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Latin America Nuclear Pact Signed
The following is from the BBC:
Argentina and Brazil have agreed to build a joint nuclear reactor to address looming energy shortages. The agreement came as part of a plan by South America's two biggest economies to extend defense and energy projects. It was announced after talks in Buenos Aires between Argentine President Cristina Fernandez and her Brazilian counterpart, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Brazil would export electricity to Argentina in the winter months ahead amid shortage fears, President Lula said.
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Each country currently has two operating nuclear plants, and both have signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. The two leaders see the joint nuclear project as a way to increase energy supply while raising their profile on the international stage, says the BBC's Americas editor Warren Bull. But while energy issues dominated the first of two days of talks, the two presidents did not refer directly to a dispute over the ratio of Bolivian gas supplied to the two countries.
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