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♪ >> 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. i'm born and raised in aguadilla. this space is so special to me personally because i'm a surfer and i've been surfing here all my life. i want my son to be able to keep coming here. it's so open. so free of all of these pollutions. all this mayhem. ♪ >> anthony: pocho and his fellow activists have occupied

Aguadilla. this space is so special to me personally because i'm a surfer and i've been surfing here all my life. i want my son to be able to keep coming here. it's 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 beac...

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 what's the problem? >> pocho: the project it's not a building, it's a mega project. it's a five star hotel 120 villas, a mini mall, the biggest casino in the caribbean that's how they sell it. and t...

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 what's the problem? >> pocho: the project it's not a building, it's a mega project. it's a five star hotel 120 villas, a mini mall, the biggest casino in the cari...

And i've been surfing here all my life. i want my son to be able to keep coming here. it's 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 what's the problem?