Latin America in ReviewLeslie MazochSeptember 03, 2020Comment

Latin America & Caribbean in Review

Latin America in ReviewLeslie MazochSeptember 03, 2020Comment

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

Cars are parked over Cerro Lagoon as the drivers protest the Waltrading S.A. tannery company for dumping untreated waste into the lagoon turning the water purple and emitting a foul odor in Limpio, Paraguay, Aug. 22, 2020. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)

A bag with sardines for bait is carried by Edward Murat before he fishes in the open sea at Playa Escondida in La Guaira, Venezuela, Aug. 14, 2020, as he teaches bricklayers how to fish for survival amid the COVID-19 lockdown. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

A newborn baby receives oxygen in an incubator in ICU of the Women's Hospital maternity ward in La Paz, Bolivia, Aug. 13, 2020, where doctors say the oxygen supplies for babies is becoming scarce due to protesters’ roadblocks against the postponement of elections. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

In this photo published in August, Venezuelan Brother Ronald Marin walks inside "Martires 19 de Julio" cemetery where he is one of the few laypeople who leads funerals in Comas, on the outskirts of Lima, Peru, July 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Blanca Ortiz, 84, celebrates after learning from nurses that she will be dismissed from the Eurnekian Ezeiza Hospital, on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Aug. 13, 2020, several weeks after being admitted with COVID-19. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

A Golden Lion Tamarin sits in the Atlantic Forest region of Silva Jardim in Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, Aug. 6, 2020, where an eco-corridor will soon allow primates to safely cross an interstate highway. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

A dancer performs for clients in Mexico City, Aug. 8, 2020, as “Mi Ultimo Beso” relaunches its table-dance-at-home service, while observing social distancing measures after three months of inactivity due to COVID-19. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

A ball catcher wearing gloves disinfects a soccer ball at a championship match between Nacional and Penarol in Montevideo, Uruguay, Aug. 9, 2020. The two greats of Uruguayan soccer tied 1-1 at the return of the local league, after a five month pause forced by the new coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro puts on his mask amid to the COVID-19 pandemic at the inauguration of the new civic-military school General Abreu in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Aug. 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

A zoo keeper feeds a giraffe during a media tour of La Aurora Zoo in Guatemala City, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020, as it reopens to the public amid the COVID-19 pandemic. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

People burn offerings in honor of "Pachamama" or Mother Earth, on La Cumbre, a mountain considered sacred on the outskirts of La Paz, Bolivia, Aug. 1, 2020. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

A worker silhouetted against a setting sun works on power transmission tower lines in Santiago, Chile, Aug. 7, 2020. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

A woman prays inside her car during a Mass held in the parking lot of a former horse racing track in Chia, Colombia, Aug. 30, 2020. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Fire consumes land deforested by cattle farmers near Novo Progresso, Para state, in Brazil’s Amazon, Aug. 23, 2020. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

A girl wades to her flooded home the day after the passing of Tropical Storm Laura in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Aug. 24, 2020. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

Married couple Julio Mora Tapia, 110, and Waldramina Quinteros, 104, recognized by the Guinness World Records as the oldest married couple in the world, because of their combined ages, pose for a photo at their home in Quito, Ecuador, Aug. 28, 2020. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

A soccer fan holds a flare during a caravan by Newell's Old Boys club in the hometown of star player Leonel Messi in Rosario, Argentina, Aug. 27, 2020, with the aim of luring him home after his announcement he wants to leave Barcelona F.C. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Police stand guard by two bodies in a truck outside a disco in Lima, Peru, Aug. 23, 2020, after a dozen people died in a stampede after a raid to enforce the COVID-19 lockdown. (AP Photo/Diego Vertiz)

Lucha Libre wrestler "Mister Jerry" rests after training amid Xochimilco's floating gardens on the outskirts of Mexico City, Aug. 20, 2020, by an impromptu ring where he and his two wrestler brothers plan to live stream fights and charge for them, while halls are closed amid the COVID-19 pandemic. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

Jhona Zapata, whose clown name is "Jijolin," is reflected in the window as he offers caramelized apples for sale, as circuses are closed during the COVID-19 lockdown on the outskirts of Lima, Peru, Aug. 5, 2020. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Police take men who were detained for not complying with restrictions by breaking curfew or attending block parties to a coliseum to learn social distancing practices to curb the spread of COVID-19 in the Petare neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, Aug. 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Martha Rayo leads a dance line as she celebrates the 31st birthday of her friend Alejandra Flores, sixth in the dance line, with other friends and unconnected bar-goers, at Salon Tenampa on Garibaldi Square as nightlife returns amid the coronavirus pandemic in Mexico City, Aug. 22, 2020. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)