A Journey Through The Darién Gap: The World's Deadliest Jungle
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- Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
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Spanning 30,000 kilometres from Prudhoe Bay in Alaska to Ushuaia in Argentina, the Pan-American Highway is the world’s longest road.
It connects North and South America. Except….for a dense impenetrable jungle on the Panama-Colombia border. This is the Darién Gap. Known locally as El Tapón or the "The Plug", this is the only land bridge between the Americas. This 106 kilometres break in the Pan-American Highway of dense jungle is one of the last great untamed places on earth, one of the world’s most biodiverse places, an incredibly beautiful piece of nature, but to those passing through it is…
"A nightmare with 1,001 demons"
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A BIG Thank You for shining light on this humanitarian crisis. I hope this video reaches the decision-makers and I hope at least a few of them will have a change of heart.
Thanks for this video.
@@balusmbox but the already large number of homeless people born in the United States are just not deserving of your empathy I guess.
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I wonder if some of the South American countries would be doing better as a province of Spain. The independence of most of these countries have led to extreme corruption. In Spain we are not the richest. But every province of Spain has basic goods and services.
It's mind blowing how many people are traversing the gap recently. Wasn't very long ago it was considered almost a death sentence.
It is still a death sentence but people are becoming more experienced.
@@cats_are_love "Biden screaming "surge the border" ... fixed that for ya
@@jcbbblazy talking points. Biden just did an executive order taking pretty drastic actions on recent migrants.
And trashing the place....
I thought it has been a common smuggling route for drugs. The routes and guides work for the cartel, don't they?
The idea that thousands of people are crossing the Darien while I am watching this is wild to think about.
Awesome video. Very informative
I'm sitting on my butt eating nachos 😂
Bless those new friends of the father who lost his son, and with their help they found him. It made me cry in relief.
Amm, spoiler alert.
@@justasrandom6609I have a feeling that guy is embelishing A LOT. Tiene cara de embustero.
@@justasrandom6609 I didn't think spoiler alert was a thing on the comments on a UA-cam video, about that video... How am I meant to say what I said without spoiling it for those who read comments first?
@@Ingcivilcarlos most people embellish... Take everything with a grain of salt.
The Father should go to prison! Child endangerment is a crime!
As much as I'll always loved the wit and humour of Cogito, I've gotta say you handle these humanitarian episodes extremely well. They're very respectful and professional
If only major portions of history weren't omitted...
@@toserveman9265Such as?
Don't usually comment on videos, but this is probably your best video yet Cogito! A travesty more people haven't seen it, it is deeply informative yet keeps a strong human framing that a lot of reporting fails to.
Are you joking?. This is the worst bleeding heart liberal BS propoganda on the site. You really want to help these people, deport them back so they can liberate and uplift their own homelands, instead of creating brain drain and labor shortage.
everyone watching this should watch Bald and Bankrupts video of him personally travelling this path as a British man. Crazy watch
Thanks for the recommendation 💯
every time you post its like a national holiday for me :)
haha Happy to hear that!
Agreed!
Great video, mate. It's nice to see you didn't stop at just speaking about geography and interesting facts but went into the human side of things. This is how borders and politics affect people, sometimes with all those cold numbers we tend to forget there is people behind them.
As a Panamenian, I thank you for this so well explained video🎉
8:48 2021* he said 2001 by mistake
Discovering this channel has had me asking all kinds of questions... How can i help people? What is my purpose? I still don't know... but I know that your docs have made a huge impression on me. Thank you.
I'm really happy to hear these videos have had value to you. Thanks for watching!
Learned a bunch of stuff I didn't know before. Powerful and well-researched argument. Good work putting your sources up with the video. Thanks. It seems weird that the Ecuador's public would vote for Moreno when things were so good under Correa. Why was that?
Moreno was supposed to follow Correa's model. He was his Vice President. Once in office he shifted massively.
I remember this channel from a video on the amazigh people from 4 years ago, when it only had a few thousand subscribers, glad to see it at 600k nowadays. Keep up the good work!
The videos that y'all upload are always extremely informative and entertaining. Every time I see that there's a new video up I know that there's a great opportunity to learn something new.
