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Paraguay's Ciudad del Este: Efforts to force a busy informal commercial hub to follow global trade rules have only made life harder for those eking out a living

  • Written by Jennifer L. Tucker, Associate Professor of Community & Regional Planning, University of New Mexico
Paraguay's Ciudad del Este: Efforts to force a busy informal commercial hub to follow global trade rules have only made life harder for those eking out a livingVendors at work on a bustling Ciudad del Este street packed with stalls.Jennifer L. Tucker, CC BY-ND

Paraguay’s Ciudad del Este is a busy South American contraband hub where scrappy Paraguayan vendors and Brazilian traders mix with businessmen from places as far away as Lebanon and South Korea. This hive of activity moves billions of...

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