Vieques 60 years of struggle
Helping the helpless in Vieques - Orlando Sentinel
For more than 60 years, the American government exploded hundreds of millions of pounds of ordinance just eight miles from the Vieques population — the ...
Viva Vieques! - Bellophoto Blog - Cape Cod Wedding Photographers
In May 2003, after more than 60 years of military operations, the US Navy closed Camp Garcia on Vieques after years of struggle over the target ...
The Navy Is the Best Thing that Has Happened to Vieques . . .
The base has contributed thousands of jobs, and pumped literally billions of dollars into the Puerto Rican economy over the years supporting Vieques operations.
Borges, Cristóbal A. - Vieques: Island of Conflict and Dreams - OATD
For over 60 years the island was used by the United States Navy as a ... The documentary attempts to present an analysis of the struggle between citizens of the ...
Vieques Activists Aren't Budging - The Washington Post
Carlos Zenon, a 60-year-old fisherman who has fought against the ... "No one will get hurt," she said, "and the struggle will continue.
psychologically of the military exercises on the people of the island. Beginning in June 1999 the Women's Alliance impacted the broad based struggle that ...
On the Island of Vieques, Finding New Ways to Care for Cancer
Zaida Torres Rodriguez, who has lived in Vieques for 77 years ... To date, VER has helped over 60 Vieques patients with cancer. With ...
Conjuring the Close from Afar A Border-Crossing Tale of Vieques ...
After more than 60 years of military occupation, 30 of these under violent military practices, a ... that group stood for and how they framed the Vieques struggle ...
The Cape, Vieques connection - Cape Cod Times
... struggle between Vieques' residents and the U.S. military is not over yet. ... 60-year presence in Vieques. Farther up the road, a series of short ...
Rainbow Realty Vieques | Facebook
... Vieques struggle to force the US Navy to end it's 60 years bombing practice, died on Monday. We send our deepest condolences to his wife ...
David v Goliát en Vieques, Puerto Rico | Peace News
On 1 May 2004 we celebrated the first anniversary of the end to 60 years of US navy bombing and presence here on the island of Vieques, Puerto Rico. An ...
Finca Conciencia Is Building Food Sovereignty on Vieques Island
In addition to food insecurity stemming from its remoteness, Vieques has been battered in many ways over the years. The U.S. Navy used half ...
Vieques National Wildlife Refuge
portions of the lands occurred over a 60-year period. As a result, there are small dumps and other undocumented sites in several areas of this former Navy ...
Opposing powers at the helm: The production of (im)mobilities of ...
... Vieques. Abstract: At the twenty-year anniversary of the Viequense success in their struggle to kick out the US Navy from controlling and harming their land ...
Toxic Metals Depuration Profiles from a Population Adjacent to a ...
Background: The island of Vieques (a municipality of Puerto Rico) was used as a military practice range by the US Navy for more than 60 years.
Mobilizing Memories: Remembrance as a Social Movement Tool in ...
In 2004 the community of Vieques, Puerto Rico witnessed the last chapter of a struggle that unfolded over the previous 60 years – the official closing of ...
A New Beginning…Scene Changes…Celebrating Navy's Exit…A ...
Editors Note: On May 1, the U.S. Navy will close the target range it has used for over 60 years in Vieques and transfer the land to the U.S. Department of the ...
Vieques, Puerto Rico: The Historic Bombing Range of the U.S Navy
But, the U.S Navy, over a 60-year stay, left a damaging impact on the island. “Vieques was a scene of war…it was a kind of place that simulated ...
Failing healthcare on the island of Vieques - Medill Reports Chicago
For over 60 years, the U.S. Navy used Vieques as a test bombing range and site for military-training exercises. The Navy also admitted to using ...
AOC, Warren urge Senate for environmentally safer military cleanup ...
... 60 years served as a bombing range and site for military-training exercises. Vieques is the most hazardous waste site in Puerto Rico ...