Puerto Rico

by John Davis March 15, 2018 In The Atlantic, November 1, 2007, Cornell West wrote that “Niggerization is the wholesale attempt to impede democratization – to turn...

The island has become a target not only for rapacious vulture funds but also for exponents of Katrina-style “disaster capitalism.” By Ed Morales Hurricane Maria has...

Puerto Rican leader Oscar López Rivera, who was detained in the United States because of his struggle for the independence of his country, enjoyed...

‘Any “bailout” that might occur … seems directed only at the Wall Street vultures who now control most of the debt,’ Déborah Berman-Santana tells MintPress News in a sprawling interview about the debt crisis in Puerto Rico.

Ten years of recession have made Puerto Rico’s government insolvent and made its economy collapse. The problems of Puerto Rico started before the global crisis emerged in Wall Street and now it contributes to making the crisis public but also, much more serious. Now, it is finally revealing the fiscal and economic failure of the colonial regime and it has caught the nation in a situation which appears impossible to solve.

Last Monday The Supreme Court ruled against Puerto Rico regarding its Debt, and determined that the island cannot turn to Act 71 – which enables some Commonwealth Public Corporation in financial distress to restructure their debt obligations – striking down Puerto Rico law.

By: Carlos Gallisá / Source: Claridad / The Dawn News / May 11, 2016 Puerto Rico’s fiscal problem has both an economic and a political...

Puerto Rico looks set to miss a new deadline on payments regarding the island’s US$72 billion debt. Despite the measures taken by the local authorities, many...

Voices from Puerto Rico's Students Leading an Anti-Austerity Movement Puerto Rican college students have been waging a series of demonstrations to protest austerity measures they...