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A supporter of ruling party presidential candidate Claudia Sheinbaum holds a flag that reads in Spanish "we won" after general elections at the Zocalo, Mexico City's main square, Sunday, June 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Market jitters follow election of first woman as Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum

Mexico’s first female president held out an olive branch to the more than one-third of Mexicans who didn’t vote for her, but she faces a market meltdown and a tough path toward reconciling a country left deeply divided by outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
 
Ruling party presidential candidate Claudia Sheinbaum greets supporters after the National Electoral Institute announced she held an irreversible lead in the election in Mexico City, early Monday, June 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

A scientist, a leftist and a former Mexico City mayor. Who is Claudia Sheinbaum?

 
Ruling party presidential candidate Claudia Sheinbaum greets supporters as she leaves a polling station after voting in the general election in Mexico City, Sunday, June 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

The first woman elected to lead Mexico faces pressing gender-related issues

 
FILE- Argentine President Javier Milei prays at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, Feb. 6, 2024. Although born and raised Roman Catholic, Milei has increasingly shown public interest in Judaism and even expressed intentions to convert. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File)

President Milei’s surprising devotion to Judaism and Israel provokes tension in Argentina and beyond

 
Gilbert Clarke a D-Day veteran smiles as he is interviewed near his home in east London, Wednesday, May 15, 2024. Clarke, now 98, is one of more than 3 million men and women from South Asia, Africa and the Caribbean who served in the British military during World War II. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Remembering D-Day, RAF veteran Gilbert Clarke recalls the thrill of planes overhead

 
Revelers take part in the annual Gay Pride Parade in Sao Paulo, Sunday, June 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Gay pride revelers in Sao Paulo reclaim Brazil’s national symbols

The iconic yellow and green of Brazil’s flag mixed with a sea of rainbow-colored tutus, hand fans and drag queen hairdos at Sunday’s LGBTQ+ pride parade in Sao Paulo.
 
FILE - Ceci Flores, leader of a "searching mothers" group from northern Mexico, carries a shovel at the site where she said her team found a clandestine crematorium in Tlahuac, on the edge of Mexico City, May 1, 2024. The Mexican volunteer searcher who has been attacked in the past by the government found more bodies in Mexico City in the final days of May 2024. (AP Photo/Ginnette Riquelme, File)

Mexican officials again criticize volunteer searcher after she finds more bodies

A Mexican volunteer searcher criticized in the past by the government has found more human remains in Mexico City and officials have attacked her for it — again.
 
El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele and first lady Gabriela Roberta Rodríguez wave from a balcony after he was sworn in for a second term, in San Salvador, El Salvador, Saturday, June 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez)

US dampens criticism of El Salvador’s president as migration overtakes democracy concerns

The Biden administration has sent a high-level delegation to El Salvador to attend President Nayib Bukele’s inauguration to a second term.
 
FILE - Haiti's then Prime Minister Garry Conille speaks with journalists after a press conference in Port-au-Prince, Oct. 6, 2011. Conille was named Haiti’s new prime minister, Tuesday, May 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery, File)

UN development specialist Garry Conille arrives to Haiti to take up the post of prime minister

A U.N. development specialist tasked with restoring order to Haiti has arrived to the Caribbean nation to take up his new post as prime minister.
 
Smoke rises from an Israeli airstrike in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Friday, May 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Chile joins developing nations rallying behind genocide case against Israel at international court

Chile has joined a group of nations supporting a genocide case against Israel filed last year at the International Court of Justice.
 

UK ambassador to Mexico out after video allegedly shows him pointing a rifle near a colleague

The UK’s ambassador to Mexico has left his post after a video was posted on social media that purportedly shows him brandishing an assault rifle near an embassy employee.
 

British ambassador to Mexico apparently no longer in post after pointing rifle at staff

The British foreign ministry apparently has removed its ambassador to Mexico, Jon Benjamin, following controversy generated by a video in which he jokes while pointing a high-powered rifle gun at staff inside a vehicle.
 
FILE - El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele delivers his inaugural address after being sworn-in at Plaza Barrios in San Salvador, El Salvador, June 1, 2019. El Salvador said on May 31, 2024, that authorities have broken up a plot to plant bombs around the country to coincide with Bukele’s second inauguration, planned for June 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez File)

El Salvador says it foiled a plot to plant bombs on the day of President Bukele’s inauguration

El Salvador says it has foiled a plot to plant bombs around the country to coincide with President Nayib Bukele’s inauguration on Saturday.
 
