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]