In 4 Years Brazil Gets Its Old Dream Road from Sea to Shining Sea

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The presidents of Peru, Bolivia and Brazil inaugurated a US$ 810 million highway project to connect Brazil's Atlantic coast to Peru's Pacific port before the end of the decade.

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Bolivia's Eduardo Rodriguez and Peru's Alejandro Toledo traveled to the jungle town of Puerto Maldonado in Peru's southeast Amazon for groundbreaking ceremony.

"Today we are starting the physical integration of our nations," Lula da Silva said in a speech carried live on Peru's government-run Channel 7.

"The physical integration of South America is an urgent demand so that our region comes together to compete in the globalized economy."

Brazzil Magazine

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1. Goodbye, rainforest.

I really loved that oxygen you made.

I guess we'll find out if we can do without it.