The government of Puerto Rico announced Thursday the signing of a collaborative agreement with Arcos Dorados, the franchisee of the McDonald’s fast food chain, to enable the production of iceberg lettuce for the restaurant by local farmers.
Puerto Rico government officials announced the start of the process to prepare the island’s first official Human Development Report, to be based on the methodology that the United Nations Program for Development has been using since 1992.
Puerto Rico projects the image of a society that has achieved material progress but behind the curtain lies a stark reality: 45.6 percent of its people live in poverty compared with 15.9 percent in the U.S., according to a report released by the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico (PUCPR).
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