BERNIER CALLS FOR DEBT MORATORIUM
From Yahoo! News:
"The gubernatorial candidate for Puerto Rico's ruling Popular Democratic
Party is calling for a five-year debt payment moratorium, saying it's needed
to stabilize government operations and guarantee the delivery of essential
services. Former Secretary of State David Bernier made the call Friday weeks
after urging the administration to hasten the pace of debt restructuring talks
with creditors, which have been dragging on since Gov. Alejandro Garcia Pa-
dilla announced last June the U.S. Commonwealth's nearly $70 billion debt
is not payable..."
PR GOP CAUTIOUS ON PRESIDENTIAL RACE
From The San Juan Daily Star:
"Puerto Rico Republican Party Chairwoman Jenniffer González -- who
supported Florida Sen. Marco Rubio’s run for the GOP presidential
nomination -- said she will continue promoting the participation of
Republican voters in the remaining primary elections. Although she
didn’t say who she supports now that Rubio has withdrawn from the
race after losing the primary in his home state of Florida on Tuesday,
she said “...Since Marco Rubio has withdrawn from the presidential
campaign, we have to be attentive to all the developments of the primary
race,” González said in a written a statement. “On our part, we will
continue supporting participation in the process up to the Republican
Convention...”
SOVEREIGN UNION REJECTS FISCAL BOARD
From Caribbean Business:
"Sovereign Union Movement (MUS by its Spanish acronym) President
María de Lourdes Guzmán urged Puerto Rico’s political sectors to
unite to “defend our dignity as a people” and adamantly reject the
imposition of a fiscal control board by the U.S. Congress. She also
asked the island’s political leadership to carry out concerted actions
to request that the U.S. government “put forth a serious process of
decolonization, to seek a solution to the centenarian issue that is
Puerto Rico’s status, which keeps our people divided and hinders the
design of a national plan that would lead to social justice, to our
economic development and the well-being of all Puerto Ricans..."
GOV'T TO BE SOLE MEDICAL POT PROVIDER
From News Is My Business:
"Now that medical marijuana is legal in Puerto Rico, don’t count on local
farmers joining the green rush. At least not yet. Instead, growing high-
grade medical cannabis will initially be in hands of the government and
“maybe in the future, we can enter the market,” the man in charge of the
Puerto Rico Farm Bureau told News is my Business. “Right now, there are no
opportunities for farmers,” said Héctor Iván Cordero, who leads the group
founded in 1924..."
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