Challenges to fighting fires in the Amazon

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The World’s host Marco Werman speaks with Maj. Cmdr. Col. Paulo Barroso, who’s been leading firefighting operations in Cuiabá, the capital of the central Brazilian state, Mato Grosso. 

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