Archbishop Roberto González Nieves of San Juan, Puerto Rico, has called on the United States Congress to act to help resolve the islands financial crisis. With over $70 billion in outstanding debt, since 2015 the island has defaulted on several repayments.
The crisis has been painful for the people of the island, where over 40 percent of the population lives in poverty, and over 12 percent are unemployed.
Puerto Rico is a self-governing territory of the United States. Its population holds U.S. citizenship, but they cannot vote for president, and they have only one non-voting delegate in the U.S. Congress.
In a letter to Congress signed by González and Reverend Heriberto Martínez-Rivera, the Secretary General of Puerto Ricos Bible Soci…
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