6. The Bankruptcy Letters

La Brega

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🗓️ 24 February 2021

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Luis J. Valentín Ortiz from the Centro de Periodismo Investigativo tells a hidden story from Puerto Rico’s debt crisis, that of the micro-creditors — thousands of low-income retirees and former public employees with claims that the government may never pay, ranging from hundreds to thousands of dollars. As a federal judge prepares to make a decision on whether they’ll get paid, this episode asks: how can the government settle its many debts — not just monetary — with its citizens? You can read more about micro-creditors in this piece from CPI.. We also recommend this Radio Ambulante episode, produced by Luis Trelles, for more context about the debt crisis.

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0:00.0	Listen to Support it, WNYC Studios.
0:09.0	Hey quick note, there are English and Spanish episodes of La Brega. This is the English one.
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0:17.0	Wulve Alphyr, and selection on the version with the title in Espaio.
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0:38.5	Well not, can present Terte.
0:40.0	Well, my numbers is Louin, and I'm a periodista of the Central
0:45.8	of Perraimvestia.
0:47.2	This is a call I had with Louis Valentin, a reporter from the Central
0:50.8	of Perioismoichmo and Mexico Tibou, the Center for Investigative Journalism.
0:55.0	They partnered with us for this episode.
0:57.0	I'm about five years, I'm going to the diversification and then I'm going to the
1:01.0	and I mean, what is the Uyseo of the Kiyderra. For the past curio de la crissifical and then like the Cuisio de la Chieger.
1:04.3	For the past five years, he has been covering Puerto Rico's
1:07.3	fiscal crisis and bankruptcy proceedings.
1:09.8	Yeah, so I'm made all day in the duke. One of the ways Luis keeps up with this complicated case is by getting an email digest from the docket.
1:20.0	That's a repository where every single fileable document that pertains to the bankruptcy
1:24.3	case lives.
1:26.5	He then sent me a particular link that was the spark for this episode of La Brega.
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