Brazil has had a Free City for 45 years.
Nobody noticed.
Built in 1980 by a banker who'd never heard of charter cities... running its own water, sewage, security, and urban planning to this day.
Paloma Lecheta is now trying to make it official.
Full story on the new Free Cities Podcast 👇
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dA_UYNGvDxc&lc=Ugx9E1im3tyCTZlbiJB4AaABAg
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