Islands of Resistance: Puerto Rico, Vieques, and U.S. Policy
While 1998 marked the 100th anniversary of the United States' invasion and takeover of Puerto Rico, it wasn't until 1999 that the island's political movements reappeared on the radar screen of the American people. That year, two major developments occurred that transformed the relationship between Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C.- the limited clemency granted by then-President Clinton to eleven Puerto Rican Nationalists, and the death of Puerto Rican...
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 , 17 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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