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Brazilians Turn To Evangelical Church In Rural Town Wracked By Drugs And Poverty

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The town of Central do Maranhão, in northeast Brazil's sugar cane belt, is one of the country's poorest. These rice fields line one of the town's long, narrow dirt streets. (Catherine Osborn/NPR)
The town of Central do Maranhão, in northeast Brazil's sugar cane belt, is one of the country's poorest. These rice fields line one of the town's long, narrow dirt streets. (Catherine Osborn/NPR)

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