A Reporter’s Journey through the Darién Gap: A Q&A with Author Belén Fernández

"As a microcosm embodying the chasmic and fortified gap between haves and have-nots, the Darién Gap is as good an expanded U.S. border as any."

Sep 04, 2025

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A Haitian woman carrying a toddler is helped by a fellow migrant as they cross through the Darién Gap in Colombia in 2021. (Photo by Raul Arboleda/AFP via Getty Images)

What has been happening on the Darién Gap, one of the deadliest border crossings in the Western Hemisphere? Luckily, we have author Belén Fernández here to give us an in-depth rundown. Fe…

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