Puerto Rico’s governor yesterday named a new executive director of the bankrupt Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA), following the resignation of its former head and four of the utility’s seven-member board last week, Reuters reported.
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A federal judge has refused to absolve the U.S. government of liability for investors’ losses on Puerto Rico bonds, a potential blow to efforts to write down the U.S. territory’s $73 billion debt load, WSJ Pro Bankruptcy reported. The ruling issued on Friday by Judge Susan G. Braden of the U.S.
The foreclosure machine that ground to a halt in Puerto Rico after the devastation caused by Hurricane Maria in September is slowly cranking up again, the New York Times reported. Island residents who fell behind on their payments are facing creditors ranging from Wall Street to the federal government.
A federal judge on Friday rejected an attempt by a major Puerto Rico bondholder to throw out the U.S. territory’s historic municipal bankruptcy case, Reuters reported. U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain ruled that the creation by the U.S. Congress of a financial oversight board for Puerto Rico under a law known as PROMESA and the appointment of the board’s members did not violate the U.S.
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