1. Interview with Carlos Ventura 1998

Dublin Core

Title

Date

1998

Description

The crew travels to Viques on a boat, a woman shows the US Navy’s deposit Zone while at sea. Pedro Zenon speaks about a recent situation with a French boat and speaks of Villa Borinquen’s situation and how it was rescued. Prieto speaks of the situation of the lands at Villa Borinquen, Montecarmelo and Montesano. He later speaks of the bombing that is allowed in Vieques and about children’s education on the island.

Format

video

Oral History Item Type Metadata

Interviewer

Juan Carlos Rodriguez

Interviewee

Carlos Ventura

Files

Collection

1998 - Present

Tags

Anthropocene, Biopolitics, Births (Giving birth in Vieques vs. Fajardo), Bombings (Danger), Bombings (Fishing), Bombings (Impact on fishing and sea life), Bombings (Impact), Cancer, Cancer and Navy, Cancer and pollution, Carlos Ventura, Carmelo Felix Matta, Civil disobedience, Conflicts (with Navy), Democracy, Education, Environmental destruction, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Explosives, Expropriations, Fishing restrictions (civilian areas), Government, Housing, Impact of Militarization, Junta de Calidad Ambiental, Land and sea, Land rescues, Land Return, Land Speculation, Land transfer, Maritime transportation, Monte Carmelo, Municipality vs. People of Vieques, NATO, Navy, Navy (Abuses), Navy (blocked Vieques development), Navy bombing site, Navy land, Nomos of the earth, Police, Politics, Pollution, Protest, Puerto Rico government, Radar, Resistance, slow violence, Struggle (by sea), Tourism, Toxic waste, Unemployment, Vieques cleaning process, Vieques Development, Vieques workforce, Villa Borinquen

Citation

“1. Interview with Carlos Ventura 1998,” Vieques Struggle: A Digital Video Archive, accessed December 21, 2024, https://vieques.iac.gatech.edu/items/show/308.