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The Transcontinental railway Brazil-Peru (Fetab) is a rail project in Brazil and Peru, with the aim of linking the two countries and increasing commerce between these nations.

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This initiative forms part of a group of projects of IIRSA for a railway between the cities of Pucallpa, in northern Peru and Cruzeiro do Sul, in western Brazil.

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On 19 March 2008, the Peruvian Congress declared this project to be of national interest.

After Peruvian President Ollanta Humala visited China for APEC, and following on from a previous agreement with Brazil, a memorandum was approved in China to begin studies for a railway project to link the two oceans and integrate the markets of Brazil, Peru and China. [1] [2] The railway would go through the north of Peru. [3]

In May 2015, Chinese prime minister Li Keqiang announced that during his visit to Peru he will sign[ when? ] agreements to participate in the Central Bi-Oceanic railway (CFBC), an alternative project for a railway between Brazil and southern Peru via Bolivia.

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References

  1. "Ollanta Humala se reunió con el presidente de China, Zhang Dejiang". RPP. 12 November 2014.
  2. "Realizarán estudios básicos para construcción de ferrocarril bioceánico Perú-Brasil". Andina. 19 November 2014.
  3. "Ollanta Humala: 'Tren bioceánico Perú-Brasil no pasará por Bolivia'". Perú21. 19 November 2014.