Transcontinental railway Brasil-Peru
The Transcontinental railway Brazil-Peru (Fetab) is a rail project in Brazil and Peru, with the aim of linking the two countries and increasing commerce between these nations.
This initiative forms part of a group of projects of IIRSA for a railway between the cities of Pucallpa, in northern Peru and Cruzeiro do Sul, in western Brazil.
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On 19 March 2008, the Peruvian Congress declared this project to be of national interest.
After Peruvian President Ollanta Humala visited China for APEC, and following on from a previous agreement with Brazil, a memorandum was approved in China to begin studies for a railway project to link the two oceans and integrate the markets of Brazil, Peru and China.[1][2] The railway would go through the north of Peru.[3]
In May 2015, Chinese prime minister Li Keqiang announced that during his visit to Peru he will sign[when?] agreements to participate in the Central Bi-Oceanic railway (CFBC), an alternative project for a railway between Brazil and southern Peru via Bolivia.
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References[edit]
- ^ "Ollanta Humala se reunió con el presidente de China, Zhang Dejiang". RPP. 12 November 2014.
- ^ "Realizarán estudios básicos para construcción de ferrocarril bioceánico Perú-Brasil". Andina. 19 November 2014.
- ^ "Ollanta Humala: 'Tren bioceánico Perú-Brasil no pasará por Bolivia'". Perú21. 19 November 2014.
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