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Chile, Bolivia sign visa
exemption deal
Chile and Bolivia signed an
agreement Tuesday to enable
their citizens to travel across
the common border without visas
or passports.
The agreement was signed by
Foreign Ministers Ignacio Walker
of Chile and Juan Siles of
Bolivia at the Uruguayan capital
of Montevideo, where the two
were attending the inauguration
ceremony of Uruguayan President
Tabare Vazquez.
Under the deal which will take
effect in April or May, citizens
of the two South American
nations can carry their
identification documents to move
through the common border, said
reports reaching here from
Montevideo.
Chilean President Ricardo Lagos
highlighted the importance of
the agreement, saying people
used to spend two hours to have
their documents authorized along
the common border.
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