Latin America & Caribbean in Review

Latin America and Caribbean in Review is a monthly gallery featuring some of the top photojournalism made by AP staff photographers and freelancers during the month of March.

Bolivian soldiers re-enact the battle of "Canchas Blancas," which took place during the Pacific War in 1879 when Bolivia lost to Chile and in effect lost its access to the sea, in Canchas Blancas, Bolivia, the sight of the actual battle, March 28, 2018. Bolivia is currently waging a legal battle at The Hague's International Court of Justice to recuperate the lost Pacific coastal lands from Chile. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

A woman is consoled as she grieves during the funeral of Alirio Duran, 25, at the Municipal Cemetery of Valencia, Venezuela, March 30, 2018. Weeping relatives arrived at the central cemetery carrying the caskets of many of the 68 victims who were killed in a police station fire to place them in a freshly dug mass tomb. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Nine-year-old Ashley Angelina holds her doll as she hitch-hikes with her twin brother Angel David and their parents after crossing the Venezuelan border in their migration to Brazil, near Pacaraima, March 9, 2018. Hungry and destitute, tens of thousands of victims of Venezuela's unrelenting political and economic crisis are trying their luck in Brazil - a country where they do not speak the language, conditions are often poor and there are few border towns to receive them. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Fenix first-division club director Gaston Alegari kicks a hen after supporters from his club threw two chickens painted in white and green, the colors of the opponents Racing, on to the field during their league soccer match, in Montevideo, Uruguay, Sunday, March 11, 2018. Uruguay’s soccer association decided that Fenix will have to play one match away from their home stadium because of the incident. (AP Photo/Mauricio Castillo)

A man walks past a mural of late Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero outside the Metropolitan Cathedral where Mass was offered to mark the 38th anniversary of the archbishop's death, in San Salvador, El Salvador, March 24, 2018. Pope Francis declared earlier this month that the churchman who became a hero for standing up for the poor and oppressed should be canonized along with the reformer Pope Paul VI. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez)

Chile's President Sebastian Pinera waves from under a shower of confetti as he makes his way to La Moneda presidential palace on the day of his inauguration in Santiago, Chile, March 11, 2018. Pinera returned to Chile's presidency, after his first term from 2010 to 2014. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Argentina's Juan Martin del Potro returns a ball from South Africa's Kevin Anderson in the men's final at the Mexican Tennis Open in Acapulco, Mexico, March 3, 2018.(AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Women hold hands during continued protests against the murder of councilwoman and human rights activist Marielle Franco in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, March 20, 2018. Franco and her driver, Anderson Pedro Gomes, were shot dead by assailants while returning from an event focused on empowering young black women. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Brazil's former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva stands amid supporters during the final rally of his week-long campaign tour of southern Brazil, in Curitiba, Parana state, Brazil, March 28, 2018. Da Silva defended his record and denounced protests against him as the work of fascists, a day after an attack on his campaign caravan exposed the deep divisions ahead of heated elections. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Opponents of Brazil's former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva throw eggs at his caravan arriving to Sao Miguel do Oeste in southern Brazil, March 25, 2018. The former leader is leading polls for October’s presidential election but is likely to be barred from running and judges could order him to begin serving his sentence on a corruption conviction. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

A Tecal theater group performer eyes the camera during the inaugural parade kicking off the 16th Ibero-American Theatre Festival, in Bogota, Colombia, Saturday, March 17, 2018. The 17-day festival celebrates the performing arts, including circus, cabaret, musicals, live bands and dance. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

In this photo published in March, Roberto Armas Valdes poses with dry tobacco leaves in a warehouse at the Martinez tobacco farm in Cuba's western province of Pinar del Rio, Cuba, Feb. 27, 2018. Roberto assumed the running of the family farm when his father-in-law passed away 5 years ago. "It is a very hard and complicated job to manage a farm, but this year has been very good for tobacco," he said. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Ivan Duque, presidential candidate with the Democratic Center party, marks his vote during legislative elections as his son makes faces at his family and members of the press in Bogota, Colombia, March 11, 2018. Colombia will hold presidential elections in May. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

