Latin America in ReviewLeslie MazochMarch 08, 2021Comment

Latin America & Caribbean in Review

Latin America in ReviewLeslie MazochMarch 08, 2021Comment

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

A supporter of presidential candidate Yaku Perez rests behind barbed wire at the National Electoral Council where protesters demand a recount of the presidential election in Quito, Ecuador, Friday, Feb. 26, 2021. Perez alleges fraud after his rival came in second behind the leading candidate, leaving him out of the runoff vote. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

Migrants cross the Tuquesa river after a trip on foot through the jungle to Bajo Chiquito, Darien province, Panama, Feb. 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)

EDS NOTE: NUDITY - Female protesters lie on a sidewalk covered in plastic bags in protest gender violence in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Feb. 17, 2021. Women from the “Ni Una Menos” or “Not One Less” movement protested what they call negligence by judges when it comes to taking measures against women’s aggressors one week after the killing of Ursula Bahillo who filed multiple complaints against the man who killed her. She filed the last complaint two days before her murder. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Lava flows down the Volcano of Fire in Alotenango, Guatemala, Feb. 14, 2021, covering nearby towns with ash. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Children play in an inflatable pool during carnival in the Pinto Salinas neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, Feb. 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Striker Nicolas Caballero, who plays for the second division Resistencia football club, leaves his club's locker room in Asuncion, Paraguay, Feb. 2, 2021. Caballero, 32, who hasn't been paid by his club for more than a year, now has a food stall that sells barbecue on the streets to survive during the COVID-19 pandemic. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)

Venezuelan migrants walk on the shoulder of a highway after crossing into Chile from the Bolivian border, near Colchane, Chile, Feb. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Luis Hidalgo)

A sunbeam shines on the face of a Baby Jesus figurine held by a man waiting to get it blessed at the Purification of Our Lady of Candlemas Chapel in Mexico City, Feb. 2, 2021. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Preschool students wear masks and sit at socially distanced desks to prevent the spread of COVID-19 on their first day back to in-person class in Bogota, Colombia, Feb. 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

An elderly man with a mask painted as a clown waits in line for his dose of the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine at a sports center in Ecatepec, a borough on the outskirts of Mexico City, Feb. 23, 2021. (Foto AP/Marco Ugarte

A few fans watch Dominican Republic's starting pitcher Joe Van Meter throw to a Panama batter in the fourth inning of a Caribbean Series baseball game in Mazatlan, Mexico, Feb. 2, 2021. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Patricia Nasutti, mother of 18-year-old Ursula Bahillo who was found in a field stabbed to death, kisses her daughter’s coffin before burying her at the cemetery in Rojas, Argentina, Feb. 10, 2021. Bahillo's ex-boyfriend, a police officer, has been arrested in connection with her death. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Alejandro Ccasa prays after waiting three days next to an empty oxygen tank for his uncle who has COVID-19 outside a refill shop where he is the first in line before it opens in Callao, Peru, early Feb. 2, 2021. Ccasa's uncle died later that day. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Students rush past the bodies of inmates outside the Croix-des-Bouquets Civil Prison after an attempted breakout, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery).

The lakebed of Suesca lagoon is dry and cracked after years of very little rainfall in Suesca, Colombia, Feb. 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

A man dressed in a costume known as "fantasias" runs during a brief appearance as part of a Carnival tradition in spite of COVID-19 pandemic restrictions in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Feb. 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)

Pedestrians walk past the body of an inmate near the Croix-des-Bouquets Civil Prison after an attempted prison breakout in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Feb. 25, 2021. At least seven people were killed. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery).

Parade float elements lay in a jumble in the Unidos de Bangu samba school workshop in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Feb. 9, 2021, where activity has halted due to the cancellation of Carnival amid the COVID-19 pandemic. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

The mother of an inmate cries outside the Tacumbu jail after a prison riot in Asuncion, Paraguay, Feb. 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)

Angels of the Road volunteer paramedic Zully Rodiz disinfects the group's one ambulance after transporting a patient suspected of having COVID-19, in Caracas, Venezuela, Feb. 11, 2021.(AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Katerine waits for breakfast cooked by her family under a bridge on the outskirts of San Pedro Sula, Honduras, Jan. 11, 2021, in this photo published in Feb. The 9-year-old has lived under this bridge with her family since they lost their home to last year's hurricanes Eta and Iota. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Francisco de Souza Fereira, 70, gets a dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in the Pupuri community along the Purus River in the Labrea municipality, Amazonas state, Brazil, Feb. 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros)

A contestant dressed as the Carnival character Chuta shows off his dance moves amid flying confetti during the election of the three main beloved Carnival characters: Chuta, Pepino and Chola, all of whom represent gaiety in La Paz, Bolivia, Feb. 8, 2021, broadcast online amid the COVID-19 pandemic. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

A police officer fires his weapon to disperse demonstrators during a protest to demand the resignation of Haitian President Jovenel Moise in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2021. ( AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

A life-size cutout of Mexican Deputy Health Secretary Hugo Lopez-Gatell is displayed on the patio of an outdoor restaurant in Mexico City, Feb. 4, 2021, as the city eases restrictions amid the COVID-19 "red alert” shutdown, allowing eateries to serve diners in socially distanced, preferably outdoor spaces. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

An Aymara Indigenous parent watches over students during the first week back to in-person class with pupils wearing new protective uniforms amid the COVID-19 pandemic near Jesus de Machaca, Bolivia, Feb. 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

A resident continues to extract items from her home after it was flooded by last year's hurricanes Eta and Iota in San Pedro Sula, Honduras,, Jan. 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

An elderly woman gets a shot of China's Sinovac vaccine as part of a priority COVID-19 vaccination program for the elderly at a drive-thru vaccination center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Feb. 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)