Engineer Guillermo D. Christy photographs a steel pillar filled with concrete that was installed inside the Aktun Tuyul cave system to support the Maya Train track on the outskirts of Playa del Carmen, Mexico, Sunday, March 3, 2024. Construction of the Maya Train is rapidly destroying part of the hidden underground world of caverns and sinkhole lakes, known as cenotes, already under threat by development and mass tourism. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Mexico’s Maya Train is destroying ancient caves. Learn about the beautiful ‘cenotes’ under threat

Mexico’s outgoing leader has rapidly built a train system looping around the country’s southern Yucatan Peninsula.
 
FILE - A person holds a sign with a message that reads in Spanish: "We are all the same Mexico", at an opposition rally called to encourage voting in the upcoming election, in the Zocalo, Mexico City's main square, May 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Ginnette Riquelme, File)

AP PHOTOS: Mexicans choose between continuity and change in election overshadowed by violence

When Mexicans go to the polls on June 2, they will do so in an increasingly polarized country that continues to struggle with staggering levels of violence across large swathes of territory.
 
A "Kullagua'' dancer performs in the annual parade honoring the "Lord of Great Power" in La Paz, Bolivia, May 25, 2024, Bolivians celebrate one of the country's biggest and most extravagant religious festivals, which pays tribute to Jesus Christ in a fusion of Indigenous beliefs and Catholicism. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean

May 24 - 30, 2024

Bolivians paid tribute to Jesus Christ in one of the country’s biggest and most extravagant festivals, featuring a mixture of Catholicism and Indigenous beliefs.
 

Murder trial ordered in Michigan killing that stoked anti-immigrant campaign rhetoric

A man accused of killing his Michigan girlfriend after returning to the U.S. following deportation has been ordered to stand trial for murder.
 
FILE - Argentina's soccer star Diego Maradona, left, and West German goalkeeper Harald Schumacher are holding their World Cup Soccer Ball awards while posing with two young soccer players during the Soccer Golden Shoe Award ceremony held in Paris, France, on Nov. 13, 1986. Diego Maradona's heirs filed a lawsuit to try to stop the auction of a trophy he was awarded after the 1986 World Cup won by Argentina. (AP Photo/Michael Lipchitz, File)

Argentina court postpones the start of a trial in a criminal case involving the death of Maradona

A criminal court in Argentina has postponed to Oct. 1 the start of a trial in a criminal negligence case brought against eight people allegedly involved in the death of soccer star Diego Maradona.
 
Howler monkeys sit in a cage at a veterinarian clinic after they were rescued amid extremely high temperatures in Tecolutilla, Tabasco state, Mexico, Tuesday, May 21, 2024. Dozens of howler monkeys were found dead in the Gulf coast state while others were rescued by residents who rushed them to a local veterinarian. (AP Photo/Luis Sanchez)

Heat-related monkey deaths are now reported in several Mexican states

Heat-related howler monkeys deaths in Mexico have been recorded in a total of four states, environmental authorities said.
 
FILE - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva arrives for a bilateral meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Dec. 4, 2023. Lula withdrew his ambassador to Israel on Wednesday, May 29, 2024, after months of tensions between the two countries over the war in Gaza, announced in Brazil’s official gazette. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

Brazil’s president withdraws his country’s ambassador to Israel after criticizing the war in Gaza

Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has withdrawn his ambassador to Israel after months of tensions between the two countries over the war in Gaza.
 
Supporters of ruling party presidential candidate Claudia Sheinbaum arrive at the Zocalo for her closing campaign rally in Mexico City, Wednesday, May 29, 2024, on the last day of campaigning ahead of the June 2 general election. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Violence clouds the last day of campaigning for Mexico’s election

Mexico has held the last day of campaigning before Sunday’s nationwide elections. But the closing campaign rallies Wednesday were darkened by a wave of attacks on candidates.
 
FILE - Haiti's then Prime Minister Garry Conille speaks with journalists after a press conference in Port-au-Prince, Oct. 6, 2011. Conille was named Haiti’s new prime minister, Tuesday, May 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery, File)

Haiti’s new prime minister vows to seek unity after he is selected by transitional council

Haiti’s new prime minister has vowed to seek unity in his first statement since a transitional council selected him to head the government in the troubled Caribbean country.
 
