Commonwealth of Puerto Rico

U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., attacked the Puerto Rico Oversight Board’s plan to slash bondholder payments as illegal.

Puerto Rico’s voters overwhelmingly voted on Sunday for the island to become a state in a vote the opposition chose to boycott.

Puerto Rico’s government and Oversight Board have declined to say what debt service bondholders should expect in the coming fiscal year despite repeated inquiries.

Puerto Rico will hold a plebiscite on its political status Sunday, even though the U.S. Justice Department hasn't approved the wording of the measure.

How the Puerto Rico’s Title III bankruptcy case judge handles the commonwealth’s highways bonds may threaten revenue bond bankruptcy precedent.

Assured Guaranty, National Public Finance Guarantee, and Financial Guaranty Insurance Co. challenged diversion of special revenue bond collateral that secures $4.1 billion of Puerto Rico Highways and Transportation Authority bonds.

Puerto Rico’s April economic activity index fell 2% in April from a year earlier, signaling continued weakness as the island government embarks on its record breaking municipal debt restructuring.

Puerto Rico's governor presented a fiscal 2018 budget that allots at least $2.04 billion for pensions and nothing for debt.

Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló proposed an austere fiscal year 2018 General Fund budget that he said cut operating expenses by 9.1%.

A federal judge ordered a freeze on Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp. (COFINA) debt payments Tuesday.