Tag Archives: Roosevelt Roads

Hawaii independence: is China helping Puerto Rico too?

If China is willing to consider openly arming the Hawaiian independence movement, what will stop them from doing the same for the Puerto Rico independence movement? Continue reading

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Landmark Moody’s report heralds final push for Puerto Rico status

Statehood and Commonwealth can no longer solve Puerto Rico’s perpetual economic problems. Independence is the only sane choice left. Continue reading

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Is Vieques safe for tourists?

Ever since the U.S. Navy left Vieques Island and Roosevelt Roads Naval Station on the main island of Puerto Rico, things have gone steadily downhill for that part of the U.S. commonwealth.  Things continue to deteriorate to the point where … Continue reading

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Decay of Roosevelt Roads: gross incompentance of PR Government

A special thank you should go out to the protesters on Vieques who helped close the base and the more than a million Puerto Ricans who claimed to support the Navy but remained silent for most of the time the protests underway. Continue reading

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Journalism in Puerto Rico: propaganda and partisanship

It was election night 1996 and I was covering the news for San Juan radio station WOSO.  Fighting through the diminished crowd, through the door and up the stairs to the second floor where I could find some good interviews … Continue reading

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