The Favela do Moinho, in Sao Paulo’s Campos Eliseos neighborhood.
Photographer: Victor Moriyama/Bloomberg
Economy
Sao Paulo Pushes Out Favela Residents, Drug Users to Revive Its City Center
A plan to consolidate government buildings in the historic Campos Eliseos neighborhood means transforming the place where low-income residents have lived for decades.
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.