Latin America & Caribbean in review

Latin America and Caribbean in Review is a monthly gallery featuring some of the top photojournalism made by AP staff photographers and freelancers during the month of April. 

The month of April saw deadly anti-government protests in Nicaragua that have killed at least 63 people so far and challenged Daniel Ortega’s fourth term as president; a caravan of Central American migrants move across Mexico to the U.S. border; and the arrest of former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on corruption charges, a major blow for the once wildly popular leader who was trying to mount a political comeback ahead of October's elections.

Anti-government protesters pull down a statue that is emblematic of the government of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, at the Jean Paul Jennie round-about in Managua, Nicaragua, Saturday, April 21, 2018. Ortega said Saturday that his government is willing to enter into talks over social security reforms that have sparked four days of protests and clashes in which, rights monitors say, at least 25 people have died. A journalist covering the unrest was also killed. (AP Photo/Alfredo Zuniga)

In this April 20, 2018 photo, a Nicaraguan police officer aims his weapon at protesting students during a third day of violent clashes in Managua, Nicaragua. The clashes, pitting protesters opposed to social security reforms against riot police and pro-government groups, have rocked the capital, and a half-dozen other cities, killing 63 people according to a non-governmental rights group. (AP Photo/Alfredo Zuniga)

Demonstrators protesting government repression wave Nicaraguan flags in Managua, Nicaragua, Monday, April 23, 2018. People also marched to call for peace after several days of violent demonstrations set off by a social security overhaul. (AP Photo/Alfredo Zuniga)

A masked protester walks between burning barricades in Managua, Nicaragua, Friday, April 20, 2018. The clashes, pitting protesters opposed to social security reforms against riot police and pro-government groups, have rocked the capital, and a half-dozen other cities over the last three days. The Organization of American States have expressed concern over the heavy-handed crackdown, while also calling on demonstrators to protest peacefully. (AP Photo/Alfredo Zuniga)

Demonstrators protest in honor of those who have died during anti-government protests in Managua, Nicaragua, Tuesday, April 24, 2018. Authorities released some student protesters arrested during anti-government demonstrations over the past week and the Roman Catholic Church agreed Tuesday to act as a mediator as President Daniel Ortega sought to lower tensions in Nicaragua. (AP Photo/Alfredo Zuniga)

Photos of the dead are displayed in a roundabout In Managua, Nicaragua, Tuesday, April 24, 2018. Human rights groups say clashes between police and protesters left nearly 30 dead since people took to the streets last week to oppose tax hikes and benefit cuts meant to shore up the ailing social security system. (AP Photo/Alfredo Zuniga)

A boy says goodbye to a friend through the windshield of a bus that will carry him to Mexico City from the sports club where Central American migrants traveling with the annual "Stations of the Cross" caravan had been camping out in Matias Romero, Oaxaca State, Mexico, Thursday, April 5, 2018. Migrants in the caravan that drew criticism from U.S. President Donald Trump began packing up their meager possessions and boarding buses to the Mexican capital and the nearby city of Puebla. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)

Central American migrants, who attended the annual Migrants Stations of the Cross caravan for migrants' rights, ride a northern-bound train known as "La Bestia," or The Beast, as they arrive to Hermosillo, Sonora state, Mexico, Saturday, April 21, 2018. The remnants of the migrant caravan that drew the ire of President Donald Trump were continuing their journey north through Mexico toward the U.S. border. (AP Photo/Luis Gutierrez)

A woman is reflected in a mirror as she gets ready for the day, as Central American migrants traveling with the annual "Stations of the Cross" caravan wake up at a sports club in Matias Romero, Oaxaca State, Mexico, April 3, 2018. The caravan of Central American migrants that angered U.S. President Donald Trump was sidelined at a sports field in southern Mexico with no means of reaching the border even as Trump tweeted another threat to Mexico Tuesday. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)

A father and his son await tutorship by immigration lawyers in Tijuana, Mexico, Friday, April 27, 2018. Close to to 200 migrants from Central America, mostly from Honduras, arrived in Tijuana seeking to enter the United States. (AP Photo/Hans-Maximo Musielik)

Central American migrants traveling with a caravan sit momentarily on top of the border wall during a gathering of migrants living on both sides of the border, on the beach where the border wall ends in the ocean, with Tijuana, Mexico at left and San Diego at right, Sunday, April 29, 2018. U.S. immigration lawyers are telling Central Americans in a caravan of asylum-seekers that traveled through Mexico to the border with San Diego that they face possible separation from their children and detention for many months. They say they want to prepare them for the worst possible outcome. (AP Photo/Hans-Maximo Musielik)

