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    Vieques (/viˈeɪkəs/ ; Spanish pronunciation: [ˈbjekes]), officially Isla de Vieques, is an island and municipality of Puerto Rico, a United States territory...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    founder of the municipality of Vieques. In 1832, Le Guillou proceeded Francisco Rosello as the military commander of Vieques after Rosello's death. Between...
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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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  • 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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    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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    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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    Spanish Virgin Islands (category Vieques, Puerto Rico)
    although English is also common. Archaeological works in Vieques indicate that the island of Vieques was inhabited by indigenous groups from South America...
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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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    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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    José Aponte de la Torre Airport in Ceiba. Vieques Air Link provides service to Culebra from San Juan, Vieques, Ceiba and, formerly, Fajardo. There is public...
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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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    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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    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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    Like all municipalities of Puerto Rico, Vieques is subdivided into administrative units called barrios, which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable...
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    described how he sued the U.S. 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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    This is a list of birds recorded in the island of Vieques. Vieques is an island municipality of Puerto Rico located off the east coast of the main island...
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    Rican people. In the late 1990s and the 2000s, she was a leader in the Vieques movement, which sought to stop the United States military from using the...
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    molasses. Produced by Laboratorio Clandestino Viequense inc. in the island of Vieques, south east Puerto Rico mainland.Founded by Ivan Torres Ortiz in 2015....
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    the controversial closure of the live ordnance training area on nearby Vieques Island. The largest overseas base is the United States Fleet Activities...
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    the island of Vieques, Puerto Rico Black band disease on a brain coral in Caribbean Sea near Bahia de la Chiva on the island of Vieques Close-up of a...
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