Caribbean Sea

An Indigenous model wears a creation from Indigenous designers during a fashion event, as part of the Third March of Indigenous Women, to claim women's rights and the demarcation of Indigenous lands, in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean

Sept. 8-14, 2023

Scientists in Colombia are breeding mosquitoes to fight dengue fever, Chileans marked the 50 year anniversary of a coup that ushered in a brutal military dictatorship, forward Jenni Hermoso, who has accused now-suspended president of the Spanish soccer federation Luis Rubiales of sexual assault, ret

FILE - A coral grows under in the Caribbean Ocean along Caye Caulker near the second largest barrier reef that runs along the coast of Belize, Dec. 15, 2009. An environmental organization sued the U.S. government on Monday, March 27, 2023 and accused it of failing to protect 12 endangered coral species across the Caribbean and the Pacific Ocean that have been decimated by warming waters. (AP Photo/Pat Wellenbach, File)

US lawsuit seeks to protect habitat of endangered corals

FILE - Tourists walk through the docking area after exiting Carnival's Mardi Gras cruise ship in the bay of San Juan, Puerto Rico, Aug. 3, 2021, marking the first time a cruise ship visits the U.S. territory since the COVID-19 pandemic began. Tourists flocked to the Caribbean in 2022 in numbers not seen since the pandemic began, with the Dutch Caribbean and U.S. territories like Puerto Rico surpassing even pre-pandemic visitor arrivals, officials said Tuesday, March 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti, File)

Caribbean sees jump in visitors since pandemic began

A view of the peninsula of Sirmione, on Garda lake, Italy, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. Lake Garda water level has dropped critically following severe drought resulting in rocks to emerge around the Sirmione Peninsula. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

Italy’s Lake Garda shrinks to near-historic low amid drought

Lakes Beach is covered in sargassum in St. Andrew along the east coast of Barbados, Wednesday, July 27, 2022. More than 24 million tons of sargassum blanketed the Atlantic in June, up from 18.8 million tons in May, according to a monthly report published by the University of South Florida’s Optical Oceanography Lab that noted “a new historical record.” (AP Photo/Kofi Jones)

Record amount of seaweed is choking shores in the Caribbean

Tropical Storm Julia takes aim at Nicaragua

Tropical Storm Julia has formed in the Caribbean Sea, triggering hurricane watches and warnings for Nicaragua and Colombian islands.

FILE - Exterior view of the International Court of Justice, or World Court, in The Hague, Netherlands, Friday, Feb. 2, 2018. The United Nations' highest court ruled Thursday, April 21, 2022 that Colombia breached Nicaragua's rights in waters of the Caribbean, including by hindering Nicaraguan fishing vessels and granting fishing permits for Colombian and other boats. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

UN court: Colombia infringed Nicaragua’s rights in Caribbean

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The United Nations’ highest court ruled Thursday that Colombia breached Nicaragua’s rights in waters of the Caribbean Sea, including by hindering Nicaraguan fishing vessels and granting fishing permits for Colombian and other boats.

Venezuela opposition leader Juan Guaido speaks to residents to present his unity plan to Venezuelans, in Maiquetia, Venezuela, Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022. “For us, doing politics today in Venezuela is like doing politics in any country 100 years ago,” Guaido said in an interview earlier in the week. “We have to go one by one, house by house, assemblies, organization, political events that communicate for us, not the other way around.” (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Venezuelan opposition faces fading enthusiasm

MAIQUETIA, Venezuela (AP) — Emily Mayora’s family once supported the opposition to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, especially when a fresh young leader injected life into that movement three years ago and drew huge crowds into the street.

A woman receives a booster against COVID-19 during a vaccination campaign for people 60 and over, in Mexico City, Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Mexico COVID-19 infections up, especially at tourism centers

COVID-19 infections are rising across Mexico, especially in two states home to major tourism destinations on the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean that were busy during the holiday season.

Hurricane Sam becomes Category 4 storm far from land

MIAMI (AP) — Far from land, Hurricane Sam strengthened into a Category 4 hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean on Saturday.

Mag 7.7 quake hits between Cuba and Jamaica, but no injuries

HAVANA (AP) — A powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck in the Caribbean Sea between Jamaica and eastern Cuba on Tuesday, shaking a vast area from Mexico to Florida and beyond, but there were no reports of casualties or heavy damage.

Tropical Storm Dorian strengthens as it moves west

MIAMI (AP) — Forecasters said Tropical Storm Dorian was gathering strength Monday while approaching islands in the eastern Caribbean Sea, and could strike Puerto Rico and its neighbors as a minimal hurricane on Tuesday.

Alberto it is: First named tropical system chugs toward Gulf

MIAMI (AP) — A storm moving slowly through the Caribbean Sea is threatening to bring heavy rainfall, mudslides, and flash floods to parts of Mexico, Cuba, Florida and the U.S.

Tropical Storm Matthew lashes islands of eastern Caribbean

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (AP) — Tropical Storm Matthew lashed islands in the eastern Caribbean with heavy wind and rain Wednesday night as it gained strength and headed west into open waters.