61. Interview with Charlie Connelly C 2004

Dublin Core

Title

Date

2004

Description

Charley Connelly talks about the paternalism of San Juan's government in relation to Vieques. He question the San Juan attitude of coming to Vieques to teach Viequenses about development. He also expresses concerns for land speculation in Vieques due to the appearance of luxury homes in Bravos de Bostos. He also describes Navy bureaucracy in the context of community participation different committees discussing the Vieques land cleaning processes.

Format

video

Oral History Item Type Metadata

Interviewer

Juan Carlos Rodriguez

Interviewee

Charlie Connelly

Files

Collection

1998 - Present

Tags

Anthropocene, Biopolitics, Bravos de Boston (comunidad especial vs. luxury homes), Bridge Ceiba-Vieques, Bureaucracy (Against), Bureaucracy (Navy), Burger King, CERCLA, Charlie Connelly, Class divisions, Crime in Vieques, Culebra-Vieques-Ceiba, Energy Services (Come from Puerto Rico), English use, Environmental violations, Foreign owners, Foreigners, Guest houses, Health services (limited), Land Speculation, Land transfer, language and space, Myrna Pagán, Navy (documents), New challenges, Puerto Rico Government-San Juan (benefits from Business), Referendum, Relations (San Juan-Vieques), Restaurants, Restoration Advisory Board (RAB), Spanish shops vs. English shops, Superfund, Sustainable development (criticism), Technical Review Committee (TRC), Tourism, Touristic business, Touristic development (imposed from San Juan), Vieques cleaning process, Vieques Development, Vieques municipal government (costs without benefits), Vieques vs. Puerto Rico, Water resources, Water services (come from Puerto Rico)

Citation

“61. Interview with Charlie Connelly C 2004,” Vieques Struggle: A Digital Video Archive, accessed November 21, 2024, https://vieques.iac.gatech.edu/items/show/153.