Weather: Partly cloudy, afternoon storms likely Jul 30, 2008
Melbourne, FL 32940 Last Updated: 07/30/08 08:45:41 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 97% Barometer: 30. (Florida Today)
TAM Airlines Consolidates Fleet and Initiates New Air Network May 27, 2008
In order to introduce these changes in the fleet and air network in South America, TAM Airlines will today (May 26) begin placing ads in newspapers and magazines in Asuncion and Ciudad del Este (Paraguay), Santiago (Chile), Santa Cruz de La Sierra (Bolivia) and Cordoba (Argentina) ... The company offers flights from Asuncion to destinations in Argentina (Buenos Aires and Cordoba), Bolivia (Santa Cruz de La Sierra), Brazil, Chile (Santiago), Paraguay (Ciudad del Este) and Uruguay (Montevideo) ...... (PR Newswire)
Power playCan Paraguay's next leader rescue its dismal economy? Apr 22, 2008
Ciudad del Este, on the eastern border with Brazil and Argentina, is full of chaotic markets and down-at-heel shopping arcades that thrive on what economists call the "informal import and re-export of goods" - smuggling, to you and me. Counterfeit CDs and DVDs, fake designer clothing and perfumes, electronic gadgets - all these are bought and sold cheaply and in vast quantities, with the keenest customers being Brazilians and Argentines buying items to re-sell on the streets of their native... (BBC News -- Americas)
Paraguay: new broom Fernando Lugo faces a huge challenge Apr 22, 2008
Intellectual property fraud, trademark fraud, money laundering and smuggling in the city of Ciudad del Este generate an estimated 6 billion a year. Millions of counterfeit products from Paraguay flood into Brazil and Argentina each day. (Times Online)
Complete weather forecast Dec 7, 2007
Jackson, MS 39201 Last Updated: 12/07/07 07:45:24 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 74% Barometer: 30. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Howard/Dangl: City of Terror Oct 25, 2007
When we arrived in Ciudad del Este, we were petrified ... Ciudad del Este, with its large Arab population, made an easy scape-goat ... Though the attacks were never proven to be connected to Ciudad del Este, journalists since the bombings have had Washing-ton's go-ahead to promote the unverified hypothesis that Hez-bollah (or any other Middle Eastern group designated as a terrorist organization) is finding refuge in the Tri-Border Area. (Zmag.org)
Paraguay 1-1 Venezuela Aug 23, 2007
CIUDAD DEL ESTE (AP) -- Paraguay y Venezuela slo pudieron empatar 1-1 en un partido amistoso de cara a las eliminatorias sudamericanas para el Mundial 2010. La conquista paraguaya se registr a los 25 minutos cuando Alejandro Da Silva, descuidado por sus marcadores, remat de derecha luego de recibir el baln cedido por Dante Lpez. (ESPN -- Deportes)
Lula Prepares Brazil Tax-Overhaul Plan Aimed at Stopping Cheats, Smugglers Jul 12, 2007
Still, smuggling will go on as long the tax on a baccarat- crystal bottle of Boucheron's numbered-edition perfume, selling for $760, is 30 percent in Ciudad del Este, Paraguay, and 100 percent across the river in Foz do Iguacu, Brazil, said Charif Hammoud, who sells the fragrance at his Mona Lisa department stores in both cities. Brazilians cross the border in droves,'' Hammoud said. (Bloomberg -- Latin America)
* Lu pans diplomat for Costa Rica break Jul 8, 2007
Upon her arrival in Ciudad del Este, Paraguay, Lu toured a Taiwanese-supported industrial park located in the Paraguayan city before heading to Hospital Los Angeles Paraguay-China to preside over a groundbreaking ceremony for the hospital's second-phase expansion project. Lu also donated US$20,000 on behalf of the Taiwanese government to sponsor the project. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Fastest-rising in South America? Jul 5, 2007
Helped by the investments made in the stadium, Pedro Juan Caballero now has a team in the Paraguayan first division, as does Ciudad del Este, another host city. This wasn't the case back in '99, when all the first-division teams came from the capital, Asuncin, or its surrounding areas. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- Soccer)
Brazil, Paraguay to combat smuggling May 23, 2007
CIUDAD DEL ESTE, Paraguay - Men lugging shiny stereos, new tires and heavy bundles on their backs stream like ants across the Friendship Bridge, where smugglers lower contraband from Paraguay on ropes to Brazilian runners on the riverbank below ... Trading and money launderingParaguays major trading city is Ciudad del Este, some 200 miles east of Asuncion. (MSNBC -- International)
