Podcast appearances and mentions of Natalie Jaresko

“I coined the phrase ‘threat multiplier,' which has come to really stand for the connection between climate change and national security….Threat multiplier conveys that climate acts on every other threat we face, whether it's strategic competition with Russia and China, or terrorism, weapons of mass destruction, biological threats, and other threats around the world…because it's destabilizing our natural systems, and the whole goal of security is stability.” Sherri Goodman on Electric Ladies Podcast Just as climate change is causing extreme weather at home, it's also causing floods, heat waves, droughts, typhoons etc. across the globe, and threatening water and food supplies and destabilizing societies in many ways. It's also stressing servicemembers in theatre, putting more demands on the military's time, and threatening military installations. To name a few. Listen to Sherri Goodman to find out how, who is the author of the new book, “Threat Multiplier: Climate, Military Leadership and the Fight for Global Security.” She has been working in the highest levels of the defense industry for 30 years, including serving as the first Undersecretary of Defense for Environmental Security. She also shares insightful career advice. You'll hear about: What exactly a “threat multiplier” is and why she says climate change is one. How exactly climate change stresses national security, including in ways you probably have not thought about. The impact of climate change on geopolitics – from destabilizing societies to weaponizing resources How the U.S. Defense Department is also a model for how to decarbonize and drive innovation that improves the military and saves lives – military lives and across society   Plus, insightful career advice, such as… “It helps to diversify what you do in your career. And also, I find sometimes women undersell themselves. They think they have to have all sorts of competencies in order to be qualified for that next level of career advancement….You have to be willing to sort of put yourself out there a little bit, and you know, don't be afraid for people to tell you no…Also, I'd say that the network really matters. So, even if you do take time off….from your professional life at a certain stage, and then you think you want to get back in, don't let your network, your relationship network atrophy, because that always is vitally important.” Sherri Goodman on Electric Ladies Podcast Read Joan's Forbes articles here. You'll also like these episodes: (some may be recorded under our previous name, Green Connections Radio) Judith Pryor, Vice Chair and First Vice President of the Export Import Bank of the U.S., which facilitates business deals in furtherance of U.S. national economic and political security. Natalie Jaresko, former finance minister of Ukraine, on war, energy and global security – and ESG Vanessa Chan, Ph.D., Chief Commercialization Officer of the Department of Energy and Director of the Office of Technology Transitions, on the Inflation Reduction Act and the transition to clean energy. Secretary Katherine Hammack, former Assistant Secretary of the Army for Energy, Environment and Installations, on the Army's Net Zero program Secretary Deborah Lee James, 23rd Secretary of the Air Force, under President Obama and author of “Aim High” Susan McPherson, CEO of McPherson Strategies, on corporate strategies in a time of geopolitical crisis. Subscribe to our newsletter to receive our podcasts, blog, events and special coaching offers.. Thanks for subscribing on Apple Podcasts or iHeartRadio and leaving us a review! Follow us on Twitter @joanmichelson

Mobilize, Measure, Manage ESG – Evelyn Saelens, ESG Advisory at UL Solutions “These climate events, they're impacting our everyday lives. They're making the world unsafe…Sometimes it might feel that it's hard to get to solid, tangible information. It's hard to know that what you're doing is meaningful, that it really has an impact. So the, what made it extremely interesting at being able to develop these ESG programs at UL Solutions is that the science and the standards driven angle always flows through what we aim to do.”  Evelyn Saelens on Electric Ladies Podcast While global elites meet in Davos this week, many of them are wrestling with how to respond to the “new” 21st century economy that requires focusing on their organization's impact on the planet and people, as well as its ability to generate excellent profits. And now, they need to disclose it all in a range of new reporting requirements. How? Listen to Evelyn Saelens, ESG Advisory at UL Solutions, part of the 100+ year-old scientific standards company discuss what they are measuring these days to help private and public entities manage and report their climate impact in this fascinating conversation with Electric Ladies podcast host Joan Michelson.   You'll hear: The three main challenges she says organizations face: mobilize, measure, and manage. How they decide what exactly is best to measure and how to manage it. Why and how companies are integrating ESG into their core business strategies. Keys to measuring carbon in one's operations Plus, insightful career advice …. “Try to be proactive. Get out there, find those people that you are comfortable with putting yourself first, being proactive, maybe even a little aggressive. Why not? We can be aggressive if we know what we want. Let's do it. So that is the advice that I would give is, is to not sit back, get out there and, do that with people around you that are supportive, that you feel comfortable with doing that.” Evelyn Saelens on Electric Ladies podcast You'll also want to listen to: Helle Bank Jorgensen, Founder/CEO of Competent Boards, training boards on ESG issues Karen Alonardo, VP of ESG at Navex, software systems Suzanne DiBianca, EVP Corporate Relations and Chief Impact Officer, Salesforce, on their Net Zero ESG systems Natalie Jaresko, former finance minister of Ukraine – on the hidden power of ESG Subscribe to our newsletter to receive our podcasts, blog, events and special coaching offers.. Thanks for subscribing on Apple Podcasts or iHeartRadio and leaving us a review! Follow us on Twitter @joanmichelson

“Philanthropy generally, we consider, contributing private money for public good or community good. And climate philanthropy is simply, when we are making those private contributions in ways that are going to address the climate crisis that our country and that the world is facing today. I would expand that slightly by saying that one of the trends that I'm seeing is a real interlinking of climate and nature problems and climate and nature solutions.”  Heather Grady on Electric Ladies Podcast Philanthropy is being reinvented today, including what is now called “climate philanthropy.” It's in part about considering the solutions nature can provide to the climate crisis, instead of just relying on new technologies.  They each have a singular purpose as well as a role in the bigger vision, and require accountability   Listen to Heather Grady, Vice President and Practice Lead for Environment and Climate at Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, explain how they are leveraging philanthropy to help avert climate catastrophes in this fascinating conversation with Electric Ladies podcast host Joan Michelson.   You'll hear: What climate philanthropy is and how it works – and how they view “risk.” How they are leveraging the new federal funding, including the Inflation Reduction Act. What they think of the oil companies, ESG (environment, social, governance) and other hot topics. Which areas Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors focuses on and why Plus, insightful career advice …. “When women are clear that they do want to make a difference, that they want a job with purpose, that's a good thing to put in your cover letter and express on your cv. There are people who haven't worked on mission-driven organizations or companies yet. But if you've spent time, say, doing a lot of volunteer work in your community, whether it's climate or children's rights or whatever it may be, make sure that you're emphasizing that when you're applying for positions. We are really looking in my organization, and I see this increasingly, people are looking for new employees who are values-aligned and values aware.” Heather Grady on Electric Ladies podcast You'll also want to listen to: Justin Winter, Cofounder, One Earth, on “philanthro-activism”. Zainab Salbi, Cofounder of Daughters for Earth, one of the partners in One Earth – and Founder of Women to Women International and its former CEO Rosemary Atieno, Women Climate Centers International – on how they are helping women in rural Kenya grow their economies and address climate change at the same time. Natalie Jaresko, former finance minister of Ukraine – on the hidden power of ESG ·       Sandrine Dixson, Co-president of the Club of Rome (global leaders) – on the need for a new economic model that puts people and planet ahead of profit. Subscribe to our newsletter to receive our podcasts, blog, events and special coaching offers.. Thanks for subscribing on Apple Podcasts or iHeartRadio and leaving us a review! Follow us on Twitter @joanmichelson

“Companies are not just being more strategic about corporate social impact, but are taking on the role of activists themselves. Consumers and employees now expect companies to be vocal and to protect the rights of our people and our planet. CEOs are the voices of companies and can no longer remain neutral and silent as our world grapples with serious challenges.” Susan McPherson, McPherson Memo  Company leaders are in a quandary. They want their organizations to be seen as good corporate citizens but they don't know how to deal with the complicated, emotionally-charged and overlapping crises we are all facing today. The barbaric attack on innocent Israelis by Hamas on October 7th and the massive military response by Israel on Gaza alone – on top of the war in Ukraine and attacks on democracy from American influentials and climate change – are paralyzing many private sector leaders. What should they do?  Listen to Susan McPherson, CEO of McPherson Strategies and highly-regarded veteran communications leader, explain how leaders should/could manage this fraught time in this candid and powerful conversation with Electric Ladies Podcast host Joan Michelson. You'll hear: What a good corporate citizen really is. What “green hushing” is and where it's coming from – and how it's not anti-ESG. How to respond to complicated geopolitical crises How to be an authentic leader and who are some role models for that. Plus, insightful career advice, such as…. “it's doing an internal audit of yourself and learning what your superpowers are, and then being able to show up in the world, offering support to others. And I guarantee you, the support will come back. It may not be the next day, it may not be the next week, but over the arc of your career and connecting is hard….(and) Lead with kindness, lead with compassion, listen more than you speak.” Susan McPherson on Electric Ladies podcast   Read Joan's Forbes articles here. You'll also want to listen to: ·       Isabelle Grosmaitre, Goodness & Co. – on the tipping point business is at today and how good corporate leaders and boards can deal with it. ·       Heather Boushey, Member of the White House Council of Economic Advisors, on the economy and leadership ·       Natalie Jaresko, former finance minister of Ukraine, on the power of ESG in geopolitics, good business and climate change Michele Wucker, thought leaders and author of “You Are What You Risk: The New Art & Science to Navigating an Uncertain World.” ·       Sandrine Dixson-Decléve, Co-president of the Club of Rome (global leaders) and Ambassador to the Climate Subscribe to our newsletter to receive our podcasts, blog, events and special coaching offers.. Thanks for subscribing on Apple Podcasts or iHeartRadio and leaving us a review! Follow us on Twitter @joanmichelson   and @electricgalspod

War & The Hidden Power of ESG - Natalie Jaresko, fmr Finance Minister of Ukraine   “The global business community must understand that nurturing, upholding and protecting freedom and democracy is part of their ESG responsibility. It's not only in their best interest, but also in, in those of their increasingly noisy and numerous stakeholders…Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine started, not all chief executives have had the courage to take actions which would be consistent with their ESG policies,” Natalie Jaresko in the Financial Times.   How might ESG systems support peace and prosperity and disincentivize the brutality we see in the news from the barbaric attack on civilians in Israel and the continuing atrocities in Ukraine by Russia's unprovoked war? Natalie Jaresko, the former finance minister of Ukraine explained how to Electric Ladies Podcast host Joan Michelson in this riveting interview.   Natalie helps us step back a moment and think about how what's at the core of ESG systems might help drive a lasting peace. It's also vital that we continue to pressure lawmakers to approve aid to Ukraine immediately, as well as to Israel.  You'll hear: How ESG can be a tool for democracy, as well as climate and social goals. How globalization allows Russia's dark money to be a hidden influence on Western policies and institutions. What you can do to support Ukraine, today. Plus, insightful career advice. And much more! “I think today there are more ways to make a difference while making money than there ever have been before you don't need to remain or stay in public policy in the traditional kind of government think tank, uh, world. Now companies are establishing entire branches, departments, foundations to make a difference.” Natalie Jaresko on Electric Ladies podcast   Read Joan's Forbes articles here. You'll also want to listen to: ·       Sandrine Dixson-Decléve, Co-president of the Club of Rome (global leaders) and Ambassador to the Climate ·       Heather Boushey, Member of the White House Council of Economic Advisors Michele Wucker, thought leaders and author of “You Are What You Risk: The New Art & Science to Navigating an Uncertain World.” ·       Gillian Tett, Financial Times, from COP26, about what the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ) and its $130 trillion in commitments means for a net zero economy. ·       Kathryn Pavlovsky, Deloitte Energy, Resources & Industrials, on the energy transformation and ESG ·       Kristen Sullivan, Deloitte Sustainability & Supply Chain practice, on companies “doing” ESG, and the supply chain. Subscribe to our newsletter to receive our podcasts, blog, events and special coaching offers.. Thanks for subscribing on Apple Podcasts or iHeartRadio and leaving us a review! Follow us on Twitter @joanmichelson   and @electricgalspod

Sheppard Mullin's Restructure THIS! podcast explores the latest trends and controversies in Chapter 11 bankruptcy, commercial insolvency and distressed investing. In this episode, Natalie Jaresko from EY-Parthenon joins us to discuss her impressive background and storied career. She also breaks down some of the nuts and bolts of restructuring, lessons she learned in her role in Ukraine and Puerto Rico, and how governments can best serve themselves.   What We Discussed in This Episode: What is the difference between restructuring a sovereign or municipal bankruptcy? What role does the IMF play in certain bankruptcies and what limitations are enforced? What has been Natalie's experience as Ukraine's Minister of Finance and how it has impacted the situation today? What lessons can be learned from the largest municipal restructuring in Puerto Rico? What is China's growing role in providing access to capital? What does the future look like for Ukraine? How can governments stop the repetition of borrowing and what can they do to help their communities instead?   About Natalie Jaresko Natalie Jaresko is a leader in EY-Parthenon's Turnaround and Restructuring Strategy practice, overseeing sovereign advisory efforts and complex public sector turnarounds. Natalie is a proven executive with a distinguished 30-year career leading large-scale government transformations that restructure debt and marshal limited resources to prioritize essential services and strengthen budgetary practices, financial reporting and transparency. As Executive Director of Puerto Rico's Financial Oversight and Management Board from 2017 to 2023, Natalie oversaw critical reforms and the largest debt restructuring in US municipal bond market history. Further, as Ukraine's Minister of Finance from 2014-2016, Natalie successfully restructured Ukraine's sovereign debt and negotiated its wide-ranging IMF program.   About Justin Bernbrock Justin Bernbrock is a partner in the Finance and Bankruptcy Practice Group in Sheppard Mullin's Chicago office, where he focuses on all aspects of corporate restructuring, bankruptcy and financial distress. He represents clients across a wide range of matters, including debtor and creditor representations. He has substantial experience in out-of-court and in-court restructurings, primarily in the Southern District of New York, Eastern District of Virginia, District of Delaware and Southern District of Texas. Prior to private practice, Justin served with distinction as an Aviation Warfare Systems Operator in Patrol Squadron FIVE and as a Weapons Tactics Instructor in Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing ELEVEN. During his nearly 10 years of active duty in the United States Navy, he was awarded the Navy Commendation Medal twice, including once for meritorious service during combat operations in Iraq.  Justin also received the Global War on Terrorism Medal for his service in Kandahar, Afghanistan.   Contact Information: Natalie Jaresko   Justin Bernbrock   Thank you for listening! Don't forget to SUBSCRIBE to the show to receive every new episode delivered straight to your podcast player every week. If you enjoyed this episode, please help us get the word out about this podcast. Rate and Review this show in Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, Stitcher or Spotify. It helps other listeners find this show. This podcast is for informational and educational purposes only. It is not to be construed as legal advice specific to your circumstances. If you need help with any legal matter, be sure to consult with an attorney regarding your specific needs.  

