The Darién Gap: a reporter's journey through the deadly crossroads of the Americas

"Known in Spanish as "el infierno verde" or "the green hell," the Darién Gap has become a mass migrant graveyard as hundreds of thousands of refuge seekers from Venezuela to Afghanistan navigate its perilous precipices, rushing rivers, and all-encompassing mud in the hopes o...

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Main Author: Fernàndez, Belén 1982- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick, Camden Newark, New Jersey London Oxford Rutgers University Press [2025]
In:Year: 2025
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