Thousands of Argentines decry pulp plant

Some 20,000 demonstrators marched to Argentina’s river border with Uruguay on Saturday to protest the impending startup of a paper pulp plant in the neighboring country they fear will pollute the environment.

The peaceful protest came two days after Uruguay authorized the Finnish-built plant to begin converting eucalyptus trees into pulp, the base ingredient for paper. Uruguay says its studies show it will operate within legal pollution limits.”*

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