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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro

‘They’re treating us like thieves’: Rio de Janeiro traders rage as historic flea market shuts

A banner carried by demonstrators at the closed street market reads:
Traders march through the Feira de Acari to protest against its forced closure after more than 50 years in business. Photograph: Alan Lima/The Observer

Manoel Ribeiro has never known a world without Rio de Janeiro’s best-known flea market, the Feira de Acari.

The swarming suburban bazaar was founded outside his home in 1970, the year of his birth. It existed in 1993 when the market trader was shot nearby during an armed robbery and lost the use of his legs.

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