Taso and Miguel Angel discuss land speculation in the context of the future development of Vieques after the Navy exit. Political opportunism present itself as a challenge to economic justice. They criticize the work of Major of Vieques Dámaso…
In Feb. 26, 1976, a group of Viequenses rescued some federal land that was part of the US Navy territory in Vieques. The area became known as Villa Borinquen.
Viequenses attempted to rescue the area of "El Cerca'o de Coco" but the US Navy intervened and ended the land rescue. Years later Viequenses were successful in this land rescue and the area became known as Villa Borinquen.
In 1964, various Viequense families began to build houses in the area known as "El Cerca'o de Pablito," a piece of land that was part of the the US Navy territory in Vieques. The area became known as Bravos de Boston, one of the first rescues of…
In 1963, María Velázquez moved to Vieques with her husband, Carmelo Félix Matta. In the coming decades, María and Carmelo would become the protagonists of various land rescues in Vieques that would challenge the US Navy control over Vieques's…
The US Navy attempted to expel all Viequenses from their land: "Project V-C, secretly pushed forth by the Department of Defense (DOD) and the White House during 1958-1964, was originally an attempt to expropriate the complete Puerto Rican islands of…
