"It's not fair that someone can take away your desire to return to your country," says Venezuelan migrant Jose Ochoa, standing in front of a bag he has just finished packing. After Nicolas Maduro Nicolas Maduro was declared president-elect for a third successive term, Venezuelan migrants like Jose saw their hopes of returning home fade. Jose, who has lived in Colombia since he left Venezuela, now prepares to undertake the dangerous crossing of the Darien Gap to reach the United States. Others, like Roberto Suarez, who lives in Lima, Peru, are resigned to the fact that their "future lies in another country." IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES