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    • Friday, 6 January, 2023
      ReviewVisual Arts
      The Whitney Museum’s show of Puerto Rican art after Hurricane Maria is searing, angry and mournful

      A frank artistic response to economic and political fractures is not helped by curatorial hectoring

    • Tuesday, 20 September, 2022
      Natural disasters
      Hurricane Fiona leaves more than 1mn without electricity in Puerto Rico

      White House pledges support for territory that suffered billions in damages from 2017 storms

    • Friday, 5 August, 2022
      Financial fraud
      Tory donor charged in Puerto Rico bribery scheme

      Venezuelan financier Julio Herrera Velutini has given more than £500,000 since Boris Johnson became UK prime minister

    • Saturday, 13 November, 2021
      John Dizard
      Puerto Rico debt deal highlights the dilemma of pension liabilities

      Restructurings typically leave a greater burden to meet retirement costs on those still working

    • Friday, 15 October, 2021
      Cryptocurrencies
      Tax officials tighten their grip on crypto

      Investors tempted to try evading tax should beware of the authorities’ growing reach

    • Wednesday, 12 May, 2021
      Travel
      Resilience and exuberance in Puerto Rico

      The island hopes to bounce back from the pandemic to hit record visitor numbers this year but it remains little known beyond the US

    • Monday, 14 December, 2020
      Matthew Slaughter
      To the moon and back, Chinese R&D is leaving the US behind

      It’s telling that the same day a Chinese rocket collected lunar rocks, a key US radio telescope collapsed

    • Friday, 9 October, 2020
      News in-depth
      Puerto Rico poised for new battle with bondholders

      Move to rewrite February’s restructuring deal inflames tensions

    • Monday, 10 February, 2020
      Lex
      Puerto Rico: island mentality Premium content

      Now that the vulture funds can be paid off, the future looks richer

    • Monday, 10 February, 2020
      Puerto Rico strikes deal with bondholders to write off $24bn in debt

      Agreement moves cash-strapped island closer to ending financial crisis

    • Friday, 9 August, 2019
      FTfmJohn Dizard
      Puerto Rico bondholders rejoice in political turmoil

      Defaulted and partially restructured bonds have performed well since recent troubles began

    • Thursday, 25 July, 2019
      Puerto Rico governor resigns following protests

      Days of protests following leaked text messages had prompted Ricardo Rosselló’s departure

    • Monday, 17 June, 2019
      Puerto Rico strikes $35bn debt restructuring deal

      Agreement with bondholders aims to enable island to emerge from bankruptcy by 2020

    • Friday, 15 March, 2019
      FTfmJohn Dizard
      Puerto Rico’s number-crunching frustrates even the best minds

      On the island of too many contradictions, too many people have too much at stake

    • Friday, 25 January, 2019
      FTfmJohn Dizard
      Bondholders face a greater likelihood of haircuts
    • Friday, 9 November, 2018
      FTfmJohn Dizard
      ‘Bottom-feeding’ hedge funds are big winners on Puerto Rico bonds
    • Thursday, 13 September, 2018
      US politics & policy
      Trump disputes death toll from Puerto Rico hurricane

      President falsely blames Democrats for inflating number killed as he defends response

    • Friday, 7 September, 2018
      At Home with the FT
      The Puerto Rico mayor who took on Trump

      Carmen Yulín Cruz revisits her ‘Mar-a-Lago’, a year after Hurricane Maria

    • Wednesday, 8 August, 2018
      Capital markets
      Puerto Rico reaches deal with creditors to restructure sales-tax bonds
    • Tuesday, 7 August, 2018
      FT AlphavilleAlexandra Scaggs
      Against states' rights
    • Friday, 20 July, 2018
      FTfmJohn Dizard
      The problem of Puerto Rico won’t go away

      Issues kicked into the long grass will have to be addressed eventually

    • Monday, 16 July, 2018
      Markets
      Further reading
    • Monday, 2 July, 2018
      FT AlphavilleJamie Powell
      Further reading
    • Friday, 8 June, 2018
      Capital markets
      Puerto Rico sales tax bonds rally on bondholder agreement terms

      Accord reached in connection with national bankruptcy case

    • Wednesday, 30 May, 2018
      The FT ViewNatural disasters
      Puerto Rico’s ordeal by hurricane is not yet over

      The public health crisis was far worse than official data recognise

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