Contenido automatizadoParcialmente escrito o traducido con información proporcionada por una herramienta de inteligencia artificial.The former counselor to the U.S. Treasury secretary spoke with El Nuevo Día a decade after the enactment of the law that created Puerto Rico’s Fiscal Oversight Board and a territorial bankruptcy frameworkJune 30, 2026 - 10:32 AMWeiss served as Counselor to Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew while acting as Under Secretary for Domestic Finance, and was responsible for presenting the Barack Obama administration’s plan to address Puerto Rico’s fiscal and public debt crisis. ByJoanisabel González joanisabel.gonzalez@gfrmedia.comJosé A. Delgado jose.delgado@gfrmedia.comFrom within the U.S. executive branch, Antonio Weiss—then the acting No. 2 official at the U.S. Treasury Department—helped steer the process that ultimately became the PROMESA Act. Y Popular en la Comunidad
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The former counselor to the U.S. Treasury secretary spoke with El Nuevo Día a decade after the enactment of the law that created Puerto Rico’s Fiscal Oversight Board and a territorial bankruptcy framework






