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20. Interview with Carlos Zenón and Miguel Angel Reyes C 2004

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…

18. Interview with Carlos Zenón and Miguel Angel Reyes A 2004

Taso and Miguel Angel compare the Vieques resistance movement in the 1970s and 80s with the civil disobedience movement after David Sanes death. They also comment on internal conflicts of the Vieques movement that are the product of different styles…

19. Interview with Carlos Zenón and Miguel Angel Reyes B 2004

Miguel Angel discusses the origins of the Monte Carmelo community and the challenges it has faced throughout its history. Taso describes political maneuvers such as the acuerdo histórico of 1983 between then governor Carlos Romero Barceló and the…

22. Interview with Carlos Zenón Ceiba 2004

Taso discusses Vieques development after the Navy in the context of rescuing the Ceiba Tree and its surroundings, an iconic place in Vieques, from land concessions to the private sector that are being negotiated by Major Dámaso Serrano.

56. Interview with Zenon Family B 2004

The Zenon family discuss the origins and civil disobedience strategies of the Monte David camp. They explained why they did not support the Sept 11, 2001 moratorium and why they prefer to work as family rather than collaborate with other…

Tags: Activities, Aleida Encarnación, Arrests (May 1 2000), Arrests (strategies), Biopolitics, Cacimar Zenon, Camp Monte David, Carlos Zenon, Civil disobedience, Crab fishing traps, Donations, Family, Fish and Wildlife, Fish and Wildlife (law enforcement), Fish and Wildlife (police/guns), Fish and Wildlife (restrictions), Fish and Wildlife (surveillance), Health issues (camps), Internal Conflicts, José Che Paralitichi, Land and sea, Land transfer, Media protagonism, Navy, Negotiations (with Fish and Wildlife), New challenges, New struggle, Nomos of the earth, Participation (Women), Pedro Zenon, Pollution, Posthegemony, Radar, Resistance, Ruben Berrios, Self-sufficiency, Sept 11 2001 (Moratorium), Skepticism, Strategies, Struggle (by sea), Struggle (changes), Styles of resistance, Tito Kayak, Vieques Development, Vieques Youth

55. Interview with Zenón Family A 2004

The Zenon family discuss internal conflicts in the context of various events and processes: the September 11, 2001 moratorium and the May 1, 2003 arrest. They denounce political opportunism of various parties as well as the negotiations between Fish…

Tags: Aleida Encarnación, Arrests (May 4 2000), Cacimar Zenon, Camp Mapepe, Camp Monte David, Carlos Ventura, Carlos Zenon, Civil disobedience, Civil disobedience (Dámaso Serrano), Class divisions, Cooperation with FBI, Dámaso Serrano, David Sanes (death), Federal control, Fish and Wildlife, Fish and Wildlife (law enforcement), Fish and Wildlife (police/guns), Fish and Wildlife (restrictions), Fish and Wildlife (surveillance), Internal Conflicts, Jose Perez, Lack of consensus, May 1 2003, Media protagonism, Navy exit, Negotiations (with Fish and Wildlife), New challenges, New struggle, Nomos of the earth, Pedro Zenon, Political opportunism, Political prisoners, Posthegemony, Puerto Rico government, Resistance, Ruben Berrios, Sept 11 2001 (break of moratorium), Skepticism, Struggle (changes), Styles of resistance, Tito Kayak, Vieques Youth, Yabureibo Zenón

11. Interview with María Velázquez B 2004

María Velázquez, wife of Carmelo Felix Matta, tells the story of her family's eviction and migration out of Vieques. Then, she talks about the origins of the land rescue efforts she undertook along with her husband Carmelo. She describes the origins…

Tags: Anti-Navy activism, Bees, Biopolitics, Bombings, Bravos de Boston, Carlos Zenon, Carmelo Felix Matta, Carmelo's document, Carmelo's illness, Conflicts (with Navy), Cristina Urios, Diaspora, Evictions (1989), Family (work), Federal land, Fish and Wildlife, Fishermen struggle (1978-1983), Gentrification, Health problems, Internal Conflicts, Internal conflicts (people are not grateful), Internal conflicts (Zenón vs. Ventura), Isabelita Rosado, Isla nena (meaning), Ismael Guadalupe, Land concessions, Land rescues, Land Speculation, Land transfer, Legal problems, Manuela Santiago, Maria Velazquez, Military training, Monte Carmelo, Monte Carmelo (construction), Navy (vs. Monte Carmelo), Navy land, Nilda Medina, Nomos of the earth, Norma Burgos, Pollution, Posthegemony, Resistance, Return to Vieques, Road construction, Robert Rabin, Songs of resistance, Styles of resistance, Sustainable development, Villa Borinquen

