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  2. Darién Gap - Wikipedia

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    The Darién Gap (UK: / ˈ d ɛər i ə n, ˈ d ær-/, [1] [2] US: / ˌ d ɛər i ˈ ɛ n, ˌ d ɑːr-, d ɑːr ˈ j ɛ n /, [1] [3] [4] Spanish: Tapón del Darién [taˈpon del daˈɾjen], lit. ' Darién plug ' ) [ 5 ] is a geographic region that connects the American continents , stretching across southern Panama 's Darién Province and the ...

  3. Darién National Park - Wikipedia

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    The Darien National Park has myriad habitats, ranging from rocky coastlines to sandy beaches to mangroves. The park also has expansive swamps and large areas of tropical forests. [1] It is rich in biodiversity and contains numerous threatened species. It has been designated an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International. [5]

  4. EXPLAINER: Panama launches operation against smugglers in ...

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    Last year, nearly 250,000 people crossed the Darien Gap, nearly double the 133,000 who crossed in 2021, and a new record. That increase was driven largely by Venezuelans, who accounted for some 60 ...

  5. Panama eyes new measures as flow of migrants through Darien ...

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    The government of Panama said Thursday it will launch a new campaign to stem the flow of migrants through the dangerous, jungle-clad Darien Gap, after crossings hit 300,000 so far this year. The ...

  6. Rising numbers of migrants risk lives crossing Darien Gap - AOL

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    It was 5 a.m. and in dozens of small tents around 500 migrants began showing signs of life, rising, packing their bags and preparing to cross the Darien Gap, the thick jungle teeming with snakes ...

  7. Copa Airlines Flight 201 - Wikipedia

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    At 20:57, Tocumen Air Traffic Control tried unsuccessfully to make contact with the flight until it received a radio message from a KLM DC-10 aircraft that was approaching the airport, reporting that they intercepted a distress signal from Flight 201's transponder in an area between the Colombian border and Darien Province, several kilometres ...

  8. For migrants, the Darien Gap is hell; for adventure tourists ...

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    Deep in the Panamanian jungle, Venezuelan migrant Franca Ramirez was scrambling to reach higher ground as a rushing river broke its banks, he said, when something caught his eye: a group of young ...

  9. UN sees number of young migrants crossing the dangerous ... - AOL

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    The number of minors crossing the treacherous jungle between Colombia and Panama known as the Darien Gap is on pace to rise by 34% to reach 160,000 this year, the United Nations' Children Fund ...