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See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Panama's newly elected President José Raúl Mulino has pledged to "close ...
News Panama » Darien » Commerce: In Panama’s Darién, Indigenous communities test a new way to fund conservation - MSN
By María Paula Rubiano A. When Elsa Quiroz saw the spotted body of a jaguar appear on her son’s computer screen, she couldn’t believe her eyes. “I’d only seen them in books,” she said. In late 2025, a ...
News Panama » Darien » Commerce: Biden/Harris made empty promises to stop migrants in Panama — but the flood continues
A sign at the end of the notorious Darien Gap in Panama -- where 1.5 million migrants have traveled since 2021. Photo by LUIS ACOSTA/AFP via Getty Images See more of our coverage in your search ...
News Panama » Darien » Commerce: Migrant Wave Disrupts Life in Panama’s Darién Gap
The roadless Darién Gap was for centuries an almost impenetrable and pristine strip of land connecting what is now Panama and Colombia, inhabited by the indigenous Emberá and Wounaan people. Now, tens ...
News Panama » Darien » Commerce: Migrant Smugglers Threaten Panama’s Darién Conservation Plans
Panama has announced an initiative to combat environmental degradation in the Darién Gap, but entrenched criminal groups in the region will make these measures difficult to implement. Panama’s ...
News Panama » Darien » Commerce: Panama’s Darién Gap sees increase in migrant crossings, data shows
Panamanian figures show at least 174,513 migrants crossed the treacherous Darién Gap, a mountainous rainforest region connecting South and Central America, from January to June 6 of this year. The ...
News Panama » Darien » Commerce: Panama launches operation in Darien jungle targeting organized crime and migrant smugglers
Panamanian border police attend a launch ceremony for Operation Shield in Nicanor, Darien province, Panama, Friday, June 2, 2023. Security officials said Operation Shield is part of the agreement ...
News Panama » Darien » Commerce: Panama's next president to shut down Darien jungle migration route
Panama is on the verge of a dramatic change to its immigration policy that could reverberate from the dense Darien jungle to the U.S. border. President-elect José Raúl Mulino says he will shut down a ...
News Panama » Darien » Commerce: The Darién Gap, a dangerous hellscape for migrants is also appealing to tourists
MEXICO CITY — Deep in the Panamanian jungle, Venezuelan migrant Franca Ramirez was scrambling to reach higher ground as a rushing river broke its banks, he said, when something caught his eye: a group ...
News Panama » Darien » Commerce: Panama burying more migrant victims of brutal Darien Gap
AGUA FRIA, Panama (AP) — In an isolated cemetery in Panama’s Darien province, migrants who die crossing the most treacherous segment of their journey toward the United States are buried with a ...