TITLE

Program Activities Convention 1997

PUB. DATE

June 1997

SOURCE

Caribbean Business;6/26/1997, Vol. 25 Issue 25, pS2

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Provides information on the date, time and the venues for the 1997 Puerto Rico Chamber of Commerce Convention, to be held at the El Conquistador Resort & Country Club, in Puerto Rico.

ACCESSION #

9708130848

Tags: POLITICAL conventions

 

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