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Puerto Rico tiene un crédito 'chatarra' y Obama apoya

Puerto Rico tiene un crédito 'chatarra' y Obama apoya
Hirania Luzardo
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Cuban-American Journalist

SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO - NOVEMBER 14: A worker sweeps up litter on November 14, 2013 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The Government remains the largest employer in Puerto Rico and can only service about 11 percent of the pension costs out of it's budget. The island-territory of the United States is on the brink of a debt crisis as lending has skyrocketed in the last decade with the government issuing municipal bonds mostly to finance pensions. Market analysts have rated those bonds as junk and suspect it's 70 billion dollar debt might be unserviceable in the near future.(Photo by Christopher Gregory/Getty Images)
SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO - NOVEMBER 14: A worker sweeps up litter on November 14, 2013 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The Government remains the largest employer in Puerto Rico and can only service about 11 percent of the pension costs out of it's budget. The island-territory of the United States is on the brink of a debt crisis as lending has skyrocketed in the last decade with the government issuing municipal bonds mostly to finance pensions. Market analysts have rated those bonds as junk and suspect it's 70 billion dollar debt might be unserviceable in the near future.(Photo by Christopher Gregory/Getty Images)

El Departamento del Tesoro federal evitó ayer pasar juicio sobre la determinación de la casa acreditadora S&P de degradar a chatarra el crédito del gobierno de Puerto Rico, aunque se ha reafirmado en que el gobierno del presidente Barack Obama no contempla proveer asistencia financiera de emergencia.

Un portavoz del Tesoro federal declinó hacer comentarios sobre la decisión de ayer de Standard & Poors de colocar en grado especulativo la deuda del gobierno de Puerto Rico.

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