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Victor R. Caivano

AP PHOTOS: Editor selections from Latin America

In this Friday, Sept. 5, 2014 photo, a man cries as mourners wait for the departure of the funeral car transporting the remains of Argentine rock star Gustavo Cerati to a cemetery, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Cerati died on Thursday, four years after a stroke put him in a coma and ended the career of one of Latin America's most influential musicians. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)

Victor R. Caivano

AP PHOTOS: Editor selections from Latin America

In this Friday, Sept. 5, 2014 photo, mourners reach out to touch the funeral car transporting the remains of Argentine rock star Gustavo Cerati to La Chacarita cemetery, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Thousands of people gathered in the Argentine capital to mourn shortly after news that the former lead singer of the rock band Soda Stereo had died. Cerati was recognized as one of Latin America's most influential musicians. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)

Rebecca Blackwell

AP PHOTOS: Editor selections from Latin America

In this Friday, Sept. 5, 2014 photo, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie talks with kindergarten and pre-K students lined up to greet him, as he visits a school in Puebla, Mexico. Christie's trade mission to Mexico was promoted as a chance to foster business ties between that country and his state. His three-day visit also gave the potential 2016 GOP presidential contender an opportunity to bolster his foreign policy credentials. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Felix Marquez

AP PHOTOS: Editor selections from Latin America

In this Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2014 photo, a woman looks at damage caused by the heavy rains brought by Tropical Storm Dolly, in Veracruz, Mexico. Several streets in the port city flooded and least two streets where electric workers had been doing underground work collapsed, damaging a house and several cars. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)

Fernando Vergara

AP PHOTOS: Editor selections from Latin America

In this Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014 photo, porters play chess while waiting for clients to hire them at the central market in Bogota, Colombia. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Ramon Espinosa

AP PHOTOS: Editor selections from Latin America

In this Monday, Sept. 1, 2014 photo, students wave their nation's flag and sing Cuban rumba music at a ceremony marking the start of the new school year, outside the Angela Landa Elementary School in Old Havana, Cuba. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Dieu Nalio Chery

AP PHOTOS: Editor selections from Latin America

In this Saturday, Sept. 6, 2014 photo, contestants, Shamma Dupre, from left, Carolyn Desert, and Zeila Legagneur compete in the swimsuit category of the 2014 Miss Haiti beauty pageant at the Karibe Convention Center in the upscale Petionville district of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Desert, a 25-year-old restaurant owner, was crowned Miss Haiti 2014 early Sunday. She was one of only two women in a group of 21 participants who competed with closely cropped hair, a decision that had been fiercely debated by Haitians on radio and in social media, with some criticizing competitors for choosing to wear hair extensions or straightening their hair instead of embracing their natural hair. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

Andre Penner

AP PHOTOS: Editor selections from Latin America

In this Friday, Sept. 5, 2014 photo, Marina Silva, presidential candidate for the Brazilian Socialist Party, waves to supporters as she campaigns in Guarulhos on the outskirts of Sao Paulo, Brazil. The country's once humdrum presidential race now resembles one of the country's famed soap operas, with newcomer Silva thrust into the spotlight after her running mate died in a plane crash and longtime favorite, President Dilma Rousseff is facing a one-two punch of bad news; Brazil's has officially entered recession for the first time in more than five years; and a recent poll shows the incumbent trailing her new rival by 10 percentage points. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Dario Lopez-Mills

AP PHOTOS: Editor selections from Latin America

In this Friday, Sept. 5, 2014 photo, American author and motivational speaker Elizabeth Ann "Lizzie" Velazquez speaks to scholarship recipients of the Telmex Foundation during the annual Mexico XXI Century event, hosted by billionaire Carlos Slim, in Mexico City, Mexico. Other speakers on the agenda included former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg, actor Antonio Banderas and soccer player Ronaldinho. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)

Eduardo Di Baia

AP PHOTOS: Editor selections from Latin America

In this Sunday, Aug. 31, 2014 photo, Boca Juniors' Jonathan Calleri, right, fights for the ball with Velez Sarsfield's Sebastian Dominguez, during an Argentine league soccer match in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (AP Photo/Eduardo Di Baia)

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AP PHOTOS: Editor selections from Latin America

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Brazil's once humdrum presidential race now resembles one of the country's famed soap operas, with newcomer Marina Silva thrust into the spotlight after her running mate died in a plane crash and longtime favorite President Dilma Rousseff reeling from a one-two punch of bad news.

Hundreds of tearful fans crowded outside a Buenos Aires to say their final goodbye to beloved rock star Gustavo Cerati. The former lead singer of the rock band Soda Stereo died four years after a stroke put him in a coma and ended the career of one of Latin America's most influential musicians.

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