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 March.

Paramedics carry a migrant who was wounded in a deadly fire at an immigration detention center in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, March 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Christian Chavez)

Italy's Marco Bezzecchi of Ducati Mooney VR46 Racing trains at the Termas de Rio Hondo circuit ahead of the MotoGP in Argentina, March 31, 2023. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

A youth celebrating her 15th birthday, or quinceañera, poses for photos on the main street of La Campanera, during the celebration in an evangelical church in Soyapango, El Salvador, March 5, 2023. Even stepping foot on this street would have been unthinkable before the government suspended constitutional rights and started an all out offensive on the gangs one year ago. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez)

Homes are destroyed after a deadly landslide that buried dozens of homes in Alausi, Ecuador, March 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

A woman plays a shell musical instrument on the 11th anniversary of the murder of Daniel Zamudio, a gay youth, at Zamudio's gravesite at the General Cemetery where the Integration and Homosexual Liberation organization added six symbolic tombstones to represent recent victims of discrimination in Santiago, Chile, March 27, 2023. Zamudio was attacked in 2012 for being homosexual and died after 25 days in a coma, inspiring the "Zamudio Law" against the crimes of homophobia, transphobia and any other type of discrimination. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Argentina's Lionel Messi (10) celebrates with teammates after scoring his side's second goal against Panama at an international friendly soccer match in Buenos Aires, Argentina, March 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello)

A migrant jumps over the Rio Grande river into the United States from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, March 29, 2023, a day after dozens of migrants died in a fire at a migrant detention center in Ciudad Juarez. (AP Photo/Christian Chavez)

Helloisa Bastos de Carvalho, a student at the Thomazia Montoro public school, is comforted by a friend during a vigil the day after a fatal stabbing at her school in Sao Paulo, Brazil, March 28, 2023. A 13-year-old student fatally stabbed a 71-year-old teacher and wounded three teachers and two fellow students in a knife attack. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

The body of Haitian comedian Sexy lies on the ground after he was shot dead in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, March 3, 2023, amid a sharp rise in gang violence that has left dozens dead in recent weeks. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)

An egret catches a fish at an artificial lake at Chapultepec park in Mexico City, March 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

Emma Jerez cries as she attends a march demanding justice after the murder of Maximo Jerez, her 11-year-old cousin killed the previous weekend when a gunman attacked a birthday party, in Rosario, Argentina, March 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

A resident walks her dog during a power outage and heat wave in Buenos Aires, Argentina, March 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Argentine soccer star Lionel Messi holds a replica of the FIFA World Cup trophy next to a statue of himself during a ceremony at CONMEBOL headquarters in Asuncion, March 27, 2023. CONMEBOL authorities held a ceremony to honor the Argentine squad after they won the World Cup, prior to the draw for the group stage of Libertadores and Sudamericana tournaments. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)

People cheer for their contestant during the final of the first Miss Colonia pageant hosted by the Factoría nightclub in Veracruz, Mexico, March 5, 2023. The nightclub held the pageant as part of annual Women’s Day events and the only requirement for contestants was to prove residency in working-class areas of the city, known as "colonias." Prizes originally covered utility bills and property taxes, but when the event attracted more sponsors the prizes expanded to include cash, travel, dental work, spas and makeovers. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)

Police carry a woman to a hospital after she gave birth to a baby boy inside her apartment in Caracas, Venezuela, March 8, 2023. Nurses who were protesting nearby for a better salaries on International Woman's Day helped deliver the baby and cut the umbilical cord. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Carmelo Del Valle, who was displaced from his home by the rising waters of the Paraguay River, fills buckets with water to haul to his temporary shelter in Asuncion, Paraguay, March 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)

A security agent stands guard outside a religious store in downtown Guatemala City, March 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Martin Sturla stands in in his dry soybean field amid a drought in San Antonio de Areco, Argentina, March 20, 2023. Sturla said he lost 85% of his harvest of soybean and corn due to the drought. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

A Quechua Indigenous woman rests at the entrance of the Tupac Amaru market in Juliaca, Peru, March 10, 2023. Peruvians have found ways to manage their daily lives amid the political turmoil sparked by the removal of former President Pedro Castillo who was arrested for trying to dissolve Congress and replaced by his Vice President Dina Boluarte. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

A young capuchin monkey named Marcelinho, whose both arms were amputated due to an electrical discharge on high voltage wires in the city, hangs in a blanket inside a cage at the Free Life Institute, NGO, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, March 10, 2023. The NGO rehabilitates injured wildlife found in the surrounding Rio area and returns to the forest those who and able and sends the permanently injured to other rehab centers or sanctuaries to live out their lives in protected environments. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)

Motorcycles seized by police for being allegedly stolen lay in a pile at the municipal police in Asuncion, Paraguay, Monday, March 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)

Jose Luis Vega, an apprentice bullfighter, performs a pass at the Hacienda Vista Hermosa bullring in Villa Pinzon, Colombia, Feb. 25, 2023. The festival raised money for a foundation hoping to save the centuries-old tradition from a national ban being pushed by politicians who argue bullfighting is cruel and unethical. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro waves to supporters at the Liberal Party's headquarters in Brasilia, Brazil, March 30, 2023. Bolsonaro arrived back in Brazil on Thursday after a three-month stay in Florida, seeking a new role on the political scene. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

A boy in a Superman cape runs during a rally to mark International Women's Day in Montevideo, Uruguay, Wednesday, March 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)

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Lead photo: Volunteer female recruits stretch during a three-month training program at a military base in Bogota, Colombia, March 6, 2023. After a 25-year ban, the Colombian Army is once again allowing women to join its ranks through voluntary military service, which is a requirement for men. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

This gallery was curated by AP photojournalist Natacha Pisarenko in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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