Latin America and 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 December.

Migrants wade across the Rio Grande to reach the U.S. from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Dec. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Christian Chavez)

A dog stands under the voting booth with its caretaker who votes on a new constitution in Santiago, Chile, Dec. 17, 2023. Chileans voted in a referendum against replacing the current constitution which dates back to the military dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet. (AP Photo/Matias Basualdo)

Devotees shower a statue of Saint Benedict of Palermo with rum during a procession honoring the oil city's patron saint, in Cabimas, Venezuela, Dec. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Brazil's Rayssa Leal competes in the Skate Street World Championships in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Dec. 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

The silhouettes of anti-government demonstrators are cast on the National Congress building as they protest against government economic measures of President Javier Milei in Buenos Aires, Argentina, early Dec. 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Ornaments hang from a crowd control barrier during a "posada" Christmastime procession in honor of missing relatives in Mexico City, Dec. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

Yahir Mayoral and Emily Camacho walk amid the rubble of their grandmother's home, destroyed by flooding driven by a sea-level rise in their coastal community of El Bosque, in the state of Tabasco, Mexico, Nov. 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)

Argentina's newly sworn-in President Javier Milei stands on balcony of the government house before supporters on his inauguration day in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Dec. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)

A statue of the Virgin of Guadalupe stands over pilgrims sleeping outside the Basilica of Guadalupe on her feast day in Mexico City, early Dec. 12, 2023, during one of the world's largest religious pilgrimages. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

A worker fumigates a neighborhood against dengue-promoting mosquitoes in Caracas, Venezuela, Dec. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Hot air balloons fly tourists over the Sun pyramid at the Teotihuacan archaeological site, just north of Mexico City, Dec. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

A person who fainted during a procession for Catholic feast of the Immaculate Conception is carried away in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Dec. 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)

America soccer players Miguel Layun, right, and Henry Martin hold up their team’s Mexican soccer league trophy after their 4-1 victory over Tigres after the second leg match in Mexico City, Dec. 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Salt recovery pools stand in different degrees of evaporation for an industrial plant that produces lithium carbonate to manufacture lithium batteries, after the plant's opening ceremony in the Uyuni salt desert on the outskirts of Llipi, Bolivia, Dec. 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

Peru's former President Alberto Fujimori, 85, is driven out of prison by one of his lawyers, accompanied by his son Kenji, left, and daughter Keiko, not seen, after his release in Callao, Peru, Dec. 6, 2023. The country's constitutional court ordered an immediate humanitarian release for the former leader who was serving a 25-year sentence for human rights abuses. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Ruling party community leaders sort election material on the Essequibo region, during a referendum on the future of the disputed territory with Guyana, in Caracas, Venezuela, Dec. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

A mural of soccer player Lionel Messi is unveiled one year after his national Argentine team won the World Cup tournament in downtown Buenos Aires, Argentina, Dec. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello)

Divers dressed as Mother Christmas and Santa Claus wave from inside a shark tank to a young visitor at the AquaRio marine aquarium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Dec. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/ Bruna Prado)

England's batsmen Harry Brook, left, and Phil Salt celebrate their victory over West Indies' by seven wickets with one ball remaining during the third T20 cricket match in Saint George's, Grenada, Dec. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)

A vendor's car is covered with handicrafts for sale on a street in Mexico City, Dec. 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

The Christ the Redeemer statue is illuminated with an image of Pele's Brazilian jersey, as a tribute to the soccer legend on his one-year death anniversary, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Dec. 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)

An electoral worker organizes ballots after the polls closed in Santiago, Chile, Dec. 17, 2023. Chileans voted in a referendum against replacing the current constitution which dates back to the military dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

A dancer adjusts his costume before taking part in a procession honoring St. Thomas, the patron saint of Chichicastenango in Guatemala, Dec. 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

People walk past a homeless person in downtown Buenos Aires, Argentina, Dec. 6, 2023. The poverty level in Argentina reached 44.7% in the third quarter of 2023, according to a report by the Argentine Catholic University. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Tourists stand on an abandoned locomotive in an area commonly known as the train graveyard on the outskirts of Uyuni, Bolivia, Dec. 15, 2023. This town is the site of the country's first locomotives, which arrived in 1889. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

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Lead photo: Santa Claus, played by Jorge Barroso, is carried over the water to give gifts to children in the Amazon basin near Careiro da Varzea, Amazonas state, Brazil, Dec. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros)

This gallery was curated by photojournalist Ramon Espinosa based in Havana, Cuba.