Interesting that the increase in numbers coincided with the change policies by the changes in government on those same years in the US.
Now you know why the whole world hate the USA and IMF?
Of course that's why, the amount of migrants who have come to the US in the last 2 years alone is ~5.8 million. It's unprecedented compared to any time in history for any nation on earth. Not sustainable whatsoever, going to be a disaster.
35:08 Hey man so far so great in your analysis. As a peruvian, it would be great to cover my country given that it recieves little to no attention in english speaking media but they should because of it's location and the drug cartels and other organised crime groups that quietly operate there and I dare saying control the Republic of Peru's state[or are in the process of doing so] and are the ones responsible for the deforestation of the peruvian amazon by mining and pollution[which isn't talked about it much even in spanish speaking media].
Greetings!
Saludos desde España, ojala la situación en tu país mejore, por lo que veo en las noticias la cosa esta bastante jodida
I forget about the Peruvian peoples.
@@losdirectosdetroopa973things are pretty screwed in america, yet ppl risk their lives to come to this train wreck. I guess when you’re living 3rd world, anything is better though.
@@JessicaRodriguez-zy5gz idk a lot of americans retired to Ecuador before things turned for the worse there. So i guess the third world beats the first one things. (btw nobody says third world anymore its developing nation or developed nation, this is not even a new things it has been the case since the early 00s at least how ignorant and uneducated are you? )
@@losdirectosdetroopa973
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I have a wife and a son. If there were bad guys who would hurt my family while I try to scratch out a living, I would absolutely risk the journey to America, where there is hope and home for everyone. Yeah yeah, it would be illegal, but for the love of family, a man will do anything
Exactly. ....and illegal ≠ immoral
Totally understandable. However, THERE ARE OTHER SAFEHAVENS than the US and Canada. Uruguay. Chile. Europe. Certain parts of the Caribbean. I think that seeing the US as some kind of a promised land is a mistake. I understand that for Haitians and Venezuelans and Salvadorans whose lives are in imminent danger and who don't have access to information, simply steering towards the US is the default solution. But some of them should know better and try other options.
@@kenster8270i don’t recommend Europe rn
How is it that rents are skyrocketing and that so many people are left homeless in North-America? In Canada also we have a shortage of affordable housing and inflation is way up and the price of food and gaz makes it really hard on low income people. They show a false picture of America as if everyone lived in Beverly Hills while so many people camp under bridges and along the streets all across USA and Canada. ⚜
If you think you ll find a home in canada.... you are crazy ! Are you ready to give 80% of your incomes to the gouvernment ? Over the 1 million $ to pay a cash down on a housse........good luck
I love these longer videos that focus on more current stuff. Always happy to see you doing good for yourself.
Excellent vid. Thank you.
Glad you liked it!
I am glad Cogito took the time for a little humor, even when the topic is complex and heavy like this. ❤
What is wrong with that female reporter?
Thank you for educating us
What people do not realize is about the unelected leader of Haiti that was backed by the 3 powers was so that aid treaties could be set up. No country can enter another without an agreement with someone in charge lest it be considered an act of aggression if not out right war. It’s a terrible situation… Kenya was set to send its special ops police force to safeguard civilians & dispense aid but bc the gangs ( who profiting wildly from lawlessness) forced the resignation of Henri’ the deployment had to be stopped.
This!
Thank you for the accent in "Darién." I enjoy your Irish-accented Spanish. 😀
Bahaha, I literally spent the entire episode trying to decide if he was Irish or Scottish! I was leaning towards Irish but am pretty awful at differentiating between the two and expected to be wrong.
@@thia41012it was noticeable. I was wondering what kind of accent it was. Thank you.
Job well done, very informative by presenting the big picture.
One correction, Darien is not an isthmus Is one of the nine provinces of Panama (More than once you referred to it as an isthmus).
The Republic of Panama is an isthmus.
What a nightmare all this stuff.
17k views what is going on after 2 days that’s insane? You do such an amazing job with these in depth videos I have really enjoyed this and last one about Hait especially I hope you keep them coming. I’m glad exploring other topics.
Glad you enjoy it!
