The newly formed Orlando Chapter of the National Boricua Human Rights Network will be holding an official Press Conference open to the Public at which time we will present our platform on the release of Oscar López Rivera. NBHRN is a national organization, based in Chicago with chapters throughout the U.S. which defends Puerto Rican [...]
“31 DAYS FOR 31 YEARS” A Multimedia and Interactive Exhibit for the Release of Oscar López Rivera The National Boricua Human Rights Network (NBHRN), Batey Urbano and Latin@ Coalition are about to commence “31 Days for 31 Years” in which 31 activists and community residents will spend 24 hours each in a makeshift storefront cell [...]
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).
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 [...]
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, [...]
A crowd of 50 enthusiastic well-wishers and supporters greeted Father Luis Barrios and the 22nd Pastors for Peace Caravan to Cuba last Sunday, July 10 at the Adalberto United Methodist Church. Pastor and activist Emma Lozano began the event with a service and powerful service linking the Cuba Caravan to the struggle to free the [...]
This video is by Matt McCanna, a 19 year film major at Columbia College Chicago. From Matt: “I decided to make this documentary due to my concern about the general lack of knowledge the public has to the issue of the colonial status of Puerto Rico. However this documentary mainly focuses on the unjustly imprisonment [...]
For me it’s a privilege and honor to be able to share this moment with you, albeit via the written word. i would like to congratulate the graduating students and wish you much success with your goals and future. I would also like to exhort you not to allow anyone or anything to stop you [...]
El pasado 3 de junio de 2011 se celebraron los 40 años de aportaciones a la música nacional puertorriqueña de Andrés Jiménez, El Jibaro ante un auditorio lleno a capacidad en el Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture del Hostos Communitty College, en la ciudad de Nueva York. La actividad fue auspiciada por el [...]
The small but determined group of walkers that left this morning to join Michael and Matt on the last leg of the Freedom Walk 2011, made up for their numbers by their enthusiasm and by showing all who were walking their specially printed Oscar shirts. This group will walk 15 miles today and return tomorrow [...]
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