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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.

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Ismael Guadalupe discusses the political and cultural battles that have given shape to the historical conflicts between the US Navy and the people of Vieques. He describes the small victories of the people of Vieques in spite of the many attempts of…

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In the 1950s, the US Navy intensified its military activities in Vieques. Sometimes the US Navy would leave dangerous explosive artifacts in areas that had not been restricted and were still accessed by civilians. As a consequence, some Viequenses…

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Edwin Melendez and his mother speak about cancer in Vieques, about his cancer and they show pictures of cancer victims in Vieques. They speak about the process of becoming a Viequense and being born in Vieques. The group speaks of the arrest of Angel…

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Carlos Zenon speaks of the Puerto Rican administration and how they do not have a governor, rather someone who administrates federal funds. He then goes into detail explaining Plan A and Plan B and how the US threatened to take away their government…

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Carlos Zenón explains that the Vieques Struggle did not begin with the fishermen protest of 1978, but with the expropriation of Vieques’s lands and homes by the US Navy in the 1940s. At the age of four, Zenón witnessed the arrival of the US Navy and…

Between 1947 and 1950, the US Navy acquired 4,340 acres of Vieques land to expand its military facilities during the Cold War.

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On April 14, 1989, US Marshalls tried to execute an eviction order from Federal Judge Lafitte against Carmelo, María and their family in their home at Villa Borinquen. Carmelo first tried to resist the eviction with the power of media, by having a…

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…

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María discusses the origins of Villa Borinquen.
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