That interviewer asking people who just crossed the gap about sharia law was one of the cringiest things i ever heard. The willful ignorance involved is just astounding
Yeah, that was just painful! Like, these people risked their lives, crossing some of the harshest environments in the western hemisphere and you're hear asking them about that!? Like WTF!?
Yeah imperial propaganda arms are cringe af.
She is a known bigot, racist, islamophobe, nazi, kluklux clan associate in the USA. She is, for some reason, still allowed to live freely in the US and is even active in Politics
Unfortunately they do bring Sharia with them.
@@dennykeaton9701 There is nothing unfortunate
Excellent vid! Had no idea the gap even existed, just glad to know the nuclear plan didnt go through 🤯
Excellent video. A lot more sad than i expected. I know people from Venezuela and Cuba and their stories are quite heartbreaking
amazing video! thank you 💜💜💜
Cogito posting is always a great opportunity to learn something new
@@Pomni740 hospitality to foreigners is the bedrock of civilization, however when the foreigners illegally enter & finance 🅰️ 👶🏾👶🏾 smuggling cartel. The deserve no hospitality
@@Pomni740what??
Been following your channel for years and your words will forever resonate with me; deartháir i bhfad grá 💚
I cross my fingers that your next video will be on the El Salvador 🤞
Thanks you for this.
Just incredible video. Thank You!❤
Thank you for making this video about these people who are suffering and forgotten about
Forgotten just like thousands and thousands of homeless American citizens living in the streets and sidewalks all over america, except illegals coming into america ILLEGALLY get everything for Free and the American citizens are paying for tens of millions of illegals here illegally, they get 150,000 dollars for a down payment on a new home in America, 12,000 dollars in food stamps free phone free everything DO U GET ANYTHING FOR FREE. Sickening
Incredible reporting. This deserves an award.
Everyone just wants a better life
Amazing that it's still there and that they have not managed to burn everything...
thank you Cogito, very well written aspect of environment and cultures, and "Cocaine Is A Hell Of A Drug" - Rick James.
Thank you for the video. This was very informative.
3:16 First Europeans to see the Pacific?
yeah
*thru the gap
Nope, that was Marco Polo and his crew
@@kenster8270 Yea but that was on the other side of the pacific... ⛵
Hey Cogito I think a video on the orgins and spread of chess kind of like your tea and coffee videos would be super cool!! I love your religion series a lot too
We just came back from the Panama jungle and it was both exiting and horrific.
I really feel sorry for anybody trecking through that jungle because it is not easy terrain.
The Sharia question was an inappropriate question which was worthy of a slap.
You can see the guy is visibly taken aback when she says it. He's so confused on why someone would ask him that.
If you think that then you clearly dont fit to a western society
@@CogitoEdu Ha you guys are delusional. 9-1 odds he was down with sharia. If thats the practice where he is from, 9-1 odds. Quit acting like the world is full of theologians.
No it wasn’t. These are issues western countries are dealing with.
It’s Laura Loomer, no surprise there.
Awesome video, but how has this been out for a day and not broken 1,000 likes? This man has 634K subs.
It saddens me to see families go through such hardship in hopes for a safe life 😢
Great video. Thanks for shining a light on this and connecting the dots in an easy to follow manner.
people typing “wHy dOn’T tHeY FiX ThEiR CoUnTRiEs!?” like we didn’t literally overthrow their democracies. Fix HOW? No arms, no voice.
this is why you can never surrender your arms
There was real US intervention into a lot of these countries, but the idea that it happened in every single one and that these countries would magically be functional if it wasn't for the US is a weird fiction that can't be substantiated.
@@TheBakedalaskajoeyeah because a single person with a gun in isolation can stop the wealthiest nation in the world
@@robertoleary5470 u maybe ever taken a history class? hear about Vietnam? more importantly, it is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees... is it not? these cartel folks would have alot harder time exploiting these folks if they were armed no?
@TheBakedalaskajoe the USA was behind disarming them when we helped overthrow their governments. We literally helped their governments be overthrown by the people who turned them to shit.