“We're in this moment right now where we have a very short window to drive the type of transformative change that's necessary to solve a climate crisis. And we believe at One Earth that philanthropy can play a really, really critical role in actually making this transformation possible….But less than 2% of all philanthropic capital goes to climate and environment issues, and just a fraction of that actually reaches efforts on the ground efforts” Justin Winters on Electric Ladies Podcast We think it's hot where we are, but emerging and rural areas have it much worse. One strategy to help them is now called “philanthro-activism.” What is it ? Enter One Earth, a new kind of philanthropic organization, run by women who believe that the people on the ground know best what will help their communities and save the planet. Listen to Justin Winters, Executive Director and Cofounder of One Earth – and former head of the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation – explain how they are pooling the resources of both some of the world's richest people and normal people like you and me to help the most diligent, creative people doing the real work every day to avert climate catastrophes in their areas in this fascinating conversation with Electric Ladies podcast host Joan Michelson.   You'll hear: What Philanthro-activism is and why they coined the term. How they developed this creative business model – and what Winter learned at DiCaprio's Foundation. Stories of people on the ground who One Earth is supporting and why Which areas of the economy One Earth focuses on and why (such as food security) Plus, insightful career advice …. “I would put purpose at the center, and service because we're in a moment where it really is being ambitious. Doesn't have to be tied to resources, right? Being ambitious can be about the type of change that you want to drive in the world..” Justin Winters on Electric Ladies podcast You'll also want to listen to: Zainab Salbi, Cofounder of Daughters for Earth, one of the partners in One Earth – and Founder of Women to Women International and its former CEO Rosemary Atieno, Women Climate Centers International – on how they are helping women in rural Kenya grow their economies and address climate change at the same time. Natalie Jaresko, former finance minister of Ukraine – on the hidden power of ESG Kerry Bannigan, CEO of Fashion Impact Fund and Conscious Fashion Campaign – including reaching women in rural areas across the fashion industry supply chain ·       Sandrine Dixson, Co-president of the Club of Rome (global leaders) – on the need for a new economic model that puts people and planet ahead of profit. Subscribe to our newsletter to receive our podcasts, blog, events and special coaching offers.. Thanks for subscribing on Apple Podcasts or iHeartRadio and leaving us a review! Follow us on Twitter @joanmichelson

“The impact investing we focused on, and tried to bring tools and resources together for, really represents areas of investing where you're looking for both a financial return and a social return through the investments that you make. So, it's really that simple. It's asking the question of, ‘is there some kind of social return that's exceptional or different in this investment versus the normal investments I would make?'…I like to remind everyone that every investment has impact. The question is what impact does it have?” Jean Case on Electric Ladies Podcast Impact and ESG (environment, social, governance) investing are often confused, and yet today, especially as the Securities and Exchange Commission finalizes its climate risk disclosure rules, the investment community is paying a lot more attention to the impact of investment decisions on the environment and all stakeholders. One of the people who has been at the forefront of using investment funding to make a positive impact is Jean Case, CEO of the Case Foundation, chair of the National Geographic Society board, author of the best-selling book, “Be Fearless,” and former SVP of AOL. Listen to Jean Case on Electric Ladies Podcast help us make sense of these strategies in this engaging interview with host Joan Michelson.  You'll hear: How she and the Case Foundation see the differences in impact investing vs. ESG investing. How ESG investing is really about minimizing risk as well as maximizing return, and why climate risk is financial. What impact she thinks the SEC's new climate risk disclosure rules will have. What the boards of directors of the future will do and how they will need to adapt structurally to a changing economy and marketplace Plus, insightful career advice, such as… “Ladies, you need to own it….And by owning it, I mean, bring confidence that you've got what it takes. Own things that will make you a more profitable, build wealth for yourself, own that.…it's hard for a lot of us to do the things that we think we naturally can't be good at….(but) You can be trained, you can learn into almost anything. I see so many really capable, smart, awesome women and they just really need to own that.” Jean Case on Electric Ladies Podcast Read Joan's Forbes articles here too. You'll also like (some may have been recorded under our previous name, Green Connections Radio): Kristina Wyatt, Chief Sustainability Officer & Deputy General Counsel, Persefoni and former leader of the SEC task force developing the Climate Risk Disclosure rules. Julie Gorte, SVP, Sustainable Investing, IMPAX Asset Management on the SEC's proposed climate rules Helle Bank Jorgenson, CEO of Competent Boards, on ESG and boards of directors. Natalie Jaresko, former Finance Minister of Ukraine, on the hidden power of ESG Michele Wucker, author of “You Are What You Risk: The New Art & Science to Navigating an Uncertain World.” Subscribe to our newsletter to receive our podcasts, blog, events and special coaching offers.. Thanks for subscribing on Apple Podcasts or iHeartRadio and leaving us a review! Follow us on Twitter @joanmichelson

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Electric Ladies Podcast listeners requested that we air a collection of career advice from our various guests and here it is!  In fact, we're making it a new continuing part of our series. The last question in each of our Electric Ladies Podcast episodes is asking for career advice, especially for midcareer women who want to make a difference.  Listeners reached out to us and asked us to publish an episode now and then that is only that advice, so that's what we're doing. Starting today, we will now air a collage of career advice from about five (5) of our guests once a month. This week, you'll hear career advice from: ·       Natalie Jaresko, former finance minister of Ukraine   ·       Kerry Bannigan, Founder of the Fashion Impact Fund and head of the Conscious Fashion Campaign   ·       Lisa Brown, Ph.D., Region Marketing Manager, SouthEast, Volkswagen of America   ·       Julie Lenzer, Chief Innovation Officer, in this episode from the University of Maryland   ·       Kristina Wyatt, Deputy General Counsel and in this episode, SVP of Global Regulatory Climate Disclosure (now Chief Sustainability Officer) at Persefoni   For example, this from Kristina Wyatt: “What's happening now is that as this focus on climate….on diversity equity, and inclusion, all of these things are making their way up to the board. They're making their way to the C-suite, they're becoming central investor issues. They're financial issues…. What we need to have is these women who are sitting over in the CSOs office to make sure that they've got the chops on the financial piece, right? So, if you need to take courses, learn about how to read financial statements, get very familiar with your company's financials, understand balance sheets, understand income statements, understand cash flow statements and how they work so that you can really speak the financial talk and understand how your sustainability issues integrate with your financial issues.” Kristina Wyatt on Electric Ladies podcast  Read Joan's Forbes articles here. You'll also want to listen to (some of these are under the name Green Connections Radio): ·       Joan Michelson on Eisner Amper's “Fast Forward” podcast about “Why ESG Matters. ·       Bridget Hughes, Donnelly Financial Solutions, on ESG software and what to look for. ·       Natalie Jaresko, former Finance Minister of Ukraine, on the hidden power of ESG ·       Michele Wucker, thought leaders and author of “You Are What You Risk: The New Art & Science to Navigating an Uncertain World.” Subscribe to our newsletter to receive our podcasts, blog, events and special coaching offers.. Thanks for subscribing on Apple Podcasts or iHeartRadio and leaving us a review! Follow us on Twitter @joanmichelson   and @electricgalspod      

“On the supply side, we work with project developers who are standing up projects all around the world. Um, anything ranging from nature-based solutions to some of the more, uh, sort of frontier engineered technologies that you might have heard of, like direct air capture…and list their inventory on our platform to sell the carbon credits that they're generating through those projects. And then on the demand side, we work with corporations to enable the purchase of vetted carbon credits via our platform.” Lucy Hargreaves on Electric Ladies Podcast Managing carbon in the air is job one to keep the planet from heating over 1.5 degrees. There are many ways to do that, and the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report and many others, found that to do so, we need to both stop adding carbon emissions to the air and extract carbon from the air. This requires massive innovation and risk. One company thinks they can help expedite the process by creating a kind of “Airbnb for carbon credits.” Huh? Listen to Lucy Hargreaves, head of Climate Policy at Patch, to find out about it in this enlightening interview on Electric Ladies Podcast with host Joan Michelson. You'll hear: What carbon credits are and how they work. The kinds of projects that Patch is discovering doing this innovation work and leveraging carbon credits to help fund it. How to tell when carbon credits are a strategy by a company trying to avoid reducing their emissions. How to talk climate science and policy to lawmakers so they understand it and act on it. Plus, insightful career advice such as….: “The first thing I think is just like, be really clear on what your goals are. Really think about why are you doing what you're doing, what motivates you? Um, and, and just get some clarity around that…(and) be extremely opportunistic and don't be afraid to take risks….(M)ost of my opportunities that I've had have came from me putting my hand up, taking a chance, doing something that feels scary and terrifying, but that is aligned to my core goal and mission of working on climate and sustainability.” Lucy Hargreaves on Electric Ladies podcast   You'll also want to listen to: (some might be recorded under our previous name, Green Connections Radio) ·       Pamela Conrad, Landscape architect, on using the exterior built environment to reduce carbon emissions. ·       Kristina Wyatt, SVP of Persefoni and former leader of the SEC task force developing the climate risk disclosure rules that will be finalized shortly. ·       Natalie Jaresko, former Finance Minister of Ukraine, on the hidden power of ESG ·       Michele Wucker, thought leaders and author of “You Are What You Risk: The New Art & Science to Navigating an Uncertain World.” Subscribe to our newsletter to receive our podcasts, blog, events and special coaching offers.. Thanks for subscribing on Apple Podcasts or iHeartRadio and leaving us a review! Follow us on Twitter @joanmichelson

Giselle, Iulia, and Dalibor are joined by Natalie Jaresko, former Finance Minister of Ukraine and current Chair of the Aspen Institute Kyiv, to discuss the financial reconstruction of Ukraine from 1992, throughout the 2022 war, and in the future. Jaresko updates the West's outdated image of Ukraine by recalling Ukraine's significant progress in instituting economic and government reforms. She recalls the events leading to Ukraine's Revolution of Dignity in 2014, highlighting unity in desiring democratic values and principles, which set in motion a series of consequential reforms. Jaresko dispels the myth that current aid to Ukraine encompasses a lot money, and she makes the case that giving more aid now is a valuable investment. She considers Ukraine's financial future, including transparency and anti-corruption efforts, potential European Union membership and the impact of brain drain and emigration.Show notes: Sign up for The Eastern Front's biweekly newsletter here.

“How do we deal with dilemmas? How do we think unthinkable? You know, the climate, ESG, human rights issues, diversity, equity, inclusion, supply chain issues, cyber security, integrity of data, incentive plans, all of those, the future of good corporate governance, transparency, anti-corruption. All of those different issues that have been there for a long, long time, but been kind of like voluntary more and less, and suddenly they are really coming at the top of the agenda for the board of directors.” Helle Jorgenson on Electric Ladies Podcast When there's a scandal or a huge failure at a big company or a famous one – like the collapse of FTX Crypto Exchange – you hear questions like, “where was the board of directors?”  So, what is the role of the Board and how are environment, social and governance issues, including climate, diversity and covid, changing who is on them and why?   Listen to Helle Jorgenson, CEO and Founder of Competent Boards training programs for board members, and people who want to sit on boards, in this episode of Electric Ladies podcast in this valuable conversation with Electric Ladies host Joan Michelson. They specialize in training on ESG issues, and, full disclosure, Joan is also now on their ESG faculty. You'll hear: What boards of directors actually do – and don't do How covid, climate and the resurgence of social justice movements are transforming boards, from who sits on them to what they do. How, when and why boards focus on ESG issues. How much they serve customers vs. serving investors. How to prepare to be a successful board member. Plus, insightful career advice. And much more! “If you look five years out, 10 years out, what is it that you want to look back at and say, Yes, I was part of this, or, or I did this…There's a ton of roles and…if you look at these 17 biggest pain points in the world (the 17 sustainable development goals)…and saying, Okay, where is it that I can make a difference? …I want to educate myself in this, so I can go out and help organizations, perhaps even the organization that you are working in right now.” Helle Jorgenson on Electric Ladies podcast Read Joan's Forbes articles here. You'll also want to listen to (some of these are under the name Green Connections Radio): Kristina Wyatt, SVP of Persefoni and former leader of the SEC task force developing the climate risk disclosure rules that will be finalized shortly. Karen Alonardo, formerly of NAVEX and Founder of CSRWare, on ESG reporting systems Bridget Hughes, Donnelly Financial Solutions, on ESG software and what to look for. Natalie Jaresko, former Finance Minister of Ukraine, on the hidden power of ESG Michele Wucker, thought leaders and author of “You Are What You Risk: The New Art & Science to Navigating an Uncertain World.” Subscribe to our newsletter to receive our podcasts, blog, events and special coaching offers.. Thanks for subscribing on Apple Podcasts or iHeartRadio and leaving us a review! Follow us on Twitter @joanmichelson   and @electricgalspod

Beijing's Covid Zero strategy leads to weeks of unrest in the Zhengzhou facilities of Apple's main supplier, Foxconn. We take a look at the impact this will have on the production of the latest iPhone. We also hear from a Beijing resident about growing discontent with lockdowns and mass testing. Also in the programme, former Ukrainian finance minister Natalie Jaresko tells us about the damages to the country's energy grid caused by the latest wave of Russian strikes. And we explore whether a quick nap break in the office could make us all more productive. Sam Fenwick discusses these and more business news throughout the show with guests on opposite sides of the world: freelance journalist Karen Percy, in Australia, and Hayley Woodin, Executive Editor of BIV News, in Canada. (Picture: People look at iPhone 14 models at an Apple store at a mall in Beijing, China, 03 November 2022. Picture credit: EPA)

Russian shelling knocks out electricity supplies to large parts of Ukraine, leaving the country with practically no undamaged thermal and hydroelectric power plants. We talk to Natalie Jaresko, a former Ukrainian finance minister. The International Monetary Fund has urged China to boost its Covid-19 vaccination rates in hopes the authorities might soon rework their Covid Zero strategy. This comes as Beijing is struggling to maintain its policy of using mass testing and lockdowns to eliminate the virus. We hear from a local resident in the capital about growing discontent surrounding these restrictions. We also look at the reported clashes between police and workers at the largest iPhone factory in the world, in the Chinese city of Zhengzhou. Covid Zero policies have led to weeks of unrest in these facilities. Credit Suisse has warned it will lose around $1.6 billion in the fourth quarter after customers pulled their investments and deposits over concerns about the bank's financial health. We discuss what's happening at the bank.

1. Arrasa Bad Bunny en los Latin Grammy 2. Presentan a nuevo director ejecutivo de la Junta de Control Fiscal, Robert Mujica, se ganará $625,000, igual que Natalie Jaresko. 3. Fatal intervención en la que un agente y un narcotraficante murieron en balacera en la costa de Cabo Rojo, deja al descubierto incremento del tráfico de drogas , la inseguridad y el silencio del gobierno ante estas cosas. 4. Pierluisi defiende a LUMA Energy y anuncia que los daños por el huracán Fiona rondan los $7,000 millones 5. Mientras Pierluisi depone ante el Comité de Recursos Naturales de la Cámara federal, legislador republicano Hice cuestiona que el gobierno acuda al Congreso “con la mano extendida a pedir más dinero y la estadidad” 6. Julia Keleher escribe un libro sobre sus años como secretaria de Educación y dice que no es “corrupta” 7. Aumentan personas con diabetes en la Isla. 8. "¿Ucrania es ahora el 51º estado de EE.UU.?": Republicanos exigen auditar la ayuda de Kiev Un grupo de republicanos presentó ante la Cámara de Representantes una resolución al respecto este jueves. Su líder, Marjorie Taylor Greene, detalló que la iniciativa aborda toda la ayuda "militar, civil y financiera" que Kiev recibe. 9. RESUMEN SEMANAL Éstas y otras noticias, hoy En Blanco y Negro con Sandra. - - - Este programa se transmite por las siguientes emisoras, y por sus respectivas plataformas digitales, y aplicaciones para dispositivos Apple y Android: 1. Cadena WIAC - WYAC 930 AM: Cabo Rojo-Mayagüez 2. Cadena WIAC – WISA 1390 AM Isabela 3. Cadena WIAC - WIAC 740 AM: Área metropolitana 4. WLRP 1460 AM Radio Raíces: La voz del Pepino en San Sebastián 5. X61 610 AM: Patillas y toda la zona sureste 6. X61 94.3 FM: Patillas-Guayama 7. Mi Podcast: Anchor, SoundCloud y demás. https://anchor.fm/sandrarodriguezcotto Redes Sociales: FACEBOOK, TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, LINKEDIN · E-mail: Enblancoynegroconsandra@gmail.com · BLOG: http://enblancoynegromedia.blogspot.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sandrarodriguezcotto/support

