Puerto Rico: The water route is a lifeline for the people of Vieques, Culebra.
Translation of banner reads: ‘We demand a better maritime transport service’, June 2019 protest. Photo Credit: peoplesdispatch.org
On April 2 while Catholics worldwide observed Good Friday, the people of Culebra and Vieques Islands took to the streets to protest the malfunctioning maritime transportation system. Their outcry for justice echoed with the chants: “We want transportation with dignity and efficiency,” “The waterway is our road it is not luxury” and “We denounce inhumanity and unite our hands.”
The islands of Culebra and Vieques are part of the archipelago of islands that constitute Puerto Rico, which has been a colony of the United States for the past 123 years.
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