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The head of Puerto Rico’s economic development department and about a dozen others quit their posts Tuesday, complicating some of the government’s key initiatives that aim to attract manufacturing and ...
News Puerto Rico » Moca » Economy: Puerto Rico seeks to lure manufacturing to boost its economy as Trump's tariff war deepens
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A global trade war is offering Puerto Rico hope as the U.S. territory attempts to strengthen its fragile economy. Government officials are jumping on planes to try and ...
News Puerto Rico » Moca » Economy: How Bad Bunny made Puerto Rico’s economy boom during hurricane season
San Juan, Puerto Rico (CNN) — It was a “mind blowing” idea, Jorge Perez remembers, two years after he first heard it: Bad Bunny wasn’t going to tour the US. In August 2023, Perez – a tourism official ...
News Puerto Rico » Moca » Economy: Puerto Rico, Once A Pharmaceutical Powerhouse, Can Become One Again
Steve Forbes explains how Puerto Rico can once again become a pharmaceutical powerhouse and help to reshore U.S. drug manufacturing. For decades Puerto Rico was one of the world’s premier ...
News Puerto Rico » Moca » Economy: Puerto Rico doesn’t need reshoring — it needs independence
The recent op-ed, “Puerto Rico is Trump’s Perfect Partner in Reshoring,” is a familiar remix of failed economic promises wrapped in patriotic language. It urges the U.S. to use Puerto Rico, yet again, ...
News Puerto Rico » Moca » Economy: Trump Is Pulling the Plug on Puerto Rico’s Economy
Mr. Biggs, an expert on public pension plans, and Mr. Skeel, an expert in bankruptcy law, both served on Puerto Rico’s financial oversight board. Amid Donald Trump’s firing of federal agency leaders, ...