The correct answer is "C".
Puerto Rico is the least wealthy of the United States sovereign territories. It is a country that is highly reliant on its tourism industry, which has years of mixed results regarding its profitability. On the other hand, the country is heavily indebted, as it has incurred on loans in order to run many state entities including government-run companies. Due to this critical situation, many layoffs have occurred in order to reduce the labor cost of these companies.