Cuba honors soldiers killed in Venezuela and other top photos from Latin America and the Caribbean
People line up in a rain shower to pay their final respects to Cuban officers who were killed in the U.S. operation that captured President Nicolas Maduro, in Havana, Cuba, Jan. 15, 2026 . (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)
Jan. 9-15, 2026
The remains of 32 Cuban officers killed during a U.S. strike on Venezuela were repatriated to their homeland. The soldiers were part of the security detail of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro during the Jan. 3 raid on his residence to seize the former leader and bring him to the U.S. to face drug trafficking charges.
Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez used her first state of the union message to advocate for opening the crucial state-run oil industry to more foreign investment following the Trump administration’s pledge to seize control of Venezuelan crude sales.
Workers at the presidential palace iron a tablecloth before the start of a press conference by Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz and Ilan Goldfajn, the president of the Inter-American Development Bank, in La Paz, Bolivia, Jan. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Juan Karita, File)
Workers at the presidential palace iron a tablecloth before the start of a press conference by Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz and Ilan Goldfajn, the president of the Inter-American Development Bank, in La Paz, Bolivia, Jan. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Juan Karita, File)
Emelyn Torres and Maria Cristina Fernandez, the sister and grandmother of Edilson Torres, a Venezuelan police officer who died in prison after being detained on accusations of treason, embrace during his wake at his home in Guanare, Venezuela, Jan. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)
Emelyn Torres and Maria Cristina Fernandez, the sister and grandmother of Edilson Torres, a Venezuelan police officer who died in prison after being detained on accusations of treason, embrace during his wake at his home in Guanare, Venezuela, Jan. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)
Members of the Sanchez family work at the Salinas de Cumaraguas salt flats on the Paraguana Peninsula, Venezuela, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)
Members of the Sanchez family work at the Salinas de Cumaraguas salt flats on the Paraguana Peninsula, Venezuela, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)
Kelly Cristina da Cruz cools off in a public shower in the Rocinha favela amid a heat wave in Rio de Janeiro, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado, File)
Kelly Cristina da Cruz cools off in a public shower in the Rocinha favela amid a heat wave in Rio de Janeiro, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado, File)
A calf is ringed by cattle in a pen at the Agricultural and Livestock Market in Canuelas, Argentina, Jan. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File)
A calf is ringed by cattle in a pen at the Agricultural and Livestock Market in Canuelas, Argentina, Jan. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File)
Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodriguez, center, smiles flanked by Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello, right, and her brother, National Assembly President Jorge Rodriguez, after making a statement to the press at Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Jan. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)
Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodriguez, center, smiles flanked by Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello, right, and her brother, National Assembly President Jorge Rodriguez, after making a statement to the press at Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Jan. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)
A protester holds a defaced poster of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, center, during a rally in support of anti-government protests in Iran, outside Iran’s embassy in Santiago, Chile, Jan. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix, File)
A protester holds a defaced poster of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, center, during a rally in support of anti-government protests in Iran, outside Iran’s embassy in Santiago, Chile, Jan. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix, File)
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This gallery was curated by photojournalist Moises Castillo, based in Guatemala City.
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