CNE – Centro Para Una Nueva Economía – Center for a New Economy
Non-profit, economic research and policy development organization
CNE opposes the Census Bureau’s proposed rule for the 2030 Census. It never says whether it applies to Puerto Rico, its tax-based residence test doesn’t fit the island, and its ban on race and ethnicity questions would erase Puerto Rico’s only full-count demographic data.
Two June 2026 Supreme Court rulings on presidential removal power raise questions about protections for Oversight Board members. We explain why PROMESA’s for-cause protection is more likely than not to hold.
Dos decisiones del Tribunal Supremo de junio de 2026 sobre el poder presidencial de destitución plantean dudas sobre la protección de los miembros de la Junta. Explicamos por qué es más probable que la protección por justa causa de PROMESA se sostenga.
A diez años de PROMESA, la pregunta no es cuándo se irá la Junta, sino qué quedará cuando se vaya. Puerto Rico tiene que empezar a fortalecer su capacidad institucional desde ahora.
Ten years after PROMESA, the question isn’t when the Oversight Board will leave, but what will remain when it does. Puerto Rico needs to start building its own institutional capacity now.
La quiebra de la AEE cumple nueve años todavĂa sin acuerdo. Analizamos cuánto subirĂan las facturas de luz segĂşn el tamaño del acuerdo.
PREPA’s bankruptcy enters its ninth year still without an agreement. We look at how the size of a settlement would translate into higher electricity bills.
Nine years into PREPA’s bankruptcy, there is still no deal with bondholders. We map the range of possible settlements, what each would add to electricity bills, and why delay is itself a cost.
