Spanish insurance group MAPFRE confirmed Wednesday that the North American market, which covers Canada, the United States mainland and Puerto Rico, now represents 10 percent of its premiums and revenue.
Spanish bookstore chain Beta Bookcafé will open its first store in Puerto Rico, and the region, in Carolina on Jan. 31, company officials announced Wednesday.
Puerto Rico will once again have a direct connection to Spain starting in May 2014, when Air Europa will take over the route that competitor Iberia abandoned earlier this year due to economic problems.