[CPEO-MEF] Globe article on Vieques

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

[This article gives a different perspective than most of the press
coverage that we've seen coming out of Vieques:]


Navy's presence divides Vieques 
Some back military despite bombings 
By Richard Chaco N, Globe Staff, 4/30/200 

VIEQUES, Puerto Rico - As a young girl growing up on this tiny,
laid-back island, Matilde Rosa remembers a time when Navy bands marched
proudly in local parades and carnivals.  

 She remembers seeing her first Santa Claus arrive aboard a Navy
helicopter to the cheers of dozens of local children. And she recalls
the days when the Navy's PX and officers' club were open to local
residents.  

 But those days are long gone.  Rosa, a 46-year-old mathematics teacher
and the leader of a small group of pro-Navy activists, now finds herself
belonging to an overpowered and muted minority of residents who support
the Navy's presence on Vieques, while many of her fellow Puerto Ricans
have taken up a passionate crusade to push the Navy out for good. 

 See
http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/120/nation/Navy_s_presence_divides_Vieques+.shtml
  

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 222B View St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/968-1126
lsiegel@cpeo.org
http://www.cpeo.org

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