Argentina/Uruguay towns celebrate first month with no pickets

Tuesday, July 20th 2010 - 03:25 UTC

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The Argentine city of Gualeguaychú and Fray Bentos across the shared River Uruguay celebrated Monday the first month of the end to pickets that since 2006 had impeded traffic and trade across the international bridge linking the two neighbouring locations. Read full article

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Think
Looking forward to the 1st Anniversary.
Jul 20th, 2010 - 09:22 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Liberty
Here lies the problem to be solved: “ The Court also recommended both countries agree on a joint monitoring of the River Uruguay which the two governments are in the process of elaborating”.

Argentina wants to extend the monitoring inside the private plant w/ out monitoring their highly polluting industries at their side of the river. UPM (ex-Botnia) so far has not said a word regarding the argentinean proposal. The “piketeros” (self made “environmentalists”) are demanding the “inspection”. If negotiations don't go their way, they will block the bridge again.

Argentina is bulling the Uruguayan government w/out considering our sovereignty. UPM can deny access and their insane demands, similar to the Falklands.
Jul 20th, 2010 - 01:13 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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fredbdc
Blocking an International bridge is illegal. The Uruguayan courts should try Argentina, get damages then nationalize all the bank accounts and property held by Argentinians within Uruguay to pay for the damages. I bet even the threat would keep them from blocking the bridge next time.
Jul 20th, 2010 - 02:10 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Think
In the meantime I can drive my old car to my simple “rancho” on the Uruguayan Coast and enjoy words best caipiriñas at “Lo de Pepe”!
Jul 20th, 2010 - 03:23 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Nicholas
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Jul 20th, 2010 - 10:03 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Think
Thanks
Jul 20th, 2010 - 10:35 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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briton
from argentina's point of view, is this a bridge to far ?
Jul 20th, 2010 - 10:50 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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harrier61
Argentina bullying again, despite having lost at the ICJ. Weasels!
Jul 21st, 2010 - 07:10 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Think
For those of you that missed this message in another thread:

“”” A little touristic message for all of you on the “Old Car” (min 6:30 - 6:45)
il.youtube.com/watch?v=QFrXqC77POc
Enjoy “””
Jul 21st, 2010 - 08:12 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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harrier61
Argentina bullying again, despite having lost at the ICJ. Weasels!
Jul 21st, 2010 - 08:56 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Think
Sorry for the broken link...
Here is a working one....

http://il.youtube.com/watch?v=QFrXqC77POc
Jul 21st, 2010 - 09:26 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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harrier61
Argentina bullying again, despite having lost at the ICJ. Weasels!

AND Twinky repeating him/her/itself.
Jul 21st, 2010 - 10:11 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Think
Yuhuuuu
1 month and one day open.
Congratulations
Jul 21st, 2010 - 05:23 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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harrier61
Jajajajajajajajajaja. If you could only hear yourself!
Jul 21st, 2010 - 08:39 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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avargas2001
I don't see any bullying here, unless you guys are refering to botnia inpossing their chemical pollutants on a small Argentine community water supply, not even mentioning the farmers rights to their traditional way of life, and what's up with bias comments ? didn't BP teach any english speaking subject the meaning of pollution and disaster ? do brits just exist to pin other races against one another to benefit from the political spin ? read the solutions british now here bring to the table, and be the judge of the people we are dealing with, behind it all is a plot to deforest Uruguay, and Argentina to supply wood needed in EU, to create jobs for the EU, while they critizise us for having high unemployment, and classify us as a third world Nation, sure we are, we ship all our natural resources to supply the raw material needed to create all the first world jobs, we hope t change that.

http://www.cadtm.org/International-Court-of-Justice
Jul 22nd, 2010 - 05:08 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Think
Yuhuuuu
1 month and two days open.
Congratulations
Jul 22nd, 2010 - 10:02 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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harrier61
From gassy:
“not even mentioning the farmers rights to their traditional way of life”

