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No. The original name of Cuidad del Este was Puerto Flor de Lis which was renamed Puerto Presidente Stroessner. One of the reasons for its creation was as a transit point for the Paraguayan black market, from which Stroessner greatly benefited. Because it is such an important trade zone, there is considerable government presence there.
Now if you wanted to look at free trade zones all over the world and look at the amount of illicit activity that terrorists harness in those areas... you could start with Colon, Panama.
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Who have fought the good fight and have vanquished the demon that tempts us within;
Who have held to their faith unseduced by the prize that the world holds on high;
Who have dared for a high cause to suffer, resist, fight—if need be, to die.
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