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Puerto Rico and Belize sites among 7 Wonders of the World (2020)
Condé Nast Traveller has listed seven new wonders of the world, as selected yearly by Aaron Millar. Here are two (Caribbean) “awe-inspiring places on the planet for star-gazing, wildlife spotting and...
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Puerto Rico’s Offshore ‘Spanish Virgin Islands’ Expand Charter Itineraries
Carol Bareuther (All at Sea) features the islands of Culebra, Vieques, and other small islands that belong to Puerto Rico as alternative destinations to the British Virgin Islands for boat charters....
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Coalition to demand Vieques clean-up
Vidas Viequenses Valen and the RootsAction.org team has sent out a petition to ensure support for the use of closed detonation chambers in Vieques, Puerto Rico, where the U.S. government is cleaning...
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AOC proposal calls for environmentally safer military cleanup efforts in Vieques
Nicole Acevedo (NBC News) reports on a proposal by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez requesting environmentally a safer military cleanup in Vieques, Puerto Rico, where the U.S. Navy has been using open-air...
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Democratic lawmakers urge FEMA to help rebuild Vieques
U.S. Sens. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez (D-N.Y.) sent a letter Wednesday to the acting administrator of the Federal Emergency Management...
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Film Screenings: The Vieques Struggle
Over the next three Sundays, The People’s Forum will be screening a film series about the Vieques (Puerto Rico) struggle to the benefit the community radio station know as Radio Vieques. The first...
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Experts question military technology used in Vieques
The National Academy of Sciences published a report that highlights the feasibility of new technologies to deactivate ammunition, which could reduce risks to public health and the environment compared...
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In Vieques, Patients Still Waiting for a Dialysis Clinic
Five dialysis patients on Vieques, Puerto Rico, have died while waiting for a clinic to reopen after Hurricane Maria. Here are excerpts of the article “In Puerto Rico, Patients Are Still Waiting for a...
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Puerto Rican Film Festival in Vieques
[Many thanks to Robert Rabin Siegal for bringing this item to our attention.] For the fifth consecutive year, the Alliance Française of Puerto Rico has presented the “Cine de gira en la isla” [Film...
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Fundraising: “Artists for Vieques”
Here’s a way for radio stations and individuals to be involved in Puerto Rico fundraising efforts. Artists for Media Diversity, the Latino Public Radio Consortium and Media Alliance have teamed up to...
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Puerto Rico’s special Vieques horses are survivors
The full title of this article is “Helping the hurricane horses: Puerto Rico’s special Vieques horses are survivors.” Horse Talk reports on the resilience of the free-roaming paso fino horses of...
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A Plea for Help from the Maria-Ravaged island of Vieques
Andy Plesser (Huffington Post) reports news that he obtained via satellite phone by tour operator Angie Adams, who says that the situation is desperate in Vieques: The Caribbean island of Vieques, a...
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Upcoming Events at the Conde de Mirasol Fort Museum
The Conde de Mirasol Fort Museum was spared the ravages of Hurricane Irma. Museum director Robert Rabin announced that in anticipation of Irma’s passage through the region, “the team implemented the...
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Art Exhibition by the Alliance of Vieques Artists
The newly renovated Conde de Mirasol Fort Museum [Museo Fuerte Conde de Mirasol] in Vieques, Puerto Rico, presents “Redimidos por el arte: Ilustración de un pueblo escogido”—a collective exhibition by...
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Ithaca College student researches effect of bombing range on Vieques
The Ithacan recently posted an article and video on research projects by several Ithaca College biology students. One of them, Danielle Bucior, is tracking heavy metals—like titanium, lead and...
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XXXIX Viequense Cultural Festival
The 39th XXXIX Viequense Cultural Festival will take place on December 2-4, 2016 Count Mirasol Fort, Vieques, Puerto Rico. The festival includes an array of concerts, arts and crafts, a book fair, and...
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Puerto Rico’s Invisible Health Crisis
Many thanks to Peter Jordens for bringing this item to our attention. In “Puerto Rico’s Invisible Health Crisis,” Valeria Pelet (The Atlantic, 3 September 2016) poses an important question: “The...
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New Book: “Vieques & Culebra, Treasures of the Puerto Rico Archipelago”
La Tertulia Bookstore recently announced the availability of the book Vieques y Culebra: Tesoros del archipiélago [Vieques & Culebra, Treasures of the Puerto Rico Archipelago; (Impressive...
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Concert: “Irradiando Amor” in honor of Robert Rabin
“Irradiando Amor” [Radiating Love] is a special concert to honor Vieques leader Robert Rabin and as a benefit for Radio Vieques. The concert will be held next Saturday, May 14, at 8:00pm at the...
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On Jeffrey Farrow: “Lobbyist Finds a Quiet Place to Work, as a Six-Figure...
In 2000 Jeffrey Farrow was declared a persona-non-grata in Vieques, when he served as co-chair of the “White House Interagency Working Group on Puerto Rico.” At that time, when Vieques islanders were...
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