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Thursday, February 17, 2005


Puerto Rico: The tax exempt Caribbean paradise of tropical fruits, island rhythms, and boner pills.
Puerto Rico's currency is the US dollar; its citizens are entitled to US passports, but they do not pay most federal taxes. Thanks to long and historic ties to cities like New York, many are bilingual and feel as assimilated as they want to be with the US mainland.

Barceloneta is a coastal town of just over 20,000 residents - about 40 minutes drive west of the capital San Juan. Twenty years ago it was best known for the juiciness of its pineapples, but now it is a pharmaceutical hub, and home to America's only factory making Viagra - Pfizer's impotence drug.
This place is sounding better and better. Tax-free is good enough, but the prospect of Viagra effluent in the drinking water. . that's got to be one happy island. How could you argue with this:


"With Viagra and tequila, grandma is happy," reads a restaurant slogan"

That's just wrong.



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