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Fray Bentos in Uruguay URUGUAY uruguay. fray-bentos Informations and links Fray Bentos Map Fray Bentos Photos Fray Bentos Population on 26-Jun-05 : 23122 ------------------------------- Fray Bentos is a town in western Uruguay, close to the border with Argentina, and about 160 km (100 mi) due north of Buenos Aires. It has a population of 22,600 (1996). It is a port on the River Uruguay and is the capital of the R?o Negro department. Historically, its main industry has been meat processing. The beef plant there closed in 1979 after 117 years in operation. A local history museum opened on the site in March 2005. The town was originally founded in 1859 as 'Independencia'. Its current name is derived from a reclusive priest. Botnia S.A., a subsidiary of Finnish corporation Botnia, is currently building a large cellulose factory in Fray Bentos to produce bleached eucalyptus pulp. The investment in the project is about 1 billion USD and the factory will directly or indirectly employ more than 8,000 people. The project, however, is not without opponents. On 30 April 2005 about 40,000 Argentinians from Entre R?os, along with environmental groups from both countries, blocked an international bridge and demanded the Argentine government to intercede before the Uruguayan one to stop the building of the factory, claiming it will gravely pollute the Uruguay River. On 20 December 2005 a World Bank study concluded that the factory would not have a negative impact on the environment or tourism in either country. As of February 2006 the conflict has not ended, but has indeed escalated into a diplomatic crisis (see Paper plant conflict between Argentina and Uruguay). (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.) A violent Marxist urban guerrilla movement, the Tupamaros, launched in the late 1960s, led Uruguay's president to agree to military control of his administration in 1973. By yearend, the rebels had been crushed, but the military continued to expand its hold throughout the government. Civilian rule was not restored until 1985. Uruguay's political and labor conditions are among the freest on the continent..
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