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Crisis - Uruguay - Relations between Argentina, Uruguay on downward spiral
FRAY BENTOS, Uruguay - The Mercury News/Knight Ridder Newspapers (USA), by Jack Chang -Feb. 17, 2006: -- Construction of a giant pulp mill and plans for a second one on the banks of a river shared by Uruguay and Argentina have triggered a bitter battle between the two countries that's quickly become a regional crisis... Debate sharpened two weeks ago, when Argentines from the resort town of Gualeguaychu created a roadblock that cut access to a 3-mile bridge across the Uruguay River, one of only three bridges that connect the countries... On Thursday, protesters began blocking a second bridge, and they've threatened to cut access to the third one about 120 miles up river from Gualeguaychu... With the Argentine government allowing the roadblocks, Uruguayan officials say their country has lost millions of dollars...
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