{"id":462618,"date":"2022-01-19T14:57:36","date_gmt":"2022-01-19T14:57:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/anime\/462618\/"},"modified":"2022-01-19T14:57:36","modified_gmt":"2022-01-19T14:57:36","slug":"judge-approves-puerto-rico-debt-restructuring-but-unelected-junta-could-remain-for-years-longer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/anime\/462618\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge Approves Puerto Rico Debt Restructuring, But Unelected \u201cJunta\u201d Could Remain for Years Longer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_uHP7V_yNTk\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\nIn a major development, a federal judge on Tuesday approved a plan to restructure Puerto Rico\u2019s massive debt. The proposal was presented by the territory\u2019s U.S.-imposed Fiscal Control Board, and it reduces the biggest portion of the island\u2019s debt, about $33 billion, by some 80%. Last year, union leaders pressured the board to remove cuts to pension plans from the current version of the debt restructuring deal. Opponents of the agreement say it will only worsen Puerto Rico\u2019s economic struggles. \u201cIn terms of whether it really resolves the financial crisis of Puerto Rico going forward, that remains to be seen,\u201d says Democracy Now! co-host Juan Gonz\u00e1lez, a close observer of Puerto Rican history and politics, who warns the unelected fiscal board could remain in charge of the island\u2019s finances for years to come. \u201cThere\u2019s some positives in this, but there\u2019s a lot of uncertainty still to go.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>#DemocracyNow<\/p>\n<p>Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs on nearly 1,400 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream 8-9AM ET: https:\/\/democracynow.org<\/p>\n<p>Please consider supporting independent media by making a donation to Democracy Now! today: https:\/\/democracynow.org\/donate<\/p>\n<p>FOLLOW DEMOCRACY NOW! ONLINE:<br \/>\nYouTube: http:\/\/youtube.com\/democracynow<br \/>\nFacebook: http:\/\/facebook.com\/democracynow<br \/>\nTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/democracynow<br \/>\nInstagram: http:\/\/instagram.com\/democracynow<br \/>\nSoundCloud: http:\/\/soundcloud.com\/democracynow<br \/>\niTunes: https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/podcast\/democracy-now!-audio\/id73802554<br \/>\nDaily Email Digest: https:\/\/democracynow.org\/subscribe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a major development, a federal judge on Tuesday approved a plan to restructure Puerto Rico\u2019s massive debt. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":462619,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2],"tags":[310950,112834,310951,310953,310952,10393,217886,40818,242980],"class_list":{"0":"post-462618","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-japanese-anime","8":"tag-amy-goodman","9":"tag-breaking-news","10":"tag-democracy-now","11":"tag-democracynow","12":"tag-independent-media","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-politics","15":"tag-re-main","16":"tag-world-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/anime\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/anime\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/anime\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/anime\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/anime\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=462618"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/anime\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462618\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/anime\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/462619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/anime\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=462618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/anime\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=462618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/anime\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=462618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}