Author: Jeannie G3 (---.msy.bellsouth.net)
Date: 05-20-08 20:40
Hola! Cayo Norte was auctioned off in 2006 and now belongs to the Shelley family, who are trying to develop resort hotel projects such as Marina Puerto del Rey and Cayo Largo Resort. Fortunately, they have not been successful and are battling their issues in court. The story behind the sale is that some people claim that Cayo Norte never belonged to Puerto Rico to begin with. The Spanish Government (PR was ruled by Spain in the beginning) exchanged the cayo with a Puertorrican landowner for a more strategic parcel of land. From then on, Cayo Norte has always been a private property. The property was then passed on in inheritance and the sale of it was done by the courts in representation of the past owners. It is known that on the Cayo there were 5 summer homes, all with septic tanks and that they kept chickens, guinea hens and goats, all eating off the native vegetation.
Why are some people protesting this sale? Many have stated that the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources of PR should have purchased the island to protect it. On the Cayo there are many endemic species of plants, birds that nest there, delicate marine life, coral reefs, etc. The development of a mega resort would jeopardize all this. Look all the problems "He who shall not be named (Victor)" has caused at Culebra. Some argue that even if the Dept. of Natural Resources purchased it, they would have done nothing more to protect it as they have not done with many of the areas they possess. You be the judge. Happy travels! J
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