* Paraguay and Brazil discuss measures to fight smuggling May 23, 2007
AP, CIUDAD DEL ESTE, PARAGUAY Wednesday, May 23, 2007, Page 7 ... Paraguay's major trading city is Ciudad del Este, some 320 km east of Asuncion. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Brazil, Paraguay Wrestle With Smuggling May 22, 2007
CIUDAD DEL ESTE, Paraguay Men lugging shiny stereos, new tires and heavy bundles on their backs stream like ants across the Friendship Bridge, where smugglers lower contraband from Paraguay on ropes to Brazilian runners on the riverbank below ... Young men smoke cigarettes under the 'Friendship Bridge' while waiting for goods to be carried from Paraguay's Ciudad del Este to Brazil's Foz do Iguazu, Monday, May 7, 2007 ... Paraguay's major trading city is Ciudad del Este, some 200 miles east of... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
Hezbollah Builds A Western Base May 10, 2007
CIUDAD DEL ESTE, Paraguay - The Iranian-backed Hezbollah militia has taken root in South America, fostering a well-financed force of Islamist radicals boiling with hatred for the United States and ready to die to prove it, according to militia members, U.S. officials and police agencies across the continent ... They are men like Mustafa Khalil Meri, a young Arab Muslim whom Telemundo interviewed in Ciudad del Este, Paraguay's second-largest city and the center of the Tri-border region ...... (NBC 11, CA)
Kidnapped Japanese businessman freed in Paraguay Apr 21, 2007
A police chief in Alto Parana, meanwhile, acknowledged the kidnappers could have fled to Brazil over the bridge between the countries at Ciudad del Este and Foz de Iguacu. The suspects include former members of state security forces, authorities said. (News on Japan, Japan)
Police arrest 11 in raids tied to kidnappings Apr 21, 2007
Police chief Wenceslao Recalde said Hirokazu Ota, 62, a Japanese executive, and two Paraguayans were freed near Ciudad del Este, some 242 miles (390 kilometers) east of the capital, Asuncion ... In Ciudad del Este, Recalde said police raided several homes, including a residence where the captives apparently were held ... Recalde said the hostages were freed at 2 a.m. after a ransom payment was dropped off in an area of eastern Paraguay called Minga Guazu not far from Ciudad del Este, a border... (CNN -- World)
Japan abductee freed in Paraguay Apr 21, 2007
The four were taken hostage at gunpoint on 1 April on the main road between the capital, Asuncion, and the trading city of Ciudad del Este, on Paraguay's so-called Triple Border with Argentina and Brazil. SEE ALSO 03 Apr 07 | Americas. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
Two Japanese abducted in Paraguay Apr 4, 2007
Ramirez said the attack occurred as the victims were traveling on a highway linking Asuncion to Ciudad del Este on Paraguay's so-called Triple Border with Brazil and Argentina. "The incident was observed by police officer Rafael Ramos and his girlfriend Nancy Jimenez, who were passing by in their car," Ramirez said. (CNN -- World)
Search for Japanese hostages Apr 4, 2007
The road where the group was abducted is the main corridor for business between the capital, Asuncion and the trading city of Ciudad del Este on Paraguay's so-called Triple Border with Argentina and Brazil. The Paraguayan policeman and his girlfriend stopped to help the pair but were themselves kidnapped, police said. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
In this photo made out of a security camera image provided by a Japanese restaurant outside of Tokyo, the two people believed to be slain British language teacher Lindsay Ann Hawker, left, and suspected Japanese attacker Tatsuya Ichihashi hours before she was suffocated to death are shown Sunday, March 25, 2007. The 22-year-old Hawker's body was found Monday, March 26, 2007 in a bathtub filled with sand set on the balcony of 28-year-old Ichihashi's apartment in Ichikawa, east of Tokyo. Police were still hunting for the suspect. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) Tuesday, April 3, 19:48 Several arrested after 2 Japanese, 2 locals kidnapped in Paraguay Apr 3, 2007
