Slum Removals

A Political message reading "The buildings in the Mangueira Slum are not hand-outs! They are are conquest of our struggle" in the Mangueira Metro slum, near the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Residents say they are being evicted, and their homes destroyed, to make way for a possible parking area for the stadium, which will host the World Cup in 2014 and the Olympics in 2016. (Australfoto/Douglas Engle)

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A Political message reading "The buildings in the Mangueira Slum are not hand-outs! They are are conquest of our struggle" in the Mangueira Metro slum, near the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Residents say they are being evicted, and their homes destroyed, to make way for a possible parking area for the stadium, which will host the World Cup in 2014 and the Olympics in 2016. (Australfoto/Douglas Engle)

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