Islands of Resistance: Vieques, Puerto Rico, and U.S. Policy
Open Media Series Events in 1999 called attention to the fact that Puerto Rico still remains a colony of the US: the clemency grants by Clinton to Puerto Rican activists in prison for pro-independence activities, and the death of a Puerto Rican security guard by missile fragments during US naval bombing tests bear witness to this fact. This groundbreaking primer explores the origins and significance of these developments in the context of more than 100 years of US domination.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1583220801
ISBN13:9781583220801
Release Date:April 2001
Publisher:Seven Stories Press
Length:96 Pages
Weight:0.24 lbs.
Dimensions:0.3" x 4.3" x 6.7"
Customer Reviews
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vieques, as it is evolving.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 18 years ago
Having been stationed in RR/PR I find that the closing of Rosevelt Roads Navel Station, the primary users of Vieques, was a great loss to the defense of the West Indies, and a economic loss to the people of PR. The politics resulting in the closing was not for the people of Vieques, but the potential 'resorting' of the island for development. Hopfully the land will be retained much as most of St John, as a National reserve.
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