Argentina Tries to Stop Project

Argentine officials are trying to derail a $1.6 billion pulp mill project in neighboring Uruguay, near the Argentine town of Gualeguayche, that they say would kill fresh-water dorado and catfish and hurt tourism along the nations’ common border. The plants are financed by Finland´s Metsae-Botnia Oy, which is building a $1.1 billion mill, and Spain´s Grupo Empresarial Ence, which plans to invest another $500 million in a second factory. Argentine Foreign Minister Rafael Bielsa last month said runoff from the plants will kill fish and birds in a UN protected wildlife area.