Vieques is a little island, 8 miles from mainland Puerto Rico. From the 1920s until 2003, 2/3rds of the island was occupied by the US Navy. Day after, day, the people of Vieques lived with bombs falling every day. Until they had enough.
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Sources:
https://guides.loc.gov/latinx-civil-rights/vieques-island-protests
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Navy_in_Vieques,_Puerto_Rico
https://projectpulso.org/2022/01/26/navy-bombings/
https://study.com/learn/lesson/foraker-act-purpose-overview-1900.html
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