Vieques 3 1998

Dublin Core

Title

Vieques 3 1998

Date

1998

Description

Carlos Zenon speaks of the Puerto Rican administration and how they do not have a governor, rather someone who administrates federal funds. He then goes into detail explaining Plan A and Plan B and how the US threatened to take away their government funding if Puerto Rico could not control the Vieques threat. Later on Zenon's son speaks to the vice mayor presenting a letter that speaks about the issues in Vieques and what they are looking for, he continues speaking about an epidemiology report on the effects of the naval contamination on the island. Edwin Melendez speaks further about cancer on the island and how leukemia is among the most common of its forms in Vieques. Edwin's mother speaks of the youth, financial struggles and cancer.

Format

video

Oral History Item Type Metadata

Interviewer

Juan Carlos Rodriguez

Interviewee

Carlos Taso Zenón

Vicealcalde

Edwin Melendez

Files

Collection

1998 - Present

Tags

Angel Rodríguez Cristobal, Arrest of the 21, Barrio Luján (effects of bombing), Barrio Luján (pollution), Biopolitics, Cancer, Cancer and environmental pollution, Cancer and Navy, Cancer deaths in Vieques, Cancer in Vieques, Cancer rates (impact in public opinion & population), Cancer studies, Carlos Romero Barcelo, Challenges, Civil disobedience, Civil disobedience in 1978-1983, Cost of Cancer treatment in Puerto Rico (cost of travel), Dialogues PR government, Document about relation keeping Vieques and Roosevelt Roads in exchange of federal funds/statehood, Dr. Rivera Castaño, Drugs in Vieques, Edwin Meléndez (cancer survivor), Environmental impact study 1980 (no effects in Navy training), EPA, Family struggles with system (Edwin's mom), Foreign countries training in Vieques, French boat in Vieques, Health problems (Vieques), Health services in Vieques, Heavy Metals Pollution (Arsenic and nitrites), Higher education in Vieques, Internal Conflicts, Internal conflicts (funds for movie about Vieques), Internal conflicts (PSP vs. PIP), Junta de Calidad Ambiental, Knoizen: Federal funds: We take the Bombs and PR the benefits, Lack of cancer treatment in Vieques, Letter to Bill Clinton (political performance), Liza N. Rosa Torres (Zaidy's daughter), Manuel Santiago: Corruption allegations, Meeting with Vice major of Vieques, Memorandum of understanding 1983, Municipal government Vieques, Navy Plan A (persuasion and funds) vs. Plan B (political repression), Navy relations with PR Government and Governors, Need of unity in the struggle, Negotiations PR government, Nomos of the earth, NY solidarity with Vieques, Political corruption, Political performance, Pollution, PR politicians, PR solidarity with Vieques, Puerto Rico and Federal Funds, Puerto Rico es Vieques y Vieques es Puerto Rico, Radar, Resistance, Ron Dellums, Ruben Berrios, side -effects of chemotherapy, Siembra simbólica, Staying in Vieques vs Leaving Vieques, Strategies, Toxic waste, Unemployment, US Navy relation with municipality, Vieques and independence of Puerto Rico, Vieques supporters of the Navy, Vieques Youth, Zenón's refusal to ask for funds for the struggle

Citation

“Vieques 3 1998,” Vieques Struggle: A Digital Video Archive, accessed November 21, 2024, https://vieques.iac.gatech.edu/items/show/309.