The Puerto Rico Manufacturers Association will be hosting a forum to discuss business opportunities in Cuba on Aug. 2, in anticipation of an educational mission to the Caribbean island nation, trade group President Waleska Rivera announced.
Flanked by members of his cabinet, lawmakers and private sector representatives, Gov. Alejandro García-Padilla signed a law Tuesday to begin taking formal steps toward creating permanent branding for the island, which is expected to be shielded from political changes or administrative whims.
Car sales dropped by 2.4 percent in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands in June, when 9,388 units rolled off the lots — or 234 fewer than those sold the same month last year, the United Automobile Importers Group (known as GUIA for its initials in Spanish), announced Wednesday.
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