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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 » Embera-Wounaan: Masses of Migrants Overwhelm Panama’s Darién Gap
CANAÁN, Panama—When thunder claps in this dense jungle, indigenous people living along the banks of once-pristine rivers now brace for floods that wash up mountains of sodden garbage and at times, the ...
News Panama » Embera-Wounaan: Migrants enriched this Indigenous village in Panama. What happens now that they're gone?
This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center. It is part of a project on reverse migration by Arizona Republic reporter Daniel Gonzalez and El Paso Times visual journalist Omar Ornelas. BAJO ...
News Panama » Embera-Wounaan: ‘We’re flooded with trash’: pollution crisis as 500,000 migrants a year attempt perilous Darién Gap crossing
Isolated communities are sounding the alarm over poisoned rivers and cultural erosion after a surge in migrants crossing their ancestral lands The Darién Gap’s isolation and formidable reputation has ...
News Panama » Embera-Wounaan: How migration transformed an Indigenous town in Panama’s Darien Gap
Bajo Chiquito, Panama – For many years, residents in the remote Indigenous community of Bajo Chiquito, Panama, lived a quiet life. No paved roads lead to the town. Only dirt paths and the Turquesa ...