BERN (Reuters) - Bolivian President Evo Morales said an ambitious project to build a coast-to-coast railway across South America had moved a step closer to reality after he signed a cooperation agreement with Switzerland on Thursday.
The undertaking, expected to cost at least $10 billion (£7.5 billion), would entail building a 3,750-km (2,300-mile) line from the Brazilian port of Santos to Ilo in Peru, crossing the Andes mountains to link the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
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