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, based in Santiago, Chile. AP Images blog: http://apimagesblog.com

President Donald Trump issued an executive order changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.

They say they fought too hard to wrest it from the U.S. to now hand back the waterway, which is part of the nation’s identity.

Caracas: The Venezuelan government has expressed its strong rejection of US President Donald Trump's decision to reinclude Cuba in the list of state sponsors of terrorism. "This unfounded and arbitrary measure represents an act of hostility that contradicts the principles of international law and undermines global efforts for peace and cooperation,

More than 100 years after the construction of the engineering marvel that linked the Atlantic and Pacific oceans — and 25 years after the canal was returned to Panama by the US — the Panama Canal faces renewed intimidation from US President Donald Trump.

The project was a "tropical hell" marked by brutal racial segregation and the mass mortality of foreign workers

Donald Trump would have no recourse under international law if he decided to make a play for the passage, and Panama's president has rejected the US president's words, saying no nation "interferes with our administration".

Several chafed at his plans as President Trump enacted immigration measures affecting their countries and vowed to impose tariffs on Mexico and Canada.

We're taking it back.' Trump inauguration speech claim that the U.S. will regain control of the Panama Canal spurs immediate reaction in Panama.

Trump issued an executive order limiting birthright citizenship to only the children of legal permanent residents or American citizens. Longstanding precedent, based on judicial rulings and the 14th Amendment, has granted U.S. citizenship to babies born on U.S. soil, with the exception of the kids of diplomats.

Mexico has agreed to expand support to other Latin American and Caribbean nations as part of a regional migratory response

Trump’s “America First” philosophy is often described as a return to the kind of isolationism that prevailed between the two world wars. But that’s not quite accurate. He wants to stride the global stage. But he’s advocating a foreign policy where America is dominant in its own hemisphere and engages elsewhere selectively.