Young women walk in the morning in Plan de Ayala, a Tojolabal village in the Las Margaritas municipality of Chiapas state, Mexico, Thursday, May 2, 2024. Two women are on Mexico’s ballot for president while women in some Indigenous areas have no voice in their own villages. However, with help from younger generations, some Indigenous women are pushing for change. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

A woman will likely be Mexico’s next president. But in some Indigenous villages, men hold the power

Seventy years ago, Mexican women won the right to vote, and today the country’s on the verge of electing its first woman president.
 
Demonstrators take part in a vigil holding posters with messages that read in Spanish: "No more culture of violence" during a protest against bullfighting, which has been temporarily suspended as Congress debates its legality, in Bogota, Colombia, Friday, May 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Colombia’s congress votes to ban bullfights, dealing a blow to the centuries-old tradition

Colombia’s congress has voted to ban bullfights in the South American nation, delivering a serious blow to a centuries-old tradition that has inspired songs and novels but has become increasingly controversial in the countries where it is still practiced.
 
FILE - Supporters of Colombian President Gustavo Petro march in favor of his proposed health care reforms, in Bogota, Colombia, Feb. 14, 2023. Colombian insurance company Sura announced on Tuesday, May 28, 2024, that it will withdraw from the nation’s health system because the resources it receives from Colombia’s government to manage more than 5 million patients are not enough to cover its growing costs. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara, File)

Insurance company Sura withdraws from Colombia’s health system as government pushes for control

Colombian insurance company Sura has announced that it will withdraw from the nation’s health system because the resources it receives from Colombia’s government to manage more than 5 million patients, are not enough to cover its growing costs.
 
FILE - A Bolivarian Militia member stands on guard next to a banner of the National Electoral Council (CNE) where people can register to vote in the presidential election in Caracas, Venezuela, April 16, 2024. On May 28, 2024, Venezuela’s electoral authorities revoked an invitation for a European Union mission to observe the country's July 28 presidential election. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)

Venezuela revokes invitation for European Union mission to observe presidential election in July

Venezuela’s electoral authorities have revoked an invitation to a European Union mission to observe the upcoming presidential election in July.
 
Ecuadorean Foreign Minister Gabriela Sommerfeld gives an interview in her office in Quito, Ecuador, Tuesday, May 28, 2024. Sommerfeld said Ecuador accepted Mexico's request for a third country to serve as a diplomatic communication channel, but did not identify the third country. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

Almost 2 months after embassy raid, Ecuador is ‘ready’ to talk with Mexico and reach solution

It’s been almost two months since police raided the Mexican embassy in Ecuador’s capital. Now, the South American country’s government wants to re-establish communication with officials in Mexico and reach a solution to the diplomatic rift that followed the extraordinarily unusual use of force.
 

US files a labor complaint over claims that a Volkswagen plant in Mexico fired union activists

U.S. trade authorities have filed a labor complaint with Mexico over allegations that a Volkswagen auto plant in central Mexico unfairly fired union activists. The U.S.
 
A funeral procession for mission director Judes Montis, killed by gangs alongside two of his U.S. missionary members, makes its way to the cemetery after his funeral ceremony in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, May 28, 2024. The service also honored the lives of Davy and Natalie Lloyd, a married couple in their early 20s who was with Montis when gunmen ambushed them on Thursday night, May 23, as they left a youth group activity held at a local church. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)

Hundreds mourn gang killings of a Haitian mission director and a young American couple

Hundreds of people in Haiti are mourning the death of Judes Montis. The mission director was killed by gang members who also fatally shot a U.S. couple that worked with him.
 
A Spix's macaw perches in a tree in a breeding facility project in its native habitat in a rural area of Curaca, Bahia state, Brazil, Tuesday, March 12, 2024. A South African couple is reintroducing the Spix’s macaw to nature through breeding and reintroduction efforts. Despite challenges such as habitat loss, climate change and government disagreements, they are working with local communities to return the bird to its native habitat. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Recovery of Brazil’s Spix’s macaw, popularized in animated ‘Rio’ films, threatened by climate change

In Brazil’s Northeast, a South African couple is reintroducing the Spix’s macaw to nature through breeding and reintroduction efforts.
 
