Welcome to inside story. Im ray suarez. Just today a federal Appeals Court upheld a Lower Court Decision to block porto ricos municipalities from declaring bankruptcy. Theres probably too many for a population of over 3. 5 million. 78 municipalities, some as small as 10 and 15,000. They are traditional units of government. Many older than the u. S. Their inability to get out from under crushing debt may slow down a resizing of the government, rather than bringing the day closer. Robert ray visited the island as the fiscal crisis tightened, and shorter. Reporter its the new fiscal year in porto rico, sales tax jumping to curb the crisis, the reality i is more than 70 billion in debt looms. Robert ray, Al Jazeera America an emergency meeting between mayors and the governor looking for solutions and Common Ground on the biggest challenge the commonwealth faced. You guys are mayors, you have a finger on the pulse, probably tighter than the government has. Thats why we are here. Do you beli
Is the inside story. Welcome to inside story. Im ray suarez. Just today a federal Appeals Court upheld a Lower Court Decision to block porto ricos municipalities from declaring bankruptcy. Theres probably too many for a population of over 3. 5 million. 78 municipalities, some as small as 10 and 15,000. They are traditional units of government. Many older than the u. S. Their inability to get out from under crushing debt may slow down a resizing of the government, rather than bringing the day closer. Robert ray visited the island as the fiscal crisis tightened, and shorter. Reporter its the new fiscal year in porto rico, sales tax jumping to curb the crisis, the reality i is more than 70 billion in debt looms. Robert ray, Al Jazeera America an emergency meeting between mayors and the governor looking for solutions and Common Ground on the biggest challenge the commonwealth faced. You guys are mayors, you have a finger on the pulse, probably tighter than the government has. Thats why we
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Hello im rob this is the news our live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes a key u. N. Report on children in conflict is the critical of the Saudi Led Coalition and its war in yemen. To cheers and jeers and some National Police and two of spains largest banks pull out of barcelona. We must not allow iran to attain to obtain Nuclear Weapons President Trump gives his strongest hint yet that the u. S. Will drop it supports of the iran nuclear deal. United nations formally ends its troubled peacekeeping mission in haiti. United nations a report on children and conflict has strongly criticized both sides in the war in yemen it places side. The arabia and its allies on the list of countries that kill and maim children in conflicts at the same time the un United Nations rhino reports at mits the coalition has taken action to improve Child Protection aljazeera has seen the report its not yet public but its being presented to the Un Security Council it blames the Saudi Led Coalition f
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