A soldier shakes the hand of a child while on patrol inside the Lins Complex of slums in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, March 27, 2018. Troops and police are entering the complex in one of the largest operations since the military took control of security. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

A Warao indigenous boy from Venezuela dons a mask fashioned from cardboard at a a shelter in Pacaraima, the main entry point for Venezuelans in the Brazilian state of Roraima, March 10, 2018. Opened late last year with the capacity to house about 250 people, the shelter, a former warehouse, today has upwards of 500, and more are arriving daily. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

In this photo published in March, a boatman poles a passenger across the Papagayo River, just downstream from La Concepcion, Mexico, one of numerous small communities in the mountains east of Acapulco that have been split by federal plans for a vast hydroelectric project, Feb. 5, 2018. The brothers leading the nearly 15-year fight against the project have been hailed as environmental heroes, but after a confused gunfight between their vigilante forces and other townsfolk, they are now in jail facing homicide charges. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Women wearing masks in the likeness of vaginas perform during a march commemorating International Women's Day in Santiago, Chile, March 8, 2018. Many women stayed home from work, joined rallies or wore red Wednesday as International Women's Day was observed with a multitude of events around the world. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Bianca Alves da Costa, 21, center, sister of Maria Eduarda, who was shot to death inside her school, cries during a protest marking one year since her death, on Copacabana beach, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, March 30, 2018. Protesters marked the one-year anniversary of the death of the 13-year-old who was hit by stray bullets from a military police officer’s rifle while drinking water from a fountain on her school’s patio during gym class. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

In this photo published in March, "community police" vigilantes inspect a bar in Ayutla de los Libres, Guerrero state, Mexico, Feb. 4, 2018. For these citizen cops, being on duty can mean manning an impromptu road roadblock to search vehicles for contraband, monitoring bars for any nefarious activity or watching over rudimentary police stations with jail cells. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Presidential candidate Fabricio Alvarado, with the National Restoration party, greets supporters outside a market as he campaigns in Heredia, Costa Rica, March 28, 2018. Alvarado won the presidential runoff election on April 1. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)

A man wears a bandana with text that reads in Spanish "Let all the corrupt go," during a protest against the country's political class, a day after the resignation of Peru's President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, in Lima, Peru, March 22, 2018. Peru's congress is gearing up to consider whether or not to accept Kuczynski's resignation following the release of several videos appearing to show allies offering state contracts in exchange for votes against his pending impeachment. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Female members of the Bolivarian Militia dance during an event marking the fifth anniversary of death of Venezuela's late President Hugo Chavez in Caracas, Venezuela, March 5, 2018. Officially known as the Venezuelan National Bolivarian Militia, it is a branch of the National Armed Forces of Venezuela created by Chavez. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

A woman wearing an extraterrestrial mask takes photos during the Vive Latino music festival in Mexico City, March 18, 2018. The two-day rock festival is one of the most important and longest running of Mexico. (AP Photo/Christian Palma)

A gaucho is thrown off a wild horse during the "Criolla del Prado" rodeo during Easter Week in Montevideo, Uruguay, March 25, 2018. The traditional "jineteadas" have been a popular Holy Week tradition since 1925, and were named a national sport by Uruguayan lawmakers in 2006. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)

Musician David Byrne presents his latest work 'American Utopia', in Montevideo, Uruguay, March 20, 2018. Byrne's new album, released on March 9, is about the longing people have amid fears and frustrations, he said in a recent interview. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)

Spain's emeritus King Juan Carlos gets into a vehicle outside the Academia Diplomatica de Chile after meeting with President-elect Sebastian Pinera in Santiago, March 10, 2018. Juan Carlos is in Chile to attend the inauguration of Pinera, who led Chile from 2010-2014. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

An organ grinder walks on a street in a downtown in Santiago, Chile, March 9, 2018. The organ grinder is a traditional character established in Chile since end of the XIX century, who carries a cart with a wooden musical box and a trained bird that extracts papers with messages for luck that it gives to clients. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