Unironically i based one of my weekly college assignments on this video, SUPER duper helpful & insightful info👌
Another Cognito video? The gods are kind
Wow this was really good…should be on tv
The issues in venezuela are way before the sanctions. Removing them will not really change things much I can atest.
If the sanctions weren't effective they wouldn't exist. Things were bad in Venezuela before the sanctions yes. Things were bad in Ireland and Greece in 2008 and in Argentina in 2002. Imagine if during the peak of those crisis in those countries suddenly the major/only export of that nation, the export it used to earn hard currency used to purchase imports, was sanctioned and thus cut off from the global market. It would lock the economic disaster in forever. Venezuela cannot economically recover under sanctions, that's literally the purpose of the sanctions.
Its better that people in those countires are agressive towards the US and starving, than agressive and fat and assertive. They would blindly support their leaders, like e. G. Chinese do.
Yes, this is a hit piece against American policies. No where is it mentio Ed that Communist regimes in Cuba, Venezuela, etc caused and do cause great suffering not flammable to U.S.
If Colombia and Panama wanted to they could easily connect their respective ends of the Pan-American Highway by simply constructing a detour down along the Caribbean coast via Acandí.
As a American I do t want this road completed. It's the only deterant to the illegal alien invasion.
Thanks to US for makes world a better place
True! But the author of this post will not say so.
Brilliant insight into the Darian and those seeking peace and freedom. Equally horrific what they endure in doing so. It’s almost inconceivable the level of desperation and risk 😢
I have a friend who crossed the Darien gap to get to the US and thankfully he is alive and made it to his destination, but he told me that it was hell.
I love this channel and the topics the episodes revolve around are so interesting and important.
Good video.
So all these people are heading for Canada?
No, only the ones with enough money fly to Canada and then cross to New York.
bring back Gran Colombia
Awesome video. ❤
Insightful vid on the region as a whole. Premium content. Instant subscriber. 👍
On a personal note if they could build a canal between 2 oceans a 100 years ago then surely they can build a road through a jungle if they wanted to.
Excellent documentary, and narration. Great history lesson too.
O what the hell! Let them all come over here in America. They done so well where they are from, that means they are going to be the most amazing folks when they are here. You know every American is filthy rich so our government will take care of yall instead of us because we filthy rich 😒
Thank you for posting! About time.
my heart is to the fallen people and to the abused... this world really is harsh and people that are on the wrong situation suffer and nothing of the rich and wealthy and powerful make a difference in this situation... you can only asks, what separate us from animals!😥
It's interesting & breathtaking journey through daren gap 😲😲😲
This made me grateful for my life.
So informative, thank you.
"Bald and Bankrupt" went through the gap and documented it, dangerous stuff
I'm tapping out at 'Death Mountain'.
My heart goes to those children crossing this gap.
No kids should experience this difficult journey just to have a good life
I don't understand why so many are trying to get out. I would like to see a post/story covering this. As violence, crime, & costs rise in America we have seen a huge population leaving for a better life as well. Is this why people are trying to leave through such horric circumstances
EXCELLENT PRESENTATION
It's a very well-produced video but it just doesn't feel like Cogito? It seems more like a Johnny Harris or Real Life Lore video. Keep doing your unique style!
I love this video and his Haiti video personally.
In the Haiti video, a person mentioned in the comments that Cogito had avoided using their animations because it was a serious topic. I guess the same thing happens here, in fact this guy had said he wanted to deal with quite a few topics like: West Papua, Sudan, Rohingya... I will most likely keep this style of videos
@@eduardobenitez4584 Makes sense. I think he had a great niche for himself covering historical-cultural topics. It highlighted his passion while still showing off his humor and unique animation style. If he feels covering these serious news topics aligns more with his 'mission' then fair enough it makes more sense to keep doing this new style. I just personally feel it gets lost in the sea of many other channels doing the same.
Cheers from Panama.
Such a dangerous journey but they face an uncertain future in many countries of South America people have no other choice but to live a good life or die
Cuz they prefer bbq to churrasco. But seriously, Brasil and Argentina are right there! They don't have to come north
Many of them of coming from Brazil were they originally fled to. The vast majority of Latin American migrants go to other Latin American countries.
