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November 24, 2020

Carlos "Taso" Zenón, Who Led Protests Against U.S. Navy in Vieques, Puerto Rico, Dies at 84
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In Puerto Rico, beloved social leader Carlos "Taso" Zenón died at the
age of 84 last Friday. Zenón was a longtime activist who for decades led
the fight against the U.S. Navy's occupation of the island of Vieques,
his hometown, where the U.S. government tested weapons and held military
training exercises. Between 1978 and 1983, Zenón and other fishermen
repeatedly confronted U.S. Navy ships and halted planned military
exercises. The Navy finally left Vieques in 2003, after bombing it with
napalm, depleted uranium and other toxic munitions for years.


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