(Opinion) In 2023, a record-breaking 520,000 brave souls attempted to cross the notorious Latin American Darien Gap Jungle. This jungle, linking Colombia and Panama, saw a doubling in migrant numbers from the previous year. Panama’s migration agency reveals this startling increase. Most migrants hailed from Venezuela, Ecuador, Haiti, and China. Remarkably, 120,000 of these were […]
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