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Published in TZ Latest News 21 October, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff

Obama Unveils Roadmap To ‘Bailout’ Puerto Rico: "New" Bankruptcy Rules & Federal Fiscal Oversight

America is not Greece, but judging from the Obama administration’s just-unveiled plans to bailout Puerto Rico’s disastrous debt situation, the American territory may have to sacrifice a little more sovereignty to get some relief. Obama is pressing for Congress to give Puerto Rico (PR) sweeping powers to reduce its $73 billion debt burden through a form of bankruptcy protection not now available to American territories and will also ask lawmakers to establish an independent body to monitor the island’s fiscal affairs (a la Troika).

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