Author: Grupo CNE

Proposals for Disaster Recovery and Rebuilding Puerto Rico

TREAT PUERTO RICO FAIRLY – Puerto Ricans are US citizens by birth. Therefore, Congress should treat Puerto Rico as a state for purposes of allocating disaster recovery and rebuilding funds. Funding provided through FEMA and the Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery program should be allocated to Puerto Rico on terms and conditions no less advantageous than those applicable to the fifty states, including funding for hazard mitigation to ensure we minimize harm from similar events in the future.

Puerto Rico Recovery Fund – Week 5 Update

Puerto Rico Recovery Fund – Week 5 Update
Maria, Lessons from Katrina: Ten recommendations from an experienced friend of Puerto Rico and a longtime supporter of CNE, John G. Davies, President of the Baton Rouge Area Foundation.

La reestructuración de la deuda con los bonistas locales

Los contratos de deuda no son promesas de cumplimiento seguro. Es por eso que los acreedores reciben una compensación extra, en la forma de tasas de interés que incluyen una prima de riesgo. Reciben una cantidad extra cuando cobran, a cambio de tomar el riesgo de que haya instancias en que no puedan cobrar.