Brazil's former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, left, and his lawyer Cristiano Zanin leave the Lula Institute building in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Thursday, April 5, 2018. Federal judge Sergio Moro on Thursday issued an arrest warrant for da Silva, a major blow for the once wildly popular leader who was trying to mount a political comeback ahead of October's elections. (AP Photo/Marcelo Chello)

Supporters of Brazil's former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva try to help a man who was involved in a brawl outside the metal workers union headquarters where da Silva is hunkered down and his supporters have gathered, in Sao Bernardo do Campo, Brazil, Friday, April 6, 2018. Da Silva defied a 5 p.m. deadline to turn himself into police in the city of Curitiba so he can begin to serve a 12-year sentence on a corruption conviction. (AP Photo/Nelson Antoine)

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence speaks during the plenary session at the Americas Summit in Lima, Peru, April 14, 2018. Pence praised Peru's "strong stand" on the "tyranny and humanitarian crisis" in Venezuela, and said that he was grateful for Peruvian President Mart�n Vizcarra's role in withdrawing Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's invitation to the summit. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Demonstrators protest against the upcoming Summit of the Americas, in Lima, Peru, Thursday, April 12, 2018. U.S. President Donald Trump who had planned to attend the 8th Summit of the Americas in Lima canceled his plans, choosing to stay in Washington to manage the U.S. response to an apparent chemical weapons attack on civilians in Syria. The international summit begins tomorrow.(AP Photo/Karel Navarro)

The coffin with the remains of former President and current mayor of Guatemala City Alvaro Arzu is escorted by relatives during a farewell ceremony at the National Palace in Guatemala City, Saturday, April 28, 2018. Arzu, 72, who signed peace in Guatemala in 1996 died of a heart attack on Friday. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Models pretend to rest on chairs as they stand in creations from the Salinas collection during Sao Paulo Fashion Week in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Wednesday, April 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

A Kuikuro indigenous toddler looks up at the adults inside a camp coined "Free Land," at the start of an annual gathering by Brazil's indigenous peoples in Brasilia, Brazil, Monday, April 23, 2018. Hundreds of indigenous Brazilians are setting up camp in the nation's capital for a week of speeches, protests and celebrations as they lobby the government to protect their rights. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

An inflatable tunnel is illuminated blue before Cruz Azul players go to the field for their Mexico league soccer match with Morelia, at Cruz Azul Stadium in Mexico City, April 21, 2018. This is the last match Cruz Azul will play at their home stadium, inaugurated in 1946, before it is demolished to make way for a shopping center. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

Chilean referee Luis Bascunan talks to Colombia's Independiente Santa Fe players during a Copa Libertadores soccer match against Argentina's River Plate in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, April 5, 2018. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

People watch driver Ott Tanak and his co driver Martin Jarveoja, both from Estonia, race their Toyota Yaris WRC during the FIA World Rally Championship in El Condor, Cordoba, Argentina, Sunday, April 29, 2018. (AP Photo/Nicolas Aguilera)

Police detain a student demonstrator during a protest demanding education reform, including free access to school for all ages, from president Sebastian Pinera's government, in Santiago, Chile, Thursday, April 5, 2018. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Edelio Jimenez Santana, 81, smokes a cigar in the Vigia neighborhood of Santa Clara, Cuba, where he was a neighbor of Miguel Mario Diaz-Canel Bermudez, the he man who is expected to be Cuba's next president, April 1, 2018. Diaz-Canel was born and raised in Santa Clara where he spent nine years in a role akin to a governor. (AP Photo/Desmond Boylan)

Chivas' Jair Pereira holds the trophy aloft as he celebrates his team's victory over Toronto FC in the CONCACAF Champions League final soccer match, in Guadalajara, Mexico, Wednesday, April 25, 2018. Chivas defeated Toronto FC in a penalty shoot out. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

Children carry an image of Jesus Christ while taking part in a Holy Week procession in Lima, Peru, April 1, 2018. Processions take place throughout Peru during the Easter Holy Week. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

An orca whale hunts sea lion pups on a beach at Punta Norte, Valdes Peninsula, Argentina, Tuesday, April 17, 2018. The orcas' predatory ritual occurs annually in the Southern Atlantic coast in March and April, coinciding with the development of the sea lions when the young cubs are learning to swim. (AP Photo/Daniel Feldman)

Colombia's Alejandro Gonzalez celebrates after defeating Brazil's Joao Pedro Sorgi, in a Davis Cup World Group playoffs tennis match in Barranquilla, Colombia, April 7, 2018. Colombia won the series 3-2. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Members of the Argentine Naval Prefecture and volunteers try in vein to rescue a stranded humpback whale in Mar del Plata, Argentina, Monday, April 9, 2018. The whale beached on Saturday afternoon and died on Monday. (AP Photo/Pablo Hugo Funes)

