Welcome to the great

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dollars per month. Just go to patreon.great detectives.net. Now it is time for

this week's episode of the man called X. The original air date is February 26,

1952 and the title is Oranoko Basin.

Listen to Herbert Marshall as the man called X. Wherever there is mystery

adventure in tree in all the strange and dangerous places of the world. There

you will find the man called X. A century and a half ago a dream was born in the mind

of a man. A dream of a country where life liberty and the pursuit of happiness

were the birthright of every citizen. And on the day he was elected as his

country's first president, he knew that his dream had come true. The man, Simon

Bolivar, the country, Venezuela. Now in the dining room of the hotel

Vanita in Caracas, capital of Venezuela, there's it's another man with a dream. His name

is Louis de la Casta. And he's telling of his hopes and his aspirations to a long

time friend. Just think about it, Ken. Thousands of my people, the villages

isolated for centuries, will at last be able to enjoy the benefits of modern

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