Vieques (/viˈeɪkəs/ ; Spanish pronunciation: [ˈbjekes]), officially Isla de Vieques, is an island, town and municipality of Puerto Rico, and together...
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The Vieques, Puerto Rico, Naval Training Range was a United States naval facility located on the island of Vieques, about 5 miles east of mainland Puerto...
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Airport. In 1968, Vieques Air Link added a flight to St. Croix in the Virgin Islands. In 1980 Fajardo Airport in Fajardo was built and Vieques Air Link started...
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The Vieques Ferry or Lancha de Vieques, is a ferry system that carries passengers and cargo from Ceiba, Puerto Rico to Vieques, Puerto Rico and vice versa...
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founder of the municipality of Vieques. In 1832, Le Guillou succeeded Francisco Rosello as the military commander of Vieques after Rosello's death. Between...
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smaller islands, including Vieques, Culebra, Mona, Desecheo, and Caja de Muertos. Of these five, only Culebra and Vieques are inhabited year-round. Mona...
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Vieques Air Link crash took place when a Vieques Air Link Britten Norman BN-2A Islander crashed into the waters off the Atlantic Ocean near Vieques,...
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Vieques Pharmacy (Spanish: Farmacia de Vieques) refers to a historic building that has formerly housed a pharmacy and the main post office of the island-municipality...
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is an island, town and municipality of Puerto Rico, and together with Vieques, it is geographically part of the Spanish Virgin Islands. It is located...
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Antonio Rivera Rodríguez Airport (redirect from Vieques Airport)
airport plays an important part in the Vieques economy. For decades, the airport has been the hub of Vieques Air Link, and also a destination for a number...
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cease all live bombing on Vieques by March 2003. Fort Bundy was affected by the protests, because part of it was in Vieques. After Sanes' death, there...
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Sphaerodactylus inigoi (redirect from Isla Vieques dwarf gecko)
The Isla Vieques dwarf gecko (Sphaerodactylus inigoi) is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. It is endemic to Vieques and western Culebra...
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the U.S. Navy bombing practice grounds in the island of Vieques, Puerto Rico (see Navy-Vieques protests). He stayed in the Gilberto Concepción de Gracia...
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Puerto Mosquito (category Vieques, Puerto Rico)
Bay | Vieques". Retrieved 2021-12-13. Bahía Mosquito "Bahía Bioluminiscente", Vieques, Puerto Rico (Spanish) Mosquito Bioluminescent Bay|Vieques (English)...
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for taking part in the Navy-Vieques protests against United States Navy target practice bombings of the island of Vieques, Puerto Rico. On January 5,...
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the unincorporated American territory of Puerto Rico, officially named Vieques and Culebra but generally called the Spanish Virgin Islands or Puerto Rican...
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"Visit Playa Caracas on Vieques, With a Car or Not". www.puertoricodaytrips.com. Retrieved 2021-10-12. "Playa Caracas (Isla de Vieques) - 2021 All You Need...
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beach on the southern coast of Vieques in barrio Puerto Ferro. The beach is considered one of the best in both Vieques and Puerto Rico for its breathtaking...
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Pedro Rosselló (section Vieques controversy)
Vieques by the year 2003, if voters in Vieques ratified the agreement in a referendum. The agreement included $40 million in public works in Vieques....
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Manuela Santiago Collazo (category People from Vieques, Puerto Rico)
became Vieques' first female mayor during the 1984 general elections. She remained in that position until 2001. A popular politician among Vieques residents...
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Punta Mulas Light (redirect from Faro de Vieques)
Punta Mulas Light, also known as Faro de Vieques, is a historic lighthouse located in the north shore of Vieques, an island-municipality of Puerto Rico...
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Isabel II barrio-pueblo (redirect from Isabel II, Vieques, Puerto Rico)
Register of Historic Places, including: Fuerte de Vieques (El Fortín Conde de Mirasol) Casa Alcaldia de Vieques Casa Augusto Delerme Casa Delerme-Anduze No...
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areas, including the nature reserves of La Cordillera in the Sonda de Vieques (Vieques Sound) and Media Luna (''half moon'') in Lajas, the wildlife refuge...
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MCAS Vieques Airport was a Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) at MCB Camp Garcia on the island-municipality of Vieques in Puerto Rico. It was built in 1960...
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Vieques Air Link Flight 901A was a flight from Vieques Airport in Vieques, Puerto Rico, to St. Croix, United States Virgin Islands that crashed on August...
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Fortín Conde de Mirasol (redirect from Fuerte de Vieques)
Mirasol, also known as Fuerte de Vieques, is a fort built in 1845 located in the town of Isabel Segunda in Vieques, an island municipality of Puerto...
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Spanish Virgin Islands (category Vieques, Puerto Rico)
island-municipalities of Puerto Rico, Vieques and Culebra are mostly known as islas municipio (island municipality), with Vieques being also popularly known among...
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is the highest mountain in the island of Vieques. The mountain is located in the western portion of the Vieques National Wildlife Refuge and it is the site...
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (section Military and Vieques)
he sued the United States Navy on behalf of fishermen and residents of Vieques, an island of Puerto Rico, to stop weapons testing, bombing, and other...
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Germán Rieckehoff (category People from Vieques, Puerto Rico)
Committee. Germán Rieckehoff Sampayo was born on February 5, 1915, in Vieques, Puerto Rico to Puerto Rican parents of German descent, who were poor farmers...
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