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UPM/Botnia pulp mill conflict: pickets vote to challenge agreement
Argentina’s Gualeguaychú Assembly members decided to once again return to blocking the National Route 136 and this way obstruct the international road to neighbouring Uruguay; however, the measure will only take place during the Sundays of September and for a limited time, which came as a surprise. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesA blockade one day a week ... interesting! Of course if they had learnt anything from the Government of Argentina, they'd only be doing it on one side of the road as well :-)
Aug 26th, 2010 - 05:00 am - Link - Report abuse 0Well, at least I now know why Argentina doesn't take its Falklands case to the ICJ ......... the ICJ's decision wouldn't be accepted unless it went one way .... a little like Argentina's desired 'discussions' on 'sovereignty' !
if this roadblock can stop at least one “ 1114 mercedez menz” loaded with Argentine trees cut illegaly from our land from crossing into Uruguay every day, I believe it is worth the effort as a matter of fact I would have scrapped the bridge all together and re-map around it, or even avoid any travel from and into our country, just like israel does with Gaza, or US to N korea and Iran or even Mexican workers for that matter, I mean it's legal to protect your nation from illegal activity.
Aug 26th, 2010 - 05:55 pm - Link - Report abuse 0lamentable to realise silly people like hoytred enjoy reading this news to exploit all his hate against Argentina.
Aug 26th, 2010 - 10:45 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Surprised that Alex doesn't want to Nuke Em, since its his solution to everything, and just goes to show that EVERY agreement made with Argentina is broken by Argentina, the country is bent.
Aug 26th, 2010 - 10:59 pm - Link - Report abuse 0We didn't agree to anything as a matter of fact they desided to build a pulp mill close to drinking and farming waters and we desided we want no bridge to pollution, it's all legal, they can still get a visa and fly by plane like everyone else does, we don't really need that bridge it should be taken down to end this silly arguments, we can't close the plant, the only desition we can make in Argentina is to tighten our borders and close those problematic roads and bridges giving Argentina headaches.
Aug 27th, 2010 - 09:07 am - Link - Report abuse 0Gas: Since it is an international bridge owned jointly by Argentina and Uruguay, Argentina doesn't have the right to take it down or block it. The Treaty of Asunción guarantees the free movement of goods and people among the member-states of the bloc.
Aug 27th, 2010 - 10:53 am - Link - Report abuse 0I don't think Botnia is buying any trees from Argentina:
Towards the end of the 1980s, Uruguay established a national forestation plan that set aside 700,000 hectares for the planting of eucalyptus and pine trees with the long-term aim of producing cellulose paste.
So all of your arguments are false and just another example how Argentina is illegally harassing one of its smaller neighbors for political gain. I don't see you bothering Chile since their military would control the sky in about 2 hours and probably be in BA in less than a week.
We need to identify gassy and get him removed from a civilised country.
Aug 27th, 2010 - 07:15 pm - Link - Report abuse 0He lives in argentina, he's not in a civilised country.
Aug 29th, 2010 - 05:05 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I thought it had been concluded some time ago that, having evaded the authorities, gassy is in Canada. Canada is civilised whilst, as you say, Argentina is not.
Aug 29th, 2010 - 07:27 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Please bear in mind that I am promoting the proposal of another poster that there should be no responses to brain-dead fanatics such as gassy, margo and gorge.
This is what I think of your bridge.
Sep 02nd, 2010 - 09:42 am - Link - Report abuse 0http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxsJXX6ulsA
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