“The climate urgency is urgent and climate risk is financial risk. And the SEC is all about the protection of investors and the financial markets. And if you have this looming financial risk, that's not being adequately addressed. …And, investors were saying, look, the information that we're getting just doesn't cut it. It's not sufficiently clear, consistent, comparable, reliable. We need more and we need the SEC to step in and provide clearer guidance, clearer rules to help ensure that investors are getting the information that they need.” Kristina Wyatt on Electric Ladies Podcast We see the wrath of climate change vividly today in the damage from Hurricanes Ian and Fiona -- which also reflects the financial risk and impact of climate change. That's why the Securities and Exchange Commission, the SEC, is finalizing its climate risk disclosure rules right now. How did they develop them? Today you'll find out. This episode of Electric Ladies podcast takes you literally into the SEC's room where those deliberations happened. Listen to Kristina Wyatt who literally led the SEC's Task Force developing these rules, explain how they did it and what happens next in this riveting conversation with Electric Ladies host Joan Michelson. Kristina's formal title was Senior Counsel for Climate and ESG to the Director of the Division of Corporate Finance, and now she's SVP of Global Regulatory Climate Disclosure and Deputy General Counsel of Persefoni. You'll hear: How the SEC Task Force literally developed the proposed climate risk disclosure rules – and what happens next. Whose input they sought out to achieve their goals of serving investors and providing clarity. How to make sense of the different ESG-related standards Why this is a great time for a career with purpose Plus, insightful career advice. And much more! “What's happening now is that as this focus on climate….on diversity equity, and inclusion, all of these things are making their way up to the board. They're making their way to the C-suite, they're becoming central investor issues. They're financial issues…. What we need to have is these women who are sitting over in the CSOs office to make sure that they've got the chops on the financial piece, right? So, if you need to take courses, learn about how to read financial statements, get very familiar with your company's financials, understand balance sheets, understand income statements, understand cash flow statements and how they work so that you can really speak the financial talk and understand how your sustainability issues integrate with your financial issues.” Kristina Wyatt on Electric Ladies podcast Read Joan's Forbes articles here. You'll also want to listen to: Joan Michelson on Eisner Amper's “Fast Forward” podcast about “Why ESG Matters. Bridget Hughes, Donnelly Financial Solutions, on ESG software and what to look for. Natalie Jaresko, former Finance Minister of Ukraine, on the hidden power of ESG Michele Wucker, thought leaders and author of “You Are What You Risk: The New Art & Science to Navigating an Uncertain World.” Subscribe to our newsletter to receive our podcasts, blog, events and special coaching offers.. Thanks for subscribing on Apple Podcasts or iHeartRadio and leaving us a review! Follow us on Twitter @joanmichelson   and @electricgalspod

“We're in this moment right now where we have a very short window to drive the type of transformative change that's necessary to solve a climate crisis. And we believe at One Earth that philanthropy can play a really, really critical role in actually making this transformation possible….But less than 2% of all philanthropic capital goes to climate and environment issues, and just a fraction of that actually reaches efforts on the ground efforts” Justin Winter on Electric Ladies Podcast When we think of philanthropy, we think of rich people using their foundations as they see fit, usually in a boring way, though they do make a big difference.  But we don't know what their money does really.  Enter One Earth, a new kind of philanthropic organization, run by women who believe that the people on the ground know best what will help their communities and save the planet. Listen to Justin Winters, Executive Director and Cofounder of One Earth – and former head of the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation – explain how they are pooling the resources of both some of the world's richest people and normal people like you and me to help the most diligent, creative people doing the real work every day to avert climate catastrophes in their areas in this fascinating conversation with Electric Ladies podcast host Joan Michelson.   You'll hear: What Philanthro-activism is and why they coined the term. How they developed this creative business model – and what Winter learned at DiCaprio's Foundation. Stories of people on the ground who One Earth is supporting and why Which areas of the economy One Earth focuses on and why (such as food security) Plus, insightful career advice …. “I would put purpose at the center, and service because we're in a moment where it really is being ambitious. Doesn't have to be tied to resources, right? Being ambitious can be about the type of change that you want to drive in the world..” Justin Winters on Electric Ladies podcast You'll also want to listen to: Zainab Salbi, Cofounder of Daughters for Earth, one of the partners in One Earth – and Founder of Women to Women International and its former CEO Rosemary Atieno, Women Climate Centers International – on how they are helping women in rural Kenya grow their economies and address climate change at the same time. Natalie Jaresko, former finance minister of Ukraine – on the hidden power of ESG Kerry Bannigan, CEO of Fashion Impact Fund and Conscious Fashion Campaign – including reaching women in rural areas across the fashion industry supply chain Sandrine Dixson, Co-president of the Club of Rome (global leaders) – on the need for a new economic model that puts people and planet ahead of profit. Subscribe to our newsletter to receive our podcasts, blog, events and special coaching offers.. Thanks for subscribing on Apple Podcasts or iHeartRadio and leaving us a review! Follow us on Twitter @joanmichelson

Las noticias para hoy: congresistas llegan hasta Puerto Rico para discutir proyecto de ley sobre el estatus político, ¿qué podemos esperar? Y la alcaldesa de Morovis demanda a la Autoridad de Acueductos para que restaure de manera inmediata el servicio de agua potable en el municipio. Además, a dos meses desde la salida de Natalie Jaresko, la Junta de Supervisión Fiscal sigue sin director ejecutivo. Obtén tres meses gratis de suscripción a El Nuevo Día. Visita: elnuevodia.pr/endiario.

“The global business community must understand that nurturing, upholding and protecting freedom and democracy is part of their ESG responsibility. It's not only in their best interest, but also in, in those of their increasingly noisy and numerous stakeholders…Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine started, not all chief executives have had the courage to take actions which would be consistent with their ESG policies,” Natalie Jaresko in the Financial Times. As images of more and more atrocities and destroyed cities flash on our screens from Russia's unprovoked war against Ukraine, we can feel helpless to do anything about it. Natalie Jaresko, the former finance minister of Ukraine, suggests in this extensive interview with Electric Ladies Podcast host Joan Michelson, that – in addition to pressuring lawmakers to approve aid to Ukraine immediately – we can use our money to pressure companies to do more too. Listen here. (Electric Ladies was formerly known as Green Connections Radio.) You'll hear: How ESG can be a tool for democracy, as well as climate and social goals. How globalization allows Russia's dark money to be a hidden influence on Western policies and institutions. What you can do to support Ukraine, today. Plus, insightful career advice. And much more! “I think today there are more ways to make a difference while making money than there ever have been before you don't need to remain or stay in public policy in the traditional kind of government think tank, uh, world. Now companies are establishing entire branches, departments, foundations to make a difference.” Natalie Jaresko on Electric Ladies podcast   Read Joan's Forbes articles here. You'll also want to listen to: Sandrine Dixson, Co-president of the Club of Rome (global leaders) and Ambassador to the Climate Michele Wucker, thought leaders and author of “You Are What You Risk: The New Art & Science to Navigating an Uncertain World.” Gillian Tett, Financial Times, from COP26, about what the new financial alliance means for a net zero economy. Kathryn Pavlovsky, Deloitte Energy, Resources & Industrials, on the energy transformation and ESG Kristen Sullivan, Deloitte Sustainability & Supply Chain practice, on companies “doing” ESG, and the supply chain.   Subscribe to our newsletter to receive our podcasts, blog, events and special coaching offers.. Thanks for subscribing on Apple Podcasts or iHeartRadio and leaving us a review! Follow us on Twitter @joanmichelson   and @electricgalspod

How does day-to-day survival work in a war when cash and food are in short supply? Rahul Tandon speaks to a woman in Russian-occupied Kherson where the rouble has just been introduced as an official currency. He also hears from Zaporizhzhia entrepreneur Vitali Ivakhov about how he's keeping his businesses going, and paying wages. A survivor of Mariupol explains how day-to-day life continued during the siege, and Bosnian journalist Aida Cerkez talks about her personal experience of the siege of Sarajevo - the longest in modern times. Former Ukrainian finance minister Natalie Jaresko tells us about the crucial role digital payments have played, and how frozen Russian assets must be used to help pay for the rebuilding of Ukraine. Presenter: Rahul Tandon Producer: James Graham Photo: Five hryvnia notes (Credit: Getty Images)

America and the EU have avoided a direct military role in Ukraine. Instead, they have used economic measure to punish Russia. As we look at the sanctions in place, are there further actions America can take to limit Russia's ability to finance their war? How can America and the EU make their sanctions more impactful? Why is it important for America to take an active role in reconstructing Ukraine after the war? Join us as we discuss these questions and more with Natalie Jaresko, former Minister of Finance for Ukraine, who breaks down the current economic crisis in Russia and Ukraine. As a special bonus, Natalie shared the many ways our listeners can get involved with helping Ukrainians deal with the effects of the invasion. Be sure to check out some of the resources she had listed below:https://www.boycottrussia.info/https://squeezingputin.com/https://som.yale.edu/story/2022/almost-1000-companies-have-curtailed-operations-russia-some-remainhttps://www.strongerthanever.com/https://ukraine.welcome.us/Like this episode? Be sure to rate, review, and subscribe. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this week's episode, we talk with Natalie Jaresko, former Finance Minister in Ukraine, about the outpouring of philanthropic support during the humanitarian crisis that is ongoing. Have questions/comments/concerns? Email us at heartofgivingpod@gmail.com. Don't forget to subscribe and leave a comment on iTunes.

What is the current state of the economy of Ukraine after 54 days of war with Russia? What will it take to rebuild Ukraine when the war ends and who will pay for it? Natalie Jaresko is an international financial executive and the former Minister of Finance of Ukraine from 2014-2016. She discusses these issues and also talks about her personal efforts to support Ukraine during the war. https://www.linkedin.com/in/njaresko/

This episode was recorded as a live broadcast on 29 March 2022The EU Delegation to the UK and Aspen UK convene a panel of experts to discuss Russia's ongoing war in Ukraine, and the impact it might have on Europe. POLITICO's Suzanne Lynch is joined by Robert Brinkley, Committee Chair of the Ukraine Forum at Chatham House; Natalie Jaresko, former Ukrainian Finance Minister; Ambassador Matti Maasikas, EU Ambassador to Ukraine; and Professor Joseph Nye, Professor Emeritus at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. The panel discuss how the war has changed the global geopolitical order; the response from Europe, the UK, and the US; and possible solutions for peace. This episode was recorded as a live broadcast on 29 March 2022.

1. Negociado de Energía aprueba un aumento de 13% en la factura de luz entre abril y junio. Es la sexta alza trimestral consecutiva y, para un cliente residencial promedio, el impacto será de $26.57 adicionales. 2. Exrepresentante Nelson del Valle se declara culpable por corrupción mientras que el Alcalde de Mayagüez José Guillermo Rodríguez apelará la suspensión sumaria ordenada por el PFEI. 3. La Cámara iniciará un proceso judicial tras el secretario del DRNA no entregar documentos de Bahía Jobos en Salinas. 4. La AEE detecta conexiones “fraudulentas” en el área de la reserva de la Bahía de Jobos en Salinas. 5. ¿En la cuerda floja Machargo? Evalúan en La Fortaleza su permanencia en la jefatura del DRNA. 6. Natalie Jaresko rinde cuentas sobre su gestión al mando de la Junta de Supervisión Fiscal y destaca la importancia de la transparencia en la gestión presupuestaria de la isla, aunque la Junta ni ella fueron transparentes. 7. ¿A qué se debe el aumento de carjackings en Puerto Rico? La Policía urge a la ciudadanía a estar pendiente, a la vez que destaca los factores que pudieran llevar al crecimiento de este delito. 8. Persiste la brecha salarial entre hombres y mujeres en Puerto Rico, más allá de la alta escolaridad. 9. EE.UU. insta a los ciudadanos estadounidenses a que abandonen Rusia y Ucrania "de inmediato". según el portavoz del Departamento de Estado, Ned Price, existen "informes" de que funcionarios de seguridad rusos han "señalado y detenido" a ciudadanos estadounidenses en ambos países. 10. Resumen de la semana Éstas y otras noticias, hoy En Blanco y Negro con Sandra. - - - Este programa se transmite por las siguientes emisoras, y por sus respectivas plataformas digitales, y aplicaciones para dispositivos Apple y Android: 1. Radio Grito 1200AM: Lares 2. Radio Grito 93.3 FM Aguadilla 3. X61 610 AM: Patillas y toda la zona sureste 4. X61 94.3 FM: Patillas-Guayama 5. WLRP 1460 AM Radio Raíces: La voz del Pepino en San Sebastián 6. Cadena WIAC - WYAC 930 AM: Cabo Rojo-Mayagüez 7. Cadena WIAC – WISA 1390 AM Isabela 8. Cadena WIAC - WIAC 740 AM: Área metropolitana 9. Mi Podcast: Anchor, SoundCloud y demás. https://anchor.fm/sandrarodriguezcotto Redes Sociales: FACEBOOK, TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, LINKEDIN · E-mail: Enblancoynegroconsandra@gmail.com · BLOG: http://enblancoynegromedia.blogspot.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sandrarodriguezcotto/support

Donate here to join our pledge and help support the people of Ukraine: https://gofund.me/d92c5b0c Ric is expanding his nonprofit Rebuild Puerto Rico to support humanitarian crises around the world. He will personally match all funds raised, up to $2.5M.Today's guest is Natalie Jaresko, the former Finance Minister of Ukraine.Natalie grew up near Chicago, the daughter of immigrants who fled Ukraine during the man-made famine of Stalin. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Natalie moved to Ukraine and worked there for 25 years with dreams of transforming it from a communist country to a capitalist market.She may be best known for her role in helping Ukrainians recover from the financial and humanitarian crisis that followed the annexation of Crimea in 2014. In today's episode she reflects on how the current war in Ukraine will have direct, lasting impacts on the entire world for months and years to come.Ric and Natalie originally met in Puerto Rico, where Ric is building a new economic growth engine (through Red Ventures Puerto Rico), and where Natalie was most recently tasked with pulling the island out of bankruptcy - restructuring about 64 billion dollars of debt.This conversation was recorded in front of a live audience, where Natalie reminded us of the tragic realities of war, but more importantly, the power of resilience and hope. Inspired by her words, Ric made a personal commitment to use his platform to help make a difference.This is 3 Things. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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Doce asesinatos en menos de36 horas sacuden a Puerto Rico. Atentado contra David Ortiz fue ordenado por un narco que está encarcelado en Puerto Rico. Investigación privada costeada por el propio expelotero contradice la teoría del crimen presentada por fiscales en Dominicana. Abuchean a Rosselló en el IronMan, mientras, Jenniffer González se distancia de afiches que impulsan su candidatura a la gobernación en el 2024, pero ambos estuvieron en fundraisers este fin de semana. Penepés ratifican reglas para atraer juventud y seguidores de Proyecto Dignidad. Además, obligarán a candidatos que pierdan primarias a declarar bajo juramento que apoyarán a sus contrincantes. Tatito Hernández radica medida para establecer un límite de uso presupuestario en año de elecciones. El proyecto de ley busca que se establezca un proceso de transición ordenado. Representante José “Memo” González Mercado radica medida para eliminar multas de AutoExpreso por no tener balance y pasar por peajes. Después que sacó a Gila para imponer la empresa actual ahora también solicitará la cancelación del contrato a la compañía que administra el sistema: “Las quejas de la ciudadanía son inmensas” Hospitalizan por una infección pulmonar al juez del Tribunal Supremo, Clarence Thomas. Daddy Yankee anuncia que se retirará de la música. El reguetonero aprovechó el momento para promover su nueva gira de conciertos. Mientras que el dúo de Wisin y Yandel llegan a las 13 funciones en el Coliseo de Puerto Rico. Sigue la guerra en Ucrania. Zelenski: Si fracasan las negociaciones con Putin, significaría la Tercera Guerra Mundial. Al mismo tiempo, el mandatario ucraniano precisó que hay compromisos que Ucrania no puede aceptar "como un Estado independiente", incluido "cualquier compromiso relacionado con la integridad territorial o la soberanía" del país. Natalie Jaresko habla de lo que hace por Ucrania, y le pasa rápido a la pregunta de si ella no presiona al pueblo de Puerto Rico como hacen los rusos con los ucranianos. Éstas y otras noticias, hoy En Blanco y Negro con Sandra. - - - Este programa se transmite por las siguientes emisoras, y por sus respectivas plataformas digitales, y aplicaciones para dispositivos Apple y Android: Radio Grito 1200AM: Lares Radio Grito 93.3 FM Aguadilla X61 610 AM: Patillas y toda la zona sureste X61 94.3 FM: Patillas-Guayama WLRP 1460 AM Radio Raíces: La voz del Pepino en San Sebastián Cadena WIAC - WYAC 930 AM: Cabo Rojo-Mayagüez Cadena WIAC – WISA 1390 AM Isabela Cadena WIAC - WIAC 740 AM: Área metropolitana Mi Podcast: Anchor, SoundCloud y demás. https://anchor.fm/sandrarodriguezcotto Redes Sociales: FACEBOOK, TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, LINKEDIN E-mail: Enblancoynegroconsandra@gmail.com BLOG: http://enblancoynegromedia.blogspot.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sandrarodriguezcotto/support

