FILE - Venezuelans celebrate after President Donald Trump announced that President Nicolas Maduro had been captured and flown out of Venezuela, in Lima, Peru, Jan. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia, File)
Jan. 2-8, 2026
Many celebrated the ouster of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in a surprise nighttime raid by U.S. forces, while others mourned the loss of the Venezuelan and Cuban soldiers who were killed in the operation.
Christians across the region celebrated the feast day of Epiphany, also known as Three Kings Day, when children in Latin America traditionally unwrap their holiday gifts.
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This gallery was curated by photo editor Anita Baca, based in Mexico City.
FILE – Government supporters rip an American flag in half during a protest in Caracas, Venezuela, Jan. 3, 2026, after U.S. President Donald Trump announced that U.S. forces had captured President Nicolás Maduro and first lady Cilia Flores. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)FILE – Revelers cheer as a Black and White Carnival parade float makes its way through the streets of Pasto, Colombia, Jan. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia, File)FILE – Santeria followers prepare to perform a holy drum beat after the reading of the Letter of the Year, an annual prophecy from the Yoruba Cultural Association of Cuba, in Havana, Jan. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)FILE – A man hauls a bag of goods on his shoulders as he crosses the Colombian-Venezuelan border, in Villa del Rosario, Colombia, Jan. 5, 2026, just days after the U.S. capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. (AP Photo/Santiago Saldarriaga, File)FILE – A protester hurls back a canister in clashes with police during a Workers’ Union protest against fuel subsidy cuts in El Alto, Bolivia, Jan. 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Freddy Barragan, File)FILE – A boy dressed as the Grinch plays with other locals during a Three Kings Day celebration, also known as feast day of The Epiphany, in the Morro da Formiga favela, Rio de Janiero, Jan. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado, File)FILE – A child playfully tosses into the air a teddy bear she was gifted at an event celebrating Three Kings Day at the base of the Angel of Independence monument, in Mexico City, Jan. 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte, File)FILE – Altar boys and girls line up to take part in a religious procession marking Three Kings Day, also known as feast day of The Epiphany, in the Guardia Viejo neighborhood of Guatemala City, Jan. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo, File)FILE – A military officer comforts Ramona Palma, the mother of Venezuelan soldier Cesar Garcia, who was killed in a U.S. raid that captured President Nicolas Maduro, at the end of a wake honoring Garcia, in Caracas, Venezuela, Jan. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)FILE – Enrique Alberto Viana smokes at one of sanctuaries of “Gauchito” Gil on the folk saint’s annual feast day when believers ask for miracles or thank him, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Jan. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File)FILE – Veterans of the 1959 Cuban Revolution take part in a parade marking the anniversary of Fidel Castro’s arrival to the capital as the head of the rebel army, in Havana, Jan. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)
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