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1of17One of the anti-government protesters who came to Lima from across the country to protest against President Dina Boluarte is detained and thrown into the back of a police vehicle during clashes in Lima, Peru, on January 19, 2023. The protesters They demand the immediate calling of elections, the resignation of Boluarte, the release of the ousted former president Pedro Castillo and justice for the more than 48 protesters killed in clashes with the police. (AP Photo/Martín Mejía)Martin Mejia/APShow MoreShow Less2of17A girl plays while walking along Paseo Bandera, in Santiago, Chile, on January 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)Matias Delacroix/APShow MoreShow Less3of174of17Teachers, other civil servants and pensioners take part in a protest to demand higher salaries and pensions and the payment of their social benefits in Caracas, Venezuela, on January 16, 2023. The sign reads ‘Without teachers this would be your signature’, referring to to thumb fingerprint. The protesters claim that, with their low wages, they have to buy expensive food in dollars. The minimum monthly salary is around 7 dollars. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)Ariana Cubillos/APShow MoreShow Less5of17Two people attending an anti-government demonstration look at the names of 30,000 victims of the civil war at the Monument to Memory and Truth in San Salvador, El Salvador, on January 15, 2023. The march commemorated the 31st anniversary of the signing of the peace agreements that put an end to the conflict (1980-1992). (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez)Salvador Melendez/APShow MoreShow Less6of177of17A car drives past a fire on the highway between Rosario and Santa Fe, in Barrancas, in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina, on January 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello)Gustavo Garello/APShow MoreShow Less8of17Rubber tappers Raimundo Mendes de Barros (left) and his son Rogerio Mendes place their hands on a rubber tree in the Chico Mendes Extractive Reserve, in Acre state, Brazil, on December 7, 2022. Veja, a brand French luxury sneaker company, produces soles made from rubber from the Brazilian Amazon in collaboration with local collectors. The project has reinvigorated the production of a sustainable forest product and has improved the lives of hundreds of families of rubber tappers, as workers who extract rubber are known. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)Eraldo Peres/APShow MoreShow Less9of1710of17Rancher Pablo Giailevra walks through a property where more than 300 cattle died due to the drought, in Tostado, Santa Fe, Argentina, on January 18, 2023. In recent weeks, thousands of cattle have perished in the province due to a prolonged drought that also affects soybean, corn and wheat crops. (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello)Gustavo Garello/APShow MoreShow Less11of17Members of the National Guard on horseback participate in the inauguration of General David Córdova Campos as the new commander of the National Guard, at the “Marte” Military Sports Field, in Mexico City, on January 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)Marco Ugarte/APShow MoreShow Less12of1713of17A member of the Filhos de Gandhi, a Yoruba cultural and Afro-religious group, participates in a ritual during the first cultural and religious activity of the year in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Jan. 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)Bruna Prado/APShow MoreShow Less14of17José Sánchez (left), from Peru, and Vitor Roque, from Brazil, fight for the ball during a match of the U20 South American Championship in Cali, Colombia, on January 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)Fernando Vergara/APShow MoreShow Less15of1716of17Brazil’s Justice Minister Flavio Dino attends a tribute to security personnel who worked to defend public buildings that were broken into by supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro, at the Ministry of Justice, in Brasilia, Brazil, on 13 January 2023. The assailants invaded government buildings in the capital on January 8. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)Eraldo Peres/APShow MoreShow Less17of17
This photo gallery highlights some of the best news images taken by Associated Press photographers in Latin America and the Caribbean published between January 13-19, 2023.
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The week’s photos were curated by The Associated Press photo editor Tomás Stargardter in Mexico City.
