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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: 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 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: US and Panama sign agreement that aims to close the Darién Gap to ‘illegal migrants’
The US and Panama have signed an agreement on immigration issues that aims to “close the passage of illegal migrants” through the Darién Gap, the Central American government announced Monday. “In the ...
News Panama » Darien » Commerce: EXPLAINER: Panama launches operation against smugglers in Darien Gap
FILE - Haitian migrants wade through water as they cross the Darien Gap from Colombia to Panama in hopes of reaching the U.S., May 9, 2023. Hundreds of thousands of migrants have risked the dangerous ...
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, Costa Rica agree to a plan to speed migrants passing through from Darien Gap
PANAMA CITY — Panama and Costa Rica announced a plan to quickly bus thousands of migrants through Panama to the Costa Rican border, as the countries continue to grapple with a steady increase in the ...
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: 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 ...
News Panama » Darien » Commerce: Crossing the Darién Gap: Migrants Risk Death on the Journey to the U.S.
Hundreds of thousands of migrants from Haiti, Venezuela, and elsewhere risk their lives each year to cross the Darién Gap between Colombia and Panama. Images from along the journey show the dangers ...