Why would they go to a literal dictatorship lmao
I’ve been to Turbo, Necocli, Zapata and Apartado. I will never back there.
Quality over quantity but would love even more uploads! Great content!
There is something very wrong in this world....
Rafael Correa was giving money to gangs to keep peace. Idk maybe I am wrong and I would love someone then to fix me but wasnt he also partly to blame for the Equator rise in gangs? Sorry for poor English not a native speaker.
you are right this video creator IS TALKING
At 25:11 if you read the bottom report, it says that armed men as police stopped the bus in late December 2024...???...in the future?
"I'm not here to advise the American government. They don't respond to my emails."
As well they shouldn't.
These issues are incredibly complicated, but attempting to blame the United States for sanctions or immigration policy is missing the forest for the trees.
Agreed. The author does not brook Amy disagreement, as seen in his responses to some.
Thanks for sharing
21:10 Cruel and Unusual Punishment. I am ashamed we have people in our country who really pester weary travelers on if they think Sharia Law is bad for Gay people 😔
I kinda miss the little Animation figures, they all look so cute and that formula is very entertaining and jntuitive.
But when dealing with serious topics like this or the Haiti crisis, he prefers to omit the cute and funny animations
hiiii thanks for posting you're the GOAT
Ive been intrigued by the Gap and always wanted to cross it. Its mind blowing to think THAT MANY people crossed it! , including women & children.
It really seems worth it to choose the more expensive routes, like Chinese are doing there right now.
Expensive routes..:cost money. And most doing this can’t afford it. However, there are some I’ve seen / read about that look like they could afford it but they did Darien Gap because they were mislead about difficulty of crossing it.
Most can't afford it. Many people get stuck in Necocli because they can't even afford the cheap route.
The U.N is funding the human trafficking
You skipped the whole history of French starting the Panama Canal, resulting in the death of the French project managers wife and 5 daughters because of malaria
The video isn't about the Panama Canal
These are tough brave people. I just don’t understand why they don’t turn their efforts to fixing their homes. What amazing countries they would all be
Their leaders have turned their backs on them, there's rampant corruption and unending poverty. People don't make this choice lightly because staying in their own countries is a much a death sentence to making the arduous trek.
Because gangs, drug cartels and corrupt totalitarian regimes are in charge and they have armed factions within their ranks.
This was very well done, very imformative, compassionate and thoughtful. When I heard Pompeo say what he did I thought, that man is the devil.
We move towards the borderless luxury gay space solarpunk future, or be consigned to the fossil record.
Funny how you keep saying they have to cross X amount of miles or they have to get over the mountains. The funny thing is they don’t have to do that. Nobody forced them to come to the US. They could’ve easily stayed in their own country. They could’ve easily stayed in their own country and fought for change instead of expecting a free ride in the U.S. And even worse is when they get to the US their life will be just as bad as it was in their country.
Did you miss the part where these countries were ruined by US policies?
This information was amazing. Watching how the world leaders pay attention to make Peace. Actually they made peace with criminals & money.
This is a revelation 😢😢😢
If the US totally closed their southern border there wouldn't be this problem.
Statistically the "harder" the US border is the more people die. It's why kidnappings and murders at the border have spiked massively in the last decade.
Only because they still think they can make it so they take the risk. If the US genuinely shut the border, no one would try because they would know they have no chance at success.
You're simply restating US border policy developed 30 years ago. It hasn't and didn't work. Deterrence is a failed policy. People crawled over the Berlin Wall, and that was an extremely guarded wall in 1 city not a wall crossing thousands of kilometres. Those researching this issue have clearly stated that the best policy would be to redirect deterrence funding to making the asylum process clearer and faster. The second best policy would be to stop destabilising the region through coups and economic warfare.
3:18 Marco Polo was the first European to reach the Pacific - not Balboa
How clever you are. You just have the wrong side of the Pacific, the side they wanted to reach to make it to China ⛵
wow this is a very well researched video. I am just blown away about the conclusions and having it all placed in such a clear, organized and humane manner is impressive
No wonder UAPs and USOs don’t talk to us….We are awful to one another😔