Después de los abucheos en el Miss Mundo, el criptoempresario Brock Pierce aparece en La Fortaleza y llegó con escolta Ricardo Rosselló. La Junta deniega el pedido de Pierluisi de usar $200 millones de Emergencia para mitigar alzas de la luz. La Junta Fiscal rechaza utilizar la reserva de emergencia ante el alza en la factura de la luz. La directora ejecutiva del organismo, Natalie Jaresko, indicó en una misiva que el gobierno tiene otras alternativas para mitigar el aumento en los precios del crudo antes de tocar ese fondo. Pierluisi presenta una propuesta de presupuesto de $28,785 millones para el próximo año fiscal. El documento, que debe ser revisado y aprobado por la Junta de Supervisión Fiscal, se concentra en aumentos salariales a los empleados públicos. Gobierno asigna $10 millones al Recinto de Ciencias Médicas para “proteger la acreditación”. Alza en las violaciones reportadas a la Policía. En lo que va del año 2022, hay 29 querellas más por violación en comparación con el mismo período del 2021. Aseguran que ganga rumana que colocó aparatos electrónicos para clonar tarjetas de crédito huyó del País. La Policía informó que los sospechosos tomaron un vuelo con destino a Fort Lauderdale, Florida. El Departamento de Recursos Naturales contará con los fondos para establecer una academia de vigilantes. Será la primera ocasión en cerca de dos décadas que la agencia podrá reclutar nuevos vigilantes. El Tribunal Constitucional de Perú aprueba liberar al expresidente Alberto Fujimori. Biden eleva el tono contra Putin y le llama “dictador asesino”. Mientras que Rusia denuncia ante la ONU que EE.UU. y Occidente "echan leña al fuego" en Ucrania con nuevos suministros de armas a Kiev. El ministro de Exteriores de Rusia Lavrov: Hay países que nunca aceptarán la existencia de "una aldea global" liderada por EE.UU. Quién es Natalia Denegri, la productora argentina de TV que reclama a Google el 'derecho al olvido' por su pasado mediático. Resumen de la semana. Éstas y otras noticias, hoy En Blanco y Negro con Sandra. - - - Este programa se transmite por las siguientes emisoras, y por sus respectivas plataformas digitales, y aplicaciones para dispositivos Apple y Android: Radio Grito 1200AM: Lares Radio Grito 93.3 FM Aguadilla X61 610 AM: Patillas y toda la zona sureste X61 94.3 FM: Patillas-Guayama WLRP 1460 AM Radio Raíces: La voz del Pepino en San Sebastián Cadena WIAC - WYAC 930 AM: Cabo Rojo-Mayagüez Cadena WIAC – WISA 1390 AM Isabela Cadena WIAC - WIAC 740 AM: Área metropolitana Mi Podcast: Anchor, SoundCloud y demás. https://anchor.fm/sandrarodriguezcotto Redes Sociales: FACEBOOK, TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, LINKEDIN E-mail: Enblancoynegroconsandra@gmail.com BLOG: http://enblancoynegromedia.blogspot.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sandrarodriguezcotto/support

Natalie Jaresko, Former Ukraine Finance Minister, says we could see a serious global food problem due to the war in Ukraine. Laurence Boone, OECD Director & Chief Economist, discusses the impact of the Ukraine conflict on the group's global growth and inflation projections. Sarah Hewin, Standard Chartered Bank Head of Europe & Americas Research, says it looks as though the Bank of England is losing their nerve. Jay Bryson, Wells Fargo Chief Economist, says the Fed is in a tricky position right now. Michael Hirson, Eurasia Practice Head for China And Northeast Asia, describes the careful balance China has to walk in the war in Ukraine. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Natalie Jaresko, former finance minister of Ukraine, talks about what the tech industry and you can do to support the embattled country. Text us: https://cnet.co/dailycharge Follow us: twitter.com/thedailycharge Homepage: cnet.com/daily-charge Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Highlights:    “China, in the irony of ironies, is calling on the Biden administration to explain the bombshell testimony yesterday. Beijing is actually accusing the US military of covertly running 26 Biolabs and related  facilities in Ukraine and they're demanding that the Biden administration come clean in all of this.”“The 2014 uprising, that ousted the duly elected pro-Russian President Viktor Yanukovych from power, was a coup at least in part orchestrated by the Obama state department. They actually put in an American as Ukraine's Finance Minister, Natalie Jaresko. She became a Ukrainian citizen just so she could be a puppet finance minister for the Obama state department.”“It does appear, that the Russian intelligence apparatus (which is very sophisticated and very vast) uncovered what they believe, that needs to be underscored, this is what RUSSIAN intelligence believes, that they uncovered what to them appears to be US-backed or NATO-backed biolabs that, according to the Russians, were being used for purposes intentionally hostile to Russia. And this is  key, it's all being done in their own backyard, in Ukraine.”Timestamps:     [02:43] On the bombshell testimony in the Senate which confirms the presence of biolabs in Ukraine[04:55] What people are saying about the bombshell testimony of US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland[06:09] How China is calling on the US to explain the presence of biolabs and how Nuland was a part of a revolution that overthrew a duly elected pro-Russian Ukrainian president[08:03] What the admission of biolabs in Ukraine all really meansResources:Support this channel. Get Your Brand-New PATRIOT T-Shirts and Merch Here: https://store.turleytalks.com/Ep. 886 Wisconsin Investigator Calls for DECERTIFICATION of 2020 Election!!!It's time to CHANGE AMERICA and Here's YOUR OPPORTUNITY To Do Just That! https://change.turleytalks.com/Get your own MyPillow here. Enter my code TURLEY at checkout to get a DISCOUNT: https://www.mypillow.com/turleyPatriotSwitch.comBecome a Turley Talks Insiders Club Member and get your first week FREE!!: https://insidersclub.turleytalks.com/welcomeFight Back Against Big Tech Censorship! Sign-up here to discover Dr. Steve's different social media options …. but without censorship! https://www.turleytalks.com/en/alternative-media.com Thank you for taking the time to listen to this episode.  If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and/or leave a review.Do you want to be a part of the podcast and be our sponsor? Click here to partner with us and defy liberal culture!If you would like to get lots of articles on conservative trends make sure to sign-up for the 'New Conservative Age Rising' Email Alerts. 

Natalie Jaresko, former finance minister of Ukraine, talks about what else needs to be done in the second part of our interview. Text us: https://cnet.co/dailycharge Follow us: twitter.com/RogerWCheng Homepage: cnet.com/daily-charge Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's podcast, Sarah and Steve talk with Natalie Jaresko, Ukraine's former minister of finance. They discuss the history of Ukraine, its people, and what the last two weeks have meant for the country. Show Notes:-NPR: “Kenyan U.N. ambassador compares Ukraine's plight to colonial legacy in Africa”-The Dispatch: “Why Did Russia Invade Ukraine Now?”

Natalie Jaresko, the former finance minister of Ukraine, says the country will ultimately prevail. Text us: https://cnet.co/dailycharge Follow us: twitter.com/RogerWCheng Homepage: cnet.com/daily-charge Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to France Elects, an in-depth look at the 2022 French election. As Russia's siege on Ukraine continues, the New Statesman's Europe correspondent, Ido Vock, examines how the crisis is dominating the presidential campaign, and may benefit President Emmanuel Macron after he officially announced his re-election bid last Thursday (3 March).He is joined once again by Tara Varma from the European Council on Foreign Relations and Jeremy Cliffe, the New Statesman's writer-at-large.Podcast listeners can get a special discount on subscriptions to the New Statesman. Visit www.newstatesman.com/podcastoffer to subscribe for just £1 a week. Further reading: Emmanuel Macron bids to win by positioning himself as Europe's elder stateman. Why Putin is running out of options. Ukraine's former finance minister Natalie Jaresko on how to stop Putin. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode of Building the Future, former Finance Minister of Ukraine Natalie Jaresko joins Dan Runde to discuss the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Natalie, born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, shares how she became involved with Ukraine and explains what strategic value Ukraine has to Russia. She and Dan discuss the financial aspects of the invasion, what is next if Ukraine falls, and how listeners can help.

Bill Browder, Hermitage Capital CEO, says Vladimir Putin's offer for talks with Ukraine is "pure theater." Natalie Jaresko, Former Ukraine Minister of Finance, says Ukraine needs a more urgent response from the West. Tony Crescenzi, PIMCO Market Strategist, Portfolio Manager & Member of the Firm's Investment Committee, says investors have been taking a leap of faith. Seema Shah, Principal Global Investors Chief Global Strategist, says the U.S. is the safest place for investments to be sitting right now. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Episode Title: The War Against Puerto Rico ContinuesGuest: Monisha Rios, a Puerto Rican psychologist and social worker, joins us live from Puerto RicoPolitical and economic tensions within the U.S.-occupied Latin American & Caribbean nation of Puerto Rico have resulted in another major uprising, led this time by teachers and other workers in the public sector. A national strike is scheduled for the 18th of February. This has come after a teacher fell asleep at the wheel when leaving his 3rd job and died in a car crash. https://www.latinorebels.com/2022/02/07/prteachersstrike/ A bit of background: In 2016, U.S. Congress imposed a Financial Oversight & Management Board (FOMB) as part of the Puerto Rican Oversight, Management, & Economic Stability Act (PROMESA) to rule its colony and impose IMF-style austerity measures to pay off an illegal debt. This came at the request of the current PNP Gov. Pierluisi when he was the Resident Commissioner under PDP Gov. Padilla. Since then, there have been numerous protests and a massive uprising (with features of a color revolution) that forced the resignation of then Governor Roselló of the Statehood party (PNP). Protests against the austerity measures have begun again in response to the FOMB's actions. The FOMB has been headed by none other than Natalie Jaresko, former Ukrainian Minister of Finance (2014-2016) who implemented the "largest IMF program in the institution's history" the impact of which severely harmed the Ukrainian people. In 2017, she was sent to Puerto Rico to do the same as Executive Director & Interim Revitalization Coordinator of the FOMB.     In partnership with Friends of Latin America, Massachusetts Peace Action and Task Force on the Americas, original broadcasts of WTF is Going on in Latin America & the Caribbean can be viewed every Wednesday at 4:30pm PT/7:30pm ET on CODEPINK YouTube Live

La muerte del maestro Pablo Mass Oquendo, fallecido en un accidente de tránsito al salir de un trabajo como guardia de seguridad, protestas de los maestros de escuelas públicas por un mejor salario y un retiro digno, el valor de la educación pública en contraste con la corrupción en el Departamento de Educación, el Partido Independentista Puertorriqueño primero en recaudación de fondos electorales, y el colapso del bipartidismo. Adicional, hablamos sobre la salida de Natalie Jaresko de la Junta de Control Fiscal y la situación política en Ucrania. Conducido por Néstor Duprey Salgado y Eduardo Lalo. Síguenos en las redes: Twitter: @PalabraLibrePR, Facebook: Palabra Libre PR Página web: Palabra Libre – Más allá del bipartidismo (palabralibrepr.com) -- Colaboradores: Librería El Candil (www.libreriaelcandil.com), Música: Cafêzz (www.cafezzmusic.com) y Bambola Juguetes (bambolajuguetes.com)

La primera semana de febrero #2022 termina con la renuncia de Natalie Jaresko y el paro de un día de maestros que puede suponer el inicio de una periodo de protestas masivas de trabajadores. Luis Raúl Torres le pide documentos a la AEE sobre sus negociaciones con la carbonera energética AES. Covid-19 carga con la vida de 17 personas y tasa de positividad todavía es alta en el repunte Omicron. ¡Sintoniza y comparte! #periodismodigital #periodismoinvestigativo

Temas de hoy: Lo más reciente del covid Se va Natalie Jaresko. ¿Porqué? Siguen las protestas por todos lados  Finalmente se empiezan a mover proyectos de energía renovable Converso con el representante Conny Varela sobre el proceso de análisis de propuestas de enmiendas constitucionales de la comisión que él preside See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Agradece a este podcast tantas horas de entretenimiento y disfruta de episodios exclusivos como éste. ¡Apóyale en iVoox! La primera semana de febrero #2022 termina con la renuncia de Natalie Jaresko y el paro de un día de maestros que puede suponer el inicio de una periodo de protestas masivas de trabajadores. Luis Raúl Torres le pide documentos a la AEE sobre sus negociaciones con la carbonera energética AES. Covid-19 carga con la vida de 17 personas y tasa de positividad todavía es alta en el repunte Omicron. ¡Sintoniza y comparte! #periodismodigital #periodismoinvestigativoEscucha este episodio completo y accede a todo el contenido exclusivo de Bonita Radio. Descubre antes que nadie los nuevos episodios, y participa en la comunidad exclusiva de oyentes en https://go.ivoox.com/sq/90599

Agradece a este podcast tantas horas de entretenimiento y disfruta de episodios exclusivos como éste. ¡Apóyale en iVoox! A seis meses de que le fuera extendido un nuevo contrato hasta el 2023, de sobre $650K anuales en salario y beneficios, Natalie Jaresko renunció a la Junta de Control Fiscal. Solo una política y legisladora llamó la atención de lo que su trabajo significó para el país. Conversamos con la senadora independentista, Maria de Lourdes Santiago. Salvador Méndez Resto, un maestro del sistema público narra cuál es el sentimiento del magisterio hoy e identifica a los que no tienen empatía con ese gremio. ¡Sintoniza y comparte! #periodismoinvestigativo #periodismodigitalEscucha este episodio completo y accede a todo el contenido exclusivo de Bonita Radio. Descubre antes que nadie los nuevos episodios, y participa en la comunidad exclusiva de oyentes en https://go.ivoox.com/sq/90599

A seis meses de que le fuera extendido un nuevo contrato hasta el 2023, de sobre $650K anuales en salario y beneficios, Natalie Jaresko renunció a la Junta de Control Fiscal. Solo una política y legisladora llamó la atención de lo que su trabajo significó para el país. Conversamos con la senadora independentista, Maria de Lourdes Santiago. Salvador Méndez Resto, un maestro del sistema público narra cuál es el sentimiento del magisterio hoy e identifica a los que no tienen empatía con ese gremio. ¡Sintoniza y comparte! #periodismoinvestigativo #periodismodigital

Agradece a este podcast tantas horas de entretenimiento y disfruta de episodios exclusivos como éste. ¡Apóyale en iVoox! Una carta del secretario del Departamento de Salud exige a los empleados que reciban acercamientos de información de agencias investigativas y reguladoras que pasen por el cedazo de un abogado y ex jefe de agencia de la administración de Pedro Rosselló que incluso trabaja satélite desde Florida. La jueza Laura Taylor Swain cuestiona que la Junta de Control Fiscal y Natalie Jaresko se excedan en el Plan de Ajuste de la Deuda, queriendo legislar a través de su función en la quiebra de la Isla. Cuestiona incluso la constitucionalidad de ese proceder. ¡Sintoniza y comparte! #periodismoinvestigativo #periodismodigitalEscucha este episodio completo y accede a todo el contenido exclusivo de Bonita Radio. Descubre antes que nadie los nuevos episodios, y participa en la comunidad exclusiva de oyentes en https://go.ivoox.com/sq/90599

Una carta del secretario del Departamento de Salud exige a los empleados que reciban acercamientos de información de agencias investigativas y reguladoras que pasen por el cedazo de un abogado y ex jefe de agencia de la administración de Pedro Rosselló que incluso trabaja satélite desde Florida. La jueza Laura Taylor Swain cuestiona que la Junta de Control Fiscal y Natalie Jaresko se excedan en el Plan de Ajuste de la Deuda, queriendo legislar a través de su función en la quiebra de la Isla. Cuestiona incluso la constitucionalidad de ese proceder. ¡Sintoniza y comparte! #periodismoinvestigativo #periodismodigital

Las maestras y los estudiantes se constituyeron una vez más en la marea que le cae al Capitolio para protestar por las exigencias de la Junta de Control Fiscal en contra de las pensiones y la UPR. Y mientras, el Gobernador, Pedro Pierluisi, de chijichijá le canta cumpleaños feliz al Secretario de Seguridad Pública. Eliezer Molina predice el futuro a juzgar por las protestas de ayer y de hoy. Senadora, María de Lourdes Santiago, le tira con todo a Natalie Jaresko. ¡Sintoniza y comparte!

