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Title: First time for a state in US history - Puerto Rico Declares a Form of Bankruptcy
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URL Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/03/ ... ook/puerto-rico-debt.html?_r=0
Published: May 4, 2017
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Post Date: 2017-05-04 06:46:35 by HAPPY2BME-4UM
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With its creditors at its heels and its coffers depleted, Puerto Rico sought what is essentially bankruptcy relief in federal court on Wednesday, the first time in history that an American state or territory had taken the extraordinary measure.
The action sent Puerto Rico, whose approximately $123 billion in debt and pension obligations far exceeds the $18 billion bankruptcy filed by Detroit in 2013, to uncharted ground.
While the court proceedings could eventually make the island solvent for the first time in decades, the more immediate repercussions will likely be grim: Government workers will forgo pension money, public health and infrastructure projects will go wanting, and the brain drain the island has been suffering as professionals move to the mainland could intensify.
Puerto Rico is unable to provide its citizens effective services because of the crushing weight of its debt, according to a filing on Wednesday by the federal board that has supervised the islands financial affairs since last year.
The total includes about $74 billion in bond debt and $49 million in unfunded pension obligations.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/03/business/dealbook/puerto-rico-debt.html?_r=0
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