Latin America

Migrants who were held in a Panamanian immigration shelter after being deported from the U.S. embraced upon arriving in Panama City on Saturday, March 8, 2025, after authorities gave them 30 days to leave the country. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

They crossed the world to reach the US. Now deported under Trump, they’re stuck in Panama

Over the past week, Panama’s government has released dozens of migrants from around the world who were deported from the U.S.
 
A soccer fan joins retirees protesting for higher pensions and against austerity measures implemented by President Javier Milei's government in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, March 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Argentine retirees and soccer fans clash with police during protests against austerity measures

 
A displaced woman rests in a shelter for people fleeing their homes to escape gang violence, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025.(AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)

Gangs unleash new attack on Haiti’s capital as police vow to hold them back

 
Military personnel search for Sudiksha Konanki, a university student from the U.S. who disappeared on a beach in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, Monday, March. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Francesco Spotorno)

What to know about US student Sudiksha Konanki, who vanished in Dominican Republic on spring break

 
From left, Colombian Air Force Commander Gen. Luis Carlos Cordoba, Defense Minister Pedro Sanchez, President Gustavo Petro and Armed Forces Commander Adm. Francisco Cubides, review the troops during a military ceremony where Sanchez formally takes command of the military in Bogota, Colombia, Tuesday, March 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Colombia’s new defense minister vows to reclaim territory lost to rebel groups

 

Accused Guatemalan drug trafficker wanted in US is captured in Mexico

One of Guatemala’s most wanted drug traffickers has been captured in Mexico and returned to Guatemala to await extradition to the United States.
 
A hospital worker dances with a clown from the "Roda de Palhacos" cultural project during a carnival party at the Servidores do Estado Federal Hospital in Rio de Janeiro, Tuesday, March 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)

Clowns and musicians bring the joy of Carnival to sick children in a Rio hospital

Clowns complete with red noses and tutus sung Carnival songs to sick children on the pediatric ward of a Rio de Janeiro hospital on Tuesday, bringing the ebullient festivities normally found on the streets straight to the young patients and their carers.
 
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, meets with Russian Fertilizer Producers Association President Andrey Guryev at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, April 27, 2023. Guryev's daughter Yulia Guryeva-Motlokhov is pursuing a yacht he abandoned, claiming she is the rightful owner. (Mikhail Klimentyev/Sputnik, Kremlin, via AP, File)

US attorneys for a Russian woman seeking to recover a megayacht target Antigua

Attorneys for the daughter of a U.S.-sanctioned Russian billionaire are asking a U.S. federal court for access to the financial records of officials including the prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda.
 
Phyllis Goss opens the window blinds for her birds inside her studio apartment at Smith Tower Apartments on Monday, March 10, 2025, in Vancouver, Wash. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)

Affordable housing threatened as Trump halts $1 billion slated for extending life of aging buildings

The Associated Press has obtained a document showing that the Trump administration is halting a $1 billion program that helps preserve affordable housing.
 
The debris of an airplane that crashed the previous day lays in Vinhedo, Sao Paulo state, Brazil, early Aug. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Brazilian authorities suspend the airline involved in last year’s crash that killed 62

Brazil’s aviation agency has suspended the operating license for local airline Voepass, citing security risks as an investigation continues into a deadly crash in August.
 
Colombian President Gustavo Petro watches a military ceremony where his new Defense Minister Pedro Sanchez formally takes command of the military in Bogota, Colombia, Tuesday, March 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Colombian president calls for referendum on health and labor reforms that have stalled in congress

Colombian President Gustavo Petro says he will call for a special election in which voters will be able to approve or reject labor reform and health reform, which have been stalled for months in congress.
 
Cuban doctors arrive at the Jose Marti International Airport in Havana, Cuba, June 8, 2020, after traveling to Italy to help with the COVID-19 emergency response. (Ismael Francisco/Pool via AP, File)

Caribbean leaders oppose US policy targeting Cuban medical missions, saying they’re critical

Caribbean leaders are pushing back against a new U.S. policy that aims to crack down on Cuban medical missions, saying that the work of hundreds of Cuban medical staff across the region is essential.
 

