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The Interoceanic Highway or Trans-oceanic highway is an international, transcontinental highway in Peru and Brazil that is under construction. Peru (Perú Piruw Piruw officially the Republic of Peru ( reˈpuβlika del peˈɾu is a country in western South America. |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld It entails the renovation and construction of roughly 2,600 kilometers of roads and 22 bridges. When completed, it will create a connected highway from the Peruvian ports of Ilo, Matarani, and Marcona to the Brazilian ports of Rio de Janeiro and Santos, although the project almost exclusively involves construction in Peru because of Brazil's already well developed road system. Ilo is a Port city in southern Peru. It is the largest city in the Moquegua Region and is the capital of the Ilo Province. Matarani is a port city in Arequipa Region, Peru. It is located at around. Rio de Janeiro ("River of January" ˈhiw dʒi ʒʌˈnejɾu in Brazilian Portuguese, /ˈriːoʊ di ʒəˈnɛroʊ/ in English is the second largest city of Brazil The project was originally proposed more than 30 years before the 2004 agreement between Alejandro Toledo and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, then presidents of the two countries. Alejandro Celestino Toledo Manrique (born 28 March 1946 is a Peruvian Politician and Economist. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (pronounced /lu'iz i'nasju 'lulɐ da 'siwvɐ/; born October 27, 1945) known simply as Lula, is the thirty-fifth and

To make implementation easier, the project has been divided into five stretches:

  1. San Juan de Marcona – Urcos, 763 km of previously paved roads,
  2. Urcos – Inambari, 300 km of previously unpaved roads,
  3. Inambari – Iñapari, 403 km of previously unpaved roads,
  4. Iñapari – Azángaro, 306 km of previously unpaved roads, and
  5. Ilo -Juliaca, Matarani-Azángaro, & Puente Gallatini-Humajalso, 752 km of previously paved roads and 62 km of previously unpaved roads. Juliaca is a city in the Puno Region, Peru. It is the region's largest city and capital of the San Román province

The total project has an estimated cost of US$1. 3 billion, but some analysts predict a higher cost. Of this, about US $810 million is for stretches 2 - 4, $199 million is for stretches 1 and 5, and the remainder for bridges, urban connections, and overhead.

In June 2005, the second, third, and fourth sections have been rented to specialised Peruvian and Brazilian consortia of private companies for 25 years, in which they will be responsible for looking after the highway, the built and forthcoming bridges, and tollbooths. 2005: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October A consortium is an association of two or more individuals companies organizations or governments (or any combination of these entities with the objective of participating The first and the last section are yet currently being rented. It is estimated that the project will employ about 6,000 people during construction. The project is expected to complete in 2009.

Several non-governmental organizations have expressed concern that the project was approved with atypically little effort on Environmental Impact Studies. Concerns are both environmental (such as deforestation, illegal hunting and fishing, soil erosion, loss of biodiversity, or loss of ecotourism value), and social (such as harm to indigenous populations, illegal crops, drug and arms trafficking, "slaving underemployment", or prostitution). Deforestation is the conversion of Forested areas to non-forest land for use such as Arable land, Pasture, urban use logged area or wasteland Hunting is the practice of pursuing Animals for Food, Recreation, or Trade. For the computer security term see Phishing. Fishing is the activity of catching Fish. Erosion is the carrying away or displacement of solids ( Sediment, Soil, rock and other particles usually by the agents of currents such as wind Biodiversity is the variation of Life forms within a given Ecosystem, Biome or for the entire Earth. Ecotourism, also known as ecological tourism, is a form of Tourism that appeals to ecologically and socially conscious individuals

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