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 photographer Esteban Félix,

Ahead of the inauguration, migrant shelters south of the Rio Grande are far from full, a reflection of the tougher measures imposed on both sides of the border.

The first deportation flights carrying hundreds of undocumented migrants expelled from the US under newly sworn-in President Donald Trump have landed in Guatemala and Mexico, according to local

AQ tracks political and economic trends to watch and key indicators in 12 of the region’s largest economies.

In many parts of the region, big companies take over lands for mining or farming. This forces farmers and indigenous people to leave their homes. These

Many people in Latin America and the Caribbean live in poverty. Wealth often stays with a few powerful families. Big companies take natural resources but

Mexico is constructing tents to receive Mexican nationals deported under Trump's mass deportations and provide them with services to help resettle.

The plan, called “Mexico Embraces You,” seeks to reassure undocumented migrants facing expulsion. Some experts question if the government is really ready to reabsorb them.

Mexico was raising sprawling tents on the U.S. border Wednesday as it braced for President Donald Trump to fulfill his pledge to reverse mass migration. In an empty lot on the border with El Paso, Texas,

The Trump administration has ended use of the border app called CBP One that allowed nearly 1 million people to legally enter the United States. Shortly after Donald Trump's swearing-in, messages told migrants waiting in Mexico that their appointments were canceled.

President Claudia Sheinbaum is detaining more migrants, seizing more fentanyl and positioning her country as a key ally against China. But the U.S. stance has shifted, too.

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