Agradece a este podcast tantas horas de entretenimiento y disfruta de episodios exclusivos como éste. ¡Apóyale en iVoox! Las maestras y los estudiantes se constituyeron una vez más en la marea que le cae al Capitolio para protestar por las exigencias de la Junta de Control Fiscal en contra de las pensiones y la UPR. Y mientras, el Gobernador, Pedro Pierluisi, de chijichijá le canta cumpleaños feliz al Secretario de Seguridad Pública. Eliezer Molina predice el futuro a juzgar por las protestas de ayer y de hoy. Senadora, María de Lourdes Santiago, le tira con todo a Natalie Jaresko. ¡Sintoniza y comparte!Escucha este episodio completo y accede a todo el contenido exclusivo de Bonita Radio. Descubre antes que nadie los nuevos episodios, y participa en la comunidad exclusiva de oyentes en https://go.ivoox.com/sq/90599

Camioneros prometen enviar a Natalie Jaresko de vuelta a Ucrania y comienzan hoy su paro sin fecha de culminación. Equipo de Puerto Rico en Washington no tocará la estadidad ni con un palito largo. Analizamos sus perfiles y la primera reunión para establecer agenda de trabajo sobre la Isla. Rafael Hernandez recula y negocia con la Junta de Control Fiscal. ¡Sintoniza y comparte!

Agradece a este podcast tantas horas de entretenimiento y disfruta de episodios exclusivos como éste. ¡Apóyale en iVoox! Camioneros prometen enviar a Natalie Jaresko de vuelta a Ucrania y comienzan hoy su paro sin fecha de culminación. Equipo de Puerto Rico en Washington no tocará la estadidad ni con un palito largo. Analizamos sus perfiles y la primera reunión para establecer agenda de trabajo sobre la Isla. Rafael Hernandez recula y negocia con la Junta de Control Fiscal. ¡Sintoniza y comparte!Escucha este episodio completo y accede a todo el contenido exclusivo de Bonita Radio. Descubre antes que nadie los nuevos episodios, y participa en la comunidad exclusiva de oyentes en https://go.ivoox.com/sq/90599

La construcción de la piscina en una playa de Rincón tiene los permisos y no viola la ley, según, Ángel Román. El asesor ambiental del proyecto desmiente lo que dijo aquí el excandidato independiente a la gobernación Eliezer Molina. En PR no respetan ni a los muertos. Sigue el vandalismo en el cementerio de San Juan denuncia la actriz Cordelia González y el nieto de Gilberto Concepción de Gracia. Si fuera la tumba de Ferré o de Muñoz Marín quizás hacían algo. Natalie Jaresko dice que la ley de Retiro Digno viola Promesa y buscarán evitar su implementación Revés del Tribunal Supremo al reglamento de permisos 2020. El alto foro judicial no acogió dos casos radicados por la Junta de Planificación, lo que valida la decisión del Tribunal Apelativo y de Primera Instancia de declararlo nulo Familia de Andrea Ruiz Costas exige la liberación de grabaciones de los momentos en que la víctima pidió ayuda en el tribunal Éstas y otras noticias, hoy En Blanco y Negro con Sandra. - - - Este programa se transmite por las siguientes emisoras, y por sus respectivas plataformas digitales, y aplicaciones para dispositivos Apple y Android: Radio Grito 1200AM: Lares Radio Grito 93.3 FM Aguadilla X61 610 AM: Patillas y toda la zona sureste X61 94.3 FM: Patillas-Guayama Cadena WIAC - WYAC 930 AM: Cabo Rojo-Mayagüez Cadena WIAC – WISA 1390 AM Isabela Cadena WIAC - WIAC 740 AM: Área metropolitana WLRP 1460 AM Radio Raíces: La voz del Pepino en San Sebastián Mi Podcast: Anchor, SoundCloud y demás. https://anchor.fm/sandrarodriguezcotto Redes Sociales: FACEBOOK, TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, LINKEDIN E-mail: Enblancoynegroconsandra@gmail.com BLOG: http://enblancoynegromedia.blogspot.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sandrarodriguezcotto/support

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Carlos Rivera Lugo: sociólogo del derecho. Trump: “We sent in the US Marshals, took 15 minutes and it was over... They knew who he was, they didn’t want to arrest him and 15 minutes that ended” Activist suspected in Portland shooting was fired at 30 times by police, official says… https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/14/activist-portland-shooting-michael-reinoehl-police Police gave no warning in Antifa activist shooting: Witnesses https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/10/14/no-police-warning-in-antifa-activist-shooting-witnesses When white supremacists overthrew a government https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVQomlXMeek&feature=youtu.be Municipio de San Sebastián hace frente a la Junta de Control Fiscal… En una carta cursada a la Directora Ejecutiva de la Junta de Control Fiscal, Natalie Jaresko, la representación legal del municipio argumenta que la ley promesa es inconstitucional bajo la Constitución de Estados Unidos e ilegal bajo el derecho internacional, por lo que dicho organismo no tiene autoridad legal para subordinar al municipio de San Sebastián a sus determinaciones fiscales. (San Sebastián, Puerto Rico-13 de octubre de 2020) – El 9 de mayo de 2019, la Junta de Control Fiscal, unilateralmente estableció que los 78 municipios de Puerto Rico son instrumentalidades del territorio de Puerto Rico, abarcadas por la Ley PROMESA. También, unilateralmente seleccionó a 10 municipios para un programa piloto en el cual se desarrollarían planes fiscales y presupuestos que serían revisados y certificados por la Junta de Control Fiscal. Estos 10 municipios son: San Sebastián, Barranquitas, Isabela, Cidra, Orocovis, Comerío, Villalba, Aibonito, Camuy y Quebradillas. Amparado en la ilegalidad de PROMESA y, por ende, en la falta de autoridad de la Junta de Control Fiscal para obligar al Municipio de San Sebastián, el 5 de agosto de 2020, el Alcalde de San Sebastián, Javier Jiménez Pérez, emitió la Orden Ejecutiva Núm. 2020-21-004: “PARA EXPRESAR ENÉRGICO REPUDIO A LAS ACCIONES UNILATRALES DE LA JUNTA DE SUPERVISIÓN Y ADMINISTRACIÓN FINANCIERA PARA PUERTO RICO, IMPUESTA POR LA LEY [PROMESA], 48 U.S.C. SEC. 2101 ET. SEQ., EN PERJUICIO DE LOS DERECHOS FUNDAMENTALES DE LOS CIUDADANOS DE SAN SEBASTIÁN, Y EN MENOSCABO DE LA VOLUNTAD DEMOCRÁTICA EXPRESADA A TRAVÉS DEL VOTO MEDIANTE LA CUAL SE DELEGÓ EN LOS FUNCIONARIOS ELECTOS MUNICIPALES LA FACULTAD DE IMPLEMENTAR LAS POLÍTICAS PÚBLICAS EN BENEFICIO DE LA COMUNIDAD, ENTRE OTROS FINES.” Mediante dicha orden ejecutiva, el alcalde de San Sebastián, Javier Jiménez Pérez, enfatizó la autonomía fiscal que San Sebastián posee en virtud de la Ley de Municipios Autónomos (ahora el Código Municipal de Puerto Rico), y sobre los estados financieros del municipio, los cuales demuestran la salud fiscal del municipio, lo que le ha permitido operar sin déficit alguno durante más de 15 años. Además, facultó a los funcionarios del municipio para contratar los servicios profesionales necesarios para salvaguardar los derechos fundamentales de los ciudadanos de San Sebastián, su autonomía fiscal, y su gobierno municipal democrático. A través de la Resolución Núm. 4 implementada por la Legislatura Municipal de San Sebastián, dicho organismo se unió a las declaraciones del alcalde contenidas en la Orden Ejecutiva Núm. 2020-21-004. El 30 de junio de 2020, la Junta de Control Fiscal certificó el Plan Fiscal para el año 2020 y el Presupuesto para el año 2021 para el Municipio de San Sebastián. El Plan Fiscal certificado por la Junta para San Sebastián contiene varias fechas límites en las cuales el municipio tiene que remitirle información financiera y de política pública a la Junta de Control Fiscal. El 18 de agosto de 2020, la Directora Ejecutiva de la Junta de Control Fiscal, Natalie Jaresko, le envió una carta al Alcalde del San Sebastián, a través de la cual le notificó sobre su incumplimiento con lo establecido en el Plan Fiscal certificado por la Junta de Control Fiscal, y extendió las fechas para que el Municipio cumpliera con lo requerido por dicho organismo. Posteriormente, el 21 de septiembre de 2020, Natalie Jaresko, en representación de la Junta de Control Fiscal, le cursó otra carta al Alcalde señalándole sobre su incumplimiento con las fechas establecidas en el Plan Fiscal y en la carta del 18 de agosto de 2020, y volvió a extender las fechas límites para que el Municipio cumpliera con lo requerido por la Junta. Tres días más tarde, el 24 de septiembre de 2020, Natalie Jaresko volvió a enviarle una carta al Alcalde, reiterando la autoridad de la Junta de Control Fiscal para certificar el Plan Fiscal y el Presupuesto para el Municipio de San Sebastián, y le advirtió que si no cumplía, la Junta de Control Fiscal, amparado en la Ley PROMESA, tomaría el curso de acción necesario para que el Municipio de San Sebastián cumpla con el Plan Fiscal, el Presupuesto y los requisitos que imponga dicha entidad. Además, estableció como fecha límite el 15 de octubre para que el Municipio de San Sebastián cumpliera con lo requerido. En respuesta a esta correspondencia de la Sra. Natalie Jaresko, el 14 de octubre de 2020, el Municipio de San Sebastián, representado por el Bufete Emmanuelli, le expresó que la Ley PROMESA está basada en racismo y en el discrimen ilegal, pues el Congreso, al implementar dicha ley, se basó en la Cláusula Territorial de la Constitución de Estados Unidos y en su interpretación judicial en los Casos Insulares. Dichos casos, amparándose en distinciones raciales y sociales, establecieron que Puerto Rico es un territorio no incorporado que pertenece a, pero no es parte de Estados Unidos. Ante ello, PROMESA es inconstitucional bajo la Carta de Derechos de la Constitución de Estados Unidos y bajo la normativa internacional respecto a los derechos humanos. Por tanto, la Ley no es válida, y la supuesta autoridad invocada por la Junta de Control Fiscal, es improcedente. Por lo tanto, la postura del Municipio de San Sebastián es no acatar lo requerido por la Junta de Control Fiscal y tampoco se va a subordinar al Plan Fiscal y Presupuesto certificado para el municipio, pues dicho organismo no tiene una autoridad válida para obligarlo. El Alcalde, aseguró que enfrentaremos a la Junta de Control Fiscal “para mantener el gobierno democrático en el municipio y salvaguardar los derechos fundamentales de los residentes de San Sebastián.” Por su parte, el Lcdo. Rolando Emmanuelli Jiménez, representante legal del Municipio de San Sebastián, alegó que “al PROMESA ser una ley inconstitucional bajo la Constitución de Estados Unidos e ilegal bajo el derecho internacional, las actuaciones de la Junta de Control Fiscal, amparadas en dicha ley, son nulas y, por lo tanto, carecen de efectos legales.” Este enfrentamiento legal que hace el Municipio de San Sebastián es la primera vez que una entidad gubernamental cuestiona la Ley PROMESA bajo la Carta de Derechos de la Constitución de Estados Unidos y bajo el derecho internacional. ¿Hasta dónde esto de la deuda deja claro que la respuesta se tiene convertir en otra expresión de la “soberanía subjetiva” que vimos en Vieques y el Verano 2019?

1. PROPAGANDA GRATIS: Atacan a Alexandra Lúgaro por copiar comerciales, pero no se dan cuenta que le hacen la campaña. 2. Festival de contagios: Rastreo vincula 22 casos positivos de Covid-19 al PNP 3. A 69 días de las elecciones, la Junta de Control Fiscal subraya las ineficiencias de la CEE. Directora ejecutiva Natalie Jaresko señala que la agencia no hizo los ajustes requeridos en los pasados tres años 4. Nydia Velázquez y Alexandria Ocasio Cortez proponen autorizar una Asamblea Constitucional de Status en la isla. Anunciaron la presentación de un proyecto de ley en la Cámara baja federal. Pero los congresistas boricuas José Serrano, Darren Soto y Ritchie Torres en contra de la “Convención de Status” 5. Demandan al FBI y a la Fiscalía federal. Solicitan una indemnización de $25 millones. 6. Trump celebra convención republicana, habla Melania y su yerna dice que es hija de inmigrantes por ser hija de una boricua. Éstas y otras noticias, hoy En Blanco y Negro con Sandra. Este programa se transmite por las siguientes emisoras, y por sus respectivas plataformas digitales, y aplicaciones para dispositivos Apple y Android: 1. WMDD El 1480 AM: Fajardo-San Juan 2. X-61 610 AM: Patillas y toda la zona sureste 3. 94.3 FM: Patillas-Guayama 4. Radio Grito WGDL 1200AM: Lares 5. WYAC 930 AM: Cabo Rojo-Mayagüez 6. WIAC 740 AM: Área metropolitana 7. WLRP 1460 AM Radio Raíces: La voz del Pepino en San Sebastián 8. Mi Podcast: Anchor, SoundCloud y demás. https://anchor.fm/sandrarodriguezcotto 9. La retransmisión del programa a las 8 PM en diferido por la emisora en la web Radio Acromática.com por TuneIn Radio 10. Redes Sociales: Para cualquier comentario, duda, crítica constructiva o para contactarnos: - FACEBOOK: SandraRodriguezCotto - TWITTER e INSTAGRAM: @SRCSANDRA - LINKEDIN: Sandra Rodríguez Cotto 11. E-mail: Enblancoynegroconsandra@gmail.com 12. BLOG: http://enblancoynegromedia.blogspot.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sandrarodriguezcotto/support

La vista llevada a cabo por Raúl Grijalva, presidente del Comité de Recursos Naturales de la Cámara estadounidense, fue un fiasco, sin mayor trascendencia, en la que perdieron su tiempo la directora de la Junta Fiscal, Natalie Jaresko, y el director de AAFAF, Omar Marrero. Un pequeño "show" del congresista, según Mayra Montero.

