In the latest twist to the ongoing tension between Argentina and Uruguay over the construction of European-owned paper mills near a river, one of the companies decided on Friday to move the mill away from the border and towards the interior of Uruguay. The president of Spanish company Ence denied that argentine protestors had anything to do with their decision to move the construction of their mill and the Uruguayan government doesn’t believe this will have a strong impact on Argentina’s appeal to the International Court of Justice.
In the meantime, Chile’s government started supplying birth control pills to young girls this week after a Chilean appeals court overturned a court ruling that would have banned the government’s contraceptive plan. “This seems correct” said a government spokesman, though an opposition politician refuted by calling it “a slap in the face to parents and families in Chile.”
Links- The Latin Americanist (blog), Reuters AlertNet, Independent Online (South Africa), People’s Online Daily (China) Image- Center for Human Rights and Environment (Argentina) (Finnish-owned paper mill being constructed in Uruguay).
Tags- Argentina, Uruguay, international economy, Chile
No comments:
Post a Comment