Browse Items · Vieques Struggle: A Digital Video Archive

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

13. Interview with Miguel Angel Reyes A 2004

Miguel Angel discusses the challenges faced by the Monte Carmelo community today, including lack of services and land speculation. He argues that Carmelo's legacy consist of the 5 barrios that were the product of the land rescued by his family along…

Tags: Biopolitics, Bravos de Boston (extranjerolandia), Carmelo Felix Matta, Carmelo Félix Matta (legacy), Ceiba Tree, Civil disobedience, Community organizations (people demobilized), Conflicts (with Navy), Conflicts (with Police), Cooperatives, Cristina Urios, Dámaso Serrano, Distrust (Desprestigio), Esperanza, Experts, Fish and Wildlife (case against agent), Foreigners, Gentrification, Golf court, Internal Conflicts, Land rescues, Land sales, Land Speculation, Land transfer, Land trust estate, Learning from Viequenses, Master Plan, May 1 2003, Miguel Angel Reyes, Monte Carmelo, Navy exit, Nomos of the earth, Our image vs. our message, Plan Dracula, Real estate, Referendum, Rompeolas, Sharon Grasso, Styles of resistance, Sustainable development, Sustainable development (criticism), Tato Rivera Santana, Tierra de Valientes vs. Fear, Vieques as Concentration Camp, Vieques Development

14. Interview with María Velázquez D 2004

María Velázquez talks about life after the 1989 eviction and how they formed the political party of the bees to create awareness about land rescues. She also describes Monte Carmelo's participation in civil disobedience after David Sanes death. She…

Tags: Betrayal, Biopolitics, Bravos de Boston, Camp Filiberto Ojeda Rios, Carmelo Felix Matta, Carmelo's poem, Cesareo Nieves, Civil disobedience, Civil obedience (María's phrase), Comunidades especiales, Cristina Urios, Dámaso Serrano, David Sanes, Energy Services, Family, Family pictures, Gentrification, Happy days, Health problems, Jose Montañez Sanes, Land defense, Land rescues, Land sales, Life in Florida, Maria Velazquez, Monte Carmelo, Monte Carmelo (construction), Monte Carmelo (Map), Movimiento Local Viequense (1992), Navy, Navy workers, Nomos of the earth, Paving Monte Carmelo, Political prisoners, Pollution (and health), Resistance, Road construction, Styles of resistance, Sustainable development, Tito Kayak, Trip to Washington, Vieques Development, Water services, Women in Struggle (contributions), Women in Struggle (role)

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

25. Interview with Radames Tirado A 2004

Radamés Tirado discusses his political trajectory as major of Vieques and describes key elements of the Navy business in Vieques, consisting on resting land for military training without sharing profits with Viequenses. He discusses the acuerdo…

Tags: Acuerdo Histórico (1983), Anthropocene, Anti-Navy activism, Bill Clinton, Biopolitics, Bravos de Boston (foreigners), Carlos Romero Barcelo, Civil disobedience (vs. Navy destruction), Community organizations, Conflicts (with Navy), Conservation of polluted areas, David Sanes (death), Elections (1976-1980), Environmental destruction, Expropriations (Esperanza), Hegemony, Lack title of property, Land Speculation, Master Plan, Mayor of Vieques, Memorandum of understanding (1983), Monte Carmelo, Navy (Abuses), Navy (arrogance), Navy (as good neighbor), Navy (blocked Vieques development), Navy (buys votes), Navy (manipulations), Navy and Fish and Wildlife, Navy and health, Navy bombing site, Navy business (profiting from bombing Vieques), Navy exit, Navy funds to Vieques ($40 million), Navy jobs, Navy workers, Negotiations, Negotiations (Navy / Land Rescues), Nomos of the earth, Pedro Rossello Gonzalez, Planning vs. rescuing, Pollution, Radames Tirado, Radamés Tirado (Experience as mayor: Challenges), Radamés Tirado (political trajectory), Referendum, Resistance, Santa Maria, Services to communities, slow violence, Struggle (changes), Support to Fishermen, Sustainable Development Plan (Vieques), Tato Rivera Santana, Territorial zoning plan, Tony Mapeye, US citizens protest vs. concept of US citizens in Vieques and PR, Vieques as desolate island, Vieques cleaning process, Vieques commissioner, Vieques Development, Vieques Fishermen Association, Vieques municipal government