15. Interview with Carlos Taso Zenon A 2004

Carlos "Taso" Zenon compares civil disobedience by sea and by land. He talks about the 1979 fishermen struggle by sea and contrasts it with the strategies used by him and his sons in the Monte David Civil disobedience camp, established in 1999. He…

Tags: Alianza de Mujeres Viequenses, Arrests (Evasion), Arrests (May 1 2000), Arrests (strategies), Biopolitics, Bombings, Brambilla, Cacimar Zenon, Camp Cayo Yayí, Camp Justicia y Paz, Camp Monte David, Camp Partido Independentista Puertorriqueño, Carlos Ventura, Carlos Zenon, Casa del Frances, Civil disobedience, Civil disobedience (interrupting Navy training/maneuvers), Civil disobedience camps (transportations), Comparing struggle (Navy vs. Fish and Wildlife), Conflicts (Vieques vs. San Juan), Conflicts (with educated people), Conflicts (with Fish and Wildlife), Dámaso Serrano, David Sanes (death), Expropriations, Fish and Wildlife (law enforcement), Fish and Wildlife (police/guns), Fish and Wildlife (restrictions), Fish and Wildlife (surveillance), Friend/enemy, Internal Conflicts, José Che Paralitichi, Land and sea, Media protagonism, Money (aspects of sabotage), Navy (loss), Navy exit, Navy land (restricted area), Negotiations (with Fish and Wildlife), New challenges, New Fishermen Association, New struggle, Nomos of the earth, Posthegemony, Resistance, Robert Rabin, Rubén Berrios (boycotts Camp Monte David), Sharing leadership, Strategies (local knowledge), Struggle (changes), Struggle (sea vs. land), Styles of resistance, Sustainable development, Tito Kayak, Unity with honesty, Vieques Fishermen Association (land property), War

16. Interview with Carlos Taso Zenón B 2004

Carlos "Taso" Zenon considers that Fish and Wildlife is a continuation of the Navy in Vieques, and denounces the control they have of Vieques land. He also criticizes some organization who negotiate with Fish and Wildlife to celebrate their…

Tags: Angel Rodríguez Cristobal, Arrests (Evasion), Arrests (May 1 2000), Arrests (strategies), Arrests of the 21 (1979), Biopolitics, Boxing, Camp Monte Carmelo, Camp Monte David, Carlos Zenon, Civil disobedience, Civil disobedience (strategy against Fish and Wildlife), Comparing struggle (Navy vs. Fish and Wildlife), Conflicts (with Fish and Wildlife), Conflicts (with Navy), Dámaso Serrano, Department of Natural Resources, Family (emotions), Family (separations), Fish and Wildlife (law enforcement), Fish and Wildlife (police/guns), Fish and Wildlife (restrictions), Fish and Wildlife (surveillance), Fishing (business in Puerto Rico), Friend/enemy, Friend/enemy (Navy is the enemy not us), Gentrification, Human suffering, Hurricane Hugo (1989), Internal Conflicts, Isabelita Rosado, Ismael Guadalupe, Land rescues, Land Speculation, Land speculation (people displaced), Land transfer, Leaving Vieques, Migration, Navy exit, New challenges, New land invasion, New struggle, Nomos of the earth, Pollution (sea), Posthegemony, Prison experience, Real Estate Agents (internet agencies), Reconciliation, Resistance, Return of Viequenses, Sharing Vieques with all PR, Skepticism, Strategies, Struggle (by sea), Struggle (changes), Struggle (sacrifices), Struggle (unity-working together), Styles of resistance, Sustainable development, Theater, Toñin Medina, University for Vieques, Vieques Development

17. Interview with Carlos Taso Zenon C 2004

Carlos Zenon questions the Vieques development process and expresses concerns about the mayor's plan for the island. He considers that Vieques development could be achieved by a combination of controlled tourism and agriculture.

Tags: Agriculture, Carlos Zenon, Dámaso Serrano, Incentives, Land development (western area), Land transfer, Mayor's group for development, New challenges, New struggle, Political opportunism, Puerto Rican people, Sustainable development, Tato Rivera Santana, Technical language, Tourism, Vieques development (development for Viequenses), Vieques Gas

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