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...government. Puerto Rico would let the Navy stay until 2003, using only dummy bombs. In return, Puerto Rico would get, essentially, a bribe: some $40 million in additional Washington aid. But most Puerto Ricans tell pollsters they want the Navy out now. Indeed, Vieques residents may soon pass a referendum that could void the three-year pact. That is one reason why demonstrators persevered until they were peacefully herded off last week by Janet Reno's boys...
Protesters said the referendum is not enough, saying they want the navy to leave immediately...
...January, President Clinton agreed to allow Puerto Ricans to have a referendum on the issue. The U.S. has agreed to leave by May 1, 2003 if voters reject the U.S. Navy's presence. No date for the referendum has been...
...range on the island, among them nuns, priests, labor leaders and U.S. congresspeople from Illinois and New York. The base is being reopened on a presidential order after the White House negotiated a deal with Puerto Rico's governor to resume limited testing with dummy bombs and hold a referendum sometime in the next three years, in which residents would be asked to vote up or down on a proposal to maintain the bombing range in exchange for a $40 million aid package to the island, which is populated by some 9,400 people...
...Vieques is one instance in which the First Lady oughtn't be standing by her man. Mrs. Clinton has opposed the administration's decision, saying "a small, inhabited island should not be used for target practice" and supporting the call by a number of Puerto Rican politicians that the referendum be held before any bomb testing resumes. But with the Navy determined to reopen its primary Atlantic combat training facility, this time there's no easy exit for Al Gore from the administration's line, because siding with the protesters means slapping down the military. The Latino vote has become...