PUERTA DE HIERRO, SPAIN

GYPSY COMMUNITY DEMOLISHED

FROM REUTERS USA

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/05/life-idUSRTR3A0U6

Dozens of families have been living in the gypsy settlement of Puerta de Hierro, Spain for over 50 years, but recently the community has been subject to evictions and demolitions.

PHOTO   Milagros Echevarria cries outside her house at the Spanish gypsy settlement of Puerta de Hierro, in the outskirts of Madrid January 20, 2012. Milagros Echevarria and her husband Antonio Gabarri are among the 54 families that have been living in Puerta de Hierro, on the banks of the Manzanares river, north of Madrid for over 50 years.

Credit: Reuters/Susana Vera

 

Please visit the website to see more of Susana Vera's photos of the demolition of Puerta de Hierro.

 

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/05/life-idUSRTR3A0U6

or

http://oddstuffmagazine.com/photographer-susana-vera-documents-the-demolition-of-a-gypsy-community.html