All posts by Philipe Schoene Roura

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  Rubio Questioned on Chapter 9 Stance at GOP Debate

  SAN JUAN – Talk of Puerto Rico’s debt crisis came to the forefront of the rumble-in-the-jungle GOP debate Thursday night. Real estate tycoon Donald Trump, Sen. Marco Rubio, Sen. Ted Cruz, former Ohio Gov. John Kasich and...

  • Posted February 26, 2016
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  Hispanic Voter Turnout Looms Large

  During an exclusive interview with this newspaper’s editorial board, which took place during the Puerto Rico Investment Summit recently held inside the Puerto Rico Convention Center, Caribbean Business Editor in Chief Heiko Faass asked former New York...

  • Posted February 25, 2016
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  Time to Rebound From Puerto Rico’s Lost Decade

  This edition’s Front-Page cover story marks the first installment in a series that outlines the unrelenting decline of Puerto Rico’s economy, which commenced in 2006 and has yet to subside. The death knell was actually struck in...

  • Posted February 18, 2016
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  A Summit to Restore Confidence

  Puerto Rico is hosting another Investment Summit, a yearly conclave of wealthy investors designed to showcase attractive incentives contained in Acts 20 and 22 of 2012, to lure them to establish local businesses and/or make the island...

  • Posted February 11, 2016
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  Puerto Rico in the Spotlight Again

  “Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in,” the famous line by Al Pacino in the role of Michael Corleone of the Godfather trilogy would have been a fitting statement for U.S. Rep....

  • Posted February 4, 2016
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  Prepa Extends Forbearance Agreement with Local Fuel Lenders

  SAN JUAN – In an interview Sunday with Caribbean Business, the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority’s (Prepa) chief restructuring officer, Lisa Donahue, said the utility’s local fuel-line lending banks, Scotia group and the Government Development Bank (GDB),...

  • Posted January 24, 2016