Manifiesto de organizaciones aliadas en apoyo a Vieques
Reunion sobre Propiedades vacantes
“Código Municipal de Puerto Rico” Ley Núm. 107 de 13 de agosto de 2020, según enmendada: https://bvirtualogp.pr.gov/ogp/Bvirtual/leyesreferencia/PDF/107-2020.pdf
Organizaciones viequenses se juntan en apoyo a Katherine Martínez y en contra de la persecución
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Research shows higher cancer rates in Vieques, Puerto Rico.
Research shows higher cancer rates in Vieques, Puerto Rico. Advocates say it’s linked to contaminants from decades of U.S. Navy training. A proposed bill would compensate residents.
Article from USA Today by Nada Hassanein, Environmental and health inequities reporter
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2023/06/12/vieques-puerto-rico-navy-bombing-cancer-rates/70227463007/ excelente articulo
Restauración Acuíferos Vieques / Restoration of Water Aquifers in Vieques
Ciclo de Conferencias- Vieques: Conoce tu Historia/ Know Your History
1er Festival Cultural de la Lucha Viequense/ Festival of the Viequense Struggle
Viequenses en peligro de extinción/ Viequenses in Danger of Extinction
Below is an English translation of this article published in El Nuevo Dia on April 29, 2023
Eventos para celebrar 20 años del cese del bombardeo por parte de la Marina de guerra de los Estados Unidos
A 20 años del cese del bombardeo por parte de la Marina de guerra de los Estados Unidos en #Vieques, el Festival de Cine y Derechos Humanos de Vieques (#FCDHV) se une a las actividades y eventos en torno a esta importante conmemoración, convocados por distintas organizaciones de la comunidad.
1 de mayo de 2023 – Conmemoración frente al portón antiguo campamento García. 4:30pm. Convoca Vidas Viequenses Valen.
4 de mayo – Vigilia frente a los portones antiguo campamento García. 7:00pm. Convoca la Alianza de Mujeres Viequenses.
6 de mayo – Jornada de la Mujer Viequense. 8:30am – 5:00pm. Escuela María Simmons (Requiere registro: https://jornadadelamujerviequense2023.eventbrite.com/)
7 de mayo – Caminata de la Alianza de Mujeres Viequenses @alianzamujeresviequenses. 10:00am en adelante. Parque la Ceiba de Vieques. @parqueecologicocosterola_ceiba. Esto, como parte de una serie de colaboraciones y proyecciones que estaremos trabajando durante el año en #Vieques, #PuertoRico y la diáspora para recordar esta importante fecha. ¡Pendientes! Pronto más información y detalles. #PazparaVieques #cesedelbombardeo @archivohistoricodevieques, @9millonespr
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‘I thought they’d kill us’: how the US navy devastated a tiny Puerto Rican island
For decades, the military fired explosives on Vieques. The US citizens who live there still face the consequences
Wilfred Chan in ViequesMon 1 May 2023 06.00 BST
When Carmen Valencia was five years old, troops came banging on her door. Her mother grabbed a long machete. “I had no idea what was going on, but I thought, if they come in here, they’re going to kill us.”
Now 78, Valencia has lived most of her life on Vieques, one of the Caribbean’s most picturesque islands, under the thunder of bombs. They roared from navy planes just over the hill by her mother’s house, leaving the smell of smoke hanging thick in the air.
She was even more frightened of the troops, who would stalk her neighborhood looking for women to harass.
But Valencia and her whole family are US citizens. Vieques is part of Puerto Rico, a US territory. She wasn’t living in an enemy country – just a 52-square-mile island of farms and cattle ranches, ringed by pristine gold beaches and crystal waters.
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/30/vieques-puerto-rico-us-navy-base-trainin