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A frontier town fights backA frontier town fights back
John Gallagher
15-Mar-2006
As Ciudad del Este struggles to find its role in the 21st century, John Gallagher visits the Paraguayan border city and talks to local entrepreneurs about their plans to develop duty-free there
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Next year the Paraguayan border town of Ciudad del Este, 330km from the country's capital Asunción, will celebrate its fiftieth anniversary. The city was founded in 1957 as Puerto Flor
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(16-Oct-2001) - PARAGUAY/BRAZIL. Calm has been restored in the Paraguayan town of Ciudad del Este after rioting forced the closure of the city?s border crossing with Brazil. Duty-free stores on the border were closed for two weeks during the disturbances late last month as operators could not guarantee staff safety.
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(15-Apr-2005) - PARAGUAY/BRAZIL. Paraguay and Brazil are to increase the duty-free allowance for tourists crossing the Friendship Bridge at Paraguay's Ciudad del Este from $150 to $300
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