La Brega: The Bankruptcy Letters

Latino USA

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🗓️ 2 April 2021

⏱️ 40 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?

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0:00.0	I'm Maria Inojosa, and I am Penileira Mides.
0:03.0	And on this new series, we're going to get to know the most powerful Mexican government
0:08.6	official ever to face trial in the US for his alleged ties to the infamous drug lord, El
0:15.4	Chappo.
0:16.4	But this is not your regular narco story.
0:19.3	It's like true crime, myths, telenovela.
0:22.6	This is our new series, USA versus García Luna.
0:27.1	Find it wherever you get your podcasts and at futuroinvestigates.org.
0:34.1	Tear listener, this month we're bringing you episodes of La Brega, a special seven-part
0:45.8	mini series presented by Futuro Studios and WNYC Studios, all about the Puerto Rican
0:52.4	experience.
0:53.4	Today's episode, the bankruptcy letters.
0:58.2	And if you'd like to hear any of the episodes in español, visit the La Brega feed wherever
1:04.4	you listen to podcasts.
1:06.8	Now I'm going to hand it off to WNYC's Alana Casa Nova Burgess, the host of La Brega.
1:13.8	This is a call I had with Luis Valentín, a reporter from the Center for Investigative
1:30.4	Journalism.
1:31.5	They partnered with us for this episode.
1:40.9	For the past five years, he has been covering Puerto Rico's fiscal crisis and bankruptcy
1:45.6	proceedings.
1:47.3	One of the ways Luis keeps up with this complicated case is by getting an email digest from the
1:55.4	docket.
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