Former Washington, D.C. Mayor Anthony A. Williams, who steered the nation’s capital from financial ruin to prosperity, told U.S. lawmakers Tuesday that solving the immediate fiscal crisis, while absolutely essential, will not alone be sufficient to bring Puerto Rico back to the position of economic self-sufficiency.
WASHINGTON — A restructuring deal between the deeply indebted Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority and most of its creditors came under scrutiny during a Tuesday oversight hearing here by the House Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Former Puerto Rico Gov. Luis Fortuño will advise the International Republican Institute on global political issues, the Washington-based nonprofit announced this week.