Uruguay hosts highest Chinese official to ever visit the country

Saturday, June 23rd 2012 - 03:35 UTC

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Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao arrived in Uruguay Friday, his first stop on a multi-nation visit to South America. Wen's arrival marks the first time a Chinese premier has visited Uruguay since diplomatic ties were established in 1988. Read full article

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ChrisR
Hopefully this will give Uruguay a chance to forge ahead with promoting the new port facility which China, alledgedly, has committed itself to finance and build, to be sited between Jose Ignacio and Brasil.
Jun 23rd, 2012 - 02:32 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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GeoffWard2
Don't know Jose Ignacio, Chris.
Is there a road & rail infrastructure to support a deep water port in this region?
Jun 23rd, 2012 - 08:27 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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ChrisR
@2

Jose Ignacio is a tarted up area, the main claim to fame being a lighthouse (yawn) which we looked at when we were here on holiday in 2010.

It is said by the government that it will be sited to be north of there and south of Chuy so that goods can easily be exported / imported from either Uruguay or Brasil. It would require a link road.

But the road from Montevideo to Chuy (Ruta 9) is good and the link road to the new port anywhere along that coast would be very short (6.5 km @ Chuy to
Jun 24th, 2012 - 03:25 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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