The long-anticipated Puerto Rican debt crisis kicked into full gear in August 2015 when the island revealed it made only 1% of a $58 million debt-service payment - marking the largest municipal default in U.S. history.
The missed payments continued in 2016, including a default on a $422 million payment on May 2.
So now, in 2017, exactly how much does Puerto Rico owe?
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