Jan. 3 – 9, 2025
Countries across the region celebrated the Epiphany with performance and gift giveaways. Also referred to as Three Kings Day, it’s certainly one of the oldest festivals of the Catholic Church — commemorating the Biblical journey of the three Magi to go to baby Jesus that faithful view as evidence that Jesus was the son of God.
In Venezuela, the opposition held protests a day ahead of Inauguration Day, looking for to dam President Nicolás Maduro’s try to cling to power despite credible evidence that he lost last summer’s election by a landslide.
An effigy of President-elect Donald Trump was set on fire during an illustration in Panama City marking Martyrs’ Day, a national day of mourning to honor the 21 Panamanians who were killed in the course of the January 1964 anti-American riots over sovereignty of the Panama Canal Zone.
Brazilians marked the second anniversary of the alleged coup attempt when supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro invaded government buildings and called for military intervention.
This gallery highlights a few of the most compelling images made or published up to now week by The Associated Press from Latin America and the Caribbean.
The selection was curated by AP photo editor Anita Baca, based in Mexico City.
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