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Milivi Adams




Milivi Adams (1997-November 17, 2002) was a young cancer patient from the
island of Vieques in Puerto Rico who had become a symbol in the battle
against the presence of the military in that island. Her face had been many
times on the covers of Puerto Rican newspapers and magazines, and there are
posters with her picture on them on many of Vieques' street corners.

Milivi was diagnosed with cancer at the age of 2, and a high level of
foreign chemicals were found in her blood. Many people have blamed the
military's bomb testings in Vieques as the cause for those chemicals to be
present in her blood, although that opinion is based on ideas and not
specific scientific findings.

When she was 3, she was given 1 month to live, but she survived that, and
her cancer seemed to be in remission. However, at the age of 4, cancer
reappeared, this time on her brain. She was flown to the United States by
her parents, in hopes that treatment would help her.

In the United States, she had to fight other infections, and after the last
one, the doctors told her parents that her body would not resist another
infection treatment, so she returned to Puerto Rico with her family, where
she passed away on the morning of November 17, 2002.

Milivi has a camp named after her in Vieques, Camp Milivi.

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