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From the tundra abutting the Arctic Ocean in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, to Tierra del Fuego off the southern tip of the South American mainland, the Pan-American Highway allows a driver to almost cover the length of the Americas on a single road. The stretch of asphalt is broken in only one place: the roughly 60-mile Darien Gap.
From the tundra abutting the Arctic Ocean in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, to Tierra del Fuego off the southern tip of the South American mainland, the Pan-American Highway allows a driver to almost cover the length of the Americas on a single road. The stretch of asphalt is broken in only one place: the roughly 60-mile Darien Gap. The highway was never completed through the approximately 10,000-square-mile tropical jungle that covers the northernmost zone of Colombia and a significant portion of
Analysis in English on World and 15 other countries about Protection and Human Rights; published on 11 Apr 2023 by MPI
Download a PDF of this Backgrounder. Nayla Rush is a senior researcher at the Center for Immigration Studies.
The "Remain in Mexico" program put in place by Trump has been called "inhumane" by critics, courts have blocked attempts by Biden to end it.