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Brazil: electricity at the ends of the Earth

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Light For All! That was President Lula’s promise - a programme designed to bring electricity to the millions of Brazilians who don’t have any. In Amazonia, on the shores of Lake Cunia, we followed the work of the "Light For All" team.

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