As many as one-third of Venezuelans would consider migrating if the country’s authoritarian leader is given another six years in power in an election set for July 28, one poll showed.
But August, September and October have traditionally been the most heavily traveled months through the Darién Gap, the dangerous jungle straddling Colombia and Panama that has become one of the world’s busiest routes for migrants moving north.
One private poll by the company ORC Consultants, conducted in June, suggests that as many as one-third of Venezuelans are considering the possibility of migrating if the current government remains in power.
The country’s main opposition leader is María Corina Machado, an energetic former legislator whose central message is a promise to bring Venezuelans home by restoring democracy and getting the economy back on track.
“This fight is so that you return!” Ms. Machado shouted at a rally in the eastern city of Maturín, where a woman in the crowd had held up a cellphone connected to her daughter in a far-off country.
In recent years, photos of weary Venezuelans hiking through the treacherous Darién jungle and up to the U.S. border have made the troubles inside the country all the more real for the rest of the world.
But if Mr. Maduro wins another six-year term, she plans to travel to Colombia, then through the Darién, Central America and Mexico, to the United States border, where she will seek asylum.
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But August, September and October have traditionally been the most heavily traveled months through the Darién Gap, the dangerous jungle straddling Colombia and Panama that has become one of the world’s busiest routes for migrants moving north.
One private poll by the company ORC Consultants, conducted in June, suggests that as many as one-third of Venezuelans are considering the possibility of migrating if the current government remains in power.
The country’s main opposition leader is María Corina Machado, an energetic former legislator whose central message is a promise to bring Venezuelans home by restoring democracy and getting the economy back on track.
“This fight is so that you return!” Ms. Machado shouted at a rally in the eastern city of Maturín, where a woman in the crowd had held up a cellphone connected to her daughter in a far-off country.
In recent years, photos of weary Venezuelans hiking through the treacherous Darién jungle and up to the U.S. border have made the troubles inside the country all the more real for the rest of the world.
But if Mr. Maduro wins another six-year term, she plans to travel to Colombia, then through the Darién, Central America and Mexico, to the United States border, where she will seek asylum.
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