Uruguay Shuts Argentina
Border Bridge
Uruguay ordered closing
the borders with
Argentina at the Fray
Bentos bridge near a
cellulose plant that is
causing disagreement
between both countries.
The decision was made
less than 24 hours
before President Tabare
Vazquez authorized the
setting in motion of the
industry that has
disturbed the Argentine
government. His decision
was made during his
participation in the
XVII Ibero American
Summit being held in
Chile.
It also antecedes a
demonstration called for
today by the
environmentalists of the
neighboring country by
land and on the Uruguay
River, as well as by
air.
Defense undersecretary
Jose Bayardi warned that
Uruguay would take
security measures to
prevent Argentine
environmentalists from
reaching the
installations of the
company both by land and
by river.
Referring to the
demonstration in the
air, he informed that
evaluations are in
process to decree a zone
of air exclusion over
the plant and that
planes violating that
ruling could suffer
fines and restrictions. |
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