Browse Items · Vieques Struggle: A Digital Video Archive

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…

57. Interview with Guadalupe Family A 2004

The Guadalupe family talks about civil disobedience from the standpoint of strategies but also emotions created by this experience. They explain the emotional burden involved in having to see family members risking their lives or being taken to…

58. Interview with Guadalupe Family B 2004

The Guadalupe family discusses family dynamics in the context of the Navy presence in Vieques and the struggle for demilitarization of the island. They talk about life in Vieques in the 1960s and 70s and compare the struggle of these times with the…

Tags: Arrests, Arrests (Desafio vs Desobedencia), Arrests (strategies), Arrests (Women), Biopolitics, Bombings (Conservation), Camp Garcia, Cancer, Cancer treatment, Ceiba (town), Civil disobedience (1978-1983), Conservation of polluted areas, Court cases (2000s), Dara Guadalupe, Family (parenthood), Family (separations), Fish and Wildlife (Influence: school), Hilcia Guadalupe, Impact of Militarization, international context, Ismael Guadalupe, Ismael Guadalupe (prison experience), Lack of economic development, Lack of opportunities, Land and sea, Land defense, Land poem, Laundry services, Leaving Vieques, Mexican President visit, Military Zones (childhood), Navy (Influence: school), Navy (Relations), Navy exit, Navy soldiers, Nomos of the earth, Norma Torres, Plan Dracula, Rations (El hoyo), Referendum (2001), Repression, Resistance, Santa Maria (Militarized barrios), slow violence, Statue of Liberty, Struggle (sea vs. land), Tato Guadalupe, Tito Kayak, Vieques High School (1970s), Vieques struggle (1960/1970s), Vieques Youth, Virgilio Davila, War, Wounded civilians, Yaurel Guadalupe

8. Interview with Ismael Guadalupe A 2004

Ismael Guadalupe talks about the ideas and challenges for developing Vieques after the exit of the US Navy. He also discusses the history of civil disobedience in Vieques after the death of David Sanes in 1999.

9. Interview with Ismael Guadalupe B 2004

Ismael Guadalupe talks about the changes in the Vieques struggle after the exit of the US NAVY. He discusses the negotiations between the government and different organizations, as well as some challenges faced by Vieques organizations in the new…

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

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