Socialist International supports self-determination of Puerto Rico and the release of Oscar López Rivera
By InterNews Service Published: Wednesday, January 25, 2012 http://www.claridadpuertorico.com/content.html?news=16135B9AD122B5C8D38636E88874DC44 San Juan, Jan. 25 (INS).- The World Council of the Socialist International, which just met in Costa Rica, adopted a resolution supporting the self-determination of Puerto Rico and the release of political prisoner Oscar López Rivera, according to today’s report from the Puerto Rican Independence Party [...]
New website for Oscar Lopez Rivera!
Illustrator Kike has unveiled a new website in support of freedom for Puerto Rican Political Prisoner Oscar López Rivera. Access it here: http://www.libertadparaoscar.org/index.php
Magna Carta
Fufi Santori January 10, 2012 http://www.elnuevodia.com/blog/1162512/ (Spanish translation follows English) Dear Luis: Pardon the familiarity, but I consider you a young Puerto Rican friend and a decent person. The fact that you are the governor of Puerto Rico, and that I differ with your ideas and beliefs, as well as the way in which you [...]
Oscar López Rivera: circumstances of an incarceration
By Noel Colón Martínez Published: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 http://www.claridadpuertorico.com/content.html?news=C86A262C00AB65CF505F1A5171FAABA2 The unjust incarceration of our dear friend and compañero Oscar López Rivera will have lasted for 31 years as of 2012. As with Don Pedro, he was accused of seditious conspiracy, which is a type of catchall where a lot of acts and circumstances are [...]
Bendición por Oscar López Rivera
Pedro Rafael Ortiz S. Sacerdote Diocesano Comunidad San Francisco Javier-Parcelas/Navarro Salmo 71 en la liturgia del día de Reyes: “Se postrarán ante ti, Señor, todos los reyes de la tierra”. Y continua, “que en sus días florezca la justicia y la paz abunde eternamente”. Me pidieron que viniera a bendecir esta obra, este mural que [...]
New Progressive Party Sen. Norma Burgos asks for release of Oscar López
By: CyberNews (Spanish translation follows English) January 9, 2012 http://www.noticel.com/mobile/detalle/116155/norma-burgos-pide-excarcelacion-de-oscar-lopez.html On Monday, Senator Norma Burgos submitted Resolution 2538, which asks the president of the United States, Barack Obama for the release of Oscar López, the longest held prisoner in the hemisphere. “Our president has in many instances recognized the right of self-determination of the Puerto [...]
Starry Sky
Mari Mari Narváez January 6, 2012 http://www.elnuevodia.com/columna-estrellada-1159746.html I’d already learned that water and freedom were overlapping. As I knew that, among so much that happiness is, there is the sun. That no one exists who will not be breathless, who will not be able to imagine a different future when that orange, pink sphere disappears [...]
Oscar, On Your Birthday
Juan Santiago Nieves (Attorney) January 5, 2012 http://www.elnuevodia.com/columna-oscarentucumpleanos-1159837.html (Spanish follow English) “And in spite of the fact that here the silence from outside is more painful than the solitude inside the cave, the song of a bird or the sound of a cicada always reaches me to awaken my faith and keep me going.” (Oscar [...]
NBHRN 18th Annual Pancake Breakfast
View the video and interview with Miguel Morales of the National Boricua Human Rights Network at the 18th Annual Pancake Breakfast Commissary Fundraiser. The Pancake Breakfast took place Sunday, December 11, 2011.
2012, the year for Oscar López Rivera’s release
By Cándida Cotto Published: Thursday, January 5, 2012 http://www.claridadpuertorico.com/content.html?news=AEAA8193B1C4551474375F5C0C417AD8 With the slogan “2012, the year of Oscar López Rivera’s release,” the Human Rights Committee of Puerto Rico (CPDH, by its Spanish initials) called on the Puerto Rican people to intensify demands for the release of Puerto Rican political prisoner Oscar López Rivera, who this year [...]
Bar: López Rivera serving ‘longest political imprisonment in history’
January 5, 2012 BY MARIA MIRANDA Of The Daily Sun Staff mmiranda@prdailysun.net http://www.prdailysun.com/news/Bar-Lpez-Rivera-serving-longest-political-imprisonment-in-history Oscar López Rivera, a Puerto Rican nationalist who has been imprisoned for almost 30 years, and who was denied parole last year, has become the longest-incarcerated political prisoner in history, the Bar Association’s Human Rights Committee announced Wednesday. Flanked by island artists, [...]
