All Rights Reserved. The Navy has once again started their target practice in Vieques .
Protesters continue to interfere, delaying the maneuvers.
A Navy spokesperson claims that in Oklahoma they practice with live ammunition only a mile and a half away from civilian populations, while in Vieques they are 10 miles away. Yes, but Oklahoma is a state of the Union with full voting rights for its people, senators and representatives in Congress and federally taxed. Puerto Rico is a territory with a mere representative in Congress who does not vote and it's not federally taxed. The problem is a political one, and Congress bears the responsibility. When the city of San Juan was shelled by American forces more than 100 years ago and American troops landed in our southern shores, the U.S. assumed responsibility over the island.