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Learn how the Iguaçu Falls supply hydroelectric power to new industries in Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay

Learn how the Iguaçu Falls supply hydroelectric power to new industries in Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay
Learn how the Iguaçu Falls supply hydroelectric power to new industries in Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay
The Iguaçu Falls supply hydroelectric power to Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay.
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    The Iguaçu Falls supply hydroelectric power to Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay.
    Learn how the Iguaçu Falls supply hydroelectric power to new industries in Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay
    Learn how the Iguaçu Falls supply hydroelectric power to new industries in Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay
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    How Brazil Became the World's Largest Producer of Coffee Beans
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NARRATOR: The unleashed power of water plunging over a precipice. This is Iguacu Falls, and it carries new hope for Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay,

hope in the form of hydroelectric power to fuel new industries.

After suffering severe shortages [music out] during two world wars, Argentina has been moving towards industrial independence.