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Jose and Julio Rosa say they are just humble Puerto Rican fishermen. But the brothers know how to hook marlin-size political symbolism. Last Thursday, when they heard that 216 of their protesting compatriots were rounded up by U.S. federales for occupying the Navy bombing range on the small Puerto Rican island of Vieques, the brothers Rosa jumped into their 38-ft. lobster boat--aptly named Garata, or Quarrel. The two men, each in his 40s, headed for a Navy installation on mainland Puerto Rico. Their mission: to pick up the detained demonstrators who had been removed from Vieques after...
...levels of toxins into Vieques' air, water and fishing grounds--which some believe is why the cay has a 27% higher cancer rate than the main island. And because Vieques has some of the Caribbean's most exquisite beaches, locals complain that the Navy exercises have blighted tourism. Julio Rosa's sister Carmen, lost a breast to cancer a decade ago. (She lived a few miles downwind from the explosions.) He looks out from the helm of the Garata and says simply, "We have real-life issues here...
Cochran and Ogletree praised the work of students who have been active in protest of the Diallo verdict and police tactics, drawing comparisons to influential civil rights movement member Rosa Parks...
...pairing of Timoney and Naqushbandi did further damage to the Old Dominion squad by denying them a victory in the No. 3 seed. Timoney and Naqushbandi retired Araujo and Rosa with...
...sophomore duo of Jennie Timoney and Sarah McGinty prevailed easily over Patricia Araujo and Camila Rosa in the fifth and sixth slots, respectively. Timoney beat Araujo in straight sets, posting a 6-0 shutout in the first, and 6-1 in the second. McGinty followed suit by notching a pair of 6-3 wins in her own straight set victory...