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...more than six hours earlier, Hans S. Perl-Matanzo '01, Kimberly M. Sanchez '03 and Antonio J. Torres, a member of the National Conference for Puerto Rican Rights, spoke before the council, urging its members to pass the resolution urging the Navy to "return the land to the municipality of Vieques for civilian uses...
...Hans S. Perl-Matanzo '01 is a social anthropology concentrator in Cabot House. He is the director of the Global Student Movement for Peace in Vieques...
...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...
...Perl-Matanzo said he would continue to press the Vieques issue until the Navy fully withdraws from the island; a rally in front of a Boston-area Navy recruitment office is currently scheduled...
...Activists have since set up residence on the Navy base, using techniques of civil disobedience to impede military activities. According to Perl-Matanzo, the government of Puerto Rico has officially recognized this impromptu town, listing Vieques Libre in their official register of the nation's towns...