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Hedge Funds Have Taken Puerto Rico Hostage

In February 2014, Puerto Rico’s bonds were declared junk by Standard & Poor’s – that’s the technical term. The following month, the territory sold $3.5 billion of them, mostly to U.S. hedge funds. It was the final deal in a selling frenzy: $126.6 billion worth of bonds were issued by the central government, various utility companies…