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 ...
About 400,000 migrants have arrived in Panama from Colombia this year. In order to arrive to Panama, migrants must travel through the Darien Gap, which houses one of the world’s most dangerous jungles ...
PANAMA CITY, Panama − New president Jose Raul Mulino, took office on Monday vowing to curb illegal immigration, has quickly signed an agreement with the U.S. to crack down on migration through the ...
PANAMA CITY (AP) — 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 ...
STORY: Panama says it saw a drop in the number of migrants crossing the perilous Darien Gap in 2024. The land bridge links South and Central America and the people who cross it are mostly bound for ...
The people of Bajo Chiquito grew rich catering to migrants. Here's how the village in Panama is adapting to life without them ...
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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 ...
Panama will increase infrastructure in the jungle area along its shared border with Colombia known as the Darien Gap — as well as ramp up deportations — to contain a record-breaking flow of migrants ...
BOGOTA, Colombia — Colombia and Panama are failing to protect hundreds of thousands of migrants who cross the Darien jungle on their way to the U.S. and have become increasingly vulnerable to ...
Some 302,000 migrants, mostly Venezuelans, crossed the Panamanian jungle of Darién in 2024 on their way to the United States, 41% less than the previous year, Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino ...