About 100 local activists and community leaders rallied in downtown Chicago Wednesday to demand debt relief for Hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico.
They want brokerage firms like Merrill Lynch to put a hold on payments due for the country’s estimated $73 billion in debt. A spokesperson for Merrill Lynch said in an email Puerto Rican bonds are owned by clients, not their company.
About 100 local activists and community leaders rallied in downtown Chicago Wednesday to demand debt relief for Hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico.
They want brokerage firms like Merrill Lynch to put a hold on payments due for the country’s estimated $73 billion in debt. A spokesperson for Merrill Lynch said in an email Puerto Rican bonds are owned by clients, not their company.