Uruguay River

We know that the giants are somewhere in the northern part of Argentina, or in Paraguay or Uruguay.

Or they may be on the other side of the Uruguay River in Brazil.

It's quite a stretch of territory, and we've got to take our time exploring it.

That's why I don't want to waste time working down the Amazon.

I still enjoy it today, if we can get it.

Now, Frey Bentos is a small city on the Uruguay River.

It became one of the world's first and largest industrial meat processing centers.

So in 1859, a meat salting plant opened what was then called the Villa Independienza.

Foreign ministry data shows that Argentine exports to the United States grew 38% during the first seven months of 2026, generating a bilateral trade surplus of nearly $2 billion.

Away from trade talks with Washington, regional disagreements resurfaced across the border along the Uruguay River over a $5.4 billion synthetic fuels plant that HIF Global plans to build and Paysandu Uruguayan President Chamandu Orsi announced on Friday the 28th that Argentine authorities dropped a criminal complaint against the site.

But Josefina Minata, an Argentine federal prosecutor, immediately pushed back, confirming that her investigation into potential water pollution remains open to avoid repeating the historic pulp mill disputes.

Moving from cross-border river disputes to Patagonian energy development, domestic corporate leaders celebrated a major financing breakthrough.