Guatemala’s Volcano of Fire calms and evacuees return home

Guatemala’s Volcano of Fire appeared calm and nearly 300 families who had evacuated their homes on its slopes as it began erupting returned home.
 
Military personnel search for Sudiksha Konanki, a university student from the U.S. who disappeared on a beach in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, Monday, March. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Francesco Spotorno)

FBI joins search for US college student who vanished in Dominican Republic on spring break

Police in the Dominican Republic say the FBI has joined the search for a 20-year-old University of Pittsburgh student who went missing nearly a week ago while on spring break.
 
Jailed, former Peruvian President Pedro Castillo, attends his trial on charges of rebellion at a police base on the outskirts of Lima, Peru, Tuesday, March 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Guadalupe Pardo)

Former Peruvian president announces hunger strike to protest rebellion trial

Former Peruvian President Pedro Castillo says that he is beginning a hunger strike in protest of the start of an oral trial against him for the alleged crime of rebellion.
 
Guatemalan journalist Jose Ruben Zamora, founder of El Periódico newspaper, arrives for his court hearing to decide if he will be sent back to prison concerning a money laundering case in Guatemala City, Jan. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo, File)

Guatemala returns newspaper founder to jail in a case decried by advocates

Guatemalan journalist José Rubén Zamora has been returned to jail after an appellate court sided with prosecutors and withdrew his house arrest.
 
A man hangS a poster with a photo of presidential candidate Xiomara Castro and the day's headline of her expected victory at his newspaper stand after general elections in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Nov. 29, 2021. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo, File)

Three candidates lead Honduras primary election tallies

Honduras’ defense minister appeared on a path to become the governing party’s presidential candidate Monday, even as electoral authorities continued tallying ballots from Sunday’s primary election.
 
A large mural of the late soccer start Diego Maradona, by artist Martin Ron, stands in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Monday, March 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Medics who treated soccer legend Maradona before his death go on trial for homicide

Seven members of the medical team that treated Argentine soccer great Diego Maradona before his death will go on trial for homicide starting Tuesday in Buenos Aires.
 
The "Volcan de Fuego," or Volcano of Fire, blows a cloud of ash seen from Palin, Guatemala, Monday, March 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Guatemala’s Volcano of Fire erupts and forces evacuations

Guatemala’s Volcano of Fire is erupting, and authorities have evacuated nearly 300 families while warning that another 30,000 people in the area could be at risk.
 
Military personnel search for Sudiksha Konanki, a university student from the U.S. who disappeared on a beach in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, Monday, March. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Francesco Spotorno)

Father of missing US student Sudiksha Konanki asks for wider investigation in Dominican Republic

The father of a 20-year-old University of Pittsburgh student from Virginia who went missing in the Dominican Republic while on spring break says he’s asking authorities to widen their investigation.
 

A fire at a homeless shelter in Brazil kills 4 people

Authorities in Brazil say four people are dead after a fire at a shelter for the homeless in the country’s southeast.
 
President Claudia Sheinbaum waves to supporters at a rally she convened to welcome U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to postpone tariffs on Mexican goods for one month at the Zocalo, Mexico City's main square, Sunday, March 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

Tens of thousands of Mexicans rally with president to celebrate US decision to delay tariffs

Tens of thousands of people have packed into Mexico’s City main plaza to celebrate with President Claudia Sheinbaum a decision by the U.S. to postpone tariffs on many of the country’s goods.
 
A flipped vehicle sits in flood waters after a storm in Bahia Blanca, Argentina, Friday, March 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Juan Sebastian Lobos)

Officials say heavy rains in Argentina kill at least 16 as dozens reported missing

Officials in Argentina say heavy rains that flooded a city on the country’s east coast have killed at least 16 people.
 

Landslide in southwest Colombia kills 1 and leaves 3 missing

Officials in Colombia say at least one person has died and three other people are missing after heavy rains unleashed a landslide in the country’s southwest region.
 

29 kidnapped law enforcement officers in southwest Colombia are freed

Colombian Defense Minister Pedro Sánchez says 29 law enforcement officers recently kidnapped in the country’s southwest region have been freed.
 

Activists in Trinidad and Tobago push to include women’s occupations on Hindu marriage act

Trinidad and Tobago is considering amending its local Hindu marriage act to include a woman’s occupation on certificates as demanded by activists.
 

