The Darien Gap, a perilous 60-mile stretch between Panama and Colombia, presents extreme dangers including wildlife, disease, ...

What has been happening on the Darién Gap, one of the deadliest border crossings in the Western Hemisphere? Luckily, we have author Belén Fernández here to give us ...

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 ...

Way back in “ye olden days” of the mid-2000s, I was still a wide-eyed, fresh-faced backpacker looking to travel the world. The crazier and more outlandish the adventure or destination, the better. I ...

At a migrant shelter in the thick jungle of Colombia’s Darién region a restaurant advertises fried fish, pork chops and 5G internet. A sign in cheerful bubble letters points the way to the border with ...

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 ...

Over the last year and a half, more than 700,000 migrants and asylum seekers, most fleeing crises in Venezuela and Haiti, have crossed the Darién Gap, where they are exposed to abuses, including ...

In September, I went to the infamous Darién Gap. Over the last year and a half, more than 700,000 people have traversed this unforgiving slice of jungle that divides Colombia from Panama. It is so ...

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 PANAMA CITY — On July 1, Panama’s new ...

The people of Bajo Chiquito grew rich catering to migrants. Here's how the village in Panama is adapting to life without them ...