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Sat 04 Apr 2010'Force' may be used to evacuate Rio slum dwellers
AUTHORITIES IN Rio de Janeiro say they will use force to remove residents from shantytowns deemed unsafe following torrential rains that triggered landslides and left almost 200 people dead in Brazil’s second-biggest metropolis.
Despite the death toll, which authorities say is set to rise as rescuers pull more bodies from the mud, slum dwellers were resisting efforts to evacuate them in case they were not able to return home later. In one neighbourhood, Prazeres in Rio’s centre, local community leader Lisa Brandão told media that “nobody is going to leave, we will resist”.
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