The Puerto Rico government’s decision to enact a debt moratorium and declare a state of emergency at the Government Development Bank prompted ratings agency S&P to downgrade the agency and Moody’s to warn of looming ...
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said Wednesday the legislation enacted giving Puerto Rico Gov. Alejandro García-Padilla the power to suspend debt service payments would lead to a further credit downgrade, to “default” status.
WASHINGTON — The two most prominent progressives in the U.S. Senate urged the federal government Thursday to help Puerto Rico stand up against the “vultures” they largely blame for the island’s current fiscal nightmare.