Similar things still happen, though usually both states claim a piece of land, instead of neither. The border between Uruguay and Brazil for instance contains t

Similar things still happen, though usually both states claim a piece of land, instead of neither. The border between Uruguay and Brazil for instance contains two plots of land - both now uninhabited - they are claimed by both countries, due to a disagreement about which of two streams of the same river counts as its border. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil%E2%80%93Uruguay_relations#Border_Disputes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil%E2%80%93Uruguay_relation...