As Congress decides how to intervene in Puerto Rico’s debt crisis ahead of Speaker Paul Ryan’s March 31^st deadline for legislative action, it should take great care not to trample Puerto Rico’s Constitution and private property rights.

As a practicing Puerto Rican lawyer, the ever-shifting discourse that prevails in Washington around our financial crisis has been a source of never-ending fascination these last several months. It seems legislators have come to acknowledge some realities long apparent to those of us who call the island home, yet, hypocrisy persists at every turn.