Amid Venezuela's election crisis, the region fears another mass exodus

FILE - The Bolaños children, from left, Sebastian, Kamila and Miguel Angel, from Venezuela, watch videos on a mobile phone outside the bus terminal where they are living with their mother and one other sibling, in Villahermosa, Mexico, June 8, 2024. FILE - Venezuelan migrant Nelsy Zavala, right, embraces fellow Venezuelan migrant Yeikel Mojica, whom she met while crossing the Darien Gap and said is like a little brother to her, at a temporary camp in Lajas Blancas, Panama, June 27, 2024.

President Nicolás Maduro's contested claim of victory in last month's election not only threw Venezuela into uncertainty but also spread anxiety from neighboring Colombia to faraway Chile as the region braced for a new migration surge.