Puerto Rico News » Vieques News Puerto Rico » Vieques: In Vieques, Puerto Rico, cancer rates are high. Advocates say Navy bombing may be to blame
The island of Vieques, Puerto Rico, for decades had all the makings of a tropical paradise, save for one thing: The roar of bombs blasting into the picturesque landscape. Zaida Torres still has that ...
News Puerto Rico » Vieques: Vieques, Puerto Rico’s Lesser-Known Island, Might Be Heaven On Earth
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. beach on Vieques island Not far from the mainland of Puerto, lies a sister island where you can go to disconnect. Vieques, also ...
News Puerto Rico » Vieques: Punishing Vieques: Puerto Rico Struggles With Contamination 10 Years After Activists Expel U.S. Navy
On the Puerto Rican island of Vieques, thousands are commemorating the 10th anniversary of when the U.S. Navy stopped using their home as a bombing range. Since the 1940s, the Navy used nearly ...
News Puerto Rico » Vieques: Paddling the world’s brightest bioluminescent bay
Looking down into the undisturbed black water during a new moon, tiny pinpoints of light sparkle back, almost like a star field below matches the star field above. Each paddle stroke creates a ...
News Puerto Rico » Vieques: 3 days on Vieques, Puerto Rico, where the water glows
Vieques (pronounced Vee-ek-ez) is located about 8 miles off the east coast of mainland Puerto Rico, one of two inhabited sister islands – the other is Culebra – easily accessible by ferry or small ...
News Puerto Rico » Vieques: 3 days on Vieques, Puerto Rico, where the water glows
VIEQUES, Puerto Rico – I pulled my paddle through the water and watched as a thousand streaks of light followed. Then I dipped my hand in, swirled it around and stared, mesmerized, as the bay glowed.