Brazil has also shied away from financing a South American development bank, but has enthusiastically worked to finance the construction of the Interoceanic Highway, a freeway that links Brazil to Pacific coast ports in Peru.

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Try not to gas up right near major highway exits, which tend to be pricier than stations located just a few blocks from the freeway.

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Claudio Uberti is an Argentinean and the director of a government agency that since November, 2003 controls all freeway concessions (OCCOVI) and is in charge of collecting the fees on every toll booth of every road, highway and bridge in the country.

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