Economic development and the natural environment are frequently at odds in Puerto Rico and the latest example of this conflict is a renewed controversy over a tourist resort planned near Aguadilla, on Puerto Rico’s west coast.
The Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico is reviewing the government’s proposed Fiscal and Economic Growth Plan — which on Friday was met with criticism by a cross-section of the island’s business community — and should be finished by Jan. 31.
Puerto Rican executives continue to climb the corporate ladder both in Puerto Rico and abroad, in a spectrum of economic sectors.