A person holds a sign that reads "we are all the same Mexico" at an opposition rally called to encourage voting ahead of the June 2 presidential elections, in the Zocalo, Mexico City's main square, Sunday, May 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Ginnette Riquelme)

What to know about Mexico’s historic elections Sunday that will likely put a woman in power

Mexicans will vote Sunday in historic elections weighing many of the core issues facing the country including gender, violence and populism.
 
FILE - Mummies are displayed in the Mummy Museum in Guanajuato, Mexico, Saturday, Nov. 1, 2008. In Mexico, the federal archaeology agency accused the conservative government of Guanajuato state on Monday, May 27, 2024, of mistreating one of the country’s famous mummified 19th century bodies. (AP Photo/Daniel Jayo, File)

Mexican government says the arm of a 19th century mummy came off after mishandling by museum staff

Mexico’s federal archaeology agency is accusing the conservative-governed city of Guanajuato of mistreating the country’s famous mummified 19th century bodies.
 
FILE - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador gives his regularly scheduled morning press conference at the National Palace in Mexico City, April 16, 2024. The American quarry company, Alabama-based Vulcan Materials, rejected on Monday, May 27, 2024 the Mexican president's offer to buy its property on the Caribbean coast, amid a years-long dispute. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte, File)

US company rejects Mexico’s criticism, buy-out offer, says president’s projects hurt the environment

An American quarry company has rejected the Mexican president’s campaign of criticisms and closures, and his offer to buy its property on the Caribbean coast.
 
A television program promotes an upcoming presidential debate as domestic worker Concepcion Alejo goes through her morning routine, in her apartment in Mexico City, Wednesday, April 24, 2024. Alejo is among approximately 2.5 million Mexicans — largely women — who serve as domestic workers in the Latin American nation. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

A woman could be Mexico’s next leader. Millions of others continue in shadows as domestic workers

Some 2.5 million Mexicans — mostly women — are domestic workers, a profession that has come to encapsulate gender and class divisions long permeating Mexico.
 
Children are reflected in a mirror of vendor Manolo Apagueno as he walks past in the Belen neighborhood of Iquitos, Peru, Saturday May 25, 2024. The Indigenous community in the heart of Peru's Amazon known as the "Venice of the Jungle" is hosting the Muyuna Floating Film Festival, celebrating tropical forests. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Poor neighborhood in Peru’s Amazon region hosts film festival celebrating tropical forests

In the heart of Peru’s Amazon region, a poor neighborhood put aside the trials and tribulations of everyday life and celebrated an international film festival with works from countries with tropical forests.
 
In this handout photo provided by the Peru's Highway Police, rescue workers attend to a bus that collided with a cargo train in La Oroya, Peru, Sunday, May 26, 2024. (Peru's Highway Police, via AP)

4 people killed and over 30 injured after a bus and a cargo train collide in Peru

Police in Peru say four people are dead and more than 30 are injured after a passenger bus and a cargo train collided.
 
FILE - A resident flees an encroaching forest fire in Vina del Mar, Chile, Feb. 3, 2024. Police arrested a suspect on Friday, May 24, 2024, for allegedly causing the forest fire that left 137 dead and injured some 16,000 people in the Valparaíso region. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix, File)

Chile accuses volunteer firefighter and ex-forestry official with causing huge fire that killed 137

A Chilean judge has ordered a volunteer firefighter and a former forestry official detained for allegedly planning and causing a mammoth forest fire that caused 137 deaths and made 16,000 people homeless in February.
 
FILE - Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Friday, April 14, 2023. A top assassin for the Sinaloa drug cartel who was arrested by Mexican authorities last fall has been extradited to the U.S. to face drug, gun and witness retaliation charges, the Justice Department said Saturday, May 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Top assassin for Sinaloa drug cartel extradited to US to face charges, Justice Department says

The U.S. Justice Department says a top assassin for the Sinaloa drug cartel who was captured by Mexican authorities last fall has been extradited to the U.S. to face drug, gun and witness retaliation charges.
 
Clowns march celebrating The Day of the Peruvian Clown, in downtown Lima, Peru, Saturday, May 25, 2024. Professional clowns gather annually on this date to honor the beloved clown "Tony Perejil" who died on May 25, 1987 and was known as "the clown of the poor" because he performed in low-income neighborhoods to which he would donate a portion of his earnings. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Hundreds in Peru mark Clown Day in hopes of getting the holiday official recognition

Hundreds of clowns have gathered in the streets of Peru’s capital to mark Clown Day, a holiday for which they have sought for years to gain official recognition.