They feel despised, abandoned. Everything here is far away. Paris is an unknown territory. They say that they search for work in vain, only to be met with rejection. Neither their last name nor their address in the suburbs inspire confidence. Three friends, three children of immigrants, three young people who, on a cold December Saturday, walk between highways, tram lines, and wastelands in the deprived northern suburbs of Paris, which will become the center of the universe for a few weeks next summer during the 2024 Olympic Games.
The small group enters a fast-food restaurant in Bondy, the city where Kylian Mbappé grew up. Moktar, Younès, and a third boy who prefers not to give his name are there – we will soon understand why. They order.
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El País (Madrid)
Founded in 1976, six months after Franco’s death, “El País” is the most read newspaper in Spain. A left-center daily, it belongs to the Spanish editorial group Prisa.
At the end of 2013, elpais.com launched two new editions for its Latin American readers, with their own editorial teams. The first, El País Brasil, was developed in Portuguese for its Brazilian readers and had its own website before its disappearance for financial reasons in 2021. The second, El País América, offers differentiated content for its readers in the Americas. Since 2020, El País México also has its own website and editorial team.
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