Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is calling on the federal government to offer debt relief to Puerto Rico as part of a broader plan to support the bankrupt U.S. territory as he works to appeal to Puerto Rican voters in Florida, Bloomberg News reported.
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Puerto Rico bankruptcy Judge Laura Taylor Swain on Wednesday rejected bond insurers’ continued efforts to lift a stay on the claims for nearly $7 billion in revenue bond debt, The Bond Buyer reported. Swain rejected other arguments to lift the stay or to appoint the insurers as trustee in early July.
Earthquakes that rocked Puerto Rico in January and the coronavirus pandemic cost the island $1.1 billion in estimated revenue as Governor Wanda Vazquez closed almost all non-essential activity to help stop the spread of the virus, Bloomberg News reported.
Five members of U.S. Congress from New York said on Wednesday that several investment firms involved in Puerto Rico’s ongoing bankruptcy may have engaged in insider trading and urged the state attorney general to investigate, Reuters reported.