Qualla: Santana do Livramento https://qualla.com/santana-do-livramento en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:39:58 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Santana do Livramento https://qualla.com/santana-do-livramento Santana do Livramento: Introduction https://qualla.com/santana-do-livramento/ Most international borders announce themselves with fences, floodlights, and the long wait at a checkpoint. The border at Santana do Livramento announces itself with a curb. Here, in the far southwest of Rio Grande do Sul, a single urban street is all that separates Brazil from Uruguay. On one side stands Santana do Livramento; on the other, the Uruguayan city of Rivera. The two share an open border with no physical barrier at all, and residents wander freely between them. It is genuinely easy to get lost in the back streets and lose track of which country you are in.

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