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The investment companies that hold Puerto Rico government bonds have been grouping together in different clans to defend their interests in the debt negotiation process led by Alejandro García Padilla’s administration.

The track record of the hedge and vulture funds that have arrived to Puerto Rico is, in a way, a preview of what the island can expect during and after the contentious negotiation process of its debt. Until now, only a few of the names of the hedge and vulture fund companies referred to as […]

Although the government protects the identity of hedge and vulture funds companies that hold part of the island’s debt, the Center for Investigative Journalism developed and verified the most complete list of the companies that are getting ready to renegotiate or demand complete payment of the debt.

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.