Pampas Pampas The Pampas (from the , meaning "plain") are fertile South American lowlands that cover more than and include the Argentine provinces of Buenos Aires, La Pampa, Santa Fe, Entre Ríos and Córdoba; all of Uruguay; and the southernmost Brazilian State, Rio Grande do Sul. The vast plains are a natural region, interrupted only by the low Ventana and Tandil hills, near Bahía Blanca and Tandil (Argentina), with a height of and , respectively. The climate is warm, with precipitation of that is more or less evenly distributed through the year, making the soils appropriate for agriculture. The area is
Argentina–Uruguay relations of 1988, the sole dry limit between Argentina and Uruguay is stablished at the Martín García Island During the presidency of Jorge Batlle in Uruguay, an infidelity of a journalist carried a considerable diplomatic incident in 2002 when an off-topic commentary was aired in Uruguayan television describing Batlle saying that "'Argentinians are all thieves"'. The incident solved after one week when Batlle publicly apologized on Argentinian television. Another filtered commentary of Uruguayan president José Mujica was aired during a meeting where he said that "'with the Turk we were better but with this old lady there is no deal"' making