A small island located 18 miles off the southeastern coast of Puerto Rico, Vieques is home to a population of 9,500, and most know each other to some degree. The island community is made of people ...
“You don’t need more than a couple days there.” That’s a sentence that seems to often come through word-of-mouth recommendations about small cities or remote islands that aren’t necessarily home to ...
Puerto Rican tourism officials found themselves scrambling this week to respond to a two-part report on CNN titled "Poisoned Paradise" that revealed lingering health concerns about Vieques, an island ...
It had all looked so simple from the plane—the Puerto Rican island of Vieques stretching out below like some outsize plantain, all lush green on the west end where the U.S. Navy stored bombs until ...
SAN JUAN, Puerto RicoSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Thousands of activists on Wednesday celebrated the anniversary of the U.S. Navy’s departure from the Puerto Rican island of Vieques 10 years ago, despite ...
The U.S. House approved an amendment presented by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-NY, on Thursday to allocate $10 million to use closed detonation chambers in efforts to clean up military ordnance in ...
The Federal Emergency Management Agency approved $39.5 million in funds to help Vieques, Puerto Rico, rebuild its only hospital, nearly three years after it was destroyed by Hurricane Maria. Subscribe ...
The island of Vieques is just seven miles from Puerto Rico. Right now, it might as well be 7,000. It’s been destroyed by Hurricane Maria. And almost entirely cut off. For seven days, Vieques’ people ...
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