Jesús Chávez, a 34-year-old pastry chef from Barquisimeto, Venezuela, arrived in this small village at Panama’s edge of the Darien jungle on Friday. He was traveling with five others ...
Migrants entering Panama from Colombia through the Darién jungle, on their route to the United States, will be fined up to $5,000, said Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino. “Any person who enters ...
Panama City (AFP) – The number of US-bound migrants passing through the Darien jungle has fallen by 39 percent so far this year, with a total of 294,000 attempting the dangerous journey since ...
A US-backed campaign between Panama and Colombia aims to stop migrants crossing the Darién Gap from South into Central America, as UN groups warn that the number of people attempting the journey ...
The Darien Gap makes it impossible to cross from North America to South America by road, as it holds the title of one of the world's most treacherous areas. Located between the Panama and Columbia ...
The first ships set off as part of the Darien scheme to establish a trading colony in Panama. Within a year hundreds were dead from disease and starvation and Scotland was bankrupt. Video ...