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Migrants on dock at Capurgana, Colombia

With Olympics over, Haitian workers are leaving Brazil for the US in big numbers

October 3, 2016Development

Haitians and other US-bound migrants are boarding boats from Colombia by the hundreds each day. Next stop: the Darien Gap, a jungle that’s feared as much for the armed rebels and narcos as for the snakes and jaguars.

Heidy and Gregoria prepare dinner, rice and eggs

As Cuban migration surges, a woman in Pittsburgh offers shelter to her compatriots

September 29, 2016Global Politics

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