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

Lead photo caption: A demonstrator holds an umbrella surrounded by clouds of smoke during clashes with demonstrators protesting the government’s agreement with the IMF to refinance debt as legislators prepare to vote on a law to ratify the agreement in Buenos Aires, Argentina, March 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Edited by AP photographer Ariana Cubillos, based in Caracas, Venezuela.