CounterSpin Natalia Renta on Puerto Rico Debt Deal
Jan 28, 2022
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New York Times depiction (1/18/22) of a Puerto Rican debt protest.
This week on CounterSpin: A judge has approved a debt restructuring deal for Puerto Rico, and the deal’s architects are saying it means a “new day” for the territory. Natalia Renta is senior policy strategist at the Center for Popular Democracy. We’ll hear from her about what those outside of the deal-making, but nevertheless impacted by it, have to say.
Transcript: ‘Puerto Rico Hasn’t Had the Opportunity to Develop Its Own Economic Future’
Plus Janine Jackson takes a quick look at recent coverage of Ukraine.