Paraguay won't support film on Triple Border

[May 12, 2010]  ASUNCION, Paraguay (AP) -- Paraguay's government won't support Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow's latest reported project, a film on the notorious Triple Border region that the country shares with Argentina and Brazil.

Tourism Minister Liz Cramer says the proposed movie by the director of "The Hurt Locker" would likely damage the region's image and have "a negative economic impact."

Cramer has told reporters that she will ask Brazil and Argentina to also oppose the film, which reports have said would be called "Triple Frontier."

The Triple Border region is known as a smugglers haven with a large Arab community. U.S. officials have said it is a center for terrorism financing, a claim denied by the three South American nations.

[Associated Press]

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