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That’s what folks must have been wondering after reading this Bloomberg piece singing the praises of Antonio Weiss’s work on restructuring Puerto Rico’s debt. The piece told readers:
“Weiss, 49, a former Lazard Ltd. investment banker who spent almost two decades on Wall Street, became a champion for the island’s cause — a debt crisis with a human toll.”
A debt crisis having a human toll, imagine that.