Once-thriving Puerto Rico mountain town faces economic abyss
![Once-thriving Puerto Rico mountain town faces economic abyss](http://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/tdn.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/a/dc/adce1ab4-ef73-5cae-b24e-213a46d79094/55fb9b86ce3b1.image.jpg?resize=300%2C200)
LARES, Puerto Rico (AP) — Ismael Rodriguez looked out on a nearly empty plaza from the clothing store he opened in 1960, now hemmed in by padlocked businesses in this mountain town in northwes…