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Both countries are struggling with billion-dollar debts.
Is the island territory, with $72 billion debt, our Greece?
The island is facing its largest outmigration since the '60s.
The U.S. territory is treated like a state — and cannot, by law, declare bankruptcy.
Governor says the commonwealth doesn't have the funds to make the July 1 payments.
The economy crashed when corporations moved out, but the government kept spending.
The island’s economy is floundering and debt is mounting. How does that affect your wallet?
Puerto Rico is issuing $3.5 billion worth of bonds this month and investors are hungry to buy.
In an effort to rid Puerto Rico of its 4-million-strong invasive iguana population, the government has proposed turning them into an "exotic meat" export.