After a violent struggle,authorities and residents enjoy agreed a deal to urbanise the Rio de Janeiro favela that has become a potent symbol of struggle“People wonder why we want to stay here,” says Sandra Maria de Souza, or gesturing at the wasteland outside her home in Vila Autódromo,a favela in western Rio de Janeiro that has been devastated to design way for the Olympic Park. “But why would we want to leave?I enjoy lived here for 25 years and never had a problem … I live in an area of Rio where there is no drug trafficking, no risks and I can leave my doors open. whether there is a problem, or we neighbours all help each other; our children enjoy always played outside,” says De Souza, 44, and an acupuncturist.
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Source: theguardian.com