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Andres Madrid posing with members of U-17 boys team after a match at the University of Panama.
Photo: Javier Wallace.
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Andres Madrid posing with members of U-17 boys team after a match at the University of Panama.
In Curundú, a predominantly Black neighborhood in Panama City, a group of young people are using soccer as a way to come together to fight discrimination and social exclusion—issues which have been exacerbated in recent months by COVID-19.