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Portugal housing protesters return to squares, vow to press on
Protesters vowed to keep camping after police made 55 arrests and cleared illegal tent camps opposing housing reforms and rising rents.
- On Tuesday, thousands of activists returned to Lisbon's Rossio and Porto's Dom Joao squares, vowing to continue housing protests hours after police cleared camps and made 55 arrests before dawn.
- Housing purchase prices and rents for new leases have more than doubled since 2017, fueling activists' demands for the government to withdraw legislation easing evictions and ending rent caps.
- Debora Miranda, 41, a communications consultant, joined the Rossio square protest representing generations struggling with soaring costs. "If people don't feel at home, in every sense of the word, they can't move forward with their lives...enough is enough," she told Reuters.
- The 55 detainees were released pending a court appearance on Wednesday, while a popular assembly in Lisbon voted to return to Rossio square and set up tents again.
- Public Security Police superintendent Sergio Soares called the eviction "calm, proportionate and appropriate," while camp spokesperson Carla Valadao described it as "very aggressive," reflecting deep friction between authorities and demonstrators.
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The protest arose in response to the housing crisis in the country and its eviction by the police, which included beatings, pushing and the withdrawal of tents with people inside.
·Caracas, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
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Portugal housing protesters return to squares, vow to press on
Thousands of protesters returned to two central squares in Lisbon and Porto on Tuesday and vowed to press on with demonstrations against Portugal's deepening housing crisis, hours after police cleared tent camps before dawn and made 55 arrests.
·London, United Kingdom
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Thousands of people gathered in the main places in Lisbon to continue acts against the worsening housing crisis in the country; at least 55 were arrested
·São Paulo, Brazil
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