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» Why Every American Should Care About Puerto Rico's Austerity Crisis
02/06/15 10:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Latino Voices - The Huffington Post. Throngs of students hit the streets of San Juan, Puerto Rico, last week to protest Gov. Alejandro García Padilla's proposal to cut some $166 million from the budge...
» Already deep in debt, Puerto Rico now faces a new crisis
02/06/15 10:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Puerto Rico has been laid low for nearly a decade by crippling debt and a near-perpetual recession that has triggered a migration to the U.S. mainland unmatched since the 1950s. Now, a growing number of peopl...
» Puerto Rico’s $72 Billion Distress Mess Reunites Lehman-Era Foes
02/06/15 10:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . For the hedge funds and money managers that pick over the credit market’s scrap heaps, Puerto Rico has become the new ground zero. Some of the same distressed-debt buyers that started battling seven yea...
» Dozens Evacuate Puerto Rico Condominiums After Roof Collapse
02/06/15 10:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from ABC News: International. Nearly two dozen people have been evacuated from their condominiums in Puerto Rico's capital after a water tank collapsed through a residential building's roof. There were no immed...
» Puerto Rico Bonds: Proceed With Extreme Caution
02/06/15 10:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Comments on: Puerto Rico Bonds: Put Your Money Elsewhere. Puerto Rico is facing well-publicized financial stress. Despite a recent rally, bond prices have declined over the last year and yields have jumped...
» Changing U.S. Bankruptcy Law Will Not Help Puerto Rico
02/06/15 10:20 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Imagine a small U.S. city that owns and operates its own electric power company. The business has been poorly run for decades. But it’s backed by the government, so it’s been able to borrow huge s...
» Puerto Rico Debt Nears Two-Month High as Utility Meets Creditors
02/06/15 10:19 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Puerto Rico bonds traded near a two-month high as creditors met with officials about restructuring the power utility’s debt, a step that could help ease the junk-rated island’s fiscal crisis. Comm...
» Puerto Rico should pay its debts
02/06/15 10:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Puerto Rico is at a crossroads. Our island government is more than $70 billion in debt and there are differing viewpoints on the best way to face this issue. As we consider our options, we should look to our ...
» In Puerto Rico Debt Talks, Things Are Heating Up
02/06/15 10:17 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . It is shaping up as a hectic summer for investors in Puerto Rico’s more than $70 billion in outstanding debt. On Monday, the U.S. commonwealth’s publicly owned electric monopoly presented creditor...
» Latino Rebels | King of the Towels: The Torture and Murder of Pedro Albizu Campos
02/06/15 10:16 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Latino Rebels. There is a most unusual TV interview of Gov. Luis Muñoz Marín on YouTube. The interview occurred in March 1954, just after the Nationalist attack on U.S. Congress that was led by L...
» Latino Rebels | Interview with Nelson Denis, Author of War Against All Puerto Ricans, Part III
02/06/15 10:11 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Latino Rebels. Editor’s Note: You can read Part I here and Part II here . JM: What are your thoughts on the immigration issue in the United States and how it pertains to Latinos? ND: The immigration ...
» Latino Rebels | Big Brother in Puerto Rico: How the FBI Knew Everything About You
02/06/15 10:10 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Latino Rebels. A recently published book, They Know Everything About You , discusses the loss of privacy in modern life. It shows how corporations, governments and the Internet have eliminated the privacy ...
» Statehood for Puerto Rico
02/06/15 09:55 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > Puerto Rico. Pedro R. Pierluisi, the territory’s delegate in Congress, writes that “no people have ever prospered while being treated unequally.”
» What We’re Reading
02/06/15 09:55 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > Puerto Rico. Get recommendations from New York Times reporters and editors, highlighting interesting stories from around the web. In this installment, great reads from John Leland, Steve Lohr and ...
» Puerto Rican Mayor Faces Taxi Troubles on a Trip to Bronx
02/06/15 09:55 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > Puerto Rico. Carmen Yulin Cruz, the mayor of San Juan, P.R., hailed a taxi in Greenwich Village on Wednesday night to go back to her hotel in the Bronx. But the driver refused and kicked her out o...
