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Brazil: Photos of an outrageous squatter settlement eviction

Wednesday, August 26th, 2009 @ 12:55 UTC

by Paula Góes

Countries:: Brazil
Topics:: Governance, Human Rights, Photography
Languages:: Portuguese

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Français:	Brésil : Photos d'une expulsion scandaleuse
Español:	Brasil: Fotos del escandaloso desalojo de un asentamiento ilegal

Freelance photographer Anderson Barbosa took chilling photos of the eviction of 800 families from the Olga Benário squatter settlement in São Paulo after a court order. The property had been occupied for two years by hundreds of families who watched their houses burn and be demolished last Monday.

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