Given the unstoppable wave of foreclosures in Puerto Rico, where some 8,000 properties have been repossessed in recent years, homeowners have a pressing need for legal representation to avoid losing their dwellings.
In the last decade, Puerto Rico’s banking institutions have become more proactive when it comes to detecting and reporting suspicious possible money laundering activity to local and federal authorities.
Agriculture Secretary Javier Rivera-Aquino has set off an agressive strategic plan to convince private banks, which for years have shied away from the volatile sector, to invest in farming activity and new projects.