Dec. 29 – Jan. 3, 2024
This photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images made or published by Associated Press photographers in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Venezuelans celebrated New Year’s Eve outdoors in public squares. Brazilians watched fireworks glistening over the bay in Rio de Janeiro and Ecuadorians dressed up in devil costumes to dance out the old year and bring in 2024. The Brazilian city of Sao Paulo hosted its annual, 15-kilometer New Year’s Eve race.
French highliner Nathan Paulin wowed spectators with his tightrope performance in Santiago, kicking off Chile’s largest performing arts festival. In Mexico, the president inaugurated a “mega-pharmacy” to help end a medicine supply issue for hospitals, and the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN) marked the 30th anniversary of their uprising.
A small-scaled boat with offerings for Yemanja, the African goddess of the sea, floats near Vermelha beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Dec. 31, 2023. As the year winds down, Brazilian worshippers honor Yemanja by offering flowers and launching large and small boats into the water in exchange for blessings for the coming year. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
Supporters of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador hold a life-size image of him during a ceremony to inaugurate a “mega-pharmacy” warehouse in Huehuetoca, Mexico, Dec. 29, 2023. It is the president’s solution to help end a supply issue for hospitals that don’t have specific medicines needed by patients. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
The selection was curated by Senior Photo Editor Leslie Mazoch in Mexico City.
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