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Puerto Rico debt crisis: President Obama signs restructuring plan into law

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US President Barack Obama on Thursday signed into law a bipartisan bill allowing Puerto Rico to restructure its $70 billion debt, just one day before the island would have careened into default.

Added on the 01/07/2016 11:42:16 - Copyright : France 24 EN

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