» Island of misery: 'War Against All Puerto Ricans: Revolution and Terror in America's Colony' by Nelson A. Denis
02/06/15 09:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from [Untitled]. At the conclusion of the Spanish-American War of 1898, the New York Times concluded that “Porto Rico” [sic] was a charming winter resort, with considerable commercial value, and a v...
» It’s Time for the US to Just Legalize Weed: Latest #RebelReport
02/06/15 09:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Latino Rebels. We’re back! Here’s the latest Rebel Report , the one where R.J. tells us all to just legalize it. Seriously, just do it.
» White House Formally Responds to Petition Calling for Removal of Puerto Rico’s Governor
02/06/15 09:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Latino Rebels. Since an online White House We the People petition calling for the ouster of Puerto Rican govenor Alejandro García Padilla reached the necessary 100,000 signatures in a span of 30 days earli...
» 'Dark Knight' gunman wanted to avoid shooting kids
02/06/15 09:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . DENVER - A psychiatrist testified on Monday that Colorado theater gunman James Holmes chose a midnight screening of a movie to commit mass murder because he believed there would be fewer children present. Cou...
» Shootings, Homicides Spike; NYPD To Beef Up Patrols For Summer « CBS New York
02/06/15 09:45 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from CBS New York. NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Crime has been spiking in New York City — with shootings and murders up — and the NYPD is preparing for a long summer. As CBS2’s Tony Aiello re...
» NYPD Reorganizes Force for Summer Crime Spike
02/06/15 09:44 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TWC News. Today saw some sobering new numbers from the NYPD. What once seemed like a statistical blip is now a trend. Murders and shootings are up significantly this year. NY1’s Dean Meminger filed t...
» New York Police Department Deploys More Officers to Street Patrols as Shootings, Homicides Rise
02/06/15 09:43 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . New York Police Department officials said Monday they are moving 330 more officers to street patrols to combat an uptick in shootings and homicides this year. Though overall crime in the city was down 6.6% th...
» Vladimir Putin Hides the Truth
02/06/15 09:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . For President Vladimir Putin of Russia, the manipulation and suppression of facts is as much a tool of his war in Ukraine as an AK-47 or a rocket launcher. He continues to insist that Russian soldiers and wea...
» Oil up ahead of OPEC meeting as dollar slips
02/06/15 09:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . LONDON Oil prices rose on Tuesday in response to a weaker dollar and expectations that OPEC producers will maintain their group production target at its current level and resist pressure for an increase. The ...
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» China's Military Isn't Worried About Obama - Bloomberg View
01/06/15 21:10 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Cyber Warfare - Google News. Bloomberg View China's Military Isn't Worried About Obama Bloomberg View Chinese military officials attending a major security conference in Singapore over the weekend made cle...
» Here's how Latin America, Europe, and Africa see China
01/06/15 21:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Business Insider. Sean Gallup/Getty Images China’s Asia-Pacific neighbors perceive its rise with a certain level of anxiety, stemming from China’s ambiguous strategic ambitions. Especially amon...
» Riding the Tiger of Anti-US Sentiment - Foreign Policy (blog)
01/06/15 21:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Cyber Warfare - Google News. Foreign Policy (blog) Riding the Tiger of Anti-US Sentiment Foreign Policy (blog) Then on May 26, U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter called for China to halt its island re...
» Here's another sign that Russia's military policies are getting more provocative - Business Insider
01/06/15 21:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Cyber Warfare - Google News. Business Insider Here's another sign that Russia's military policies are getting more provocative Business Insider The Kremlin has announced plans to dramatically increase the ...
» Obama’s DOJ To Circumvent Congress With ‘More Than A Dozen’ New
01/06/15 21:07 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Breitbart News Network. Obama’s DOJ To Circumvent Congress With ‘More Than A Dozen’ New Gun Controls Obama’s Department of Justice is working on “more than a dozen” new gun control regulations it plans to ...
» NSA Loses Authority to Collect Phone Records as Senate Adjourns
01/06/15 21:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Breitbart News Network. NSA Loses Authority to Collect Phone Records as Senate Adjourns WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Security Agency lost its authority at midnight to collect Americans’ phone records in ...
» Ukraine Names Georgia's Saakashvili as Governor of Black Sea Hotspot
01/06/15 21:05 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Ukraine's Petro Poroshenko has appointed former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili to be governor of Ukraine's southern Odessa region, in a surprise move that is certain to raise hack...

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