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Sao Paulo Pushes Out Favela Residents, Drug Users to Revive Its City Center
CityLab
Economy
Maria Regina Holanda was working in the grocery store she owns in May when she felt the sting of the tear gas. Outside, protesters tried to block police they believed were trying to forcibly remove them from the Favela do Moinho, in Sao Paulo's Campos Eliseos neighborhood.
'It was a terrible feeling,' said Holanda.
