Tag: Puerto Rico

A for sale sign is seen hanging from a balcony next to a Puerto Rican flag in Old San Juan as the island's residents deal with the government's $72 billion debt on July 1, 2015 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

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Nobel laureate’s warped picture of Puerto Rico

Michael Barone · August 14, 2015 9:52 pm

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez, right of center, applauds with other dignitaries after raising the Cuban flag over their new embassy in Washington, Monday, July 20, 2015. (AP Photo)Â

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Outside re-opened Cuban embassy, visitors hopeful for Cuba’s future

Emily Leayman · July 20, 2015 10:42 pm

Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah. is surrounded by reporters as he walks to a luncheon with other Senate Republicans on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, May 22, 2015. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Hatch demands answers on administration’s Puerto Rico strategy

Susan Ferrechio · July 17, 2015 5:03 pm

People scan the bulletin board for job postings at the unemployment office on November 14, 2013 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. (Photo by Christopher Gregory/Getty Images)

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Puerto Rico hurt most by the federal minimum wage

Jason Russell · July 9, 2015 4:52 pm

The Wages of Debt: Greece, Puerto Rico … Chicago

Geoffrey Norman · July 1, 2015 8:08 pm

Puerto Rico's governor on Sunday said that the island nation couldn't pay back $72 billion in debt.Â (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo, File)

White House says no bailout for Puerto Rico

Nicole Duran · June 29, 2015 7:28 pm

"The debt is not payable," Gov. Alejandro Garcia Padilla told the New York Times in an interview published Sunday night. (AP Photo)

Governor: Puerto Rico can’t pay debt, nearing ‘death spiral’

Kelly Cohen · June 29, 2015 12:56 pm

Fixing Puerto Rico

Ike Brannon · May 25, 2015 4:00 am

House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte takes issue with op-ed we published last week by James Glassman, which suggested that he supports or leans toward a bailout of Puerto Rico. (AP Photo)

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Goodlatte: I never said I wanted a Puerto Rico bailout

David Freddoso · May 18, 2015 12:00 pm

An abandoned building sits under cloudy skies during a rainy day in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2014. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo)

The right medicine for ailing Puerto Rico

James Glassman · May 12, 2015 9:00 am

Puerto Rico's financial unraveling has been coming for years. Its debt obligations now add up to a jaw-dropping $164 billion. (Getty Image)

No bailout for Puerto Rico

Jim Martin · May 8, 2015 9:00 am

The group's report said if the 19 states that haven't expanded Medicaid coverage hold to that position in 2017, it would leave 604,000 veterans without coverage. (AP Photo)

Veterans Affairs hospital threatens staff whistleblowers with $20,000 fine

Luke Rosiak · April 30, 2015 9:00 am