Caracas Archbishop Raúl Biord opened the jubilee year in Venezuela with a call for “respect for human and citizen rights.”

In reality, it was unrealistic to expect anything other than the events that took place on January 10, when Nicolás Maduro was inaugurated ... Hope is nurtured by the Church.

People cooled off in the waters of Venezuela's Canaima National Park as well as a water hose in Buenos Aires, and Bolivians celebrated their National Chewing Coca Leaf Day. 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.