The City Hall Plaza press conference, hosted
by the Hispanic Federation, called
for a laundry list of federal actions, including implementing «a federal investment plan»,
eliminating Jones Act requirements that goods shipped between Puerto Rico and other places in America be transported on U.S. ships with U.S. crews, changing the U.S.
bankruptcy code to allow Puerto Rico and its government related enterprises to
file bankruptcy petitions and urging President Obama to «explore a Federal Reserve loan» and «oppose severe austerity.»