Bondholders urge La Rioja to pay its debt in 14 days and warn of going to court. The province had committed to cancel interest on debt incurred on February 24, but paid only US$10 million.
It is a debt that was issued to finance the construction of wind farms. The ad hoc group considered the decision "atrocious" because the proceeds from the bonds were used to build a series ofWind farms. But the Rioja Minister of Labor, Employment and Industry assured at the end of February that "the conditions and income of the province have changed noticeably"