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World Service,20 Aug 2003,22 mins

Hemp to Hydro-electricity

Blogging In Brazil

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In 1867, explorer Richard Burton canoed the length of the previously uncharted São Francisco river in Brazil scouting for the British empire. Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Brazilian journalist Paulo Cabral retraces the route, recording his own 21st-century impressions of life there. Third and final part: from the notorius "marijuana polygon" near Cabrobó to the once-great waterfalls at Paulo Afonso.

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