off election in Uruguay. ...

AP Week in Pictures

Nov. 22-28, 2024 Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah start a ceasefire after nearly 14 months of fighting. A volcano in southwestern Iceland that roared back to life after eight centuries of silence has erupted for the seventh time since December. ...

Carrefour apologizes to Brazil for CEO's remarks, and beef is headed back to its stores

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazilian beef was headed back to the shelves of Carrefour-owned grocery stores Tuesday after a brief boycott sparked by remarks from the French company’s chief executive about nations in the South America trade bloc Mercosur. Carrefour CEO Alexandre...

Uruguay’s leftist opposition candidate Yamandú Orsi becomes country's new president

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — Uruguay's leftist opposition candidate, Yamandú Orsi, became the country's new president in a tight runoff Sunday, ousting the conservative governing coalition and making the South American nation the latest to rebuke the incumbent party in a year of landmark elections...

Who is Yamandú Orsi, the next president of Uruguay?

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — Left-wing politician Yamandú Orsi is poised to become the next president of Uruguay after his main challenger in the runoff conceded defeat Sunday and even the outgoing leader of the South American country congratulated him. His victory marks the return...

Left-wing opposition candidate wins tight presidential election in Uruguay

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — Uruguay's leftist opposition candidate, Yamandú Orsi, claimed victory in a tight presidential runoff Sunday, ousting the conservative governing coalition and making the South American nation the latest to rebuke the incumbent party in a year of landmark elections. ...

Uruguay’s conservative governing party concedes hard-fought presidential runoff to left-wing challenger

Polls close in Uruguay’s presidential runoff, with ruling coalition and opposition headed for photo finish