In Miramar, a quiet fishing village on Panama’s Caribbean coast, life hangs between journeys. Venezuelan and other South American migrants, turned back by U.S. policies, wait for the chance to continue south to Colombia. Weeks stretch into months as they sleep on floors, porches, or in abandoned buildings.
Daily survival is improvised: small jobs, repairs, or crafting bracelets from discarded cables to pay for the boat that will take them farther south. The sea is safer than the Darién jungle, but danger is never far, and uncertainty shadows every step.
In this suspended space, time slows. Waiting becomes endurance, hope mingling with fear. The village, the wind, the waves, and the scattered lights of evening are silent witnesses to a migration repeated in reverse—a journey of resilience, vulnerability, and the unyielding pursuit of safety.
Assignment for Liberation - 2025