Wonder where Uruguay got the idea that ignoring other people's rights was OK?
Jul 22nd, 2010 - 10:55 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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fredbdc
Gas: If anyone is polluting the river it's Argentina with the old soap and chemical plants up river. Part of the ISJ case was pollution monitoring from Bonita and there was none found.
EU is not de-foresting Uruguay the Eucalyptus trees were planted 20 years ago so Uruguay could develop the pulp mill, try not to deceive us.
Please tell me how the farmers way of life has changed because of Botnia?
If you remember Botnia wanted to put this in Argentina but the bribes they had to pay got out of control so at the last minute they moved it to Uruguay. That is why the Entre Rios Governor is mad and allowed the bridge to be blocked in the first place.
Jul 22nd, 2010 - 11:09 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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briton
16 Think (#
think British, think happiness, think freedom, hate Argentina, you sly old fox, we knew you were a secret British admirer, all you guys, only pretend to like Argentina, but all the time want to be British,
hearts and minds [think] hearts and minds
Jul 22nd, 2010 - 05:42 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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harrier61
Open for nearly 1 month and 3 days now. Doesn't any dozy Argentine want to get down to hours?
Jul 22nd, 2010 - 06:54 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Think
Yuhuuuu
1 month and three days open. (Moscow time)
Congratulations
Jul 22nd, 2010 - 09:09 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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briton
Nobody likes war, except dictators, and that sadly is what Argentina is, all we want is peace, but if we or any other nation has to fight to defend ours or there freedom, then so be it,
If Argentina keeps on pushing peace loving peoples to war, then they [Argentina] should be broken up into little counties or settlements, and banned from having a military, until they learn to grow up, and live in the real world,
Jul 23rd, 2010 - 12:30 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Think
Yuhuuuu
Pretty soon 1 month and four days open. (Auckland time)
Congratulations
Jul 23rd, 2010 - 01:38 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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harrier61
Yuhuuuu
Reported you, yahoo.
Jul 23rd, 2010 - 07:26 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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briton
23 Think (#)
Yuhuuuu
Pretty soon 1 month and four days open
sadly your date has just been scrapped due to cutbacks lol
Jul 23rd, 2010 - 10:32 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Think
Yuhuuuu
Pretty soon 1 month and five days open. (Auckland time)
http://www.elnuevoherald.com/2010/07/24/771264/concretan-detalles-de-acuerdo.html
Agreement to be signed on Monday
We keep celebrating!!!
Jul 24th, 2010 - 07:27 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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harrier61
http://en.mercopress.com/2010/07/24/uruguay-argentina-scientific-monitoring-inside-pulp-mill-remains-unsolved
Jul 24th, 2010 - 02:29 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Think
Why is nobody comenting about this happy news?
C'mon guys.....
Jul 25th, 2010 - 01:52 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Cadfael
It's pretty much non-news you feckwit!
The picketing by so-called “environmentalists” was just another prime example of argie bully-boy tactics using rent-a-mob heavies and gobshytes who have less environmental awareness than my little finger.
You've shot yourself in the foot again!!
LOL!!
Jul 25th, 2010 - 08:52 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Think
This is good news because Mercopress, our favorite News Agency :-) publishes it as news!
And as the article's title goes:
Argentina/Uruguay towns celebrate first month with no pickets
I wish to celebrate with them!
Liberté, égalité, fraternité with our Uruguayan brothers!
Regards
El Think
Jul 25th, 2010 - 09:23 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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harrier61
THIS is REALLY GOOD news!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhLzDC6bLPE&feature=related
Jul 25th, 2010 - 05:47 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Think
Yuhuuuu
Pretty soon 1 month and six days open.
Congratulations
Jul 26th, 2010 - 11:20 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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avargas2001
the bridge to pollution need to come down, why are we even wasting time with this bullys ?? can't the picketeros do anythig about that bridge ? if it came down the bullys will have to pollute on their side of the border and no truck will come into Argentina, what we need in Argenina is a picketero with nerves of steel and some brain to do the job.
Jul 26th, 2010 - 09:09 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Think
Tweet from Think:

Ok boys ....... end of story.... It's signed... By both presidents :-)
www.clarin.com/politica/Cristina-Mujica-destrabar-monitoreo-Botnia_0_306569544.html
Jul 28th, 2010 - 09:06 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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