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.