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SANTO DOMINGO. - Puerto Rico seeks to bolster bilateral cooperation on tourism with Dominican Republic and the Caribbean’s other Hispanic islands, aimed at possible regional agreements and strategies in view of the challenges posed by the United States airlines crisis.

Puerto Rico Tourism Company (CTPR) director Terestella González praised Dominican tourism’s sustained growth and diversity which in her country is perceived as a model industry in many aspects.

“We are beginning conversations, seeing which opportunities could take place, analyzing the situation that’s occurring at the airline level, but we understand that we can establish links in cooperative agreements between both islands,” the official said after a meeting with Tourism minister Felix Jiménez.

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Written by: gouletcolonial, 24 Jun 2008 9:47 AM
From: United States, California, San Francisco, Treasure Island
This is only logical
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Written by: gouletcolonial, 24 Jun 2008 9:57 AM
From: United States, California, San Francisco, Treasure Island
Visit the Spanish Antilles packages ....more fast ferry service between our islands.....First be realistic and admit.... For Strategic and financial reasons {at this time} Puerto Rico is the hub of the Caribbean ....if you dont think so you have never seen the Hato Rey skyline or San Juan airport but the destinies of all three islands are intertwined and the future is bright in spite of the cost of fuel...Havana has not begun to fulfill its traditional role as the great city of the Spanish Antilles and Santo Domingo is no longer a backwater
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Written by: Belial, 24 Jun 2008 11:09 AM
From: United States, Texas
"For Strategic and financial reasons {at this time} Puerto Rico is the hub of the Caribbean," GC finally says something that makes sense.

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The "{at this time}" is the key thing.

Other than Santo Domingo and Kingston, there aren't too many sexy candidates for the "hub of the Caribbean" if US flights continue to drop like flies.

But it will be hard to deprive San Juan of the status of the "hub" given the magnitude of the traffic of mainland PRs to the San Juan and vice versa.

So, PR has an edge.

Plus, that PR, an oppressed US colony, is the hub seems to something that US imperialists like.

The hub in PR enables the US imperialists to snatch people, money, luggage, and other property off planes as the travelers and their things move around the Caribbean.
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Written by: gouletcolonial, 24 Jun 2008 11:15 AM
From: United States, California, San Francisco, Treasure Island
Kingston was a joke correct?
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Written by: gouletcolonial, 24 Jun 2008 11:18 AM
From: United States, California, San Francisco, Treasure Island
If you are going to any of those pissant english speaking islands in the Lesser Antilles it is like Delta you gotta go through Atlanta ...Well you gotta go through San Juan
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Written by: gouletcolonial, 24 Jun 2008 11:21 AM
From: United States, California, San Francisco, Treasure Island
Also Commie stooge .....distribution rights for practically every major product is held by a company in San Juan ...that why I said Hato Rey skyline its the banks baby...also they have a bullet proof primary source and distributor law
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Written by: gouletcolonial, 24 Jun 2008 11:25 AM
From: United States, California, San Francisco, Treasure Island
Not many Cubanos who would not trade places yes even leave their rice cooker and new cell Phone behind to be in Boricua
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Written by: batguano101, 24 Jun 2008 7:01 PM
From: United States
Sounds wise. Some benefit must be possible to both.
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Written by: gouletcolonial, 24 Jun 2008 7:45 PM
From: United States, California, San Francisco, Treasure Island
the future belongs to all three
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Written by: White, 24 Jun 2008 11:44 PM
From: United States
“We are beginning conversations, seeing which opportunities could take place, analyzing the situation that’s occurring at the airline level, but we understand that we can establish links in cooperative agreements between both islands,” Puerto Rico Tourism Company (CTPR) director Terestella González said.


When was DR an Island?
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