In this photo published in March, Maribel Julio Meneses weeps over the body of her son Daniel Julio Julio, a "community police" vigilante in the village of Huamuchapa, near Tecoanapa, Guerrero state, Mexico, Feb. 8, 2018. The 22-year-old vigilante was ambushed and killed while on duty. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Congress President Luis Galarreta speaks on his cellphone before the discussion in congress about the resignation of Peru's President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, in Lima, Peru, March 22, 2018. Peru's congress is gearing up to consider whether or not to accept Kuczynski's resignation following the release of several videos appearing to show allies offering state contracts in exchange for votes against his pending impeachment. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Police detain an anti-government coca farmer outside the coca market in La Paz, Bolivia, March 22, 2018. Anti-government coca farmers were again dispersed by police as they continued to try to take over the coca market by force, after losing access to it last week when pro-government coca growers, forced them out. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

A park visitor wrapped in a Brazilian flag stands above a naturally forming window known as The Leap from Garimpo and looks out at the Salto do Rio Preto waterfall in Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park in Alto Paraiso, Goias state, Brazil, March 17, 2018. The nature reserve is recognized as one of country's main water cradles, and responsible for the formation of the Amazon basin, with springs that form the Tocantins River. Brazil will host the 8th World Water Forum starting Monday, March 19. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Girl scouts pose for a group photo at the third station of the Way of the Cross reenactment marking Good Friday, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, March 30, 2018. Thousands of Haitians are commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus Christ by reenacting the Way of the Cross, visiting the 14 stations, each marking an event that befell Jesus Christ on his final journey. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

People retouch a carpet created from sawdust after a light rain, prior to the start of a Good Friday procession in Antigua, Guatemala, March 30, 2018. Many work overnight on these elaborate masterpieces that will disappear in a couple of minutes under the feet of dozens of penitents carrying in procession a 3-ton religious float. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Women, their heads covered by veils, burn incense as they accompany the Good Friday procession, in Lima, Peru, March 30, 2018. Thousands of Roman Catholics fill the streets of Peru's capital Lima on Good Friday, marking the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, with a procession honoring The Lord of Miracles "Senor de los Milagros," the patron saint of most Catholic Peruvians. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

A woman dressed as the Virgin May holds her hands in prayer as a seamstress puts on the finishing touches to her costume in preparation for the Way of the Cross reenactment to mark Good Friday, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, March 30, 2018. Thousands of Haitians are commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus Christ by reenacting the Way of the Cross, visiting the 14 stations, each marking an event that befell Jesus Christ on his final journey. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

The Spanish word for "God" is written in red ink on the back of penitent known as a "cucurucho" during the Jesus del Gran Poder, or Jesus of Great Power procession marking Good Friday, in Quito, Ecuador, March 30, 2018. Ecuadoreans pack the capital's downtown to watch the annual Good Friday procession that represents Jesus Christ's path to Calvary where he was crucified according to Christian doctrine. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

Carried by other actors, Jefferson Messias plays the role of Jesus during a Passion of Christ procession on Good Friday during Holy Week at the Rocinha slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, March 30, 2018. This year the actors performed what they call The Social Crucifixion of the "Favelado" or slum's resident, in Portuguese, due to the last events of violence in Rocinha where there have been 12 victims of gun violence in the last two weeks, including a military police officer. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

A university student dressed as Jesus Christ takes a swig of beer during the annual Strike of All Sorrows parade, in Guatemala City, March 23, 2018. The parade, organized by San Carlos de Borromeo students, dates back to 1898 that began as a strike to demand the government for better education. A Lenten tradition, the parade has evolved into a march that satirizes present day political issues and mocks current day politicians. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Flanked by La Cruz de El Morro, penitents reenact the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, marking Good Friday in the Petare shantytown of Caracas, Venezuela, March 30, 2018. Holy Week commemorates the last week of the earthly life of Jesus Christ culminating in his crucifixion on Good Friday and his resurrection on Easter Sunday. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

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Curated by photo editors Leslie Mazoch and Anita Baca, and multimedia editor Dario Lopez-Mills in Mexico City.