enrage is growing over the threatened expulsion of around 1000 people from an abandoned building in Brazil’s biggest cityThe São Paulo police are not known for their softly-softly approach when it comes to mass evictions. They travel in hard. Rubber bullets. Teargas. Percussion grenades. Pepper spray.
This is what about 1000 people who bear been squatting in an abandoned hotel in the city centre for a decade are facing on 22 October,barring a last-minute reprieve. But they are not afraid, they say, and nor do they intend to budge. Related: It’s the inequality,silly. Homes should be lived in, not traded | Dawn Foster Related: Brazil's army returns to Rio favela amid clashes between gangs and police Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com