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Protester

New York Times depiction (1/18/22) of a Puerto Rican debt protest.

This week on CounterSpin: A judge has approved a debt restructuring deal for Puerto Rico, and the deal’s architects are saying it means a “new day” for the territory. Natalia Renta is senior policy strategist at the Center for Popular Democracy. We’ll hear from her about what those outside of the deal-making, but nevertheless impacted by it, have to say.

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Plus Janine Jackson takes a quick look at recent coverage of Ukraine.

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Citations

[1]https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/18/us/puerto-rico-bankruptcy.html[2] Puerto Rico Archives - FAIR ➤ https://fair.org/topic/puerto-rico/[3]https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/18/us/puerto-rico-bankruptcy.html[4] Natalia Renta on Puerto Rico Debt Deal - FAIR ➤ https://fair.org/home/natalia-renta-on-puerto-rico-debt-deal/[5] FAIR - FAIR is the national progressive media watchdog group, challenging corporate media bias, spin and misinformation. ➤ https://fair.org/