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Forced Evictions Press
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Brazil Residents Face Evictions ahead of 2016 Olympics
Source: Reuters AlterNet | August 12, 2012As many as 170,000 Brazilians are at risk of losing – or have already lost – their homes to make room for the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympics and the 2014 FIFA World Cup. These forced evictions disregard human rights, leaving homes destroyed and lives disrupted.
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Rio Picks Up Torch for Samba Games, but There Are Shadows in the Sunshine
Source: The Guardian | August 12, 2012"As Brazil promises an Olympics like no other, a bribery scandal erupts while the problem of guns and drugs has been shelved rather than solved."
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Publica presents the Minidoc “O Legado Somos Nós: A História de Elisângela”
Source: Publica | June 26, 2012The WITNES film on Elisangela shone light on the 2014 World Cup’s devastating effects on the lives of thousands of people being forceably evicted from their homes without warning or fair compensation.
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