Across the board support for release of Oscar López Rivera;
politicians, artists and people of faith support release of longest held political prisoner By Edwin J. Rodríguez Rivera January 4, 2012 http://www.elnuevodia.com/apoyomultisectorialalaexcarcelaciondeoscarlopezrivera-1158783.html Politicians from every party, representatives of the churches, former presidents of the Bar Association and artists, among others, came together today as a demonstration of support for the petition for the release of [...]
Video of OLR mural in Puerto Rico
From December 23 – 26, 2011 the Vanguardia Artística Revolucionaria collective created a mural for Oscar López Rivera, the longest held political prisoner in the West. View the video by below (in Spanish).
Holiday Message from Norberto González Claudio
deciembre 2012 Al compañero Molina y a las compañeras y compañeros de Chicago: Saludos y abrazos navideños a todos ustedes- y mis compañeros y compañeras-que se han esforzado para que yo, ¡su compañero y servidor!, en estos Levis, este lo mejor posible. ¡Se les ama, se les admira y se les respeta todo el tiempo! [...]
Why We Celebrate Three Kings Day by Oscar López Rivera
We often hear the comment that Puerto Ricans are up for celebrating just about anything. There are celebrations upon celebrations. The celebration of Three Kings Day is part of our culture and traditions – so it is not just another festive moment in lieu of nothing better to celebrate. For Christians, it’s the day of [...]
UPR Students create Holiday Mural as present for Oscar López Rivera
December 25, 2011 from Juan Santiago In another grand heroic deed of the youth-students at the UPR, they started working on this mural on Friday December 23, 2011, working from 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. They continued on Christmas Eve, Saturday the 24th of December at 9:00 a.m. They worked intensely that day. It was [...]
New KPFA Carlos Alberto Torres interview online!
On Monday, December 12, KPFA radio interviewed former Puerto Rican Political Prisoner Carlos Alberto Torres by phone. Walter Turner, host of Africa Today, asked Carlos Alberto to update his listeners on the status of the campaign to free Oscar; on his current ceramics work; and the general state of Puerto Rican civil society for close [...]
La Capilla del Barrio and NBHRN plan Community Celebration of Oscar López Rivera’s Birthday Jan 8!
Come and eat birthday cake, hear original performances by the Batey Urbano, La Capilla youth and Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos High School on Oscar López Rivera and an update on the campaign to free him. Download the leaflet here. Date: Sunday, January 8, 2012 Place: La Capilla del Barrio, 3054 W. Armitage Ave Time: 11:30am
18th Annual Pancake & Waffle Breakfast/Artisans Holiday Bazaar Raises $2000 for Puerto Rican Political Prisoners!
More than $2000.00 was raised at the 18th Annual Pancake Waffle Breakfast on Sunday, December 11, 2011. Since 1994, thousands of dollars have been raised and sent to Puerto Rican political prisoners.”We started by raising $300.00 and then made $500.00 a goal, then $800.00 and $1000.00 and now look!” said Dr. Margaret Power, who was [...]
Archbishop to preside at mass in honor of Oscar López Rivera’s birthday on Jan 14
The Cathedral in Old San Juan will celebrate a mass in honor of Oscar López Rivera on Saturday, January 14, 2012, at 7pm. The Archbishop of Puerto Rico, Roberto González Nieves, will preside over the mass which will commemorate Oscar’s 69th birthday.
Ateneo honors Oscar López Rivera December 22-Día de la Bandera-Clarida to livestream!
On December 22, the Puerto Rican Ateneo will dedicate its solemn act of raising the Puerto Rican flag to Puerto Rican political prisoner Oscar López Rivera. The activity will take place, as it does every year, at noon in front of the historical headquarters in Old San Juan. The family, including his brother José López, [...]
Former Political Prisoner Carlos Alberto Torres feted at Casa Aboy
Carlos Alberto Torres was honored at Casa Aboy in San Juan, Puerto Rico on Friday, December 2, 2011. His design of this year’s commemorative plate for the Three Kings of Vieques was chosen for the Children of Vieques Holiday Gift Project.Every year the children of Vieques are able to participate in games, artisan workshops, free medical screenings, and [...]
Claridad staff surprises Carlos Alberto Torres with parranda
On Friday, November 25, 2011, Claridad newspaper staffers and special guests Carlos Gallisa, and the Godfather of Salsa Andy Montañez surprised former political prisoner Carlos Alberto Torres at his house in Camuy, Puerto Rico with a Parranda-Puerto Rican caroling.
Latin@ Coalition & Network Hosts Charla with Clarisa López
During the Thanksgiving Holidays, the Network sponsored a visit by Clarisa López, daughter of Oscar López Rivera. In addition to visiting her father, Clarisa was able to speak at a charla with the Latin@ Coalition, a group of students from NEIU, DePaul, Columbia College and UIC. After watching the short film on Oscar, “For Those [...]