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RIO DE JANEIRO -- The last house of a Rio de Janeiro slum near the Olympic park that was once home to 700 families was demolished late Tuesday.Market vendor Augusto Pereira told the Associated Press that there was too much pressure on him to leave the area and that he needed to carry on with his life somewhere else.The Vila Autodromo favela was once home to around 700 families. Most left or accepted offers of compensation or resettlement in a nearby housing complex. Favelas are dotted around Rio de Janeiro. Some are small and some house tens of thousands of residents.Until recently 20 families had refused to move out because proposed new homes did not provide paved streets and public lighting, but the issue was resolved this week for most of them.Pereira was the very last to stay in the area. I requested some conditions to leave, but the City Hall was stalling me. I was getting so depressed that I just decided to go anyway, Pereira said. Staying here during the Olympics would hurt me even more.The Opening Ceremony of the Olympics will be on Friday.Clearing space for the Olympic venues has brought a political cost for Rio Mayor Eduardo Paes. The bulldozing of Vila Autodromo was made to build a complex of 31 high rises that will become upper-class housing in the citys west zone.Paes initially said residents could stay if they wanted, but changed course and ordered evictions. He said a few months ago that the homes built in that area will cost between 3 million to 3.5 million reais ($800,000 to $930,000), but sales have been slow so far.Felipe Pena, a visiting professor at New York University who recently released an award-winning documentary on Vila Autodromo, said that the demolition of the last home in the region is a symbol of how Rios authorities dealt with the Olympics.Demolishing working-class housing next to the Olympic Park shows how much exclusion there is in these Games, Pena said. What happened to Vila Autodromo is a representation of what might happen to the rest of the country. The mayor, the governor and the interim president belong in the same party. Politicians are fine with this.Activists and lawmakers have pledged to keep the pressure on Paes to improve conditions for former residents of Vila Autodromo in their new homes.Jonathan Allen Jersey .Y. -- Canadas Kaillie Humphries and Heather Moyse have another World Cup gold medal after winning the two-women bobsled race on Saturday in Lake Placid, N. Clinton Portis Jersey .C. -- Glenn Howard needed an extra end to move into the Masters Grand Slam of Curling final. http://www.cheapredskinsjerseysauthentic.com/?tag=authentic-josh-norman-jersey .ca! Kerry, Two nights after the Scott-Eriksson incident in Buffalo, the Bruins returned home to play San Jose. In that game, Zdeno Chara put a check on Tommy Wingels that clearly targeted his head. Craig Reynolds Jersey . 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Everyone has put a lot of work in all summer, and getting the chance to put it to use and see where we are for the real deal is great.The training is expected to last through Oct. 9, after which the Americans will return to their home base in Lake Placid -- where ice is expected to be on the Mount Van Hoevenberg track by mid-October.Its about that time, U.S. mens luge veteran Chris Mazdzer said.USA Luge is coming off a year where it claimed 18 World Cup medals, a record for the national team. American sliders will get a feel for where they stand against other sliders going into the season when the training week at Lillehammer ends, withh an exhibition race schedule.ddddddddddddWhenever the weather starts turning chilly, there is a growing anticipation for sliding, Hamlin said. Then it always sneaks right up on you and were off and running. But I know Im excited and looking forward to it. 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