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6 Illegal Economies Threatening Latin America’s Ecosystems
Criminal groups behind are placing the region’s vast biodiversity, fragile ecosystems, and Indigenous ways of life, under ...
How Long Does It Take For A Ship To Cross The Panama Canal?
The Panama Canal was built on the premise that it would cut the time needed to go from the Atlantic to the Pacific. So how ...
Migrants Are Heading South
For years, millions of people traveled through Central America north to the United States. Now that flow is changing ...
From asylum-seekers to inmates: Two Florida Venezuelans sent to El Salvador prison
Luis Carlos José Marcano fled poverty but often found he was discriminated against for his tattoos. Frengel Reyes hoped for a better future but was branded a criminal. They came seeking new ...
The World from PRX5d
Migrants deported by the US to Panama are still looking for a country to call home
In February, the US deported nearly 300 asylum-seekers to Panama. Most of the deportees had come to the US not from Panama, ...
Lufkin Daily News7d
Migration once fueled an economic boom in the Darien Gap. Now that lifeline is gone
The Trump administration's crackdown on migration has ended the massive flow of people heading north through a treacherous ...
The Press Democrat8d
A jungle route once carried hundreds of thousands of migrants. Now the local economy has crashed
The Trump administration's crackdown on migration has ended the massive flow of people heading north through a treacherous ...
The Tribune-Democrat8d
Jungle route once carried hundreds of thousands of migrants; local economy has crashed with crackdown
The Trump administration's crackdown on migration has ended the massive flow of people heading north through a treacherous ...
SFGate8d
Photos of Panamanians who say their migrant-related businesses have dried up
VILLA CALETA, Panama (AP) — The Trump administration’s crackdown on migration has ended the massive flow of people heading ...
New York Post14d
Once-overrun Darien Gap route to US virtually deserted amid Trump’s illegal migrant crackdowns, before-and-after photos show
The emptiness comes after crossings through the 70-mile stretch of jungle — the ... of migrants traversing the treacherous route plummeted by 40% last year as Panama’s right-wing President ...
The Straits Times14d
US to take back Panama Canal from Chinese influence, visiting Pentagon chief says
PANAMA CITY -The United States will take ... from South America by those crossing through his country’s dangerous Darien jungle. Mr Hegseth praised Mr Mulino, saying his government understood ...