Others in the group became agitated. He tried to lift me by the neck. They try to criminalize every body. Voices of the people of Vieques . The population of Vieques has a 27 percent higher rate of cancer than on the main island of Puerto Rico.
Heavy metals get into the civilian population via the air and food chain.
Camp Garcia is the symbolic focal point for the Navy's presence in Vieques and the population's protest of this presence. They sing and chant. The gates are guarded by a special unit of the Puerto Rican police. Many people participated in nonviolent civil disobedience by camping in the actual bombing area, where protesters even built a small chapel. The protesters, representing various Puerto Rican civic and religious groups, camped in shelters such as these.