Navy in Vieques

The United States Navy, U.S. Navy occupied the island municipality for more than 60 continuous years. Expropriating farms and houses and they forcibly destroyed structures and conducted bombing and military exercises on the island to the concern of Puerto Ricans and the possible violation of civil rights of the inhabitants of the island.

Through public demonstrations and civil disobedience Vieques drew attention to the problem and then joined political figures, artists, religious leaders, workers, slackers and people in general. Federal arrests were made in Puerto Rico and it was determined that the lease not be renewed.

On 1 May 2003, President George W. Bush ordered the departure of the Navy of the United States under the Covenant Clinton-Rossello and the island municipality, the U.S. federal government secured its hegemony in the little island, handing power and control of the whole vast territory 66% of the island to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife department.

In the municipal elections of November 2008, elected as mayor of Vieques Delerme Evelyn Camacho, a brilliant lawyer has promised to change the course of the history of Vieques.

Barrios, Santa Maria , Villa Borinquen, Hostels Las Marias, Monte Santo Tortuguero, Urbanizacion Lucila Franco, Hugo Villa, Key Florida, Puerto Real, Puerto Ferro Hope, Elizabeth II are strong neighbourhoods of the town.

Mambiche, a farmhouse Jardines de Vieques, The PRRA Cofi and The Canyon
are attractions.
The urban area and capital of the island is Elizabeth II, to the north, opposite the old port of Mules. Along this stretch of coastline and south toward the centre are other towns, highlighting the small village of Esperanza.

Much of Vieques is primarily in the wes and was under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Navy until 2003. Currently, the vast majority of these lands were transferred to the Federal Fish and Wildlife U.S. department. The Fort in Conde de Mirasol, in Isabel II was built in 1845 by order of Rafael de Aristegui, Conde de Mirasol and governor of Puerto Rico, to control entry and attacks by French and British.

This is a small two-tiered structure with beamed ceilings and brick walls. The walls were never completed, but can still be seen on the high hill of Elizabeth II. And for some years after 1898 it served as a state jail.