Panama News » Darien News Panama » Darien » Trade: Panama boosts protections in the Darién Gap, but deforestation threats still loom
Panama is pouring new resources into protecting Darién, a remote province where the rugged, nearly impenetrable jungle provides cover for migrants, drug traffickers, illegal loggers, miners and cattle ...
News Panama » Darien » Trade: 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 » Trade: José Raúl Mulino sworn in as Panama's new president, promises to stop migration through Darien Gap
PANAMA CITY – José Raúl Mulino was sworn in Monday as Panama’s next president, facing pressure to slow irregular migration through the Darien Gap that connects his country with Colombia. The ...
News Panama » Darien » Trade: 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 » Trade: Washington uses Panama’s new government to attack migrants crossing deadly Darien jungle
The Biden administration has signed an agreement with the new president of Panama, José Raúl Mulino, to block migrants from crossing the infamous Darien jungle on the border with Colombia and organize ...
News Panama » Darien » Trade: Once a migratory highway, the Darien Gap has been left empty under Trump crackdown
A little more than a year ago, the small Panamanian river port of Lajas Blancas was filled with a crush of people trying to make their way to the United States. Now, the makeshift migrant camp has ...
News Panama » Darien » Trade: Migrant brawl at reception center in Panama's Darien region destroys shelter
PANAMA CITY (AP) — A disturbance among migrants and eventually with Panamanian border police resulted in the destruction of various vehicles and at least 10 modules of a migrant camp in the country’s ...
News Panama » Darien » Trade: Report: Migrant crossings in Darien Gap between Colombia, Panama plunge
Sept. 3 (UPI) --Unauthorized migration through the Darien Gap jungle between Colombia and Panama has fallen by 97% between January and August 2025. Moreover, more than 14,000 migrants have been ...
News Panama » Darien » Trade: José Raúl Mulino sworn in as Panama's new president, promises to stop migration through Darien Gap
New Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino gives a speech at his swearing-in ceremony at the Atlapa Convention Centre in Panama City, Monday, July 1, 2024. José Raúl Mulino was sworn in Monday as ...