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3Hotdogs

(12,390 posts)
9. No. Isn't Brazil the refuge for escaped Nazis?
Sat Oct 5, 2019, 07:41 AM
Oct 2019

Ya go up the Amazon a few miles, kick out a few tribes --- actung, ya got yer new home.

Jeffersons Ghost

(15,235 posts)
6. He was probably hunting endangered species...
Sat Oct 5, 2019, 07:13 AM
Oct 2019

He got bored with killing leopards and elephants in Africa and decided slaughter a few jaguars.

blm

(113,065 posts)
7. Never forget that the world's largest aquifer is located under
Sat Oct 5, 2019, 07:18 AM
Oct 2019

A large portion of Uruguay.

Bush had a small military base set up there. RevMoon had purchased thousands of acres there in the 80s and 90s.

I haven’t seen any reporting on the region in recent years.

sanatanadharma

(3,707 posts)
10. There is a Trump Tower being built in Uruguay
Sat Oct 5, 2019, 07:47 AM
Oct 2019

There is a Trump Tower being constructed in Punta Del Este, Uruguay.
Recently, it was reported here in Uruguay news (where I am, but my Spanish is limited), that work on the Tower has been suspended. Apparently the investors have financial problems.

groundloop

(11,519 posts)
12. Apparently that project (surprise surprise) is an absolute mess
Sat Oct 5, 2019, 08:38 AM
Oct 2019

I found a recent article about it. I've pasted a portion of that here, but the entire article is worth a read.

https://www.nationalmemo.com/report-trump-organization-project-in-uruguay-is-failing/?cn-reloaded=1




Trump’s presidency is littered with failures, and it appears the same is happening with his real estate business right now.

The Trump Organization — now run by his sons Donald Jr. and Eric — isn’t pursuing any more building deals in the United States right now, and at least one of their international deals is an absolute mess.

Right now in Uruguay, the Trump name has been attached to a giant building project: 25 stories, 156 condos, multiple swimming pools, and a helipad. The project is in Punta del Este, which the New York Times characterized as a “gaudy, hard-partying town that has been a destination for money launderers and tax evaders.”

It’s Eric Trump’s job to prop up this failing enterprise, so he traveled to Uruguay and described the project, in true Trumpian fashion, as “the best building anywhere in Punta del Este, anywhere in South America.”

Of course, that’s not the case.

First, though Trump brags his buildings are completed “under budget, ahead of schedule,” that is not true here. The current target is to finish the building next year, which would be four years behind schedule. Except — no one believes that date.

When a director of the union representing construction workers on the project was asked if it would be finished by 2020, he answered, “Of course not.” His estimate is an additional four years, which would mean it took a decade to build.




Chellee

(2,097 posts)
14. A destination for money launderers and tax evaders...
Sat Oct 5, 2019, 08:44 AM
Oct 2019

Well the Trumps will fit right in, won't they?

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