#PREVIEW: #PANAMA #DARIENGAP: #STARLINK: From a longer conversation with colleague Michael Yon has has just returned from the Darien Gap VARIOUS rivers and receiving camps, reporting thousands arriving from across the continents -- especially Chinese nati
The John Batchelor Show
John Batchelor
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🗓️ 20 February 2024
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1927 EXPEDITION TO DARIEN PROVINCE
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| 0:32.0 | Conversational with my colleague Mukuyon. |
| 0:34.9 | He is in Darien province. |
| 0:36.8 | He spent these last hours in the Darien gap, |
| 0:41.8 | the 60-mile gap between the Pan American Highway coming down from |
| 0:45.8 | Panama and when it begins again in Colombia. What Michael has witnessed over the years |
| 0:52.2 | 21, 22, 23, and now 24 is an industrialization of the Darien gap so that thousands now come through each day the camps are growing Michael reports. In this particular |
| 1:04.9 | instance however, Michael who's been to the camps many times, been to the villages |
| 1:11.1 | many times, is surprised when he sees a starlink out in the remote |
| 1:17.7 | darian gap made available for the Chinese nationals coming through. A Starlink on a roof. Michael explains. |
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| 1:29.0 | Michael Yon, at Michael underline Jan for his Twitter address. |
| 1:34.0 | Much more of this later on tonight. |
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