Why The US Won't Let This Road Connect

If you’re ever injured in an accident, you can check out Morgan & Morgan. You can start your claim in just a click without having to leave your couch: https://www.forthepeople.com/geoff -- 🗺️ Get the limited-time Mount Rainier map from my new store, "Maps By Geoff": https://mapsbygeoff.com/ -- Why This Washington Town is Falling into the Ocean:    • Why This Washington Town is Falling into t...   -- 📖 Subscribe to my Substack! 👉 https://geographicgeoff.substack.com -- One of the greatest roadtrips in the world traverses 19,000 miles of highway, from Alaska to Argentina, connecting an entire hemisphere. Except for one gap. Remote, rural, dangerous:  the Darian Gap stretches 60 miles (96 kilometres) between Panama and Colombia. It’s a hole in the map, seemingly endless green and with no asphalt in sight. Some blame the cartels. Others blame the rain. But the real reason this road was never built? The United States didn’t want it. -- Chapters: 00:00 - Introduction 0:34 - A Gap In The Map 5:09 - Sponsored by Morgan & Morgan 6:24 - United Along The Highway 10:00 - Securing The Darien Gap -- 🌳 Find me: https://linktr.ee/geoffgibson 🗺️ Map store: https://mapsbygeoff.com -- Stock footage and music acquired from www.envato.com, www.storyblocks.com and videvo.net. If you think there's been an error in using a video clip, please contact me. This has been a production of Sound Bight Media (soundbight.com)