Vieques libre.

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Vieques, Puerto Rico

On May 1, people celebrated the end of the Navy's operations on Vieques Island, Puerto Rico. The Navy used the island as its main bombing training range for more than sixty years.

After sustained protests, the Navy turned over 15,500 acres of the bombing range to the U.S. Department of the Interior, so the land can be added to the Vieques National Wildlife Refuge. The Navy, having...