The two were kidnapped together with a policeman and a female acquaintance of him in Caaguazu, located more than 100 kilometers east of Asuncion, on their way from Ciudad del Este, a city near the Brazilian border, to the capital by car, they said. A group of three armed man clad in police or military uniform-like clothes forced the two Japanese to pull the car over and then held them at gunpoint, they said. (News on Japan, Japan)
Sanchez, Colo-Colo roll; Cerro Porteno wins Mar 21, 2007
CIUDAD DEL ESTE, Paraguay (AP) -- Cesar Ramirez and Alejandro Da Silva combined for a goal each as Cerro Porteno edged Cucuta of Colombia 2-1 Tuesday night for the Paraguayn club's first win in Group 3 of Copa Libertadores soccer ... The match was played in Ciudad del Este, a city in eastern Paraguay, instad of Cerro Porteno's home stadium in Asuncion after a Feb. 15 Cerrp match in the capital against Gremio of Brazil that was marred by fan violence. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- Soccer)
Brazil Builds Wall to Stop Smuggling from Paraguay Mar 16, 2007
The purpose of the wall is to stop smugglers from buying cheap imported goods in Paraguays Ciudad del Este and selling them in the big Brazilian cities such as Sao Paulo. Computers, electronics, cigarettes, watches, brand textiles are some of the most common items smuggled. (Ocnus.net)
Paraguay City Flights Lawless Image Feb 25, 2007
CIUDAD DEL ESTE, Paraguay This city on the border where Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay meet has for years battled a reputation as a trading post for weapons, drugs, pirated music and counterfeit designer brands ... TO GO WITH STORY SLUGGED PARAGUAY TRIPLE BORDER PHOTO PACKAGE.- Panoramic view of The 'Friendship Bridge' from Ciudad del Este side, 200 miles from Asuncion, Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2007 ... Ciudad del Este officials deny that their city, founded in 1975 under the dictatorship of the late... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
Argentina 0-0 Colombia Jan 26, 2007
Morales fue en este encuentro otra vez el gran jugador que comand la clasificacin argentina en el grupo B, disputado en Ciudad del Este, pero su habilidad no fue suficiente para permitir una victoria que hubiera asegurado la clasificacin mundialista de su seleccin. El equipo colombiano, por su parte, careci de opciones, salvo una que se present a los 28, cuando un centro del "Mago" Juan Pino por poco no fue aadido en meta propia por Fazio en su intento de rechazar. (ESPN -- Deportes)
Chile gole a Colombia por 5-0 en el inicio del hexagonal Jan 20, 2007
Los chilenos mostraron solidez ofensiva e ideas claras para hacer frente a una rival que llegaba de ganar el primer lugar del grupo B, jugado en Ciudad del Este y, sin complejos, impusieron un juego de gran vehemencia para hundir a sus rivales. Al inicio de las acciones, Colombia intent tomar el control a base de la creatividad de Carlos Quintero, en sociedad con el Mago Juan Pino, quien a los 6 llev la primera de riesgo en un veloz contragolpe que termin diluyndose en un error al momento de... (ESPN -- Deportes)
Argentina y Uruguay empataron 3-3 Jan 17, 2007
CIUDAD DEL ESTE (EFE) -- Uruguay recurri este martes a su tradicional "garra charra" para empatar 3 a 3 con Argentina y asegurarse el segundo lugar en el grupo B del Sudamericano sub 20 "Juventud de Amrica", que se disputa en Paraguay. Argentinos y uruguayos cerraron la disputa de su serie en Ciudad del Este con un clsico del Ro de La Plata lleno de goles y emociones, que tuvo en su marcador final un resultado acorde a la gran categora de ambas selecciones ... De ah en adelante, los... (ESPN -- Deportes)
Colombia 2-1 Venezuela Jan 17, 2007
CIUDAD DEL ESTE (EFE) -- Colombia se clasific este martes al hexagonal final del Sudamericano sub 20 al derrotar por 2 a 1 a Venezuela, con lo que tambin favoreci a Uruguay y Argentina, equipos que cerrarn, tambin clasificados, la disputa del grupo B que se juega en la sede de Ciudad del Este ... INCIDENCIAS: partido que abri la quinta y ltima jornada del grupo B del torneo Sudamericano sub 20 "Juventud de Amrica", disputado en el estadio Antonio Oddone Sarubbi de Ciudad del Este... (ESPN -- Deportes)
Grupo B: Argentina gole 6-0 a Venezuela Jan 15, 2007
