So let me beginning by saying that visiting a Dam is not ususally at the top of my list of things to do. However, after speaking with many of the locals here it quickly became apparent that this was a very special Dam. What makes it special? Well the main thing is that this a Binational Dam, a Power Plant that is owned, managed and maintained by two countries equally. The Dam uses the water from the Paraná river, the border between Paraguay and Brazil and as such needed both countries to work together to make it happen. Building anything takes a great deal of planning and an awful lot of paperwork, now imagine two separate countries, both with very different methods, working to come to agreement on everything. That is what happened with Itaipu. Negotiations
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