“Forced evictions in Rio favela for 2016 Olympics trigger violent clashes”, 3 June 2015

…Rio de Janeiro’s preparations for next year’s Olympic Games were marred on…[June 3]…by a bloody confrontation between police and residents who resisted attempts to forcibly remove them from their homes near the stadium construction site. At least six people were wounded in the face-off at Vila Autódromo, a favela community on the edge of the Olympic Park. About 90% of the 600 residents have already moved after being offered financial compensation, but the remaining holdouts are adamant that they do not want to give up their homes of many years for a mega-event that last little longer than a fortnight… The holdouts have protested before against what they believe are unjustified and unnecessary demolition plans. They believe they are being evicted so developers can make higher profits once the Olympic Games are finished. “It’s strange that we are being forced out of our homes in the name of public works, yet this is a private investment,” said Jane Nascimento de Oliveira…