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Community. >> man in blue shirt: so if you all of a sudden destroy this you start losing money. >> anthony: can you conceivably settle for a revised project. meaning okay no casino, no giant hotel, an eco-lodge for super rich people? >> lady in blue shirt: in nicaragua they have a lot of these things that are developed around communities. >> man in black shirt: costa rica you know and places like that the government is conscious about the environment and the amount of money that environment and ...

♪ >> anthony: puerto rico is still inarguably rich in one thing: natural splendor. beautiful views, unspoiled coastline. but that too, is in peril. >> pocho: my name is pocho. im born and raised in aguadilla. this space is so special to me personally because im a surfer and ive been surfing here all my life. i want my son to be able to keep coming here. its so open. so free of all of these pollutions. all this mayhem. ♪ >> anthony: pocho and his fellow activists have occupied

Playuela, proud to serve as human shields against the encroachment of a planned development, that would transform this place into a massive resort, named appropriately or inappropriately enough after christopher columbus. >> pocho: this is our resistant camp. >> anthony: just a hypothetical question if the beach is public whats the problem? >> pocho: the project its not a building, its a mega project. its a five star hotel 120 villas, a mini mall, the biggest casino in the caribbean thats how th...

Area restaurants with fruits, vegetables, honey, and medicinal herbs. >> ana: my name is ana elisa. i live and work in finca conciencia. we run a productive and educational, agroecological project, we farm. we have the land and the resources to produce food that is economically viable, that is self sustaining without a lot of investment. its liberating. >> anthony: jorge cooks lunch. ♪ mero, or grouper, stuffed with lobster and white eggplant. wrapped in banana leaves and grilled over mesquite...

Countryside. they dont need anybody to say hey you can do it. they just make the click. >> anthony: so there is hope? >> pedro: yeah humbly i can say me and my family are an example of what you can do with the tools youve got. >> anthony: well said man. these are delicious. >> pedro: you can squeeze the palito like that . >> anthony: yeah no yeah believe me that used to be my job. i used to have to squeeze all the lobster legs with the rolling pin. ♪ ♪ >> anthony: puerto rico is still inargu...

120 villas, a mini mall, the biggest casino in the caribbean thats how they sell it. and two parking lots four stories high. we are talking like -- you know, its not sustainable. >> anthony: if they roll the bulldozers right now with a bunch of police what do you do? >> pocho: oh no we go, civil disobedience we go stop in front of the machines and we will give the time to the lawyers to do their case in the courts and what not. >> anthony: oh you got some lawyers here. >> pocho: oh [ bleep ] yea...

Who live here. at one of the highest spots in vieques, the sea visible in the distance, is finca conciencia. a small but sustainable farm founded by jorge cora-peña. intent on providing locals and area restaurants with fruits, vegetables, honey, and medicinal herbs. >> ana: my name is ana elisa. i live and work in finca conciencia. we run a productive and educational, agroecological project, we farm. we have the land and the resources to produce food that is economically viable, that is self su...

Construction get paid a lot of money for pouring concrete. but everybody is going to be going to cuba in a few years. why? because its unspoiled. they havent [ bleep ] it up yet. >> man in blue shirt: thats why we have to start talking the same language. you said it, profit. lets talk profit right. lets show them that there is profit in nature unspoiled. that reef back there provides us with millions of dollars worth of services. fish, tourism, protection from hurricanes, annually that produces ...

Aguadilla. this space is so special to me personally because im a surfer and ive been surfing here all my life. i want my son to be able to keep coming here. its so open. so free of all of these pollutions. all this mayhem. ♪ >> anthony: pocho and his fellow activists have occupied playuela, proud to serve as human shields against the encroachment of a planned development, that would transform this place into a massive resort, named appropriately or inappropriately enough after christopher col...

Is >> anthony: life on vieques offers a kind of freedom, the kind of beautiful views, that have largely disappeared in the developed world. but life can be difficult. there is little agriculture or economy to sustain the people who live here. at one of the highest spots in vieques, the sea visible in the distance, is finca conciencia. a small but sustainable farm founded by jorge cora-peña. intent on providing locals and area restaurants with fruits, vegetables, honey, and medicinal herbs. >> a...