Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority Executive Director Alberto Lázaro confirmed Thursday the agency is waiting for the governor to sign the law that will allow it to pursue external financing to begin talking to creditors next month.
The U.S. Senate passed S. 2328, the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act (PROMESA), Wednesday with a bipartisan vote that should send the measure to Pres. Barack Obama’s desk for signing today.
Twenty-five members of Puerto Rico’s credit union sector unveiled today in New York a proposal to restructure the bulk of the government’s outstanding public debt, which calls for reducing the payment burden and providing guarantees to creditors.