The number of migrants coming through the Darien Gap increased by 51% in September as more Venezuelans crossed the treacherous jungle following Nicolas Maduro’s disputed reelection. Repression ...

LAJAS BLANCAS, Panama — Venezuelans trekking across the Darien Gap – a rugged jungle passage between Colombia and Panama – say they're making the perilous journey because they lost hope for ...

Now that the transition appears to have failed, the U.S. should do more to ensure respect for the will of the Venezuelan people, such as imposing fresh sanctions on Maduro’s closest allies ...

Oswards Ruiz said he had no choice but to flee Venezuela after President Nicolas Maduro claimed ... In 2023, a record 520,000 people crossed the Darien, risking life and limb in treacherous terrain ...

Venezuelans have led mass migration through the Darien since 2022, and make up much of the increase since that country's recent controversial presidential election. “The crackdown in the wake of ...

"I don't have to defend myself with words or argue with people," says Hector, a 24-year-old from San Cristóbal in western Venezuela. "I just need to show that my work is good. In that way ...

(Bogotá) – Governments in the Americas offer inadequate access to asylum and other forms of international protection for people fleeing ongoing human rights crises, including in Venezuela and ...

a Venezuelan migrant who lost his wife on the way to the Darien Gap. "It’s the most dangerous thing ... there are thieves, there are deaths, it’s a pity that people lose their lives there.” ...

More than 9 million people were starving, not able to eat three meals a day. Over 350,000 Venezuelans had recently fled the country through the Darien Gap, and the regime was bombarding those who ...

"The people achieved ... old fellow Venezuelan, sat crying. A family member who had accompanied her and her son Matias, 11, on the journey, was swept away by a river in the Darien.

LAJAS BLANCAS, Panama — Venezuelans trekking across the Darien Gap – a rugged jungle passage between Colombia and Panama – say they’re making the perilous journey because they lost hope ...