Friendship Bridge
bridge, Brazil-Paraguay
Also known as: Amizade Bridge, Puente de la Amistad
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economy of Ciudad del Este
- In Ciudad del Este
…Puente de la Amistad (“Friendship Bridge”; opened 1964), and its association with the nearby Itaipú Dam on the Paraguay-Brazil border, which is one of the largest hydroelectric facilities in the world. Because of the presence of smugglers and the Islamic militant group Hezbollah in the region in the early…
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