ByThe Related Press
August 18, 2023, 12:54 AM
Sporting a bulletproof vest and helmet, Veronica Sarauz, widow of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio, is escorted out of the Ibis lodge after a press convention in Quito, Ecuador, Saturday, Aug. 12, 2023. Sarauz stated she holds the state answerable for her the assassination of her husband who was fatally shot at a political rally on Aug. 9 in Quito. (AP Photograph/Dolores Ochoa)
The Related Press
Aug. 11–17, 2023
A shaggy-haired anti-establishment candidate who admires former President Donald Trump obtained the largest share of votes in Argentina’s major elections that can assist decide the nation’s subsequent president. Air pollution in Venezuela’s Lake Maracaibo is threatening life in one of many world’s oldest lakes. And in Bolivia, pet homeowners marked the feast day of Saint Roch, the patron saint of canine.
This gallery highlights a number of the most compelling photographs made or printed prior to now week by Related Press photographers in Latin America and the Caribbean.
The choice was curated by photograph editor Anita Baca in Mexico Metropolis.
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