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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

(UPDATED) Migrant rights have been off-radar for many Panamanian Christians. But as pressures increase, some are speaking out ahead of this weekend’s general elections. Update (May 6, 2024): José Raúl ...

PANAMA CITY, July 3 (Reuters) - An agreement between Panama and the United States to try to deter migrants from crossing the treacherous Darien jungle, by repatriating those that enter the Central ...

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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 ...

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 ...