1. Oficial: primarias serán el 9 de agosto. La gobernadora Wanda Vázquez firmó la Resolución Conjunta del Senado 556 2. Y si las elecciones fueran hoy, ¿quién gana? Hoy hacemos un análisis electoral. 3. La Junta de Supervisión Fiscal demandó al gobierno de Wanda Vázquez por falta de transparencia en la compraventa nebulosa de las pruebas de detección de Covid-19. “Los contratos de esta magnitud deben ser justos y quedar por encima de toda duda”, dijo Natalie Jaresko. La Fortaleza responde a través de AFAF 4. Centros comerciales piden mayor flexibilización para operar durante la pandemia. Presentarán propuesta a la gobernadora para extender horario de servicio. Éstas y otras noticias, hoy En Blanco y Negro con Sandra. Este programa se transmite por las siguientes emisoras, y por sus respectivas plataformas digitales, y aplicaciones para dispositivos Apple y Android: 1. WMDD El 1480 AM: Fajardo-San Juan 2. X-61 610 AM: Patillas y toda la zona sureste 3. 94.3 FM: Patillas-Guayama 4. Radio Grito WGDL 1200AM: Lares 5. WYAC 930 AM: Cabo Rojo-Mayagüez 6. WIAC 740 AM: Área metropolitana 7. WLRP 1460 AM Radio Raíces: La voz del Pepino en San Sebastián 8. Mi Podcast: Anchor, SoundCloud y demás. https://anchor.fm/sandrarodriguezcotto 9. La retransmisión del programa a las 8 PM en diferido por la emisora en la web Radio Acromática.com por TuneIn Radio 10. Redes Sociales: Para cualquier comentario, duda, crítica constructiva o para contactarnos: - FACEBOOK: SandraRodriguezCotto - TWITTER e INSTAGRAM: @SRCSANDRA - LINKEDIN: Sandra Rodríguez Cotto 11. E-mail: Enblancoynegroconsandra@gmail.com 12. BLOG: http://enblancoynegromedia.blogspot.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sandrarodriguezcotto/support

La directora ejecutiva de la Junta de Control #Fiscal, #Natalie #Jaresko, alegó que la alegada asertividad del gobierno tratando la #crisis #sanitaria del #coronavirus, se debe a las medidas #asuteridad tomó ese organismo que controla el presupuesto del #gobiernopr.

Agradece a este podcast tantas horas de entretenimiento y disfruta de episodios exclusivos como éste. ¡Apóyale en iVoox! La directora ejecutiva de la Junta de Control #Fiscal, #Natalie #Jaresko, alegó que la alegada asertividad del gobierno tratando la #crisis #sanitaria del #coronavirus, se debe a las medidas #asuteridad tomó ese organismo que controla el presupuesto del #gobiernopr.Escucha este episodio completo y accede a todo el contenido exclusivo de Bonita Radio. Descubre antes que nadie los nuevos episodios, y participa en la comunidad exclusiva de oyentes en https://go.ivoox.com/sq/90599

1. EXCLUSIVA: Fondos federales para proyectos militares siguen en el limbo 2. Esto ocurre en medio del presupuesto que el presidente Trump presentó ayer y que incluye recortes sustanciales a programas dirigidos a poblaciones pobres como el PAN y Medicaid 3. La Junta le recuerda a la gobernadora lo que es ser un colonizado: “No necesitamos su aprobación”, le dice Natalie Jaresko a Wanda Vázquez 4. Sigue la controversia con el comercial de la gobernadora usando el dolor del pueblo. 5. Retiran el nombramiento de Rafael Machargo como secretario interino de Recursos Naturales 6. Demanda Carlos Acevedo a la alcaldesa de San Juan Carmen Yulín Cruz para que lo restituya en su puesto de carrera 7. Se despide oficialmente Douglass Leff del FBI a nivel local, pero promete arrestos 8. Ya no sólo es el coronavirus de China. Aparece otro virus desconocido en Brasil. Lo llaman el “Yaravirus” en honor a la diosa Yara. ¿Será esto otra plaga? 9. Lo mismo ocurre en Nigeria, que declara alerta por un “brote epidémico extraño” que ha dejado 15 muertes y 105 infectados en 48 horas. 10. ¿Y en el Respiro: una boricua entre los 100 mejores científicos del mundo Éstas y otras noticias, hoy En Blanco y Negro con Sandra. Este programa se transmite por 8 emisoras de la Red Informativa de Puerto Rico y de la cadena WIAC: Éxitos 1530 AM - Utuado, Adjuntas, Jayuya, Arecibo, Ciales Cumbre 1470 AM - Orocovis y toda la zona de la montaña en el centro de la isla. 106.3 FM - Orocovis y toda la zona de la montaña en el centro de la isla. X-61 610 AM - Patillas y toda la zona sureste 94.3 FM - Patillas Salinas, Yabucoa, Maunabo, Yabucoa y otros El 1480 AM - Fajardo y toda la zona este y noreste del país WYAC 930 AM - Cabo Rojo-Mayagüez y la zona oeste WIAC 740 AM - San Juan y la zona metropolitana Me puede escuchar en todas las plataformas digitales y páginas en las redes sociales de todas esas 8 emisoras que les mencioné. También nos escucha en nuestro podcast En Blanco y Negro con Sandra que está disponible en todas las plataformas desde Anchor, SoundCloud, Radio Public, Breaker Audio, ITunes y las demás. Ustedes saben que comparto ese podcast también en todas mis redes sociales: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn. Puede escucharnos por internet en www.redinformativa.live. Ahí puede escuchar no sólo En Blanco y Negro con Sandra, sino toda la programación de la Red Informativa como el programa de Dr. Shopper y el único noticiero desde las regiones, La Red le Informa con José Raúl Arriaga Para cualquier comentario, duda, crítica constructiva o para contactarnos: - FACEBOOK: SandraRodriguezCotto - TWITTER: @SRCSANDRA - BLOG: http://enblancoynegromedia.blogspot.com/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sandrarodriguezcotto/support

Sicarios toman control de las calles en Puerto Rico. Llevamos un fin de semana con dos masacres, asesinatos en la calle y a plena luz del día, ¿Y la Policía? Bien gracias. Se apunta una victoria el hijo de Héctor O'Neill. Desestiman demanda por hostigamiento sexual en su contra. “No se vistan que no van”. Natalie Jaresko le dice a la Judicatura que no aceptarán cambios en las reducciones a las pensiones de los jueces. Si la Judicatura no lo acepta, viene un ajuste automático que limitará sus pensiones mensuales a $1,200. Seguimos pendientes a la investigación que revelamos En Blanco y Negro con Sandra de un esquema entre legisladores para controlar fondos de Educación Especial Se solucionan los problemas en Ecuador, con una victoria para los indígenas. Pero hoy analizamos la censura y el rol de los medios de comunicación en mantener la crisis. Mientras tanto, el Caribe sigue caliente. Continúan las protestas en Haití y sigue el caos en República Dominicana se tambalea el PLD - Leonel Fernández alega que manipularon el voto de más de 700,000 electores en las pasadas primarias y dice que el fraude va a provocar una revolución Trump insiste en afectar a Turquía con sanciones Ahora hay tensión en Cataluña, y los españoles están molestos con empresas como Google, Amazon y Facebook que buscan paraísos fiscales para evadir contribuciones en España. Uno de esos sitios es Puerto Rico, denuncia el periódico El País Éstas y otras noticias las analizamos hoy En Blanco y Negro con Sandra, por la Red Informativa de Puerto Rico y las 8 emisoras: Éxitos 1530 AM - Utuado, Adjuntas, Jayuya, Arecibo, Ciales Cumbre 1470 AM - Orocovis y toda la zona de la montaña en el centro de la isla. 106.3 FM - Orocovis y toda la zona de la montaña en el centro de la isla. X-61 610 AM - Patillas y toda la zona sureste 94.3 FM – Patillas, Arroyo,Salinas, Yabucoa, Maunabo, y otros El 1480 AM - Fajardo y toda la zona este y noreste del país, incluyendo Vieques y Culebra, así como las Islas Vírgenes americanas y británica WYAC 930 AM - Cabo Rojo-Mayagüez y la zona oeste WIAC 740 AM - San Juan y la zona metropolitana Para cualquier comentario, duda, crítica constructiva o para contactarnos: - FACEBOOK: SandraRodriguezCotto - TWITTER: @SRCSANDRA - BLOG: http://enblancoynegromedia.blogspot.com/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sandrarodriguezcotto/support

Economía, el presupuesto del nuevo año fiscal 2019-2020, las decisiones de la Junta de Control Fiscal, las declaraciones de su directora ejecutiva, Natalie Jaresko; así como la posibilidad de que maestros y policías coticen para el Seguro Social, son parte de los temas de En Caliente con la Jovet

Las 10 noticias más importantes de hoy las analizamos En Blanco y Negro: Un reglamento que exige a los centros de cuido de envejecientes que tengan rociadores de agua para prevenir incendios podría provocar cientos de cierres, pero el gobierno admite que no podría atender a esa población. Hablamos con el senador Miguel Laureano, quien evalúa esta situación. Además nos habla de la Reforma Electoral que se discutirá mañana en la Legislatura. Sigue la jauja en la Reforma de la Policía. Hoy presentamos evidencia de cómo aumentan los gastos en millones de dólares. Reaparece Julia Keleher. La exsecretaria de Educación que salió corriendo en medio de pesquisa federal reaparece hablando de la pobreza que encontró en los niños de las escuelas públicas de Puerto Rico. Federación de Maestros presenta sus propuestas para garantizar retiro. Tribunal Supremo federal dirá el jueves si se quedan o se van los miembros de la Junta de Control Fiscal Y ¿Dónde anda el Secretario de Hacienda? Natalie Jaresko dice que hace 2 semanas anda perdido Raúl Maldonado. En un hito laboral: La empresa de cable Liberty establece licencia paternal Escándalo por abuso sexual salpica a más de 300 pastores de iglesia evangélica en EEUU Amazon ataca a Alexandria Ocasio Cortes mientras Trump anuncia más tropas al Medio Oriente El análisis de todos esos temas, y más, hoy En Blanco y Negro con Sandra, por la Red Informativa de Puerto Rico y las 8 emisoras: Éxitos 1530 AM - Utuado, Adjuntas, Jayuya, Arecibo, Ciales Cumbre 1470 AM - Orocovis y toda la zona de la montaña en el centro de la isla. 106.3 FM - Orocovis y toda la zona de la montaña en el centro de la isla. X-61 610 AM - Patillas y toda la zona sureste 94.3 FM – Patillas, Arroyo Salinas, Yabucoa, Maunabo, y otros El 1480 AM - Fajardo y toda la zona este y noreste del país, incluyendo Vieques y Culebra, así como las Islas Vírgenes americanas y británica WYAC 930 AM - Cabo Rojo-Mayagüez y la zona oeste WIAC 740 AM - San Juan y la zona metropolitana Para cualquier comentario, duda, crítica constructiva o para contactarnos: - FACEBOOK: SandraRodriguezCotto - TWITTER: @SRCSANDRA - BLOG: http://enblancoynegromedia.blogspot.com/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sandrarodriguezcotto/support

Natalie Jaresko dijo en conferencia de prensa que Puerto Rico saldrá de la quiebra en algún momento del 2020.  ¡Puerto Rico a punto de salir de la quiebra!  ¿EN SERIO? Que mas quisiera yo que fuera asi.  Capaz que sucede.  Pero ella esta negociando con todo el mundo, gremios, bonistas, suplidores, y con los que aparezcan.  Dice que no que no esté en lo que apruebe la Jueza Taylor Swain, ya no tendría oportunidad de cobrar algo. ¿Será casualidad que luego de todo este tiempo la Junta ha agarrado un poco de velocidad?  ¿Tendrá que ver algo con que las elecciones son el año 2020?  ¿O es que saben que el Tribunal Supremo Federal esta a punto de emitir una opinión en donde no solo declararían que la Junta es inconstitucional, sino que todos los gobernadores y gente nombrados por estos, también fueron inconstitucionales? Por otra parte, el terror mas grande que debemos tener es que si salimos de la quiebra, Puerto Rico vuelve a los mercados.  ¿Y quiénes nos endeudarían de nuevo?  Los mismos rojos y azules que han estado en los últimos 20 años, que fueron cómplices en llevarnos a la deuda que tenemos hoy.  Sin fuentes de repago.  Sin plan de desarrollo económico.  Sin consultarle al pueblo.  De llevarnos a la peor quiebra que puede caer un pueblo, que es la quiebra moral. Recuerda subscribirte al canal de YouTube.Com/WaloHD, darle like y follow a Facebook.Com/WaloHD, darle follow a Twitter.com/WaloHD, darle follow a , e instalar en tu teléfono el @iHeartRadio App completamente gratis para que puedas escuchar el audio podcast de la #NaciónChancleta. 

Agradece a este podcast tantas horas de entretenimiento y disfruta de episodios exclusivos como éste. ¡Apóyale en iVoox! En esta edición de HEPET cogemos de punto a Ricardo Roselló y el nuevo Consejo Asesor en Asuntos de Videojuegos. Conversamos acerca de las declaraciones de Natalie Jaresko en torno a la UPR y la coyuntura con el posible acuerdo de la Junta con la Asociación de Maestros. Esto y mucho más en HEPET. Escucha este episodio completo y accede a todo el contenido exclusivo de Bonita Radio. Descubre antes que nadie los nuevos episodios, y participa en la comunidad exclusiva de oyentes en https://go.ivoox.com/sq/90599

En esta edición de HEPET cogemos de punto a Ricardo Roselló y el nuevo Consejo Asesor en Asuntos de Videojuegos. Conversamos acerca de las declaraciones de Natalie Jaresko en torno a la UPR y la coyuntura con el posible acuerdo de la Junta con la Asociación de Maestros. Esto y mucho más en HEPET.

La salida del monitor federal Arnaldo Claudio tiene cola. El exmilitar no se prestó para chanchullos. Hoy además hablamos de la Oficina del Panel del Fiscal Independiente y sus recientes éxitos, la visita de Natalie Jaresko a Orocovis y la verdadera deuda de los municipios, además de noticias internacionales importantes para Puerto Rico, hoy En Blanco y Negro con Sandra, por la Red Informativa de Puerto Rico y las 8 emisoras: Cumbre 1470 AM - Orocovis y toda la zona de la montaña en el centro de la isla. 106.3 FM - Orocovis y toda la zona de la montaña en el centro de la isla. Éxitos 1530 AM - Utuado (Adjuntas, Jayuya, Arecibo, Ciales) X-61 610 AM - Patillas y toda la zona sureste 94.3 FM - Patillas y toda la zona sureste El 1480 AM - Fajardo y toda la zona este y noreste del país WYAC 930 AM - Cabo Rojo-Mayagüez y la zona oeste WIAC 740 AM - San Juan y la zona metropolitana --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sandrarodriguezcotto/support

Ignacio Rivera, Nestor Duprey y Marilú Guzmán • Arnaldo Claudio renuncia como Monitor Federal de la Reforma de la Policía, • Natalie Jaresko y el experimento en los municipios, • Alza en el costo de energía a partir de junio, • Aumentan pagos para Dentistas en Puerto Rico, • Artistas puertorriqueños expondrán en el Whitney Biennial, • Normando Valentín nuevo ancla en las tardes en WAPA, • Junta, bono de navidad, pensiones y el gobierno, Twitter: @FuegoCruzado_PR @nestorduprey @Mariluguzman18, Facebook: Fuego Cruzado PR Suscríbete en tu app de preferencia: Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, Podbean, Google Podcasts, Anchor, Podcast App, Castbox, Overcast, Acast, Ivoox, Castro, RadioPublic, iHeartRadio, Pocket Casts y Podcast Addict. Fuego Cruzado es transmitido por Radio Paz 810AM de 5-7pm.

Ignacio Rivera, Nestor Duprey y Alejandro Torres Rivera • Rafael Hernández Colón (1936-2019), • PROMESA, Ricardo Rosselló y Comisión de Recursos Naturales del Congreso, • Cultura, fin de semana y el 5 de mayo, • Cuba, imperialismo y la Ley Helms-Burton, • Trump, Putin y Venezuela, • "Tradición y cultura"; Natalie Jaresko sobre el desempleo, Twitter: @FuegoCruzado_PR @nestorduprey Facebook: Fuego Cruzado PR Fuego Cruzado es transmitido por Radio Paz 810AM de 5-7pm.