CIUDAD DEL ESTE (EFE) -- Argentina apabull por 6-0 a Venezuela, con tres goles de Pablo Mouche, y dej pendiente para la ltima jornada, del martes, la clasificacin del grupo B del Sudamericano Sub 20 de Paraguay. El equipo dirigido por Hugo Tocalli afin las teclas y con un ftbol avasallador derrot con categora a una Venezuela que careci de recursos para controlar el juego agresivo que presentaron los albicelestes en el estadio de Ciudad del Este ... INCIDENCIAS: partido que cerr la... (ESPN -- Deportes)
Colombia 1-0 Ecuador Jan 15, 2007
CIUDAD DEL ESTE (EFE) -- Colombia derrot por 1-0 a Ecuador y prcticamente se coloc en el hexagonal final del Sudamericano Sub 20 que se disputa en Paraguay, con una estupenda anotacin de Juan Pablo Pino, que volvi a deleitar con su ftbol de filigrana en el estadio de Ciudad del Este ... INCIDENCIAS: partido inicial de la penltima jornada del grupo B del Sudamericano Sub 20 de Paraguay, disputado en el estadio Antonio Oddone Sarubbi de Ciudad del Este, ante unos 1. (ESPN -- Deportes)
Y Ecuador a Venezuela Jan 13, 2007
CIUDAD DEL ESTE (AP) -- Ecuador le gan por 3-1 a Venezuela y se puso en carrera en sus aspiraciones de avanzar a la ronda final del Sudamericano Sub 20, que se disputa en Paraguay. Csar Moreira a los 55 minutos, Michael Arroyo, de penal a los 76 y Felipe Caicedo a los 84 le dieron el primer triunfo a Ecuador. (ESPN -- Deportes)
Uruguay, 2-1 a Ecuador Jan 11, 2007
CIUDAD DEL ESTE (EFE) -- Uruguay volvi este mircoles a la vida en el Grupo B del Campeonato Sudamericano sub 20 de ftbol de Paraguay, al derrotar por 2-1 a Ecuador, con anotaciones de los delanteros Edison Cavani y Elas Figueroa ... El resultado del encuentro ha permitido a Uruguay sumar tres puntos y dejar el fondo de la tabla del grupo B, que se disputa en Ciudad del Este, mientras que Ecuador complic sus opciones, al quedar con slo una unidad ... INCIDENCIAS: primer encuentro de la... (ESPN -- Deportes)
Grupo B: Colombia venci 2-1 a Argentina Jan 11, 2007
CIUDAD DEL ESTE (EFE) -- Colombia present este mircoles sus credenciales de vigente campen sudamericano sub 20 al derrotar por 2-1 a Argentina, en el encuentro que cerr la segunda jornada del grupo B del torneo, disputado en el estadio de Ciudad del Este (Paraguay) ... INCIDENCIAS: encuentro final de la segunda jornada del grupo B del torneo Sudamericano sub 20 "Juventud de Amrica", disputado en el estadio Antonio Oddone Sarubbi de Ciudad del Este (Paraguay), ante unos 5. (ESPN -- Deportes)
Grupo B: Venezuela venci 1-0 a Uruguay Jan 9, 2007
El encuentro, disputado en Ciudad del Este, fronteriza con Brasil, permiti ver un generoso despliegue de ambos equipos y tuvo como ingrediente sorpresivo un apagn que paraliz las acciones durante unos 15 minutos, cuando faltaban nueve para la culminacin del tiempo reglamentario ... INCIDENCIAS: partido inaugural del Grupo B del Campeonato Sudamericano Sub 20 "Juventud de Amrica", disputado en el estadio Antonio Oddone Sarubbi, de Ciudad del Este, ante unos mil espectadores. (ESPN -- Deportes)
Argentina 1-1 Ecuador Jan 9, 2007
CIUDAD DEL ESTE (EFE) -- Ecuador alcanz un estupendo empate 1-1 frente a una Argentina, que domin pero no supo liquidar el partido que cerr la primera jornada del grupo B del torneo Sudamericano Sub 20 "Juventud de Amrica" ... INCIDENCIAS: segundo partido de la jornada inaugural del grupo B del Campeonato Sudamericano Sub 20 "Juventud de Amrica", disputado en el estadio Antonio Oddone Sarubbi, de Ciudad del Este, ante unos tres mil espectadores. (ESPN -- Deportes)
U.S.: Hezbollah Gets Money Via South America Dec 7, 2006
Among the nine, the Treasury Department said that Muhammad Yusif Abdallah is a senior Hezbollah official in the region who owns a shopping center in Ciudad del Este, Paraguay, where several businesses are owned by Hezbollah members. The Galeria Page mall serves as a source of fund-raising for Hezbollah, the Treasury Department said. (Newsmax)
Great Escape, Part II Nov 6, 2006
CIUDAD DEL ESTE, Paraguay (Oct ... Raul, as it turns out, is also a motociclista and lives on the other side of the bridge in Ciudad del Este ... We stashed all of my gear at Julio's place in Ciudad del Este, picked up the bikes and set off again for Brazil. (Durango Herald)
A-B signs Paraguay distributor Oct 19, 2006
Bebidas del Paraguay will market the product to bars, restaurants, supermarkets and liquor stores throughout Paraguay, including the Asunci;n, Ciudad del Este and Encarnaci;n markets, according to a release. Budweiser sold through Bebidas del Paraguay will be brewed and packaged by the Argentina-based subsidiary of Compa;;a Cervecer;as Unidas S.A. (CCU) in Santa Fe, according to the release. (St. Louis Business Journal, MO)
