Dr. Deepak Lamba-Nieves - Perspectives and Proposals: Puerto Rico's Economic Crisis
Monday, April 11, 2016 - 4:00pm to 6:00pm
Puerto Rico is over $72 billion of debt and the island has no resources to make any of its payments or restructure the debt. Unemployment is over 12 percent, the poverty rate is 45 percent, and half of P.R. residents are on Medicaid. This presentation addresses Puerto Rico's debt crisis as it relates to a legacy of colonialism. Read more