evidence: Brazil and Uruguay first agreed on the limits to their borders around 1851. Many years later, one could say that one of the two territorial disputes that currently exist between the two countries officially started in the year 1940, when Uruguay first began to be incisive with its contestations of the limits. As a response to that, Brazil established the village of Thomaz Albornoz in the contested land. [...] Since Uruguayans first contested the territory in 1934, Brazilians have always been reluctant to recognize the claim and have continued to avoid responding to the accusations. More importantly, despite the disagreement between the countries, individuals living at the border, that is, in Thomaz Albornoz village and, on the Uruguayan side, in Masoller village, are known to frequently cross the borders to access goods on one side and medical services, among other necessities, on the other. [...] [v] Pinheiro, Ícaro Donatoni. "Questão da Identidade Nacional na Fronteira Brasil-Uruguai: A Influência da Mídia Televisiva na Identidade Nacional na Vila Albornoz (Br) e Massoller (Uy)." 2017, http://dspace.unipampa.edu.br/bitstream/riu/2462/1/%c3%8dcaro%20Donatoni%20Pinheiro%202017.pdf. Accessed March 14, 2021.