US Coast Guard investigates fuel spill off the tiny Puerto Rican island of Vieques

The U.S. Coast Guard is investigating a fuel spill off the tiny Puerto Rican island of Vieques, which is popular with tourists.
 

New leader takes over Haiti’s transitional presidential council as violence persists

The council tasked to prepare eventual presidential elections in Haiti has sworn in a new leader, as the country keeps struggling with a persistent gang violence.
 
Women take selfie photos while they participate in the flash mob "Beautiful secular outing" by wearing hats to a performance at the St. Petersburg State Academic Capella celebrating upcoming International Women's Day, in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, March 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

International Women’s Day is a celebration and a call to action. Here are things to know

Women across the world will call for equal pay, reproductive rights, education, justice and decision-making jobs during demonstrations marking International Women’s Day.
 
Indigenous leader Filipe Gabriel Mura maneuvers a boat through the territory of the Mura people, in the Lago do Soares village, in Autazes, Amazonas state, Brazil, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros)

Potassium mining project in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest divides Indigenous tribe

Beneath Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, one of the planet’s largest potassium reserves is fueling tensions between industrial ambitions and Indigenous rights.
 

A fire in a Lima warehouse could burn until Sunday and has caused nearby buildings to collapse

Firefighters in the Peruvian capital, Lima, say a blaze that started on Monday in an old neighborhood is still out of control and has caused the collapse of four buildings.
 
Revelers share a kiss during the traditional Mud Block carnival party in Paraty, Brazil, Saturday, March 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean

Feb. 28-March 6, 2025

Carnival celebrations began in Brazil, Bolivia and beyond. A Wayuu migrant played with a chicken in Colombia.
 
A Monarch butterfly rests near a stream at Piedra Herrada sanctuary in the mountains near Valle de Bravo, Mexico, Jan. 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte, File)

Monarch butterflies wintering in Mexico rebound this year

The number of monarch butterflies wintering in the mountains west of Mexico City, rebounded this year, doubling the area they covered in 2024 despite the stresses of climate change.
 

Heat wave in southern Brazil prompts five cities to suspend classes

Five cities in southern Brazil have suspended classes due to the region’s heat wave. Temperatures in some places have risen as high as 36 degrees Celsius (97 degrees Fahrenheit).
 
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, Secretary of Homeland Security, appears before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee for her confirmation hearing in Washington, Friday, Jan. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem promises help in her first visit to Puerto Rico

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has promised to help Puerto Rico in her first visit to the U.S. territory as it struggles to rebuild from catastrophic hurricanes amid chronic power outages.
 

A magnitude 6.1 earthquake shakes Chile, with no reports of injuries or damage

A magnitude 6.1 earthquake has struck northern Chile. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage from Thursday’s trembler.
 
A worker sits inside a dark store affected by a power outage in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, March 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

A Buenos Aires power outage leaves over 600,000 customers without electricity

A power failure in Buenos Aires has left hundreds of thousands of customers without electricity in the Argentine capital, shutting off traffic lights, stranding subway passengers and testing the electric grid for the second time in 24 hours during a sizzling summer heat wave.
 

Mexican authorities find 275,000 fentanyl pills, powder hidden in boxes of cactus pieces

Authorities in northern Mexico have found 32 kilograms of fentanyl hidden inside boxes of slices of cactus, a quintessential Mexican food stable known as nopales.
 
A police officer patrols the entrance of the Toussaint Louverture International Airport, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Nov. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph, File)

Airport in southwest Haiti ready for international flights after violence halts flights to capital

Haitian officials say an airport in the country’s southwest region is ready to receive international flights for the first time.
 
Panama's President Jose Mulino waves as he arrives to Congress to attend President-elect Yamandu Orsi's swearing-in ceremony, on Inauguration Day in Montevideo, Uruguay, Saturday, March 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Santiago Mazzarovich)

Panama president calls Trump’s talk of ‘reclaiming’ the Panama Canal a lie

Panama President José Raúl Mulino has accused U.S. President Donald Trump of lying when Trump said in his address to Congress the night before that his administration was “reclaiming” the Panama Canal.