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President Clinton's announcement on Friday to reduce military bombing on Vieques does not go far enough in protecting residents of the Puerto Rican island, say Harvard professors and students who signed a petition last month urging the United States to remove all military personnel from the island...
...decision is good news but it could have been much better news," said Gutman Professor of Latin American Affairs John H. Coatsworth yesterday afternoon. "It would have been better if President Clinton had promised to stop using the island once...
...Puerto Rico's part, Clinton offered it $40 million, which includes phasing out all training on the island within five years...
...decision is totally unacceptable," Perl-Matanzo said. "It constitutes a military presence on the island for at least five years and that goes against the will of the Puerto Rican people that the Navy leave immediately...
...Perl-Matanzo drew campus attention to the Vieques cause last month, organizing a rally and circulating a petition signed by more than 200 students and nearly 50 professors who argued that the bombings threatened the humanitarian and economic interests of the island's residents...