People cooled off in the waters of Venezuela's Canaima National Park as well as a water hose in Buenos Aires, and Bolivians celebrated their National Chewing Coca Leaf Day. This gallery highlights some of the most compelling images made or published in the past week by The Associated Press from Latin America and the Caribbean.

Caracas Archbishop Raúl Biord opened the jubilee year in Venezuela with a call for “respect for human and citizen rights.”

WASHINGTON—President Joe Biden notified Congress of his intent to lift the US designation of Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism, the White House announced, as part of a deal facilitated by the Catholic Church to free political prisoners on the island.

Report on Nicaragua's new volunteer police force, exploring constitutional changes, government expansion, and implications for civil society.

the head of the Catholic Church expressed his appreciation for... Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, and the Dominican Republic rejected this Saturday the inauguration ceremony of President Nicolás Maduro for a third term in Venezuela...

President Joe Biden notified Congress of his intent to lift the U.S. designation of Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism, the White House announced, as part of a deal facilitated by the Catholic Church to free political prisoners on the island.

Florida Democrats torched outgoing President Joe Biden after he decided to remove Cuba's state-sponsor-of-terrorism designation.

the head of the Catholic Church expressed his appreciation for... Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, and the Dominican Republic rejected this Saturday the inauguration ceremony of President Nicolás Maduro for a third term in Venezuela...

President Joe Biden notified Congress of his intent to lift the U.S. designation of Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism, the White House announced, as part of a deal facilitated by the Catholic Church to free political prisoners on the island.

President Joe Biden notified Congress of his intent to lift the U.S. designation of Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism, the White House anno

He will suspend a provision of the Helms-Burton Act that has allowed Cuban exiles to file claims seeking compensation for assets expropriated after the Cuban Revolution. Less than a week before leaving the White House,

President Biden's last-minute executive order Tuesday to undo sanctions on Cuba and delist the socialist nation as a terrorism sponsor is outraging already dispirited Florida Democrats. Why it matters: Biden's order will be undone almost as soon as Donald Trump replaces him on Monday,