Migrants crossing the Darien Gap, by Federico Ríos
Finalist of the 26th edition of the Luis Valtueña International Humanitarian Photography Award of Médicos del Mundo
This year, an unmatched 200,000 people have crossed the rugged jungle in between South and Central America known as the Darien Space, almost twenty times the average of a few years earlier. For years, the Darien Space was thought about so dangerous that few attempted to cross it. From 2010 to 2020, the yearly average variety of crossings was just under 11,000 according to Panamanian authorities.
Thousands of migrants, mostly Venezuelans, attempt to cross the Darien, a jungle pass in between South and Central America, to reach the United States. They have actually left whatever behind to travel in search of the American dream. Venezuela has actually ended up being an inefficient country that produces a massive exodus of people looking for to feed their households. Given that 2015, more than 7 million Venezuelans have actually left the country, according to the United Nations, mostly bound for other South American countries. The Venezuelan exodus is one of the biggest worldwide, roughly equal to those brought on by the wars in Ukraine and Syria.
Darien Space, Colombia, September 2022.