Triple Frontier

As Triple Frontera or TRIPLICE fronteira ( Spanish and Portuguese for: triangle or triple border) is defined as the border between the three countries, Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay.

Location

The triple border lies at the mouth of the Río Iguazú in the Paraná River near the Iguazu Falls. Geographically, the area belongs to the area of subtropical rainforest, part of which is protected in the Argentine and Brazilian national parks of Iguazú.

Cities in the border area

In the Triple Frontera is now home to an international compression chamber, which consists of three cities in essence, Puerto Iguazú (approx. 45,000 inhabitants) in Argentina, Foz do Iguaçu (about 300,000 inhabitants) in Brazil and Ciudad del Este ( approximately 240,000 inhabitants) in Paraguay. All three cities are mainly as trade centers, but also as centers of smuggling. Puerto Iguazu and Foz do Iguaçu are next marked as starting points to the Iguazu Falls, also touristy. Ciudad del Este and Foz do Iguaçu are the Puente de la Amistad (Spanish ) / Ponte da Amizade (Portuguese ) ( "Bridge of Friendship " ) joined together. Between Foz do Iguaçu and Puerto Iguazú is the Ponte Tancredo Neves. Paraguay and Argentina have no direct bridge connection in this area.

Controversy

In the late 1990s and early 2000s, the region was in the headlines because there cells of various terrorist organizations were suspected, including Al -Qaeda and Hezbollah. In particular, it went from a combination of these cells with two bombings in Buenos Aires on Israeli organizations in the 90s ( the association AMIA and the Israeli Embassy ) of. So far, however, no evidence for the existence of these cells could be rendered despite investigations by the U.S. Secret Service.

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