Jubilee USA was recently featured by The National Catholic Reporter on Jubilee's efforts in Puerto Rico's debt and humanitarian crisis as well as Jubilee's partnership with religious leaders on the island. Read an excerpt below and follow this link to the full article.

The suffering of Puerto Rican people continues to mount

May 8 would have been my mother's 91st birthday. I visited her grave and said a prayer. The day also marked another anniversary: It was the 20th anniversary of the installation of Archbishop Roberto Gonzalez as the Archbishop of San Juan. Gonzalez has, along with Fr. Heriberto Martinez, been at the forefront of the fight for debt relief for the island. They have been assisted most ably by Eric LeCompte and the good people at Jubilee USA. LeCompte knows more about public debt in poor countries than anyone I know, and what is more, he knows how to build a consensus on Capitol Hill for action to relieve debt burdens. He is one of the angels in the public policy world. Congratulations to Gonzalez on his anniversary and, even more, to the Catholic people of San Juan who have such a courageous spiritual leader.