A record-breaking drought has led to severe shortages and a system of water rationing that residents say could have been prevented by better infrastructure maintenance. Puerto Rico's water woes come 10 years after the United States passed the bankruptcy law PROMESA to restructure the U.S.
A record-breaking drought has led to severe shortages and a system of water rationing that residents say could have been prevented by better infrastructure maintenance.
Puerto Rico's water woes come 10 years after the United States passed the bankruptcy law PROMESA to restructure the U.S.
territory's debt, installing an unelected board colloquially known as "La Junta" that continues to hold sweeping authority to determine fiscal and public policy.
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A record-breaking drought has led to severe shortages and a system of water rationing that residents say could have been prevented by better infrastructure maintenance. Puerto Rico's water woes come 10 years after the United States passed the bankruptcy law PROMESA to restructure the U.S. territory's debt, installing an unelected board colloquially known as "La Junta" that continues to hold sweeping authority to determine fiscal and public policy.
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