Visitors could easily spend weeks beach hopping between the breathtaking beaches on Vieques. I’m a Puerto Rico local and I can tell you with confidence that not only does this small island off the ...

Vieques (pronounced Vee-ek-ez) is located about 8 miles off the east coast of mainland Puerto Rico, one of two inhabited sister islands – the other is Culebra – easily accessible by ferry or small ...

For over six decades, the Navy occupied the Puerto Rican island of Vieques, off the coast of the main territory, to carry out military exercises. When it finally left in 2003, locals alleged that it ...

There is a little-known archipelago, just around the corner from world-famous tropical islands, where you can find the laid-back spirit that captures the dream of a tropical island escape. The Virgin ...

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The Uproxx 2023 Fall Travel Hot List is live! Visit here for the full experience! “¡Ay bendito! I’m in Puerto Rico!” I exclaimed (sorta quietly, mostly to myself) as I walked off the jet bridge and ...

The island of Vieques, Puerto Rico, for decades had all the makings of a tropical paradise, save for one thing: The roar of bombs blasting into the picturesque landscape. Zaida Torres still has that ...

For decades, the military fired explosives on Vieques. The US citizens who live there still face the consequences When Carmen Valencia was five years old, troops came banging on her door. Her mother ...

In 1941, US troops evicted Vieques’ roughly 10,000 residents at gunpoint and relocated them to a narrow strip of land in Vieques’ center. The rest of the island was turned into a de facto war zone – ...