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Reasons why a highway should NOT be built in the Darien Gap ​

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A road would pose a threat to indigenous cultures, accelerate deforestation and allow the spread of disease - such as foot and mouth cattle disease, which the Gap has so far effectively prevented from spreading to North America. Rainforest destruction is already evident en route to Yaviza.

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