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Weekly Report - 03 August 2023 (WR-23-31)
Unprecedented numbers of migrants risk crossing Darién Gap
Efforts to deter undocumented migrants from undertaking to traverse the Darién Gap, the dense rainforest without roads that forms the natural frontier between Colombia and Panama, have not yielded any success, if figures released this week by Panama’s national immigration agency (INM) are anything to go by. The number of migrants attempting the hazardous crossing has surged so far in 2023, already eclipsing the total figure for the entirety of last year, which is likely to have domestic and international political repercussions.
- Unprecedented numbers of migrants risk crossing Darién Gap
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- VENEZUELA: Government performs small U-turn on diesel
- TRACKING TRENDS
- ARGENTINA: Saved at the eleventh hour – but at what cost?
- BRAZIL: Concerns of police violence in São Paulo
- BRAZIL: Central bank lowers benchmark interest rate
- CHILE: Corruption may undermine proposed fiscal pact
- TRACKING TRENDS
- MEXICO: Campaign trail turns to healthcare
- TRACKING TRENDS
- EL SALVADOR: Bukelismo for export
- GUATEMALA: Arévalo surges clear
- Ecuadorean troop incursion into Colombia played down
- Quotes of the week