Tag: San Martin bridge

• Sunday, October 6th 2013 - 07:01 UTC

  UPM conflict: Argentine protestors will not be allowed to cross to Uruguay, warn officials

  

  Residents from Gualeguaychú, Argentina confirmed that on Sunday they will attempt crossing an international bridge to Uruguay to protest the production expansion of the pulp mill Botnia/UPM, authorized by the government of President Jose Mujica. This despite the fact Uruguayan officials anticipated that at the most “eight or nine” Argentine officials and representatives from the protestors will be allowed to meet with their Uruguayan counterparts to discuss the situation.

• Friday, September 27th 2013 - 22:01 UTC

  Mujica inclined to support UPM pulp production expansion but conditioned to environment improvements

  

  Uruguay’s president Jose Mujica anticipated that his intention is to authorize the UPM pulp mill to expand production, as the Finnish company had requested, but conditioned to certain additional environmental measures, which will not be made public until talks with Argentine president Cristina Fernandez on Monday.