alejandro garcia padilla
The commonwealth can't make an upcoming $2 billion payment.
Crumbling schools, a tanking economy and mass migration all plague the commonwealth.
2016 will likely bring more financial misery for the beleaguered island.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
The island will default on nearly $40 million in debt in January.
Commonwealth officials are not happy about a legal brief the U.S. filed in a little-noticed Supreme Court case.
As Puerto Rico "unfolds into chaos," lawmakers are taking their time to help the island, which over 3.5 million Americans call home.
“Not in the Middle East, not in Syria. Here, under the flag.”
The government is $73 billion in debt.