AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean


              A visitor takes a selfie with the wax figure of Queen Elizabeth II and other royal family members, at the wax museum in Mexico City, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022. Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's longest-reigning monarch, died Thursday after 70 years on the throne. She was 96. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
            
              Mexican clown Gabriela Munoz, whose clown name is Chula the Clown, looks at herself in the mirror after putting on her make up during an interview in Mexico City, Friday, Aug. 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Berenice Bautista)
            
              Opponents of the new Constitution celebrate in the streets the results of a plebiscite on whether the new Constitution will replace the current Magna Carta imposed by a military dictatorship 41 years ago, in Santiago, Chile, Sunday, Sept. 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Matias Basualdo)
            
              Alexander Santoro walks past as his pet cat Flash rides on his shoulder, in the Urca neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022. Alexander who homeless says he has lived in the streets for the last 3 years. "I am not going to vote next Oct. 2 elections, because in this rich country with millions of poor people, the law only works for the people with money, the rich ones who have power". (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
            
              A tugboat trains its fire hoses on the burnt-out husk of the Venezuela fishing vessel Taurus I in the port city of Buenaventura, on Colombia's Pacific coast, Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022. The vessel had been seized by the Colombian Navy for allegedly fishing in a protected area. (AP Photo/Andres Quintero)
            
              An aerial acrobatic team flies over Copacabana Beach during a military display and rally called by President Jair Bolsonaro to mark the country's bicentennial Independence Day celebrations in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
            
              A police officer stands guard outside the Venezuelan consulate that was closed three years prior in Bogota, Colombia, Monday, Sept. 5, 2022. The Venezuelan government appointed Felix Plasencia as its ambassador to Colombia as it reestablishes diplomatic relations with Colombia. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
            
              Volunteers build tombs for a family who died after a fire broke out in their home in Magdalena Milpas Altas, Guatemala, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022. Six adults and six children died from smoke inhalation during the fire. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
            
              Brazil's former president who is running for re-election, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, receives a headdress from Assurini Indigenous people during a meeting with traditional populations from the Amazon in Belem, Para state, Brazil, Friday, Sept. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Raimundo Pacco)
            
              Argentine government ministers, human rights representatives and social leaders, sing their country's national anthem before supporters of Vice President Cristina Fernandez gathered in the Plaza de Mayo, the day after an assassination attempt outside her home, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, Sept. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
            
              Anti-government coca farmers walk towards the capital, from La Cumbre on the outskirts of La Paz, Bolivia, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022. Hundreds of coca leaf producers are marching to the Ecuadorian capital to demand the closure of a parallel market that is promoted by a group related to the government. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
            
              Indigenous leader Sonia Guajajara from the Guajajara ethnic group shows her hands painted in red symbolizing bloodshed, during a protest against violence, illegal logging, mining and ranching, and to demand government protection for their reserves, one day before the celebration of "Amazon Day," in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sunday, Sept. 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean