25. Interview with Radames Tirado A 2004

Dublin Core

Title

Date

2004

Description

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 histórico of 1983 and the negotiations between the Navy and Fish and Wildlife. He also expresses concern for land speculation in the island.

Format

video

Oral History Item Type Metadata

Interviewer

Juan Carlos Rodriguez

Interviewee

Ramades Tirado Guevara

Files

Collection

1998 - Present

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

Citation

“25. Interview with Radames Tirado A 2004,” Vieques Struggle: A Digital Video Archive, accessed April 26, 2024, https://vieques.iac.gatech.edu/items/show/152.