This week, the Slate Money hosts are joined by Natalie Jaresko. She talks about her time as the Minister of Finance in Ukraine and her current position as the Executive Director of the Financial Oversight and Management Board of Puerto Rico. And in the Slate Plus segment: Creditors and Puerto Rico. Email: slatemoney@slate.com Twitter: @felixsalmon, @Three_Guineas, @EmilyRPeck Podcast production by Jessamine Molli. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, the Slate Money hosts are joined by Natalie Jaresko. She talks about her time as the Minister of Finance in Ukraine and her current position as the Executive Director of the Financial Oversight and Management Board of Puerto Rico. And in the Slate Plus segment: Creditors and Puerto Rico. Email: slatemoney@slate.com Twitter: @felixsalmon, @Three_Guineas, @EmilyRPeck Podcast production by Jessamine Molli. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tras casi cinco años en un proceso judicial lleno de incongruencias, el Tribunal Supremo ordenó que se celebre un nuevo juicio contra el maestro de educación especial Christian Serrano Chang, por la muerte del niño Dylan Díaz Salgado en el 2013. Hoy conversamos con Jackelyn Chang, madre del maestro, sobre el proceso que ha sido un calvario para su familia. También, la directora ejecutiva de la Junta de Control Fiscal, Natalie Jaresko, dice que las multas de peajes que condonaron incumplen con el plan fiscal. Mientras que el Gobernador Rosselló ya habla de los cambios que impulsará para alterar la composición del ente fiscal. Y se va Liza Fernández de la Judicatura para dedicarse a la política y a apoyar a su esposo, el alcalde de Guaynabo, Ángel Pérez. Esto y las noticias internacionales más importantes hoy En Blanco y Negro con Sandra por la RED INFORMATIVA DE PUERTO RICO --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sandrarodriguezcotto/support

En este episodio discutimos las más recientes decisiones sobre PROMESA y la Junta (tu papá, ¿oíte?), las reacciones del gobernador y las expresiones de Natalie Jaresko. Además le damos un vistazo a las mujeres en Yemen y a un nuevo website del estado de New York para proveer información reproductiva. Nos acompaña Adriana De Jesús Salamán y aprovechamos para discutir nuestros backgrounds deportivos. Con Paola Medina Prieto y Renata Beca.

