Why The Pan American Highway Was Never Completed

The Darién Gap is a stretch of jungle that is considered one of the most dangerous places in the world, that to this day, has prevented a road from being built that connects North and South America.
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Time Stamps:

0:00 - Why you can't drive across this border
1:13 - The Geography of the Darién Gap
1:52 - Traveling through the region
3:13 - The development of the Pan American Highway
4:36 - Roadtrip!
5:18 - The construction of the Pan American Highway
6:38 - Why the Pan American Highway failed
8:02 - Why the Darién Gap is so dangerous
9:02 - Why Migrants travel through the gap
9:38 - Will there be a safer route between North and South America

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