All posts by Center for Investigative Journalism

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  Puerto Rico debt audit drags on as creditor negotiations heat up

  Almost two years after the enactment of the federal PROMESA law and the imposition of a Fiscal Control Board, Puerto Rico still lacks a public debt audit that shows, without doubt, how much debt was legally contracted

  • Posted June 11, 2018
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  Puerto Rico government did not prevent most Hurricane María-related deaths

  Health Department does not have a catastrophe response plan, and for nearly a decade did not ensure proper functioning of facilities, Center for Investigative Journalism finds

  • Posted May 24, 2018
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  Companies with Shady Background Interested in Contract Bid to Transfer Puerto Rico’s Inmates to the US

  The companies that are competing, both of which manage private prisons in the United States, face accusations of civil rights violations and of offering deficient services.

  • Posted April 30, 2018
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  Island Paradise’s Energy Lifeline Threatened

  Culebra's only permanent solution may be solar panels or independent system installed at residential, retail levels

  • Posted April 26, 2018
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  Puerto Rico rehearsed but did not implement a hurricane-proof power grid

  The island is still far from moving into a resilient model

  • Posted April 25, 2018
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  Hurricanes expose governments’ decades of negligence in Caribbean climate change preparedness

  In the case of Puerto Rico, there is not even a climate change plan in place

  • Posted April 10, 2018
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  Billing for Professional Services in Puerto Rico’s Bankruptcy Cases Reaches $135 Million

  The government of Puerto Rico foots the bill, which already tops $134.8 million in only nine months. Some lawyers have made already four times what the highest paid commonwealth officials make annually

  • Posted April 2, 2018
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  Center for Investigative Journalism: Privatization Fever with Renewable Energy Fails in Puerto Rico

  The Island remains stuck in meeting its goals for generating power with sun and wind, while the high cost of electricity offered by renewable-energy companies clashes with plans to reduce electric bills

  • Posted March 21, 2018
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  Recycled Proposals in Puerto Rico’s Fiscal Plans

  Before and after hurricane Maria, with or without the Fiscal Control Board, and under different party administrations, the proposals included in the fiscal plans for the Island are pretty much alike

  • Posted March 2, 2018
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  Center for Investigative Journalism: The Fantasy of the Fiscal Plan for Puerto Rico

  The country goes from the short-term strategy of the year by year budgets to the five to 10 years fiscal plans. And none of the exercises improves the fiscal and economic quagmire.

  • Posted February 20, 2018