Morgan: Bulwark Paraguay Sep 23, 2006
On July 21, 3,000 Paraguayan and international protesters filled the streets of Ciudad del Este to condemn what they see as the growing U.S. presence and government repression of Paraguayan peasantorganizations. . (Zmag.org)
Tri-border organized crime stirs concern (Martin Arostegui) Aug 25, 2006
Assad Barakat, the owner of a shopping center in the Paraguayan border city of Ciudad del Este, has been jailed on charges of laundering $2. 5 million that financed the 1994 bomb attack on the Argentine-Israeli Mutual Association. (Washington Times)
Hints of success in Paraguays corruption battle Aug 15, 2006
In a run-down warehouse on the outskirts of the scruffy Paraguayan border town of Ciudad del Este, stacks of battered confiscated cardboard boxes containing all manner of goods imitation Spiderman figures poke out of one box, others are loaded with pirate DVDs and cigarettes are awaiting incineration ... Ciudad del Este, a notorious hub of smuggling and counterfeit activity in South America, is also at the centre of concerns over money laundering, drugs trafficking, arms trading and even... (FT.com -- Markets)
Part 2: Lost paraguayos: Yankees are coming Aug 4, 2006
The supreme Pentagon obsession remains the Triple Border and Ciudad del Este, Paraguay - the Wild West of the "war on terror" ... The lethal cocktail of Cheney, Rumsfeld, Noriega, the Triple Border and all those thousands of "Ay-rabs" in Ciudad del Este could not but spell endless trouble ... There's no reason to doubt it may fabricate a South America-wide Ciudad del Este out of a single Triple Border. (Asia Times Online)
Hezbollah South of the Border Aug 4, 2006
Welcome to Ciudad del Este, Paraguay, population 200,000, free-trade cesspit and World Trade Organization wet dream, realm of sacoleiros (bag carriers) crossing the bridge every day and dreaming of the ultimate knockoff, but mostly realm of money changers, prehistoric armored cars, gun-and-coke dealers, dodgy pharmacists and stolen Mercedes with tinted windows ... Stand and deliver The head of the US Southcom (Southern Command), the vociferous General Brantz Craddock, is absolutely convinced the... (Ocnus.net)
Part 1: Hezbollah south of the border Aug 3, 2006
CIUDAD DEL ESTE, at the triple border of Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay - This is the way savage globalization ends - at least 20,000 shops, stalls, tin shacks and mini-malls crammed into 15 blocks selling everything under the (tropical) sun ... Welcome to Ciudad del Este, Paraguay, population 200,000, free-trade cesspit and World Trade Organization wet dream, realm of sacoleiros (bag carriers) crossing the bridge every day and ... Stand and deliver The head of the US Southcom (Southern... (Asia Times Online)
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Melbourne, FL 32935 Last Updated: 06/29/06 12:52:28 EST. C) Relative Humidity: 64% Barometer: 30. (Florida Today)
Check radar for storm progress Jun 14, 2006
Brazil - Ciudad del Este ... Paraguay - Ciudad Del Este. (The Clarion-Ledger)
- 20 things you didn't know about Paraguay Jun 8, 2006
In the (black) market of Ciudad del Este, you can pick up a fake England shirt for 3. 75p. (Guardian Unlimited)
Forecast » May 18, 2006
Jackson, MS 39201 Last Updated: 05/18/06 08:45:31 EST. C) Relative Humidity: 89% Barometer: 29. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Grandin: Wide War May 9, 2006
" A Latin American Wild West In Latin America, the tri-border region of Paraguay, Brazil, and Argentina, centered on Paraguay's legendary city of Ciudad del Este, is ground zero for this broad view of global security. It's the place where, according to the Pentagon, " of transnational lawlessness seem to converge. " The region had been on the Department of Defense watch list ever since two Lebanese residents were implicated in the 1992 and 1994 Hezbollah bombings of the Israeli embassy and... (Zmag.org)
A Place Where Crime Does Pay Mar 7, 2006
Almost all the activity takes place on the Paraguayan side of the border, in the wild west jungle town of Ciudad del Este ... American diplomatic sources told CBS News that two-thirds of the population in Ciudad del Este, a city of nearly 300,000, is involved in illegal trade ... Celso Sanabria, Ciudad del Este's chief prosecutor, says the warehouses are now filled to capacity. (CBS News)
