AdvertisementShowdown Looms Over Europe's Largest ShantytownApril 27, 2012Lauren FrayerfacebookEmailA digger demolishes a shack as a boy walks nearby in one section of the sprawling Cañada Real slum on the outskirts of Madrid on March 5. After decades of turning a blind eye to Europe's largest illegal settlement, cash-strapped authorities are demolishing homes there and taking back the land. (Reuters /Landov)