People displaced by gang violence live at the Ministry of Public Works, Transport and Communications office converted into a shelter in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
Bolsonaro sentenced in Brazil, a blackout in Cuba and more top photos this week from Latin America
Sept. 5-11, 2025
Haitians displaced by gang violence in the capital took shelter in a government building as a ban on U.S. commercial flights was extended due to the risk that gangs might attack flights. Supporters reacted to Brazil’s Supreme Court sentencing former President Jair Bolsonaro to more than 27 years in prison after convicting him of attempting a coup to remain in office despite his 2022 electoral defeat.
This gallery was curated by photo editor Leslie Mazoch, based in Mexico City.
People play dominoes on the street during a blackout in Havana, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)A supporter of former President Jair Bolsonaro cries during a vigil in his support near his home where he is under house arrest in Brasilia, Brazil, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)A man mocks a soldier patrolling the Siloé neighborhood in Cali, Colombia, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Santiago Saldarriaga)A fisherman paddles his boat on the Amazon river in Puerto Narino, Colombia, Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)Relatives of bus driver Arturo Ramon cry next the bus where he was killed in the San Juan de Miraflores neighborhood of Lima, Peru, Monday, Sept. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)People attend an event honoring those disappeared during the regime of Gen. Augusto Pinochet, outside the Justice Palace in Santiago, Chile, Friday, Sept. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)Firefighters spray hoses at a gas tanker that exploded under a highway overpass in Mexico City, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Tristan Velazquez)Inmates take part in the annual beauty pageant, held to mark the feast of the Virgin of Mercy, the patron saint of prisoners, at El Buen Pastor women’s prison in Bogota, Colombia, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)Venezuela’s Nahuel Ferraresi heads the ball during a World Cup 2026 qualifying soccer match against Colombia in Maturin, Venezuela, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)Former President Cristina Fernandez waves to supporters from the balcony of her home where she is serving a six-year house arrest sentence for corruption, after legislative provincial election polls closed, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Sept. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
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