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As vice president of Miami-based shipping company Seaboard Marine Ltd., Jose Perez-Jones leads sales and marketing for a 22-year-old shipping company specialized in Americas trade and employing 1,400 people in the hemisphere.

But nowadays, instead of visiting offices for garment factories or supermarket chains, he is likely to be lobbying on Capitol Hill or accompanying Central American ambassadors in Miami to advocate for DR-CAFTA.

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Perez-Jones is a believer. The shipping industry veteran, who is Cuban-American, sees closer

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