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    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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    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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    Marquez Puerto Rico portal Geography portal List of Puerto Ricans History of Puerto Rico Did you know-Puerto Rico? Spanish Virgin Islands Vieques, Puerto Rico...
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    de Puerto Rico, lit. 'Free Associated State of Puerto Rico'), is a Caribbean island, Commonwealth, and unincorporated territory of the United States. It...
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    party in Puerto Rico that campaigns for the independence of Puerto Rico from the United States. Those who follow the PIP ideology are usually called independentistas...
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    Statistical Area in Puerto Rico. Fajardo is the hub of much of the recreational boating in Puerto Rico and a popular launching port to Culebra, Vieques, and the...
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    Vieques Air Link (VAL, IATA code: V4) is a small Puerto Rico-based airline that links Vieques and Culebra with mainland Puerto Rico. Operations began...
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    officially Cayey de Muesas, is a mountain town and municipality in central Puerto Rico located on the Sierra de Cayey within the Central Mountain range...
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    The flag of Puerto Rico (Spanish: Bandera de Puerto Rico), officially known as the flag of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (Spanish: Bandera del Estado...
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    municipalities of Puerto Rico, with Vieques being popularly known among residents of Puerto Rico as Isla Nena. As part of Puerto Rico, the so called Spanish...
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  • of Puerto Rico is the responsibility of the United States as part of the Treaty of Paris. Locally, Puerto Rico has its own National Guard, the Puerto Rico...
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    of Puerto Rico began with the settlement of the Ortoiroid people before 430 BC. At the time of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World in 1493...
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  • operations in Vieques were terminated in 2003 by President George W. Bush. Puerto Rico portal United States Navy in Vieques, Puerto Rico "Puerto Ricans expel...
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    PNP) is a political party in Puerto Rico that advocates statehood. The PNP is one of the two major parties in Puerto Rico with significant political...
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    former United States Navy base in the town of Ceiba, Puerto Rico. The site operates today as José Aponte de la Torre Airport, a public use airport. In 1919...
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    The Puerto Rico statehood movement (Spanish: movimiento estadista de Puerto Rico) aims to make Puerto Rico a state of the United States. Puerto Rico is...
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    for the original Arawak Indian name for Puerto Rico (Borinquen), is a Puerto Rican regiment of the United States Army. The regiment's motto is Honor et...
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    political status of Puerto Rico is that of an unincorporated territory of the United States officially known as the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (Spanish: Estado...
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    remained offshore. Hours later, the outer eyewall hit Vieques, an island off of Puerto Rico's eastern coast. By this time, an eyewall replacement cycle...
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    present employment of Puerto Ricans in the United States Armed Forces in the military campaigns in Afghanistan and Iraq. Puerto Rico was part of the Spanish...
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    city and most populous municipality in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States. As of the 2020 census, it is the...
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  • Rubén Berríos (category People from Aibonito, Puerto Rico)
    for Governor of Puerto Rico. He led the Navy–Culebra protests that succeeded in the United States Navy abandoning the use of the Puerto Rican island of...
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  • David Sanes (category People from Vieques, Puerto Rico)
    April 1999) was a native of Vieques, Puerto Rico, whose death became a rallying point for those opposed to the United States military presence on and use...
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    The Puerto Rico Police (Spanish: Policía de Puerto Rico), officially the Puerto Rico Police Bureau, is a law enforcement agency with jurisdiction over...
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    Nydia Velázquez (category People from Yabucoa, Puerto Rico)
    Battle of Vieques". The Nation. New York Times: "After Closing of Navy Base, Hard Times in Puerto Rico" April 3, 2005 Los Angeles Times: "Navy Makes Plans...
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    to Puerto Rico came about as a result of the economic and political situations which occurred in various places such as Louisiana (United States), Saint-Domingue...
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    (1790–1843), a.k.a. the "Father of Vieques"; founder of the municipality of Vieques; one of the wealthiest sugar barons in Puerto Rico Ramón López Irizarry (1897–1982)...
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    based in Puerto Rico, with cells in the broader US and other nations. It campaigns for, and supports, the independence of Puerto Rico from the United States...
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    The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States...
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    Pedro Rosselló (category Statehood movement in Puerto Rico)
    [roseˈʝo]; born April 5, 1944) is a Puerto Rican physician and politician who served as the governor of Puerto Rico from 1993 to 2001. He was President...
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