Puerto Rico has a plan to recover from bankruptcy — but the deal won't ease people's daily struggles
- Written by Carlos A Suárez Carrasquillo, Senior Lecturer in Political Science, Center for Latin American Studies, University of Florida
Puerto Rico’s bankruptcy problem is complicated — but the various ways the crisis hurts most Puerto Ricans is unmistakable.
Since Puerto Rico declared bankruptcy in 2017, it’s become harder for people to decide where they can afford to live and where their children can enroll in school.
The island declared a form of bankruptcy in...
