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Oscar López Rivera Won’t Be PR Day Parade Guest of Honor After Sponsors Pull Out

Yara Simón — Fri, 02 Jun 2017 18:34:11 +0000

A week after several sponsors pulled out of the National Puerto Rican Day Parade, Oscar López Rivera announced he won’t be the guest of honor. Organizers for this year’s parade planned to designate OLR a National Freedom Hero – a decision met with swift backlash. Sponsors like Coca-Cola, the New York Yankees, AT&T, and JetBlue

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As Resistance in Puerto Rico Grows, Activist Oscar Lopez Rivera Is Finally Free

Remezcla Estaff — Wed, 17 May 2017 15:43:31 +0000

After nearly 40 years in prison, Oscar López Rivera – considered by many as the longest-serving political prisoner in United States history – is a free man. In 1981, the government found him guilty of seditious conspiracy and other non-violent crimes after linking him to a Chicago weapons storehouse. Originally sentenced to 55 years, he received 15

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Oscar López Rivera Set Foot on Puerto Rican Soil for the First Time in Three Decades

Remezcla Estaff — Thu, 09 Feb 2017 22:19:51 +0000

One of Barack Obama’s last actions as the 44th president of the United States was commuting Oscar López Rivera’s sentence. On January 17, Obama announced López’s sentence would end on May 17 – marking his freedom after more than three decades of incarceration. In 1981, the government found him guilty of seditious conspiracy and other non-violent crimes

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Lin-Manuel Miranda Offers to Perform ‘Hamilton’ for Oscar Lopez Rivera Upon Release

Remezcla Estaff — Tue, 17 Jan 2017 22:51:36 +0000

For years, activists have fought for Oscar López Rivera’s freedom. In 1981, the government found him guilty of seditious conspiracy and other non-violent crimes after linking him to a Chicago weapons storehouse. Originally sentenced to 55 years – of which he’s already served at least 35 – he received 15 additional years after attempting to escape

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Under Pressure from Activists, President Obama Commutes Sentence for Oscar López Rivera

Andrew S. Vargas — Tue, 17 Jan 2017 22:13:29 +0000

After years of sustained pressure from activists and everyday Puerto Ricans alike, President Obama has officially commuted the sentence of Boricua political prisoner Oscar López Rivera. A former member of the underground Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional (FNL, later known as the “Macheteros,”) Oscar López Rivera was found guilty of seditious conspiracy and other non-violent crimes

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Activists Keep Hope Alive for Oscar López Rivera’s Freedom During Obama’s Final Days in Office

Remezcla Estaff — Fri, 06 Jan 2017 16:07:27 +0000

Today, a man considered the hemisphere’s “longest-serving political prisoner” turns 74. With another birthday down, Oscar López Rivera has now spent nearly half his life incarcerated. In an Our Revolution video – posted the day before his birthday and Día de Reyes – Clarisa López Ramos (his daughter), Bernie Sanders, René Pérez, Rep. Luis Gutierrez,

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Obama Announces Latest Round of Presidential Pardons, and Oscar López Rivera Didn’t Make the List

Andrew S. Vargas — Mon, 19 Dec 2016 23:10:42 +0000

After months of anxious expectation, the White House has published its list of 231 convicted felons who will received presidential pardons or commutations before Obama steps out of the Oval Office for the last time – and Puerto Rican political prisoner Oscar López Rivera is not among the chosen. The news will undoubtedly come as

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Puerto Ricans Use Moment in DNC Spotlight to Demand Freedom for Oscar López Rivera

Andrew S. Vargas — Wed, 27 Jul 2016 18:21:28 +0000

Not that it was a surprise, but last night Hillary Clinton officially became the Democratic nominee for president. In a more or less symbolic roll call, the DNC called upon delegations from the 50 states and Puerto Rico to cast their votes and put a proverbial bow on an otherwise tense primary season. All went

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