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The Triple Frontier (Spanish: Triple Frontera, Portuguese: Tríplice Fronteira) is a tri-border area along the junction of Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay, where the Iguazú and Paraná rivers converge. Near the confluence are the cities of Puerto Iguazú (Argentina), Foz do Iguaçu (Brazil) and Ciudad del Este (Paraguay).
Mariscal Estigarribia is home to Dr. Luis María Argaña International Airport (IATA code: ESG), [1] which some media reports [who?] claim is a US military base set up to provide access to the strategic Triple Frontera region. 400 US troops arrived in Paraguay in July 2005, shortly after the Paraguayan Senate granted US troops diplomatic ...
The Argentina–Paraguay border is the line that limits the territories of Argentina and Paraguay. This boundary is solely defined by three major rivers: the Pilcomayo, Paraná and Paraguay, being one of the largest natural borders in the world. The capital of Paraguay, Asunción, lies on one of the banks of the Paraguay River, which borders ...
On the border between Brazil and Paraguay, lies the Itaipu Hydroelectric Power Plant, [1] which is one of the largest hydroelectric plants in the world in terms of annual energy generation. [ citation needed ] The border's Friendship Bridge is the busiest crossing point between the two countries, passage is free.
The city, coextensive with the homonymous district, is located in south-eastern Paraguay. Part of an international tripoint known as the "Triple Frontier", Ciudad del Este lies opposite the Brazilian city of Foz do Iguaçu (state of Paraná). Separated from it by Paraná River, it is linked by the Friendship Bridge.
The Paraguayan War (Spanish: Guerra del Paraguay, Portuguese: Guerra do Paraguai, Guarani: Paraguái Ñorairõ), also known as the War of the Triple Alliance (Spanish: Guerra de la Triple Alianza, Portuguese: Guerra da Tríplice Aliança, Guarani: Ñorairõ Triple Alianza Rehegua), was a South American war that lasted from 1864 to 1870.
Map of the Tres Fronteras produced by the National Imagery and Mapping Agency.. Tres Fronteras (Portuguese: Três Fronteiras, English: Three Frontiers) is an area of the Amazon rainforest in the Upper Amazon region of South America.
The Iguazú flows into the Paraná at the "Triple Frontier" (Spanish: La Triple Frontera, Portuguese: Tríplice Fronteira), the tripoint for Paraguay, Argentina, and Brazil. In Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela there is a confluence between Orinoco River and Caroní River. [25]