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for the port area. Argentina was a popular destination for many poor
European immigrants and then the Government authorized as a provisional measure to use the zone as a temporary place for European immigrants (like Italian, Polish, among others). The first modernization of the zone occurred when they built zinc and cardboard houses. Even with the modernization efforts, some people still live in unused train wagons and buildings near the railway.
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Previously, the zone was a big area without modern infrastructure near the railway station. Due to its proximity to the port, the
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Despite the fact they were evicted many times, the sector never ceased to be a zone of poor houses, always defying the authorities and growing like a little city inside Buenos Aires. In those times, they used different names like "Villa
Desocupación" ("Idleness Villa") or "Villa Esperanza" ("Hope
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and the most valued sector of Retiro. Successive governments tried to evict the zone without results for decades, sometimes resulting in the growth of the area. The opposition to the eviction of Villa 31 was represented by some
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recognized the legality of the slum and started a process of integration of the slum. The
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