the other type of puerto rican know that it s going to be hard but they want to grow, want to keep running, want to stay here, want to develop what they have in the island. anthony: this is a good argument for it man. this is incredible. i could eat this all day.
is anthony: life on vieques offers a kind of freedom, the kind of beautiful views, that have largely disappeared in the developed world. but life can be difficult. there is little agriculture or economy to sustain the people who live here. at one of the highest spots in vieques, the sea visible in the distance, is finca conciencia. a small but sustainable farm founded by jorge cora-peña. intent on providing locals and area restaurants with fruits, vegetables, honey, and medicinal herbs. ana: my name is ana elisa. i live and work in finca conciencia. we run a productive and educational, agroecological project, we farm. we have the land and the resources to produce food that
anthony: hello, hi. cristina: these are my friends. tito: want some beer? anthony: yeah, sure. it s so beautiful here. tito: salud man. anthony: thanks for having me. anthony: tito auger is a beloved singer-songwriter. cristina rivera-miró is his fiancée. he lives on the outskirts of vega alta, where he grew up. tito: i ve been playing for 20 years now. i write very specific songs about my town, my country. i m not trying to sell any dreams but i tell everybody that we have it inside of us to make it to the other side. tito: do you want to come inside and meet the chefs? anthony: in the kitchen, they re putting together quite the feast. anthony: how are you man? tito: this is my bass player and chef. anthony: okay good someone in
this question nobody pauses. cristina: we don t think about it, there s no hesitation. it s no. tito: what happened with us is that you don t know where the blame is. you don t know if you want to blame washington for this. you don t know if you have to blame our leaders for that. anthony: why would a bank front 70-plus billion dollars into an economy that had been in decline for quite some time? did they ever really have any reasonable expectation of getting their money back or was this a cheap way of buying a country? all: yeah. tito: thank you! ding, ding, ding! cristina: it s not rocket science. we need money so develop whatever. we re giving it all away. tito: it s like they re selling out the country and they re pushing us out, that s what it feels like. anthony: what about move on and [ bleep ] this i m going to florida? man in black shirt: i still want to live here, i still want to have that view, i still want to breathe this air. tito: we should get the cha
all this mayhem. anthony: pocho and his fellow activists have occupied playuela, proud to serve as human shields against the encroachment of a planned development, that would transform this place into a massive resort, named appropriately or inappropriately enough after christopher columbus. pocho: this is our resistant camp. anthony: just a hypothetical question if the beach is public what s the problem? pocho: the project it s not a building, it s a mega project. it s a five star hotel 120 villas, a mini mall, the biggest casino in the caribbean that s how they sell it. and two parking lots four stories high. we are talking like you know, it s not sustainable. anthony: if they roll the bulldozers right now with a bunch of police what do you do? pocho: oh no we go, civil disobedience we go stop in front