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NEW YORK — “What do we want? Stop the cuts!” chanted pickets outside a meeting between Puerto Rican officials and major bondholders at Citigroup offices here July 13, echoing the demands of protesters on the island. The colonial government has already laid off thousands of workers, cut pensions and raised taxes in the name of paying the debt. Some of the roughly 50 protesters held signs denouncing the “Krueger plan,” a government-commissioned report that proposes sweeping cuts in social protections and lowering the minimum wage to make Puerto Rico “competitive.”
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