Fondos buitre, corrupción política, tipos de interés del 20%, legislación draconiana … La tormenta perfecta de la deuda.
[…] funds began buying up the debt at a steep discount, confident that this was a bet they could not lose. Not only were the bonds guaranteed by the Puerto Rican Constitution, but under a wrinkle of federal law, the island’s public corporations and municipalities — unlike those of the 50 states — do not have bankruptcy as a recourse. […]
The impoverished island turned to hedge funds to stave off collapse. Now someone has to pay.
nytimes.com|De NICHOLAS CONFESSORE