Visit the boom town Manaus and learn how its growing population affects the surrounding Amazon basin
Visit the boom town Manaus and learn how its growing population affects the surrounding Amazon basin
Manaus is a frontier town in the Amazon basin with a booming population.
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Transcript
[Music in]
NARRATOR: The frontier cities, like Manaus, are the new boom towns of Brazil.
The desperately poor, but energetic, come here to the Amazon Basin in droves, hoping for a second chance.
Some do find opportunity, but hope shrinks as the population expands.
[Music out]
NARRATOR: The frontier cities, like Manaus, are the new boom towns of Brazil.
The desperately poor, but energetic, come here to the Amazon Basin in droves, hoping for a second chance.
Some do find opportunity, but hope shrinks as the population expands.
[Music out]