Darien gap fact of the day

In 2014 fewer than 10,000 migrants crossed the gap. Last year more than 500,000 did. Another surge is expected as a result of Venezuela’s presidential election on July 28th, which was stolen by the ruling autocrat, Nicolás Maduro.

Here is more from The Economist.  One lesson here is that supply is elastic, even under very difficult, very risky circumstances.  Just about everyone agrees with that — except the supervillains!