• The term NavyCulebra protests is the name given by American media to a series of protests starting in 1971 on the island of Culebra, Puerto Rico against...
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    In 1971 the people of Culebra began protests, known as the Navy-Culebra protests, for the removal of the U.S. Navy from Culebra. Four years later, in...
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  • Rico. He led the NavyCulebra protests that succeeded in the United States Navy abandoning the use of the Puerto Rican island of Culebra for military exercises...
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    Puerto Rico portal Environment portal Susana Centeno Hospital Navy-Culebra protests O'Rourke, Ronald. "Vieques, Puerto Rico Naval Training Range: Background...
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    Socialist Party Cause of Vieques Cerro Maravilla murders Navy-Culebra protests Navy-Vieques protests Politics of Puerto Rico Socialist International Reece...
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    Rico commons:Category:Natural history of Puerto Rico Navy-Culebra protests Navy-Vieques protests New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico Newspapers of Puerto...
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  • the Navy-Culebra protests, consisted of a series of protests starting in 1971 on the island of Culebra, Puerto Rico, against the United States Navy's use...
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    is an island, town and municipality of Puerto Rico, and together with Culebra, it is geographically part of the Spanish Virgin Islands. Vieques lies...
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    compensation. After the Navy-Culebra protests, the Puerto Rico Ports Authority started administering the civilian flight operations in Culebra, inaugurating the...
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    locks lighting system; Construction of two tie-up stations in Culebra Cut; Widening Culebra Cut from 192 to 218 m (630 to 715 ft); Improvements to the tugboat...
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  • Fleet problem (category United States Navy in the 20th century)
    blowing up a suicide bomb - just as the battleship was passing through the Culebra Cut, the narrowest portion of the Panama Canal. This "sank" New York, and...
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    construction of the Panama Canal. He modernized the U.S. Army and expanded the Navy. He sent the Great White Fleet on a world tour to project American naval...
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    Roosevelt Roads Naval Station (category Naval Stations of the United States Navy)
    Ricardo Rosselló's administration made it the launching port to Vieques and Culebra In mid-March 2020, José Aponte Hernández, a former Speaker of the House...
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    Rico-based airline that operates under FAR Part 135, that links Vieques and Culebra with mainland Puerto Rico. Operations began during 1965, with owner Osvaldo...
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    USS Koelsch (category Ships transferred from the United States Navy to the Pakistan Navy)
    and on 18 and 19 October the ship qualified in naval gunfire support at Culebra Island. Returning to her homeport on 21 October, Koelsch spent the next...
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    took initiative in protesting use of Culebra Island in Puerto Rico as an artillery training grounds, which resulted in the US Navy's halting its use of...
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    Theodore Roosevelt (category United States Assistant Secretaries of the Navy)
    cattle ranch in the Dakotas. Roosevelt served as assistant secretary of the Navy under McKinley, and in 1898 helped plan the successful naval war against...
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    eponymous main island and numerous smaller islands, including Vieques, Culebra, and Mona. With roughly 3.2 million residents, it is divided into 78 municipalities...
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    1957 for a post-shakedown cruise to northern European waters, visiting Culebra (17 July) and San Juan, Puerto Rico from 17 to 19 July en route to the...
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  • direct action in the Puerto Rican struggle to stop the U.S. Navy from using the island of Culebra for target practice. In 1971 he helped found Movement for...
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    approval later. He improved drilling and dirt-removal equipment at the Culebra Cut for greater efficiency, revising the inadequate provisions in place...
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  • issues of peacekeeping in locations around the United States: Wounded Knee; Culebra; Alcatraz; anti-war demonstrations in Washington, D.C.; and national political...
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    emphasis on publishing pieces regarding the use of Culebra and Vieques as bombing targets for the U.S. Navy; what they perceive as a disproportionate number...
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    Smedley Butler (category Recipients of the Navy Distinguished Service Medal)
    on U.S. foreign policy. In 1903, Butler was stationed in Puerto Rico on Culebra Island. Hearing rumors of a Honduran revolt, the United States government...
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  • Walker's death could not be determined. Bone fragments found along the Rio Culebra near Boquete, Panama, in late June 2014 were matched to Lisanne Froon,...
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    island-municipalities of Viques and Culebra. The towns covered by this region are: Luquillo, Ceiba, Rio Grande, Vieques, Culebra and Fajardo. Their headquarters...
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    system in Azuero, set forth by the Spanish Crown, in 1558 due to repeated protests by locals against the mistreatment of the native population. In its stead...
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    Each of the 78 municipalities of Puerto Rico, including the islands of Culebra and Vieques, have adopted a flag which represents the region and its people...
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    presidents of all time. Roosevelt served as assistant secretary of the navy and governor of New York before winning election as William McKinley's running...
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    Bernard L. Smith established the Marine Section of the Navy Flying School in the island municipal Culebra. As the number of Marine Aviators grew so did the...
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