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Puerto Rico: Vieques

(see also Puerto Rico & Military Bases Abroad)


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Basics

On the Web: Articles

Vieques Aftermath. Kate M. Levin, Nation (12/22/03).

Vieques Residents Alarmed by Depleted Uranium Reports. Carmelo Ruiz-Marrero, Common Dreams (1/20/01).

Alianza de Mujeres Viequenses on FIRE. María Suárez Toro, Radio Internacional Feminista (9/99).

On the Web: Specialized Sites

El Nuevo Dia (San Juan). Vieques archive.

Vieques Libre.

Vieques, Puerto Rico (Wikipedia).

Vieques Support Campaign.

In the Library: Articles

Espada, Martín. "¡Viva Vieques!" Progressive (7/00):27-29.

Falcón, Angelo. "Liberating Vieques," Nation (7/9/01):6-7.

González, Juan. "No mercy for Vieques protesters," In These Times (6/25/01):11.

Hitchens, Christopher. "Viques Sí! Yanqui No?" Nation (8/20/01):9.

Jeffrey, Paul. "Puerto Rican island battles naval presence," National Catholic Reporter (6/18/99):3-4.

In the Library: Non-Fiction Books

Ateneo Puertorriqueño, Grupo de Trabajo sobre Vieques. Vieques ante el 2003: posibilidades y peligros (San Juan: Ateneo, 2002).

Barreto, Amilcar Antonio. Vieques, the Navy & Puerto Rican Politics (Gainesville: U. of Florida, 2002).

Central Puertorriqueño de Trabajadores. Vieques ante los ojos del pueblo (San Juan, 2000).

Cerame Vivas, Máximo J. Vieques: pasaje gratis a la independencia (Hato Rey: Kelsus, 2001).

Cordero Ventura, Cruz. Vieques: sesenta años de bombardeos en tiempos de paz (San Juan: Metropolitana, 2001).

Jiménez, Félix. Vieques y la prensa: idilio fragmentado (San Juan: Plaza Mayor, 2001).

Langhorne, Elizabeth. Vieques: History of a Small Island (Vieques: Conservation & Historical Trust, 1987).

McCaffrey, Katherine T. Military Power & Popular Protest: The US Navy in Vieques, Puerto Rico (New Brunswick NJ: Rutgers, 2002).

Meléndez López, Arturo. La batalla de Vieques (Rio Piedras: Edil, 1989).

Molinary, Ramón-Darío (ed.) Puerto Rico s. XXI al trasluz de Vieques: sociedad civil, identidad, cultura, colonia y consenso (Madrid: CAPRE, 2000).

Murillo, Mario A. Islands of Resistance: Puerto Rico, Vieques, & US Policy (NY: Seven Stories, 2001).

Ortiz Ramos, Pablo Marcial. Con Rubén en la playa: un diario de Vieques (San Juan: Coripio, 2000).

Pérez Viera, Edgardo. Victoria de un pueblo: crónica del grito de Vieques (San Juan: Cultural, 2002).

Rivera Santana, José E. Así fue: crónica de un desobediente civil por la paz de Vieques (San Juan: Congreso Nacional Hostosiano, 2001).

Rodríguez Torres, Carmelo. Vieques es más dulce que la sangre (Rio Piedras: Cultural, 2000).

Rosa Vélez, Othoniel. Crónica de un desobediente: No Trespassing, Vieques, US Property (San Juan: Isla Negra, 2000).

Sued, Gazir (comp.) Vieques, crónicas desde la desobediencia (posiciones de los colectivos de resistencia Amigos de Vieques y Amigos del Mar, 1999-2001) (San Juan: La Grieta, 2001).

In the Library: Fiction

Colón Parrilla, Elena Margarita y Sonia Ivette Colón Parrilla. Desde afuera: un cuento por la paz de Vieques (Ponce PR: Mariana, 2001).

In the Library: For Young Readers

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In the Library: Photography

CD & Audio

Film & Video

"The Battle of Vieques" [1986], 40m. From Cinema Guild. Early exposé of US Navy's activities on this island base, & protest movement against them that continues today.

"Vieques: An Island Forging Futures" [2000], dir. Johanna Bermúdez Ruiz, 17m. From Cinema Guild. Peaceful resistance against Navy bombing.

"Women of Vieques" [2000], dir. Sonia Fritz, 19m. From Cinema Guild. Role of women in struggle against continuing use of Vieques as a military training site.



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