Latin America and Caribbean week in pictures
Argentina's highest court upheld a six-year prison sentence for former President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner in a ruling that permanently banned her from public office over the corruption conviction that found she had directed state contracts to a friend while she was the first lady and president.
Miguel Uribe, a conservative Colombian presidential hopeful, was in critical condition after being shot in the head from close range during a campaign rally.
People created a human chain along a Rio de Janeiro beach shore as part of a symbolic group hug with the sea to mark World Oceans Day.
Brad Pitt donning a buzzcut arrives at a red carpet premiere in Mexico City to promote his latest film, 'F1: The Movie'.
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.
The selection was curated by AP photo editor Anita Baca, based in Mexico City.
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Sky News
a day ago
- Sky News
Brazil's former president placed under house arrest after social media post
Brazil's former president has been put under house arrest while he is on trial for allegedly plotting to stage a coup. On Monday, the country's Supreme Court ordered Jair Bolsonaro to remain at home and for police to seize all the mobile phones in his property after he broke legal restrictions that stop him using social media. Prosecutors accuse the right-wing politician of heading a criminal organisation that plotted to overturn the 2022 election and kill President Lula and a Supreme Court justice. He is also accused of using social media to encourage Donald Trump to interfere in his case. 'Flagrant disrespect' Under Monday's new restrictions, visitors authorised to see Bolsonaro will not be allowed to record the politician or post on his behalf. The ruling came after the 70-year-old used his sons' social media channels to speak to supporters during a rally in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday. Through his son's mobile phone, he told protesters: "Good afternoon, Copacabana, good afternoon my Brazil, a hug to everyone, this is for our freedom." "The flagrant disrespect to the precautionary measures was so obvious that the defendant's son, Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, decided to remove the posting in his Instagram profile, with the objective of hiding the legal transgression," the judge wrote in his Monday ruling. 'No limits!' Bolsonaro's lawyers say he will appeal the new restrictions and his words cannot "be regarded as ignoring precautionary measures or as a criminal act". Flavio Bolsonaro claimed on X that Brazil "is officially in a dictatorship" after his father's house arrest. "The persecution of de Moraes against Bolsonaro has no limits!" the senator wrote. Last week, Mr Trump used Bolsonaro's trial, which he describes as a "witch hunt", to justify imposing 50% tariffs on Brazil. 1:49 Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who is presiding over the trial, also had sanctions placed on him by the US for allegedly suppressing freedom of expression and the ongoing trial of Bolsonaro. On Sunday, tens of thousands of Bolsonaro supporters took to the streets to plead for the former president to be pardoned, along with hundreds of others who are on trial for destroying government buildings in Brasilia on 8 January 2023. On that day, Bolsonaro supporters stormed the buildings that symbolise Brazil's democracy, a week after Lula had taken office. They rejected his election victory and urged the military to overthrow him.
The Guardian
a day ago
- The Guardian
Argentina's Javier Milei vetoes bills that would have raised pensions and disability benefits
Argentina's president, Javier Milei, has vetoed three bills that would have increased pensions and disability benefits, prompting outrage from both groups and the lawmakers who had approved the measures. The self-styled anarcho-capitalist claimed the bills would 'break the government's fiscal balance' and insisted there was 'no money' to fund the measures, which Congress had approved in early July. Pensioners have been among the hardest hit by Milei's so-called 'chainsaw' austerity drive and have been holding weekly demonstrations outside Congress every Wednesday, come rain or shine. Overriding the presidential veto would require a two-thirds majority in parliament. Should that happen, Milei has already announced he intends to challenge the bills in court. 'It's impossible to survive on a minimum pension,' said Eduardo Barnei, 79, from Berazategui on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, who said he received 370,000 pesos last month (about £205), including a 70,000-peso bonus. One of the bills vetoed by Milei proposed a 7.2% increase for all pensions and would have raised the monthly bonus to 110,000 pesos. Even with the adjustment, the total would still fall well short of the 1,200,523 pesos (£662) that the Defensoría de la Tercera Edad – an ombudsman for older people – estimates as the minimum monthly cost of living for a pensioner. '[Last month] I had to spend more than 100,000 pesos on medicine, another 80,000 on gas and electricity, and now I have to survive on what's left. It's just not possible,' said Barnei, who began working at 15 and continued until his retirement at 68. 'Life is very difficult,' said Edda Beitia, 77, from the Greater Buenos Aires area, who has been attending the weekly pensioners' protests – often outnumbered by security forces including military, federal and naval police, who try to stop them from blocking roads, frequently using force, teargas and rubber bullets. In March, after football supporters joined pensioners in protest, 124 demonstrators were detained and 46 people were injured in clashes with security forces – among them a photographer who was seriously wounded after being struck in the head by a teargas canister. 'I keep coming to the protests every week because I think of all the pensioners who, like me, are struggling. This fight is a collective fight,' said Beitia. Milei also vetoed a law that would have allowed women over 60 and men over 65 to retire even if they had not completed the required 30 years of pension contributions. The third bill would have established a pension for people with disabilities and granted access to a medical care programme – but it too was entirely vetoed by the far-right president. The government argued the new laws would result in additional spending of more than 7tn pesos (£3.8bn) in 2025 and about 17tn pesos (£9.3bn) in 2026, describing the measures as 'irresponsible' for failing to specify the source of funding. 'And even if the veto were overturned, we'll take it to court,' Milei said three weeks ago. In a statement on Monday, the government declared: 'There is no money, and the only way to make Argentina great again is through effort and honesty – not by repeating the same old recipes.' Several lawmakers condemned the government's decision. Senator Pablo Blanco called it 'regrettable and shameful', while Senator Oscar Parrilli described it as 'a policy of cruelty towards the most vulnerable sectors of society'. 'We are barely surviving but many of us now have to help our children who have lost their jobs,' said pensionist Beitia. 'I also think about all the young people who will never get to retire. The government should be ashamed of themselves for what they are doing.'
The Independent
a day ago
- The Independent
Brazil's Supreme Court orders house arrest for former President Jair Bolsonaro
Brazil's Supreme Court on Monday ordered the house arrest for former President Jair Bolsonaro, on trial for allegedly leading a coup attempt after losing the 2022 election. The court's Justice Alexandre de Moraes issued the order, saying in his decision that Bolsonaro had violated the precautionary measures imposed on him by posting content on his son's social media channels. Prosecutors accuse Bolsonaro of heading a criminal organization that plotted to overturn the election, including plans to kill President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and a Supreme Court justice. Monday's order followed one from the top court last month that ordered Bolsonaro wear an electronic ankle monitor and imposed a curfew on his activities while the proceedings are underway. The latest decision keeps the far-right leader under ankle monitoring, allows only family members and lawyers to visit him and seizes all mobile phones from his home in Rio de Janeiro.
