CHORRILLO ESPERANZA

CHORRILLO ESPERANZA __ El Chorrillo is a neighborhood in Panama City, founded in 1915 by workers and students, mostly of African descent, who found employment in the construction of the Canal. 2019 marked the 30th anniversary of the US invasion that disproportionately destroyed this neighborhood in less than 24 hours without any international impact. Since the invasion, different governments have been ignoring the situation of El Chorrillo, diminishing the identity of this humble neighborhood, aggravating the collateral damages. This perpetuates the lack of conditions for a dignified life and strongly establishes a depressed social structure, which the neighbors, decades later, continue to struggle to overcome in disadvantageous conditions.