More Border Issues

I recently read a brief article in an environmental newsletter regarding paper mills in Argentina. Residents in the town of Gualeguaychú, along the border between Argentina and Uruguay are blocking roads there in protest of the construction of two Uruguayan paper mills. Residents feel that the paper mills, which are being built along a river in Fray Bentos, Uruguay, will cause high amounts of river pollution. In addition, they accuse Uruguay of breaking a treaty that sanctions uses for the river. Interestingly, the paper mills are one of the largest investments in Uruguay's history at $1.9 billion.