Morning briefs: October 16

* Protests along the Argentina-Uruguay border (image) forced the shutdown of transit between those two countries.

* Argentina’s country risk has reached an all time low, which indicates that the economy is very healthy.

* A senior U.N. development official praised Peru’s efforts to take on numerous development projects; more than any other Latin American country.

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Links- MercoPress (Uruguay), People’s Daily Online (China), BBC News

Tags- Argentina, Peru, international economy, Uruguay