Brazilian officials claim that the island is within their municipality of Barra do Quaraí, state of Rio Grande do Sul.

Like the other territorial dispute between Brazil and Uruguay in the vicinity of Masoller, it has not prevented close and friendly diplomatic and economic ties between the two countries.

In 2011, suffering from health problems, Mr. Daniel moved out of the island to live with relatives in the nearby city of Uruguaiana, Brazil, where he died shortly afterwards, aged 93 or 95 (sources differ).

The fire was eventually put out by a joint transnational effort by the firefighters from Barra do Quaraí and Bella Unión.

[3] ^ In standard Spanish, the word "Brazilian" is brasileño/brasileña, but in the Southern Cone, most particularly in Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay, the portuñol term brasilero/brasilera is more commonly used.