NO SLATE AP Television Ciudad del Este, Paraguay - April 14, 2011 1. Wide of 'Friendship Bridge' with city of Ciudad del Este in background 2. Wide of cityscape of Ciudad del Este 3. Wide of throngs of traffic and pedestrians making their way over bridge in early morning 4. Mid of traffic going through border control entering city 5. Close of sales tour guides pitching for clients 6. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Mani Florente, tour guide, Ciudad del Este "It's the border that divides Paraguay from Brazil so people can easily come here to make the most of the situation to shop. There are all kinds of electronics, we have just about everything here." 7. Wide of city down town with people and traffic moving through busy shopping street 8. Mid of very busy market area 9. Wide of shopping mall with international flags on exterior 10. Wide of busy department store interior 11. Mid of shopping assistant showing shoppers products 12. Pan of electrical products AP Television Ciudad del Este, Paraguay - April 13, 2011 13. Close of newspaper front page reading 'Changes in customs service' 14. Wide of newspaper newsroom 15. Close of newspapers editor Andres Colman 16. Close of website of newspaper 17. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Andres Colman, Editor, Ultima Hora Newspaper, Ciudad del Este, Paraguay "This has resulted in the development of other sources of commerce that have reached out to black-markets, such as arms, drugs, this even goes as far as sexual traffic of minors and women. It's a reality that continues to coexist. Ciudad del Este is a really open market base that moves millions of dollars per day, a ranking in Fortune magazine at one point placed it as the third city in business movements in the world after Miami and Hong Kong and this in turn results in a very extensive monitoring eye over Ciudad del Este." AP Television Las Tres Fronteras, Argentina - April 16, 2011 18. Wide of people taking photographs in front of Tripe Frontiers monument 19. Close of people taking photographs in front of Triple Frontiers monument 20. Wide of people looking out over river Parana separating 3 countries 21. Close of people looking out over river Parana separating 3 countries 22. Wide of Paraguay customs building on bank of river border AP Television Ciudad del Este, Paraguay - April 15, 2011 23. Wide of men opening barrier to enter into Ciudad del Este 24. Mid of men opening barrier to enter into Ciudad del Este 25. Mid of young man selling rifle 26. Close of young man demonstrating rifle 27. Mid of man testing rifle AP Television Ciudad del Este, Paraguay - April 13, 2011 28. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Andres Colman, Editor, Ultima Hora, Ciudad del Este, Paraguay "At the same time there is the reality of a city in development, the reality of a region with great tourism potential, economy, and with great natural beauty." AP Television Ciudad del Este, Paraguay - April 15, 2011 29. Wide of elderly woman walking while carrying products on her head through busy street in Ciudad del Este 30. Mid of elderly woman walking while carrying products on her head 31. Wide of down town Ciudad del Este with people walking past Mosque 32. Close of dome of Mosque exterior 33. Wide of women walking through street wearing Muslim style clothing 34. Close of women wearing Muslim style clothing AP Television Buenos Aires, Argentina - March 22, 2011 35. SOUNDBITE: (English) Liz Cramer, Paraguayan Minister of Tourism, Buenos Aires, Argentina AP Television Ciudad del Este, Paraguay - April 13, 2011 36. Wide of busy beer garden as Sofia Massi arrives to join friends 37. Mid of Sofia sitting to join friends 38. Close of Sofia 39. Close of person placing beer glass on table AP Television LEAD IN: STORYLINE: You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/f492dab171452ae0a1863b663263ab6e Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork

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