The crisis in Puerto Rico fills politicians and lobbyists’ pockets in the United States

The investment firms that are waiting to collect the $72 billion debt from the U.S. Commonwealth and its corporations have separated into two groups: those who are against and those who are in favor of the restructuring of the debt or that the island be included in Chapter 9 of the federal Bankruptcy Law. Politicians from both parties that are members of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, which has to evaluate the Chapter 9 measure for Puerto Rico and held a hearing in regards to this issue in September 2015, have received $327,250 in donations from the mutual fund and hedge fund companies that hold the islands bonds

La crisis de Puerto Rico llena el bolsillo de políticos y cabilderos en Estados Unidos

Políticos de ambos partidos que integran el Comité de Finanzas del Senado federal, el cual debe evaluar la medida relacionada a la crisis fiscal y económica de Puerto Rico, y que realizó una vista sobre el tema en septiembre de 2015, recibieron $327,250 en donativos de empresas de fondos mutuos y de fondos de cobertura que poseen bonos de Puerto Rico, indagó el Centro de Periodismo Investigativo.

Vulture funds have Puerto Rico cornered

Financial sources state that currently between 40 or 50 percent of the debt of the government of Puerto Rico is under the control of hedge funds, which in turn are part vulture funds. Their influence on public policy decisions is increasingly evident.

Fondos buitre acorralan a Puerto Rico

Varias fuentes del sector financiero aseguran que actualmente entre un 40 o un 50 por ciento de la deuda del gobierno de Puerto Rico está bajo control de los fondos de cobertura, de los que forman parte los fondos buitre. Su influencia en las decisiones de política pública cada vez es más evidente.