No Choice: Braving The Darien Jungle To Flee Maduro's Venezuela

An 80-percent drop in GDP in a decade under Nicolas Maduro has pushed more than seven million Venezuelans to seek a better life elsewhere (Credit: AFP)

Oswards Ruiz said he had no choice but to flee Venezuela after President Nicolas Maduro claimed reelection in a July election the opposition says he stole.

Seated on the ground next to a flimsy tent in a jungle in Panama, the 39-year-old said that, after the vote, he started receiving death threats for supporting the opposition.