Essays on Vieques

The fisherman’s war

The Vieques Island, which was used for military purposes, is now defined as a national Park. Currently there are only a few great resorts. Despite the quiet and calm present, in the past it was unquiet and people were fighting for their safety. In the 1970s the most famous cultural enemy against the U.S. military on the island of Vieques was the Fisherman war. In the struggle against the U.S. Navy Viequense were non-partisan and grassroots fishermen, who had to fight for their independence. Living conditions on the island deteriorated, so fishing became a form of cultural resistance, as ...

The process of impoverishment of workers in Puerto Rico had its genesis way before 1898. However, events that followed after 1898 amplified this process to a greater level. According to Cesar (25), the Census of 1899 showed that 85.9 percent of the families in Vieques were landless. Vieques is an island-municipality found in the northeast of Puerto Rico. The main event that aggravated the process of impoverishment was the United States invasion of Puerto Rico in 1898 when Spain ceded the island in a brief and relative bloodless war. Prior to this invasion, coffee and sugarcane were the islands main cash ...

Puerto Rico is a colony of the United States of America which happens to be one of the oldest of its kind. It is one among many islands found in the Caribbean. It is located in the east side of the Dominican Republic and the west side of the British Virgin Islands as well as United States Virgin Islands. Thanks to its location, it enjoys good tropical climate and is also subjected to hurricanes from the Atlantic Ocean. - POLITICAL CONNECTION WITH THE USA: WHAT IT IS AND WHEN IT STARTED The Relationship between Puerto Rico and the ...