Nuclear Testing on the island of Vieques
Vieques is an island off the shore of Puerto Rico. It is controlled by the United States. The population of Vieques is 9,300 people. The United States has used two-thirds of the island for war games and live ammunition target practice since 1941. Which has nearly destroyed the entire ecology of the area. A famous poet and political leader Jose de Diego once wrote over eighty years ago, “Puerto Ricans do not know how to say no, the no of the oppressed has been the word, the genesis of liberation of peoples. We must learn to say no.” But for the first time Puerto Ricans and many other United States Citizens have said no to the bombing of Vieques. Vieques is an island filled with people who are stron
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