smoke of a distant fire

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I was checking the news and I found out what is being burned and why. Turns out they are clearing the fields for grazing.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601086&sid=aBR_Bu_i.Edw&refer=latin_america

I found an article online which describes the air in Buenos Aires as unbreathable. (I can't help but point out the irony of a city filled with smoke called "Buenos Aires" - good air (I think it means something slightly different but that is what the words literally mean.)

Based on the article I could blame the Argentines for all the smoke but I know for a fact that Uruguayan farmers were burning their fields too.

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Comments

[Diego Barizo]

Burning too
Yes, Uruguayan farmers do it to. But they keep it under control. This mess is because in Argentina they were careless and fires spread out. I live in Uruguay, and never seen something like this before