The Darién jungle crossing is an extremely tough trek that was not attempted at large scale until after the COVID crisis. It is telling that this arduous land bridge between the continents was opened up in 2021, not by Venezuelans but by Haitians. Haiti’s accumulating misery especially since the earthquake of 2010s has sent hundreds of thousands abroad. In recent times the Darién route has began to attract global migants from as far away as China and Afghanistan.
