In Episode 6 titled ” The Bankruptcy Letters” speaks about how the people of Puerto Rico has filled out papers to show something that they have been owed. Mariluz and many other people filled out those papers together sitting down to do the math and calculate how much money they are owed by the government from wage increased they were promised by the government. Not only were they promised it was legislated and approved which means it was a law that the people get their money. When Mariluz did her calculations of how much money the government owed her it was ” 75 mil pesos” “75 thousand dollars”. The main reason why the episode is called the ” The Bankruptcy Letter” is because after the people filed they papers about what the government owed they they have gotten no response so people took it into there own hands and wrote letters to the government a line from Mariluz letter “El motivo de la reclamación es de 75000 o más a la que tenga derecho.” “Her claim is for 75 thousand dollars or whatever she is legally entitled to”.

When listening to this podcast it was very surprising to me that thing literally happened a couple of years ago. Now I am wondering if they have gotten some of their money from COVID with the stimulus checks were going out did they get theirs? But Mariluz wasn’t the only person who wrote letters weather you are a police officer, teachers or even incarcerated they wrote their letters to demand what they are owed and that is the fair. Puerto Rico does not do allows their people to have a voice. Puerto Ricans are not allowed to vote for the president of the United States and they are apart of our country nor do they have the right to vote for anyone in congress but they can vote for resident commissioner who has no vote in congress who the puerto rican voice does not matter to the government?

Question ~ Would Puerto Rico get out of debt fully ? When they do or not would they ever give the people of Puerto Rico the voice that they deserve?