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AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean

Sep. 13, 2024 00:37 AM EDT

Sept. 6-12, 2024 Protesters in Mexico City storm the Senate building over a contentious judicial overhaul championed by Mexico's outgoing president. Sao Paulo's Pinheiros River took on a new green hue which, according to the state's environmental authority, was due to algae bloom...

AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean

Aug. 16, 2024 00:34 AM EDT

August 9-15, 2024 A producer hauls a sack of yerba mate in Buenos Aires to protest President Javier Milei's plan to slash price controls and subsidies in various markets. Tropical Storm Ernesto makes lashes Puerto Rico. A plane crashes in Vinhedo, Brazil. Prince Harry and Meghan...

Ernesto is now a hurricane over the Caribbean and is expected to strengthen on a path toward Bermuda, forecasters say

Aug. 14, 2024 10:58 AM EDT
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Ernesto is now a hurricane over the Caribbean and is expected to strengthen on a path toward Bermuda, forecasters say.

AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean

Aug. 09, 2024 00:19 AM EDT

Aug. 2-8, 2024 Young gymnasts trained in the gym that Olympic medalist Rebeca Andrade practiced at as a child in Guarulhos, Brazil. Cars traversed snow-covered roads in Chile's capital. Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado attended a rally following the country's...

Justice Clarence Thomas took undisclosed 2010 trip with GOP megadonor, Democratic senator finds

Aug. 05, 2024 23:05 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas failed to publicly disclose additional travel on GOP megadonor Harlan Crow's private jet, a top Democratic senator who is backing an election-year push to tighten the high court's ethics rules said Monday. Thomas and his wife,...

After Trump's appearance, the nation's largest gathering of Black journalists gets back to business

Aug. 02, 2024 12:58 PM EDT

CHICAGO (AP) — A day after Donald Trump's contentious interview at the National Association of Black Journalists conference, the organization was back to business as usual. Thousands of journalists spoke with recruiters or networked at the career fair. Meeting rooms overflowed with...

AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean

Aug. 02, 2024 00:29 AM EDT

July 26 - Aug. 1, 2024 President Nicolás Maduro came under pressure to release vote tallies from Venezuela’s presidential election, after opposition leaders disputed his claim of victory. Human remains were excavated at a Uruguayan military base. Bolivian bus...

AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean

Jul. 26, 2024 00:02 AM EDT

July 19-25, 2024 Venezuela's political opposition held rallies throughout the country, as residents got ready to vote in the July 28 presidential election. Paraguayans wore bird-like costumes to celebrate 16th century Saint Francisco Solano, who's said to have miraculous powers....

Caribbean seeks help in fighting climate change after Hurricane Beryl devastates small islands

Jul. 12, 2024 14:39 PM EDT

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Caribbean officials on Friday demanded more access to funding and help in fighting climate change, weeks after Hurricane Beryl devastated the region. The urgent request was made at an OAS meeting in Washington, D.C., where officials noted that the...

Beryl set to strengthen on approach to Texas due to hot ocean temperatures

Jul. 06, 2024 08:55 AM EDT

With its unprecedented tear through the ultrawarm waters of the southeast Caribbean, Beryl turned meteorologists’ worst fears of a souped-up hurricane season into grim reality. Now it’s Texas turn. Beryl hit Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula as a Category 2 hurricane on Friday, then...