Latin America & Caribbean in Review

This monthly gallery features some of the top photojournalism made by Associated Press photographers documenting Latin America and the Caribbean during the month of October.

Police sprays water on anti-government demonstrators in Santiago, Chile, Monday, Oct. 28, 2019. President Sebastian Pinera announced changes in his cabinet in hopes of bringing peace back to the streets after days of protests that originally started over a hike in subway fares and have grown into a wider range of demands. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Police detain an ant-government demonstrator in Santiago, Chile, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

A protester holds her hands up toward a police truck spraying a water canon at students and union members marching in Santiago, Chile, Monday, Oct. 21, 2019. Protesters defied an emergency decree and confronted police in Chile’s capital on Monday, continuing disturbances that have left fatalities and led the president to say the country is “at war.” (AP Photo/Miguel Arenas)

An anti-government demonstrator sprays a fire extinguisher during clashes with police in Santiago, Chile, Monday, Oct. 28, 2019. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

An anti-government demonstrator screams in font of a burning barricade in Santiago, Chile, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

A man wearing a chef's hat runs for cover as anti-government protesters clash with police in Valparaiso, Chile, Thursday, Oct. 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

A performer places her hands, covered in red paint to symbolize blood, on a Chilean flag to honor protesters who have died amid days of demonstrations calling for better pay, pensions, schools, housing and medical care, among many other demands, during an anti-government music concert in Santiago, Chile, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2019. While most protests have been peaceful, some have devolved into riots and looting, and the government says at least 20 people have died. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Protesters move amid tear gas launched by police during ongoing demonstrations triggered by an increase in subway fares in Santiago, Chile, Monday, Oct. 21, 2019. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Former oil worker Milton Pena poses for a portrait in one of his old PDVSA uniforms, which he uses to work as a fisherman, after a day of fishing for crabs on oil-contaminated Lake Maracaibo in Cabimas, Venezuela, July 10, 2019. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Javier Pinola of River Plate heads the ball during a Copa Libertadores semifinal second leg soccer match against Boca Juniors at La Bombonera stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019. (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello)

Peronist presidential candidate Alberto Fernández waves to supporters in front of a large image of his running mate, former President Cristina Fernández, after incumbent President Mauricio Macri conceded defeat at the end of election day in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2019. (AP Photo/Daniel Jayo)

In this Sept. 19, 2019 photo, Macarena Contreras holds stuffed animals she plucked from the garbage for her three children as she poses for a photo where she lives homeless under a bridge in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Contreras, 31, lost her job as a nanny two years ago, and her children, ages 3 to 8, live with her mother. The single mother said she hasn’t been able to find a job as a nanny because people are cutting back their expenses, and that she started sleeping under a bridge after she and her partner broke up. "We're in a war where Argentines are fighting against Argentines," she says, feeling there is a lack of solidarity with people like her and paranoia that the poor are thieves. "The street is not a life for anyone.” (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Police held captive by anti-government protesters, are forced to carry a coffin that contains the remains of a companion demonstrator who protesters say died during yesterday's national strike, in a procession inside the Casa de Cultura in Quito, Ecuador, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019. An indigenous leader and four other people have died in unrest in Ecuador since last week, the public defender's office said Thursday. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Anti-government demonstrators clash with the police near the national assembly building in Quito, Ecuador, Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019. Indigenous leaders of protests that have paralyzed Ecuador’s economy for nearly a week say they are willing to negotiate with President Lenin Moreno, signaling a possible exit from the crisis, which was triggered by the cancellation of fuel subsidies by Moreno. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

Anti-government demonstrators march against President Lenin Moreno and his economic policies during a nationwide strike, in Quito, Ecuador, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2019. Ecuador's military has warned people who plan to participate in a national strike over fuel price hikes to avoid acts of violence. The military says it will enforce the law during the planned strike Wednesday, following days of unrest that led Moreno to move government operations from Quito to the port of Guayaquil. (AP Photo/Carlos Noriega)

Anti-government demonstrators commandeer an armored vehicle during a nationwide strike against President Lenin Moreno and his economic policies , in Quito, Ecuador, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2019. Ecuador's military has warned people who plan to participate in a national strike over fuel price hikes to avoid acts of violence. The military says it will enforce the law during the planned strike Wednesday, following days of unrest that led Moreno to move government operations from Quito to the port of Guayaquil. (AP Photo/Carlos Noriega)

An actor performs while models wear creations from the Apartamento 03 collection during Sao Paulo Fashion Week in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Friday, Oct. 18, 2019. (AP Photo/Nelson Antoine)

In this photo taken Oct. 11, 2019, a woman surrounded by candles and designs drawn on the ground with white powder lies with her eyes closed during a spiritual ceremony on Sorte Mountain where followers of indigenous goddess Maria Lionza gather annually in Venezuela's Yaracuy state. Believers often ask for spiritual healing or protection from witchcraft, or thank the goddess for curing an illness. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

A female supporter of Bolivian President Evo Morales shows her support during a march in La Paz, Bolivia, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019. Morales said Wednesday his opponents are trying to stage a coup against him as protests grow over a disputed election he claims he won outright, though a nearly finished vote count suggests it might head to a second round. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

Catholic Priest Fermin Pena blesses animals with holy water outside San Francisco church in Lima, Peru, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2019. The annual event is held in honor of Saint Francis, the patron saint of ecologists whose feast day is Oct. 4 and who is known for his love of animals. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Firefighters from the city of Luque spray water on a fire in Guazu National Park on the outskirts of Asuncion, Paraguay, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2019. More than 300,000 hectares of subtropical forest have burned since July across Paraguay due to the illegal burning of grasslands for agricultural planting, according to the National Security Ministry. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)

Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton, of Britain, dons a Mexican Charro hat as he celebrates his victory in the Formula One Mexico Grand Prix auto race at the Hermanos Rodriguez racetrack in Mexico City, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2019. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Anti-government protesters gather for a march called by the artist community in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

A demonstrator stands in front of a burning barricade during a protest calling for the resignation of President Jovenel Moise, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Friday, Oct. 4, 2019. After a two-day respite from the recent protests that have wracked Haiti's capital, opposition leaders urged citizens angry over corruption, gas shortages, and inflation to join them for a massive protest march to the local headquarters of the United Nations. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Protesters and a passerby look at images of people said to have been injured or killed during the past month of protests calling for the resignation of President Jovenel Moïse, during a day of solidarity with the victims that was called by the opposition in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

EDITORS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT Onlookers peer at the body of a man who was dragged through the street and struck with machetes as it lies in the road in Gressier, Haiti after he was lynched for allegedly, along with another man, shooting dead a man in nearby Leogane to steal his motorcycle, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2019. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

A man uses a hammer to remove pieces of a coffin to make it fit inside the grave during the burial of a person killed during a month of demonstrations aimed at ousting Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, at a cemetery in central Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Relatives mourn on the coffin of a slain indigenous leader in Tacueyo, southwest Colombia, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019. Five people from the Tacueyo reservation were killed late Tuesday when their caravan of armored SUVs was ambushed by gunmen the government says belong to a faction of Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia that refused to accept the rebel's group treaty with the government. (AP Photo/Christian EscobarMora)

The shields of National Police are covered in paint thrown by protesting students in Bogota, Colombia, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019. Students are demanding more government resources for education and higher quality universities. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)

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Edited by photojournalist Fernando Vergara based in Bogota, Colombia.