Does the Jungle of Dairén lead to the American dream?

Dealing with this issue of immigration is a bit delicate since it will always correspond to different realities, in this case I want to refer to the Venezuelan that I know very closely, I was working in an immigrant service position on a voluntary basis in the first days of the diaspora, and its transit through the Colombian border which is close to my city of residence. Without a doubt, all the reasons to emigrate are feasible and viable, but this cannot detach us from the way of choosing to emigrate.

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Venezuelans walked from their native country, throughout South America arriving on foot to Argentina, crossing the most hostile places, Cubans in the 70s, 80s and 90s improvised rafts and how many died in the sea? number still unknown, let us remember the famous case of the Elian child, Nicaraguans leave with their few belongings from their country to cross others to reach Mexico and there the Rio Grande (certainly it is very rough). I bring to the reflection that these governments allow emigration for political convenience, the less inhabitants there are, the less the problem will be, the first to leave are the young people, so there will be fewer protests, the US administrations that have given benefits to emigration do so for human reasons but at the same time they benefit the consolidation of those regimes, Cuba is an example, in Venezuela there is no one left to raise their voice and we are consuming less and less electricity, food products, water among others, which lightens the economic burden from the country.

The extreme case came for many Colombians and obviously the Venezuelans in the Jungle. Darién is a jungle and dangerous area located on the border between Colombia and Panama. Also called "Cap" because it prevents the Pan-American Highway. In it you can find everything, apart from the fact that it involves approximately 100 kilometers of unknown dangers, mafias that traffic in people operate there, you can contract from skin diseases, gastric diseases, malaria to schizophrenia due to the horror experienced, Doctors Without Borders has warned.

Overcoming the Darién is not a guarantee of entry to Panama, although human rights organizations call on the authorities to protect migrants in transit, it is not 100% they simply stretch the wrinkle so that they reach Costa Rica without staying on Panamanian soil, Before finishing the journey, these migrants cross the so-called "El Río Muerte", it is the Turquesa River, where the corpses of those who, seeking a better life, have been swallowed by the Darién tend to surface. The diaspora continues and more and more dangerous is to search for the American dream.