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Rivera
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Rivera is the capital of the department of Rivera in Uruguay with a population of 64,426 (2004 census). Rivera is located exactly on the border with Brazil, and with the Brazilian city of Santana do Livramento, right across the border line, just a street away, it forms an international city of 200.000 inhabitants. In 1943, the Plaza Internacional (on the photo) was built, celebrating this peaceful relationship, and perhaps being the only international square in the whole world.
Aparicio Méndez (1904-1988), President of Uruguay 1976-1981, was from Rivera.
The border community is unusual as inhabitants from both Livramento (Brazil) and Rivera (Uruguay) are free to move anywhere throughout the twin city community. It is easy for one to get lost in the suburbs and not know if he is in Brazil or Uruguay. Customs and checkpoints are located outside the cities.
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- Aparicio Méndez
Minic Rivera, an editor and blogger, today announced the launching of Short Movement. Short Movement is a monthly online video festival based on themes. A new theme is open at the start of each month. Whoever gets highest rating at end of the month wins the theme cash prize...
A tutorial on how to encrypt and sign mails from your Mail.app application.Tuto made by Melvin Rivera!
A 14-year-old Mechanicsburg Area Middle School student remains suspended from school in a knife incident. Police confirmed that Andrew Rivera, 14, convinced another boy, 12, who was threatening a girl on the bus ride to school Tuesday, to hand over his knife. They are charging Rivera with possessing a weapon on school property.