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Blacker-than-black Market
In Ciudad del Este, Latin America’s lawless capital of contraband, where $500 goes a long way.
Words By Sacha Feinman
A fat Lebanese man emerges from a room behind the cash register holding an AK-47 as though it were a full cup of coffee.
“Four fifty,” he says, sucking on a toothpick. “American. And if you want help [...]
