Despite the Argentine government’s commitment to keep the bridge open between Argentina and Uruguay, local pickets will next Sunday again block it, hampering traffic between the two nations.
As of this writing there has been no news from official sources on the illegal measure.
The pickets decided to take this course of action after a vote in Gualeguaychú, Entre Rios on the Argentine side. The blockage will continue through September on every Sunday thus going against the agreement between the Uruguayan and Argentine governments reached recently. The pickets allege, with no official proof, that the former Botnia (today UPM) paper pulp plant located in the neighboring city of Fray Bentos is polluting the river. According to the recent agreement between both nations at presidential level, a team of scientists from both countries will be assigned the task of controlling waters of the River Uruguay in all its extension bordering both countries.
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