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Puerto Rico Imposes Partial Government Shutdown Amid Financial Crisis

Puerto Rico Imposes Partial Government Shutdown Amid Financial Crisis

In Puerto Rico, the government ran out of money on Monday and was forced to impose a partial public sector-shutdown. The island’s 1,600 state schools have been shut and nearly 100,000 government workers have been temporarily left without jobs. We go to Puerto Rico to speak with political commentator and analyst, Luis Davila Colon. [includes rush transcript]

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