Uploaded September 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Panama's economy is thriving, and this is reflected in a vertical building boom, filling its impressive skyline with skyscrapers. Stef visits the vibrant working-class neighborhoods at the bottom of those towers of prosperity and explores what is changing for these Panamanians.

Part 2 of a series called 'In between the America's'.

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