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14-566: The Reconquista is part of the Río de la Plata basin. It originates in Marcos Paz , Buenos Aires Province, and flows across 18 municipalities, emptying into the Luján River . Its drainage basin has an area of 1,670 square kilometres (640 sq mi) and is populated by around 4 million people. The river carries about 33 percent of the total pollution drained by the estuary of

28-471: A place in Buenos Aires Province , Argentina is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Marcos Paz Marcos Paz (1813 – January 2, 1868) was Governor of Córdoba and Tucumán Provinces , an Argentine Senator , and Vice President of Argentina from October 12, 1862, until his death in 1868. Marcos Paz was born to a prominent Tucuman family in 1813. His father

42-477: A population density of 92.34 inhabitants per square kilometre (239.2/sq mi). Marcos Paz's mayor is Ricardo Pedro Curuchet, of the local Partido Vecinalista . The town of Marcos Paz , which gives its name to the partido, gradually built up around a train station, Estación Coronel Doctor Marcos Paz . The station was named after Coronel Doctor Marcos Paz , an Argentine politician and vice president to Bartolomé Mitre in 1862. Ricardo Curutchet: Affiliated with

56-484: Is a partido in the Argentine province of Buenos Aires . Its capital city is Marcos Paz . Established on 25 October 1878 (provincial law 1244), Marcos Paz is at the eastern border of Greater Buenos Aires with the rest of the province, although in an administrative sense, it is not considered part of the metropolitan area . According to the 2001 INDEC National Census, the partido has 43,400 inhabitants, and

70-422: The flood prevention works were built. Four projected waste treatment plants and other sanitation infrastructure were not. There was also no minimization or monitoring of industrial waste dumped into the course. According to Martín Nunziata, member of a Río de la Plata environmental group, this failure to comply with the plan was the result of political corruption , and also due to the pressure exerted by

84-570: The 12,000 companies installed, at least 10,000 would have to close down." The 1773 Marquez Bridge  [ es ] over the Reconquista River was declared a National Historic Monument of Argentina , but in 1997, the Autopistas del Oeste  [ es ] demolished it. 34°24′30″S 58°35′28″W  /  34.40833°S 58.59111°W  / -34.40833; -58.59111 Marcos Paz Partido Marcos Paz

98-572: The 1862 elections. Mitre had obtained significant concessions for Buenos Aires following his victory at the Battle of Pavón in 1861, and the choice of Paz, who as a supporter of the Argentine Confederation would have otherwise be an opponent, was part of Mitre's bid to placate separatist sentiment outside Buenos Aires Province . The duo won unanimously in the electoral college , and Paz became Vice-President of Argentina. When Mitre

112-648: The 1980s, there was a wave of protests by local residents denouncing the lack of state involvement. In 1984, the national Senate addressed the issue for the first time. In 1995, the national government obtained a loan from the Inter-American Development Bank for the cleaning and control of the Reconquista. The construction started in 1996, with a $ 400 million budget assigned to an autonomous entity called UniRec. In 2001 they were officially finished, and advertised as such, though only

126-452: The Río de la Plata, taking into account both industrial and domestic waste . There are about 12,000 industries in its basin, 700 of which dump their waste into the watercourse without controls. Studies have found nitrites , nitrates , ester- phenols , PCB , and heavy metals . These pollutants can cause hepatitis , skin reactions, gastrointestinal problems and eye infections. During

140-603: The UCR, was mayor of Marcos Paz in 2003 with an alliance of parties called "Coalition for Marcos Paz". Government since then in coalition with other forces such as the UCR, the Frente Grande, Peronist sectors, the kichnerismo, Encuentro Popular, independent sectors and progressive neighborhood. Was reelected in 2007 and 2011, reinforcing the Coalition for Marcos paz as a political base of your project. This article about

154-468: The polluting industries on the workers: "The companies warn [them] that, if the environmental laws are applied, they will have to close." Nunziata also alluded to the cellulose plant conflict between Argentina and Uruguay : "If, starting today, it was decided to demand from the industries of the Reconquista River the same things we want Uruguay to demand from the Fray Bentos cellulose plants, out of

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168-732: The siege was ultimately unsuccessful. Elected Governor of Tucumán in 1858, Paz took part in the San José de Flores Pact of 1859, which helped secure national unity, and was elected to the 1860 convention that produced the first amendments to the Constitution of Argentina . He then assisted general Wesceslao Paunero , who was sent as an envoy by Mitre to other provincial leaders, and served briefly in his stead as Governor of Córdoba, from December 1861 to March 1862. An erstwhile foe, Buenos Aires leader Bartolomé Mitre, befriended Paz during earlier negotiations, and nominated him as running mate for

182-622: Was Juan Bautista Paz , a lawyer and legislator who served as deputy governor of the province several times, and his brother was General Gregorio Paz . He earned a law degree in 1834. He married the former Micaela Cascallares, daughter of a wealthy landowner, and settled with her in Buenos Aires . After the fall of Juan Manuel de Rosas in 1852 he joined Justo José de Urquiza in his fight against Bartolomé Mitre 's forces in Buenos Aires, and joined Col. Hilario Lagos as an adjutant ;

196-533: Was away commanding the allied forces during the Paraguayan War , Paz fulfilled the role of acting president. He died in office on January 2, 1868, in Buenos Aires, as a victim of a Cholera epidemic, and Mitre had to return to Argentina to resume his position as president. The Marcos Paz Partido , administrative division of Buenos Aires Province and its capital, the town of Marcos Paz are named after him. This article about an Argentine politician

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