On September 20, 2017, Hurricane Maria wiped out the electricity on the entire island of Puerto Rico. Six months later the lights are still off for too many people. In this episode, by hearing highlights of Congressional testimony from Puerto Rico's government officials and through stories of Jen's recent trip to the island, learn the good news and the bad news about life right now on Puerto Rico. Please Support Congressional Dish Click here to contribute using credit card, debit card, PayPal, or Bitcoin Click here to support Congressional Dish for each episode via Patreon Mail Contributions to: 5753 Hwy 85 North #4576 Crestview, FL 32536 Thank you for supporting truly independent media! Recommended Congressional Dish Episodes CD028: Crisis in Puerto Rico CD147: Controlling Puerto Rico Additional Recommended Listening The David Pakman Show Additional Reading Article: Needs go unmet 6 months after Maria hit Puerto Rico by Danica Coto, AP News, March 20, 2018. Article: Six months after Maria, the hardest hit city in Puerto Rico is still being ignored by AJ Vicens, Grist, March 20, 2018. Article: The battle for paradise by Naomi Klein, The Intercept, March 20, 2018. Report: U.S. executive appointed head Puerto Rico power company by Dalissa Zeda Sanchez, Caribbean Business, March 20, 2018. Report: Puerto Rico legislature sends education reform to governor's desk for enactment by Genesis Ibarra, Caribbean Business, March 20, 2018. Report: Gov presents Puerto Rio justice, agriculture reorganization plans, Caribbean Business, March 20, 2018. Article: 'We are the forgotten people': It's been almost six months since Hurricane Maria, and Puerto Ricans are still dying by John D. Stutter, CNN, March 15, 2018. Article: Puerto Rico reforms could boost GNP by 1.5 percent: Jaresko by Daniel Bases, Reuters, March 14, 2018. Press Release: Committee seeks answers on corruption at Puerto Rico Power Utility, House Committee on Natural Resources, March 12, 2018. Report: Recycled proposals in Puerto Rico's fiscal plans by Luis J. Valentin Ortiz, City & State New York, March 11, 2018. Article: 'This city has been ignored': Yabucoa, ground zero for Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, still reeling by Rick Jervis, USA Today, March 11, 2018. Article: The role of private investment in rebuilding Puerto Rico by The Brian Lehrer Show, WNYC, March 8, 2018. Opinion: Puerto Rico? Guinea pig for water privatization by Britt Fremstad, Public Citizen, 2018. Article: Why Puerto Rico is pushing to privatize its schools by Mimi Kirk, City Lab, February 27, 2018. Report: Citigroup drove Puerto Rico into debt. Now it will profit from privatization on the island by Kate Aronoff, The Intercept, February 21, 2018. Report: Hedge fund-driven austerity could come back to bite the hedge funds driving it in Puerto Rico by Kate Aronoff, The Intercept, February 3, 2018. Article: Privatization won't fix Puerto Rico's broken power utility by Lara Merling, NACLA, February 1, 2018. Press Release: Bishop statement on Puerto Rico fiscal plans, PREPA privatization by House Committee on Natural Resources, January 25, 2018. Report: Puerto Rico governor seizes opportunity created by Hurricane Maria, plans to privatize electric power by Kate Aronoff, The Intercept, January 24, 2018. Article: The peril of privatizing PREPA by Vann R. Newkirk II, The Atlantic, January 24, 2018. Report: Puerto Rico to sell off crippled power utility PREPA by Daniel Bases, Reuters, January 22, 2018. Report: Puerto Rico utility workers charge that federal government is hoarding reconstruction supplies by Kate Aronoff, The Intercept, January 16, 2018. Article: PREPA "Warehouse 5" was no secret by Alex Figueroa Cancel, El Nuevo Dia, January 16, 2018. Article: Energy answers marchincinerator: the struggle continues by Leysa Caro Gonzelez, El Nuevo Dia, January 16, 2018. Report: Armed federal agents enter warehouse in Puerto Rico to sieze hoarded electric equipment by Kate Aronof, The Intercept, January 10, 2018. Article: Puerto Rico said 64 people died in Hurricane Maria. A new report puts the death toll over 1,000 by Aric Jenkins, Time.com, December 19, 2017. Report: Nearly 1,000 more people died in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria by Center for Investigative Journalism, Latino USA, December 7, 2017. Law Firm Post: Did you lose money investing in Puerto Rico bonds with Morgan Stanley financial advisor Robert Dennison? by Erez Law Firm, December 6, 2017. Article: The lineman got $63 an hour. The utility was billed at $319 an hour. by Frances Robles, The New York Times, November 12, 2017. Article: Ex-Morgan Stanley broker at center of Puerto Rico bond disputes by Bruce Kelly, Investment News, September 28, 2017. Report: Maps: Hurricane Maria's path across Puerto Rico by Sarah Almukhtar, Matthew Bloch, Ford Fessenden and Jugal K. Patel, The New York Times, September 26, 2017. Article: Incinerating the future: Austerity crisis threatens wetlands and economic opportunity for Puerto Rico by Adriana Gonzelez, The Planet: Sierra Club, August 14, 2017. Report: Puerto Rico's Fiscal Control Board spent $31 million in fiscal year 2017 by Julio Ricardo Varela, Latino USA, August 2, 2017. Report: SEC probes Barclays, Morgan Stanley bankers over Puerto Rico by Martin Z. Braun, Bloomberg, June 28, 2017. Report: Puerto Rico Senate approves bill to eliminate debt audit commission by Cindy Burgos Alvarado, Caribbean Business, April 18, 2017. Article: A glimpse of Natalie Jaresko by Jose A. Delgado Robles, El Nuevo Dia, March 29, 2017. Article: Ukraine must fully implement IMF Program, says former finance minister by Mitch Hulse, Atlantic Council, April 14, 2016. Article: How free electricity helped dig $9 billion hole in Puerto Rico by Mary Williams Walsh, The New York Times, February 1, 2016. Article: Puerto Rico - a way forward by Anne O. Krueger, Ranjit Teja, and Andrew Wolfe, GDB.PR.GOV, June 29, 2015. Article: Meet the woman overhauling Ukraine's economy - and born and raised in the suburbs of Chicago by James Ellingworth, Business Insider, March 1,2015. Article: Proposed Arecibo waste-to-energy plan gets EPA nod by Michelle Kantrow, Energy Answers, May 10, 2012. Research Paper: Does private management lead to improvement of water services? Lessons learned from the experiences of Bolivia and Puerto Rico by Susana Maria Cortina de Cardenas, University of Iowa Research Online, Spring 2011. Resources DESMOG Blog Info: Edison Electric Institute Energy Answers Resources: Puerto Rico Resource Recovery and Renewable Energy Project International Monetary Fund Bio: Anne O. Krueger International Monetary Fund Blog: Ranjit Teja LinkedIn Profile: Noel Zamot, Federal Oversight Management Board USDA Report: Arecibo Waste to Energy Generation and Resource Recovery Facility Arecibo, Puerto Rico Sound Clip Sources Hearing: Hurricane Recovery Efforts in Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands, Power Utility Officials; Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, November 14, 2017. Witnesses: - Natalie Jaresko - Executive Director of the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico - Jose Roman Morales - Associate Commission and Interim President of the Puerto Rico Energy Commission - Ricardo Ramos - Executive Director of Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority - Julio Rhymer - Executive Director of the US Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority 53:40 Ricardo Ramos: Many of the fallen poles fell because of the additional weight of infrastructure that originally was not supposed to be there, so the grid itself is old—are new. Design standards account for an amount of additional infrastructure for communications and other, but many of the poles were—they had communications because some local law of Puerto Rico permitted the common right-of-way usage, so we had to allow telecom companies to put the telecommunications cables there—but the pole itself not necessarily was designed to those standards. 59:10 Natalie Jaresko: So, as you know, Madame Chairman, the board took an action and filed in the Title III court to name a chief transformation officer. The court ruled yesterday against us in that action, although we have not yet seen the written judgment, so I can’t comment on it in detail. Hearing: Hurricane Recovery Efforts in Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands, Governors; Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Witnesses: - Donald Jackson - Deputy Commanding General of the US Army Corps of Engineers, Civil and Emergency Operations - Kenneth Mapp - Governor of US Virgin Islands - Jose Roman Morales - Associate Commission and Interim President of the Puerto Rico Energy Commission - Ricardo “Ricky” Rossello - Governor of Puerto Rico - Bruce Walker - Assistant Secretary of the Department of Energy, Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability 38:20 Assistant Secretary of the Department of Energy Bruce Walker: PREPA, with the limited crews that it had—I will point to this map over here—made an early decision to have to tie the southern portion, where the generation is, to the northern portion, where the load is. And in doing so, they made a key decision to construct the 230 kV line from the south, bringing it up to the San Juan area, the Bayamon substation. On the map, you can see here, from down here, wrapping up through here, that that align is going to appear all the way over to here. What was important about that was that one decision and the efforts made by PREPA, with limited staffing, enabled the power to be distributed to where the load was and in conjunction with the other big decision, which is the next slide, Jennifer, the Army Corps, working with PREPA, installed two 25-megawatt generators at the Palo Seco generation plant, and that, in conjunction with the rebuild of the 230 line, enabled power to be distributed to the northern portion to start picking up commercial and residential customers. Those two efforts were monumental, given the facts and circumstances. The installation of this generator was, with the letting of the contract and the install—and I was at Palo Seco when this was being put in—and the work that had to be done was really incredible—we had fantastic support from PREPA in coordinating it particularly with the re-laying and the coordination with the Army Corps. 1:10:00 Governor Ricardo Rossello: We have several flaws in terms of the design, aside from having antiquated power plants. Most of our generation was done in the south, yet most of the people and most of the consumption is done in the north, so you lose about 12 to 15% in the transmission, going northward. It is time, it is an opportunity, to rethink that, where do we have that generation and make it better? Piggybacking on Senator Cassidy’s comments, I think it is an opportunity also to leapfrog in renewables. I’ve envisioned us leapfrogging to 25% renewables in Puerto Rico and recognizing that there are some mitigation strategies that we need to put in place. That is why we have worked with the PREPA governing board to have a group of thought leaders that can actually help us in the design, looking forward, and specifically looking where this could happen. Last-mile events in Puerto Rico are very important. It’s important to consider the terrain. Puerto Rico’s not flat; it’s got a mountainous region. And so we will be very aggressively pursuing that we get to 90, 95% of energy consumption and energy generation, but that last mile always takes more time because there are sort of remote areas of the island. This is an opportunity to make microgrids in Puerto Rico so that they can be sustained in different areas. And, lastly, adding to this whole component of renewables, I think it is an opportunity to look at this from a bottom-up-and-a-top-down approach. With the collaboration of FEMA, we were able to, for the first time in the STEP program, allow that either a power plant generator be added to the house or a renewable battery-pack solar combo be added to those homes in the STEP program. Now, we expect that there will be about 80,000 homes that will be introduced in the STEP program. Think about what that means if half of them decide to go with the renewable battery-pack route. It means that now you have the starting conditions to actually think about things like a virtual power plant in Puerto Rico, where you can have smart distribution of the energy; and where some days it might be cloudy in some areas in Puerto Rico—it’ll be sunny, certainly, in others as well—and that energy can be distributed alongside, of course, a complement of utility-size and industrial-size generation, which I envision, Senator, should start transitioning from petroleum-based generation, which is costly and, of course, more harmful, to liquid-gas and so forth generation. So, those are, in a nutshell, what we envision the sort of future grid of Puerto Rico looking like. 1:34:15 Senator Catherine Cortez Masto: It’s my understanding under the Stafford Act, it’s Section 406(e), that limits the use of federal disaster-relief funds for repairing, restoring, reconstructing, or replacing a public facility or private nonprofit facility on the basis of the design of the facility as the facility existed immediately before the major disaster. Now, my understanding of that, then, is that all of the talk that I’ve heard today, which is important talk about new infrastructure—burying lines, looking at how we add renewable capacity—that is something that is not going to be addressed through the funding, through the relief, that comes from the federal government. Is that correct? And I guess I’m asking Mr. Walker and General Jackson, is that your understanding? Assistant Secretary of the Department of Energy Bruce Walker: That is my understanding. As I mentioned earlier, we’re doing emergency restoration work now. A number of the things that have been mentioned here, if the Congress approves additional appropriations, those would be opportunities that we could further, you know, build into— Masto: And that’s—are you asking today, then? That’s what you’re asking Congress today, additional appropriations outside of the Stafford Act be able to set up new infrastructure and do just what we’ve heard today, because we know another hurricane’s going to come through, or some other disaster. I think it’s just the way the climate is today. Is that the ask today from the governors? Governor Ricardo Rossello: To amend that, could you repeat the question, Senator? Masto: Sure. So, the Stafford Act limits the amount of— Rossello: Yeah. Masto: —money that you’re getting from the federal government for disaster relief to repair and reconstruct. Rossello: Yeah. Masto: It is not for new construction or new types of renewable energy or burying lines. So, are you coming today for additional funds outside of the Stafford Act, outside of disaster relief? Is that what I’m hearing today? Governor Kenneth Mapp: Yes. Yes, because under Stafford, if a system connected to the power generation isn’t damaged, it can’t be touched. If it’s cost effective, it can be mitigated, but the whole power system is all connected, and so if we want to change to more-efficient renewables—wind, solar—if the generation system hasn’t been damaged, then we can have an exclusion. So we will need changes in the language to permit that. Rossello: Yes. We are, we recognize what the limitations of FEMA funding are within this, so we’re asking for additional funding so that we can get that flexibility as well and actually rebuild better. I mean, again, you can discuss whether it’s a good idea or not on the context of the merit of the energy and the structure, but it is really just a bad idea to rebuild a system that is frail over again, spend good taxpayer money in that, because you’re going to have to do it once over again. 1:44:34 Senator Mazie Hirono (HI): Based on your estimates, how much are you asking Congress to fund in terms of the kind of modernization, resilience, etc. that you would like to see in Puerto Rico? Governor Ricardo Rossello: Yeah. It’s about $17 billion in damage estimates. Hirono: One year? Rossello: No. For the bulk of the process. Hirono: Seventeen billion dollars? Rossello: Yes, that’s right. Hirono: And is it your—well, I know that you hope that Congress will authorize that, and do you think that authorization or the funding to occur in one year, or is it over a period of time? Rossello: No, it would be over a period of time, of course. 1:53:28 Senator Bernie Sanders (VT): Puerto Rico is struggling with an unsustainable 75-billion-dollar debt and $49 billion in pension obligations. More than one-third of that debt is held by Wall Street vulture funds that are getting interest rates of up to 34% on tax-exempt bonds they purchased for as little as 29 cents on the dollar. Is that correct, Governor? Governor Ricardo Rossello: Yep. Hearing: Puerto Rico Recovery Challenges; House Natural Resources Committee, November 7, 2017. Witnesses: - Natalie Jaresko - Executive Director of the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico - Angel Perez Otero - Mayor of Guanynabo, Puerto Rico - Noel Zamot - Revitalization Coordinator of the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico 22:30 Natalie Jaresko: As the committee is aware, the board has recently named Noel Zamot as chief transformation officer of PREPA, with all the powers of a CEO and reporting to the board. We believe this is absolutely essential both to restoring service as soon as possible and to creating a sustainable, efficient, resilient, and fiscally accountable power system for the island. While the board is confident, the PROMESA, coupled with fundamental aspects of bankruptcy law, gives us the power and responsibility to do as we have done. Some parties are vigorously contesting our authority in proceedings before the Title III judge. To avoid uncertainty and lengthy delays and litigation, congressional reaffirmation of our exercise of our authority is welcome. 23:08 Natalie Jaresko: We have also implemented a contract-review policy as a tool to ensure transparency throughout the government, for the benefit of the people of Puerto Rico and all stakeholders. The policy applies to all contracts in which the commonwealth or any covered instrumentality is a counterparty, including those with the federal government, state governments, and private parties. The policy provides that all contracts of 10 million or more must be submitted to the board for its approval before execution. In addition, the board retains the authority to adopt other methods, such as random sampling of contracts below that 10-million-dollar threshold, to assure that they promote market competition and are not inconsistent with the approved fiscal plan. 26:48 Noel Zamot: I will retain key leaders on my staff to enable speed and effectiveness in our decision-making. I’d like to highlight two key roles. The chief operations officer will be responsible for day-to-day operations of the utility. This will initially be a senior leader from within PREPA but will be augmented by an industry executive identified in conjunction with input that we are receiving from the Edison Electric Institute. 27:41 Noel Zamot: I’ve also identified key executives to serve on a board of advisors. These are CEOs from public and private utilities who have generously volunteered to bring their considerable expertise to help with this task. I will also rely on an internal group of world-class experts from multi-national utilities, the energy sector, academia, and more. 28:22 Noel Zamot: Puerto Rico’s energy strategy calls for 50% renewables by 2040, with a balance of natural and LP gas mix; regional grids, with generation close to demand; physical hardening and control systems to provide resiliency; and widespread distributed generation, all wrapped by an empowered and accountable energy regulator. PROMESA is clear in its guidance to attract private capital to achieve this end state. We need to do just that, not only for generation but to attract innovative capital solutions from the private sector for transmission and distribution as well. 43:42 Representative Raul Grijalva (AZ): Do you or the board hold a view that, relative to Title V, waiving or eliminating additional federal environmental safeguards like NEPA or regulations will accelerate the recovery in Puerto Rico? Ms. Jaresko, you and then Mr. Zamot, if you don’t mind, as well, answering the question. Natalie Jaresko: I certainly believe that further expeditious permitting is a requirement. I’m not an expert on the individual sets of permitting, but I want to underline that it’s both federal, commonwealth, and municipality permitting at all levels. It needs to be expedited for any private-sector investment to become a quick recovery. Grijalva: Okay. Mr. Zamot, do you think that’s needed? Noel Zamot: Thank you, sir. My view is that economic growth and fast-tracking projects is not inconsistent with being good stewards of the environment, and we have a very robust process within Title V and within the working group that we have set with the government to ensure that we, the residents of Puerto Rico, are very respectful of that. Grijalva: If I may, sir, let me just follow up with you. You cite the proposed trash incinerators an example of a project Title V that could come to fruition, but I see an example of why Title V, in this instance, doesn’t work. Public comments about the project are overwhelming in opposition. It’s opposed by both mayors’ groups, representing all the mayors in the island. It was stalled in part because it couldn’t get a permit to drain 2.1 million gallons from a protected wetland. Farmers and residents concerned about the effects on their health, that it could undermine recycling programs that are in place. It flooded during the hurricane. We have a before-and-after situation, that’s up on the screen. It flooded during and released some of the hundreds of tons of toxic ash that could release, in the future, toxic ash into surrounding neighborhoods. And it requires a major loan from the federal government to go forward even though it’s fully privately funded for 67 megawatts of power. Is that what we can expect in terms of Title V critical projects? Zamot: Sir, there are many voices that, obviously, in a democratic process, voice their concern with such a project, but there are equal number of voices on the positive side. We don’t look at this project in Arecibo necessarily as even a power project. It is really a waste-management project. Puerto Rico has a critical, essentially a crisis, in waste management and landfill use that has been identified by the EPA, and that is why the EPA has actually been supportive of this program. 47:30 Representative Doug Lamborn (CO): Is it safe in assuming that pretty much 100% of the electricity generated in Puerto Rico today is from burning fuel oil? Noel Zamot: Sir, I would say it’s 96%. There is approximately 4% that is renewables in Puerto Rico right now. Lamborn: And as we know, fuel oil is very expensive and very dirty. Zamot: That is correct, sir. Lamborn: So, I like the plan. I think you said by 2040, 50% renewables, 50% natural gas through liquefied form. Zamot: That’s correct. Lamborn: Have you identified investors who are willing to make that huge investment in a LNG terminal? Zamot: Sir, there are a number of investors that are actually very bullish on Puerto Rico’s long-term prospects, and we and the board and specifically in my role as revitalization coordinator, we receive a lot of proposals, a lot of questions about how people can bring innovative capital solutions using private capital to bear, to benefit, the reconstruction of the grid and the people of Puerto Rico. Lamborn: Well, I would really urge you to keep pushing in that direction because I don’t think nuclear or coal is going to be a solution. Renewables are great, but to provide that much electricity in that short of time is unrealistic. So I welcome the discussion about LNG. 50:30 Representative Doug Lamborn (CO): And the last thing I want to ask you about is that 800-million-dollar project, and the ranking member referred to it: burning waste to create electricity. Is my understanding that that would be privately funded and would not need government subsidies of any kind? Noel Zamot: That is correct, sir. It’s entirely privately funded. Some of the capital structure includes some federal loans, but there is no money from Puerto Rico, and it relies on relatively new technology that is respectful of emissions. 51:53 Representative Grace Napolitano (CA): The incinerator would be built in an area in Arecibo previously contaminated by a battery recycling plant, and it was flooded during the hurricanes. Has the area been tested for lead, arsenic, and other contaminants? Noel Zamot: Ma’am, I do not have the specific details on what work has been accomplished to date, but we do know that the company that is planning that work has done extensive mitigation pre-work— Napolitano: How long has the plant been there, that it hasn’t been tested? Zamot: Ma’am, I do not have that information. Napolitano: Would you mind sending the answers to this committee— Zamot: Yes, ma’am. Napolitano: —so we can understand that. And how does the Energy Answers Arecibo, LLC plan to prevent their landfill from being flooded by future hurricanes? Zamot: Ma’am, could you repeat the question? Napolitano: How do you prevent landfill from being flooded by hurricanes? Zamot: That is an engineering question that I’m not prepared to answer right now. I would imagine that that has been looked at in the permitting that the company has received to date. Napolitano: Okay. When and—how and when does the company plan to bury the toxic ashes generated by the incinerator? Zamot: That is being currently discussed with the current Puerto Rico administration. Napolitano: Is, let’s see, how many Puerto Rico municipalities refuse to send trash to the plant incinerator? Zamot: I think the answer to that is many, because that represents a threat to current waste management in Puerto Rico, which the EPA has identified as a critical need to address. 1:19:36 Representative Steve Pearce (NM): Now, one of the problems that I see, just as a former business owner taking a look at it, one of the reasons that residents had to pay such a high rate is that certain entities didn’t have to pay for the electrical power. One of those would be the hotels. So are they still exempt from paying their power? Natalie Jaresko: Each of the economic development plans that Puerto Rico implemented over the years had individual tax agreements— Pearce: I’m just asking about the hotels. Jaresko: —between businesses and energy. Pearce: Are they still exempt? Are they not exempt? Jaresko: Some of them are, yes. Pearce: Some of them are exempt. Jaresko: That’s correct. Pearce: Now, also, cities were also exempt, and so city governments were exempt prior, according to what I’ve read. Noel Zamot: That’s correct, sir. 1:38:50 Natalie Jaresko: The board certainly considers privatization as one of the options going forward. There’s a question that remains open to see whether it’s privatization of the entire power sector, meaning generation transmission and distribution or some select part, or whether it just means bringing in private sector to compete and bring down the cost and bring up the efficiency of electricity. We’re looking at all of those as we define this fiscal plan for PREPA. 1:49:50 Representative Raul Labrador (ID): You stated that prior to the hurricane that the board possessed the authority to execute its mission and deliver on the underlying mandate Congress set with PROMESA, but with the devastation, you allude that those tools may be inadequate. So please tell us why does the board currently have—does the board currently have the tools necessary to facilitate efficient and effective recovery? Natalie Jaresko: I will try to be clear. I believe the board has the tools, that PROMESA gives us the tools. That said, when there are disagreements, the use of those tools ends up in costly and time-consuming litigation. Today more than ever that time and that cost is not helping Puerto Rico, so we asked for clarity of the tools that we have—whether it is in the appointment of a CTO through Title III, whether it is the implementation of our contract-policy review, or whether or not it is the implementation of the fiscal plans in full when certified. Labrador: So, what else do you need to be successful? Is there anything else that we need to give you to be successful? Jaresko: I think we would appreciate a legislative affirmation of those and/or conditioning of appropriations on those powers as you see fit. 2:11:11 Representative Garret Graves (LA): The governor recently proposed a law to address emergencies and disasters. Part of that law would allow, basically, eliminating or waiving sales tax in Puerto Rico. Are you aware—is that proposal on your radar screen? Were you consulted? Natalie Jaresko: No, we were not consulted. And I am aware that there has been a problem because of the lack of electricity and the collections of the sales-and-use tax. However, as electricity comes back, the collection process should also return. Graves: So you were not consulted. You were not aware on the front end. If ultimately the governor certifies that this is in compliance with the fiscal plan and you determine otherwise, what happens then? How does that play out? Jaresko: Well, I would hope that they would consult prior to putting that policy in place because it is something that can have a direct adverse fiscal effect, and it could be not in compliance with the fiscal plan. If they certify that it is, as you described, then we have a situation which could potentially, again, lead to difference of opinion in terms of what our role is in PROMESA. And it is very difficult for us, once it is certified by the government as being in compliance, if we disagree, to reverse that. Graves: I’m sorry. Say that last part again. Jaresko: If the government certifies that the executive order or law is in compliance with the fiscal plan, it is difficult for us to reverse that. Graves: Your hands are effectively tied. Do you think Congress should revisit that in terms of something that you believe causes economic harm or undermines the objectives of the fiscal plan but you don’t have the ability to actually help reset that? Jaresko: I think it should be very clear that the intent of PROMESA was for us to be able to stop things that were having an adverse effect on the fiscal plan, yes. 2:26:37 Representative Luis Gutierrez (IL): Arecibo incinerator, Mr. Zamot, I would hope you would talk to Secretary Vilsack because you seem to have a different perspective than he does, since the loan from the USDA is through the Rural Utilities Services. In other words, the money is not in order to do something with waste management; the money is to create energy. But you said to us earlier—and correct me if I’m wrong, if I misunderstood—that the purpose is one of for garbage, basically, disposal, and not for energy. How do you see it? Is it garbage disposal or energy? What is the primary purpose of it? Noel Zamot: Sir, the government of Puerto Rico has a letter out, and they consider that plan in Arecibo to be both a provider of energy— Gutierrez: But when you said primarily, you said primarily. Zamot: The plan at Arecibo, where about 2% of the aggregate electrical demand— Gutierrez: Okay. So primarily, I heard you—and we can go back to the record—you said that it was primarily; yet, they are asking for a loan between half a million and 750 million dollars. And let me just assure you and everybody here: Given the fact that the government of Puerto Rico already owes over $2 billion, unless Mrs. Jaresko’s going to use some of her skills to eliminate that debt, I don’t see how we’re going to do that. And in the last 25 seconds, because I want to focus on this issue with you, do you believe that the control board has such power that you do not have to take into consideration the concerns of the duly elected mayors of the cities that will be affected by the incinerator? Or do you feel you need to consult with them before you make a decision going forward? Zamot: Sir, in 9 seconds, the statute provides for a public comment period that in conclusion— Gutierrez: So, you don’t believe. You do believe that you’re supreme. You’re kind of a dictator over everything. 2:32:05 Resident Commissioner Jenniffer Gonzalez (PR): You say that the board has the power to name a chief transformation officer to take over the management of PREPA, and at the same time, I know the state government, state legislator, the governor is against that. And you filed a motion in the court to allow that to happen. Do you have the power or you don’t have the power to actually name the coordinator board? Natalie Jaresko: Thank you. We believe we do have that power, and that’s why we filed that petition in court. We believe we have that power under Title III as any representative of a debtor, and the board is named the representative of the debtor, in the law in PROMESA, to name a chief restructuring officer, a receiver, a chief transformation officer, as we call it. Gonzalez: So, sorry to interrupt you, but then you don’t need any change in the PROMESA law? You don’t need any power to make that happen, because that’s the question this committee is doing. What do you need in terms of helping the people of Puerto Rico to recover power? I think that’s the main question. If we were a state, we will not have you. If we were a state, we will have full funding in all federal programs, and now that’s a problem all territories got. Jaresko: The board believes that in appointing this CTO will help us move more quickly to restoration of power. That is the only reason the board took this position, and they took it at this time. 2:43:30 Representative Luis Gutierrez (IL): Mayor, thank you very much for being here with us. Could you tell us your annual salary? Mayor Angel Perez Otero: My? Gutierrez: Yes. *Otero: 96,000. Gutierrez: $96,000. Mr. Zamot? What’s your annual salary? Noel Zamot: That’s a matter of— Gutierrez: I’m sorry? Zamot: Sir, that’s a matter of public record. Gutierrez: How much is it? Zamot: I think it’s in the record, sir. Gutierrez: Just—can’t you tell us how much it is? You know how much you’re getting paid. Why are you so reluctant to give us—this is a committee. Just want to know how much you’re getting paid. The mayor was very forthcoming. Zamot: The board found a competition competitive compensation of $315,000. 2:55:30 Representative Luis Gutierrez (IL): So, I’ll ask Mrs. Jaresko—I didn’t get to ask you—what’s your annual salary? Natalie Jaresko: $625,000. Gutierrez: $625,000. Music Presented in This Episode Intro & Exit: Tired of Being Lied To by David Ippolito (found on Music Alley by mevio)  

Aludió que la Junta de Supervisión Fiscal, ente creado bajo la Ley Promesa, no conoce el panorama de Puerto Rico, razón por la cual aprobó una reducción de jornada laboral para los empleados públicos del país en su novena reunión. Mencionó que el gobierno ha estado en comunicación con la directora ejecutiva, Natalie Jaresko. Indicó que en el Congreso de los Estados Unidos no tienen en cuenta la verdadera situación que desatará una reducción de jornada laboral.

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