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Prostitution latest target of Rio's Olympic change
News story on the CBS News site, 2 June 2011. Usually stories related to large sporting events are about trafficking. This piece is about the damage that will be done to businesses and communities as a result of a push to ‘gentrify’ areas of Rio in the run up to the World Cup and Olympics. RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Cris touches up her lipstick in the bar’s dingy mirror, getting ready to work the rush hour in Vila Mimosa, Rio’s bustling working-class prostitution zone. As dusk descends, bass-heavy music rattles metal tables on the sidewalk outside the bar, and