An aerial view of Estadio Azul, left, and the Plaza de Toros Mexico bullfighting ring, during a Mexican soccer league match between Cruz Azul and Queretaro, in Mexico City, March 3, 2018. Cruz Azul has considered Estadio Azul its home turf for the last 22 years. (AP Photo/Christian Palma)

Outgoing President Raul Castro raises his arms in celebration after Miguel Diaz-Canel was elected as the island nation's new president, at the National Assembly in Havana, Cuba, Thursday, April 19, 2018. Castro passed Cuba's presidency to Diaz-Canel, putting the island's government in the hands of someone outside the Castro family for the first time in nearly six decades. He remains head of the powerful Communist Party that oversees political and social activities. (Adalberto Roque/Pool via AP)

Fishermen prepare their fishing rods on Chivo beach as the sun sets in Havana, Cuba, Thursday, April 12, 2018. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Thiago Martins of Brazil's Palmeiras, front, celebrates with teammate Miguel Borja after scoring against Peru's Alianza Lima at a Copa Libertadores soccer match in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Tuesday, April 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Students hold a sign that reads in Spanish "It's not three, it's all of us" during a protest against the murder of three film students who have become emblematic of Mexico's missing, in Guadalajara, Mexico, Thursday, April 26, 2018. Prosecutors said the three were abducted by the Jalisco New Generation Cartel because they were filming a school project at a house used by the rival Nueva Plaza gang. The students were using the residence because it belonged to one of their aunts. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

Presidential hopeful, conservative lawmaker Jair Bolsonaro flashes two thumbs up as he poses for a photo with cadets during a ceremony marking Army Day, in Brasilia, Brazil, Thursday, April 19, 2018. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Rodriguinho of Brazil's Corinthians, front, fights for the ball with Fabricio Bustos of Argentina's Independiente, during a Copa Libertadores soccer match in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, April 18, 2018. (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello)

A man carries a pig in a cart during an eviction of the building that used to house the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, in the Mangueira slum of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, April 27, 2018. For many who live in Rio's slums, an already hardscrabble existence feels increasingly precarious as Brazil sees millions return to poverty amid recession, corruption and cuts to social welfare programs. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Miguel Hernandez of Brazil's Palmeiras, right, runs into Santiago Vergini of Argentina's Boca Juniors during a Copa Libertadores soccer match in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, April 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello)

In this April 24, 2018 photo, a woman balances a bottle of water on her head as she performs a traditional dance during a gathering by supporters of presidential candidate Efrain Alegre, who lost the election, to protest what they believe was electoral fraud in recent general elections, outside the Superior Tribunal of Electoral Justice, a court that manages election cases, in Asuncion, Paraguay. Alegre declined to concede, saying he would wait for the final count, though electoral officials said there were not enough ballots left to be counted to change the result. The new president, Mario Abdo Benitez of the governing Colorado Party, begins a five-year term Aug. 15. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)

A model wears a creation from the VNRO autumn/winter collection during Fashion Week in Lima, Peru, Wednesday, April 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

In this April 4, 2018 photo, Uruguay's Penarol fans cheer before the start of a Copa Libertadores soccer match against Argentina's Atletico Tucuman in Montevideo, Uruguay. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)

In this April 21, 2018, a motorist sits at a traffic light with two toy poodles on his motorcycle in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)

MotoGP first place winner, Great Britain's Cal Crutchlow of Honda, right, is sprayed by second place winner, France's Johann Zarco of Yamaha, on the awards podium during Argentina's Motorcycle Grand Prix at the Termas de Rio Hondo circuit in Argentina, Sunday, April 8, 2018. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

A woman cries as she stands on the site where human rights activist and councilwoman Marielle Franco and her driver Anderson Pedro Gomes were killed a month earlier, during a protest in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, April 14, 2018. Thousands of Brazilians took to the streets to demand answers in the death of Franco, whose slaying is seen by her backers as a political assassination. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

A woman walks along Pereferica Avenue, past a street stall of popcorn, known as "pipocas," backdropped by the snow-capped Illimani Mountain, at sunset in La Paz, Bolivia, Tuesday, April 24, 2018. Illimani is part of the Cordillera Real in the Andes of South America. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

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Curated by photo editors for Latin America and Caribbean Leslie Mazoch, Anita Baca, Tomas Stargardter, and global enterprise photo editor Enric Marti at the AP Latin America photo editing hub in Mexico City.