5. Interview with Edwin Melendez A 1998

Dublin Core

Title

Date

1998

Description

Edwin Melendez and his mother speak about cancer in Vieques, about his cancer and they show pictures of cancer victims in Vieques. They speak about the process of becoming a Viequense and being born in Vieques. The group speaks of the arrest of Angel Rodriguez Cristobal, about how there are still bombs in the bomb shooting zone and want to know what the Vieques government did with the money they got from the United States. The group speaks of education and Edwin’s mom says she thinks that the goal is to have all of Vieques’ population migrate away, others agree.

Format

video

Oral History Item Type Metadata

Interviewer

Juan Carlos Rodriguez

Melba Miranda

Interviewee

Edwin Melendez

Files

Collection

1998 - Present

Tags

Barrio Luján (effects of bombing), Barrio Luján (pollution), Biopolitics, Cancer, Cancer (Vieques), Cancer and Navy, Cancer and pollution, Cancer deaths (Vieques), Cancer rates (impact in public opinion & population), Cancer studies, Cancer treatment (cost of travel), Cancer treatment (costs), Cancer treatment (in Puerto Rico), Chemotherapy (side-effects), Dr. Rivera Castaño, Drugs in Vieques, Edwin Meléndez, Edwin Meléndez (cancer survivor), Family (Cancer and struggling with the system), Health problems (Vieques), Health services (Vieques), Heavy Metals Pollution (Arsenic and nitrites), Higher education (Vieques), Lack of cancer treatment in Vieques, Liza N. Rosa Torres (Zaidy's daughter), Manuela Santiago, Navy (relation with municipality), Pollution, Pro-Navy movement, Puerto Rico's politicians, Radar, Resistance, Staying in Vieques vs Leaving Vieques, Toxic waste, Unemployment, Vieques (independence of Puerto Rico), Vieques municipal government, Vieques Youth, Yolanda Ortiz Ramos

Citation

“5. Interview with Edwin Melendez A 1998,” Vieques Struggle: A Digital Video Archive, accessed April 19, 2024, https://vieques.iac.gatech.edu/items/show/371.