Amid tension with Bolivia, Argentina will reinforce border with Brazil

Currently, with the most favorable exchange rate, Brazil has been the destination of Argentines who cross the border for shopping, he said. “There are times when products from Argentina go to Brazil because they have lower prices. And other moments, such as now, where smugglers try to enter products to the country without paying taxes.”

“It’s worrying a wall,” says Bolivia minister

Bolivia Minister of Justice, César Siles, is concerned about the announcement of the construction of the wire fence on the border with Blancas Aguas. “It worries us that they make a wall,” he said. According to Siles, “the initiative violates principles of public international law and particularly the relations of good neighborhood between sister states,” he said in an interview with Argentina Rivadavia radio.

Siles also criticized the lack of communication of the Argentine government with the Bolivian. According to the minister, Bolivia is willing to close “a joint agreement to combat the serious crimes in the region”.

Patricia Bullrich, in turn, said in an interview with Radio Miter that Argentina did not communicate to Bolivia because the construction of the fence “is not a border theme,” but an internal issue.

In a statement, the Argentine government stated that the 200 meter wire will be built to “protect Argentines and curb cocaine entry into the country.”