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Photos of tiny Curacao making World Cup soccer history

Tiny Curacao is headed to the World Cup, making history as the smallest territory by population and land mass to qualify.

 

Photos show miners in El Callao, Venezuela, where gold has become an important source of income

EL CALLAO, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela sits atop the world’s largest oil reserves, but the collapse of the oil industry has turned gold into an important source of income.

 

Photos show daily life along Venezuela’s oil coast after Maduro’s capture

PARAGUANA PENINSULA, Venezuela (AP) — Less than two weeks after a U.S. military operation captured former President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, and as his successor, acting President Delcy Rodriguez, announced plans to reform Venezuela’s energy sector, the country’s largest oil refining hub dominat

 

A week in photos from Venezuela after U.S. strike removed its president

Venezuelans navigated a tense week after U.S. forces captured former President Nicolás Maduro and his wife.

 

Photos show relatives waiting outside prisons as Venezuela frees a handful of detainees

GUATIRE, Venezuela (AP) — Relatives of jailed opposition figures, activists and journalists waited outside Venezuelan prisons as the government began releasing a small number of detainees nearly a week after former President Nicolás Maduro was captured by U.S. forces.

 

One Extraordinary Photo: A woman with a gun on a motorcycle brings echoes from the past

In the aftermath of U.S. strikes that ended with the capture of President Nicolás Maduro, groups of pro-government civilians took to the streets, some armed. The scene reflected the shock and uncertainty that followed the attack, and photographing it felt essential.

 

Venezuela releases imprisoned opposition figures and activists, which Trump says US requested

Venezuela has released a number of imprisoned high-profile opposition figures, activists and journalists — both citizens and foreigners — nearly a week after former President Nicolás Maduro was captured by U.S. forces to face drug-trafficking charges.

 

Photos show a military funeral for Venezuelan soldiers killed during US operation

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s military held a funeral Wednesday for some of the soldiers killed during the U.S. operation that captured then-President Nicolás Maduro.

 

How a woman running from US bombs in Venezuela captured the night’s fear and chaos

A photo of 21-year-old Mariana Camargo dashing through the streets of eastern Caracas as explosions boomed in the background was soon on front pages of major international outlets.

 

Photos show Venezuelans celebrating Holy Innocents’ Day

CAUCAGUA, Venezuela (AP) — Hundreds of people in northern Venezuela took to the streets for the annual Bandos and Parrandas of the Holy Innocents of Caucagua, a celebration rooted in Afro-descendant cacao-growing communities.

 

Photos show Venezuelan migrants spending Christmas at home after abandoning hope of reaching the US

MARACAY, Venezuela (AP) — After months on the move through jungles, seas and borders, Venezuelan migrants Mariela Gómez, her partner Abraham Castro and her two children, abandoned their attempt to reach the United States.

 

A Venezuelan family’s Christmas: From the American dream to poverty

Mariela Gómez and thousands of Venezuelan immigrants have faced a challenging Christmas after Donald Trump returned to the White House in January.

 

PHOTO ESSAY: Photos of Venezuelan migrants who returned home following US immigration crackdown

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — More than a decade after Venezuela’s economic collapse sent millions to flee abroad, U.S.

 

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Japanese fans leave a lasting impression at the Under-20 World Cup in Chile

Chile will feel a little quieter now that Japan is out of the men’s Under-20 World Cup. With drums, banners, flags, and signs, the Japanese fans stole the show with their heartfelt support as their team advanced to the round of 16 following a perfect group-stage campaign.

 

PHOTO ESSAY: Venezuelan migrants use dangerous routes in a wave of ‘reverse migration’

JAQUE, Panama (AP) — Venezuelan migrant Mariela Gómez is one of the thousands retracing their steps in a wave of “reverse migration.”

 

Venezuelans in ‘reverse migration’ pushed to new perils in effort to return home

Venezuelan migrants are attempting a “reverse migration” back to South America after facing challenges in the U.S.

 

PHOTO ESSAY: Tracing pre-canal Panama’s forgotten crossings and colonial routes

PANAMA CITY (AP) — For centuries, Panama served as a natural bridge for global trade. Mule trains hauled treasure over stone-paved trails, riverboats floated gold and silver down the Chagres River to Caribbean ports like Portobelo, guarded by the cannons of Fort San Lorenzo, and later, the world’s f

 

PHOTO ESSAY: Venezuelan family finds life harder after returning home

MARACAIBO, Venezuela (AP) — The hands of Yosbelin Pérez have made tens of thousands of the aluminum round gridles that Venezuelan families heat every day to cook arepas.

 

AP PHOTOS: Panama protests have lasted 45 days and counting

ARIMAE, Panama (AP) — Protests have persisted in parts of Panama for a month and a half. They’ve covered a range of issues including the changes to social security and opposition to a security agreement giving U.S. soldiers and contractors access to some facilities in Panama.

 

Protesters and police clash in eastern Panama

Authorities and protesters have been injured in eastern Panama where border police tried to open a highway blocked in an Indigenous community as part of monthlong demonstrations against changes to the country’s social security system.

 

AP PHOTOS: Former US school buses get a second life in Panama

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Photos: Protests in Panama enter third week, challenging President Mulino

PANAMA CITY (AP) — Protests in Panama have entered their third week, challenging several recent actions by President José Raúl Mulino.

 

Few migrants remain in the Darien Gap, but an environmental crisis has been left behind

The Darien Gap was once largely untouched jungle running along the Colombia-Panama border, and thousands of Comarca Embera Indigenous people long lived off the land and winding rivers.

 

Panama town reckons with dark history of colonialism in Festival of Devils and Congos

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Photos: The people who have lost their businesses as migration in the Darien Gap dries up

VILLA CALETA, Panama (AP) — The Trump administration’s crackdown on migration has ended the massive flow of people heading north through a treacherous jungle on the Colombia-Panama border called the Darien Gap.

 

A jungle route once carried hundreds of thousands of migrants. Now the local economy has crashed

The Trump administration’s crackdown on migration has ended the massive flow of people heading north through a treacherous jungle on the Colombia-Panama border called the Darien Gap.

 

Once a migratory highway, the Darien Gap has been left empty under Trump crackdown

A little more than a year ago, the small Panamanian river port of Lajas Blancas was filled with a crush of people trying to make their way to the United States.

 

Aerial views of a controversial copper mine

DONOSO, Panama (AP) — Between emerald sea and jungled hills, the Cobre Panama copper mine has fueled mass protests across the Central American country.

 

Panama reopens talks about the future of a controversial copper mine, but opposition remains

More than a year after Panama’s Supreme Court halted operations at a huge copper mine because its government concession was deemed unconstitutional, there’s a fresh push with the new Panamanian president to restart the mine.

 

Deportees from the US in Panama go embassy to embassy in desperate scramble to seek asylum

Migrants from Afghanistan, Russia, Iran and China deported from the United States and dropped into limbo in Panama are hopping door-to-door at embassies and consulates desperately seeking asylum in any country that would accept them.

 

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