CNE – Centro Para Una Nueva Economía – Center for a New Economy
Non-profit, economic research and policy development organization
As she takes the helm of CNE, Rosanna Torres Pizarro calls for a Puerto Rico that listens, debates with respect and builds solutions together. She lays out her vision for CNE as a meeting point and a source of clear, reliable information.
Fifty years ago, the Tobin Report warned about Puerto Rico’s dependence on external capital and federal transfers. We trace the road that led to it and why its lessons matter as Puerto Rico plans for life after the Oversight Board.
Leaders in business, community and public policy share their thoughts on Rosanna Torres Pizarro as she becomes CNE’s President.
Rosanna Torres Pizarro is named President of CNE, the first woman to lead the organization in its 26-year history. Founder Miguel A. Soto-Class becomes Chair of the Board.
Nine years after PROMESA, Puerto Rico’s debt is lower, but the restructuring has been slow and costly. We also look at the boost to the rum cover-over and recap CNE’s conversation on energy and industrial policy.
The rum cover-over brings Puerto Rico about $200 million a year, and new federal legislation adds roughly $100 million more. We propose investing that increase in an economic development fund modeled on Alaska’s Permanent Fund.
Nine years after PROMESA, Puerto Rico has cut its debt but still lags on financial reporting and a growth strategy. Our testimony to Congress argues it’s time to start planning to wind down the Oversight Board.
We look at how the second Trump administration’s early executive orders, federal spending cuts and tariffs could affect Puerto Rico. Plus a European perspective from Real Instituto Elcano and a Data Snapshot on tariffs.
