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Overview.(Vieques Island & Culebra Island)
- Article from:
- Puerto Rico Adventure Guide
- Article date:
- January 1, 2001
- Author:
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Geologically, Vieques and Culebra are part of the island chain that includes the Virgin Islands, not the landmass of Puerto Rico proper. It's more than a symbolic difference. Both islands are refreshingly free of the strip malls, franchise outlets and concrete that characterize what locals refer to (with a vague wave of the hand westward) as Puerto Rico. Neither island has even a single stoplight. Keep an eye out for hybrid characters we call boricua Rastafarians, who speak Spanish slowly and wear dreadlocks tucked beneath oversize knitted caps. Things are definitely more laid-back here. At the exact spot where the Greater and Lesser Antilles meet, steel drums and reggae ...
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... ... presence met in an assembly on Jun. 13 in the city of Caguas to form a coalition called Todo Puerto Rico Con Vieques (All Puerto Rico With Vieques). Participants in the assembly resolved to support the civil disobedience campaign and to hold ...
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