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LIST OF SUPPORTfor Oscar López Rivera’s Release
UNITED STATES
• RESOLUTIONS/LETTERS OF SUPPORT
Congressional Hispanic Caucus, Congress of the United States (May 2015)
New York City Council (June 2015)
Newark Municipal Council, Newark, New Jersey (November 2015)
Holyoke City Council, Holyoke, Massachusetts (April 2016)
Springfield City Council, Springfield, Massachusetts (May 2016)
Hartford City Council, Hartford, Connecticut (May 2016)
American Civil Liberties Union (November 2015)
Hispanic National Bar Association (August 2015)
American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) [56 national and international labor unions that represent 12.5 million workers] (Convention in Los Angeles, September 2013)
Service Employees International Union Executive Bureau (SEIU) [representing 2.1 million members] (May 2012);SEIU Convention (Detroit, May 2016)
American Federation of State, Councils, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) [representing 1.4 million workers in the United States and Puerto Rico] (40th National Convention, September 2012)
Communications Workers of America (75th convention, Detroit, June 2015) [representing 700,000 workers]
Labor Council for Latin American Advancement, National Executive Board (July 2012)
Central Florida Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (April 2012)
Center for Constitutional Rights (2016)
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With daughter Clarisa, FCI Terre Haute
circa 2014Age 71
With Alejandro Garcia Padilla,
Governor, Puerto Rico FCI Terre Haute
Oct. 4, 2014Age 71
With NYC Council Speaker Melissa Mark Viverito FCI Terre Haute 2015
Age 72
National Lawyers Guild (Seattle, WA, 2009; New Orleans, LA, 2010; Philadelphia, PA, 2011; San Juan, Puerto Rico, 2013; Chicago, IL 2014)
Hispanic Bar Association of Pennsylvania (March 2015)
National Puerto Rican Agenda
Latino Justice PRLDEF
War Resisters International
Abolitionist Law Center, Pittsburgh, PA (2014)
Puerto Rican Agenda for the 21st Century (New York City)
Professional Staff Congress (PSC), City University of New York (April 2015)
National Puerto Rican Day Parade of New York City (2014 and 2015)
Bronx Puerto Rican Day Parade (2014)
Veterans for Peace Convention (Madison, Wisconsin, 2013)
Casa las Américas (New York City)
• ELECTED OFFICIALS AND CIVIC LEADERS
Bernie Sanders, U.S. Senator, (D-VT), Candidate for U.S. President
José E. Serrano, Member of U.S. Congress (D-NY)
Luis V. Gutiérrez, Member of U.S. Congress (D-IL)
Nydia M. Velázquez, Member of U.S. Congress (D-NY)
Pedro R. Pierluisi, Member of U.S. Congress (D-PR)
Alan Grayson, Member of U.S. Congress (D-FL)
Brendan F. Boyle, Member of U.S. Congress (D-PA)
Darren Soto, Member-elect of U.S. Congress (D-FL), former Florida State Senator
Jenniffer González, Member-elect of U.S. Congress (D-PR)
Ramsey Clark, former Attorney General of the United States
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Daughter Clarisa with Estela Barnes de Carlotto, Madres de la Plaza de Mayo de
Argentina, at monthly San Juan vigil for
Oscar, March 2015
United Church of ChristPres. Rev. Geoffrey Black,
FCI Terre HauteOct. 2012, Age 70
Hon. Juan R. Torruellas, Judge, United States Court of Appealsfor the First District, Boston
Rubén Díaz, Sr., State Senator, State of New York Senate
Bill Perkins, State Senator, State of New York Senate
Adriano Espaillat, State Senator, State of New York Senate
Iris Y. Martínez, State Senator, State of Illinois Senate
M. Teresa Ruiz, State Senator, State of New Jersey Senate
Dr. Jill Stein, Green Party Candidate for U.S. President
Alyson Kennedy, Socialist Workers Party Candidate for U.S. President
Gloria La Riva, Party for Socialism and Liberation Candidate for U.S. President
Monica Moorehead, Workers World Party Candidate for U.S. President
José Rivera, Assemblyman, State of New York Assembly
Nelson L. Castro, State Assemblyman, New York State Assembly
Peter Rivera, State Assemblyman, New York State Assembly
Cármen Arroyo, State Assemblywoman, New York State Assembly
Marcos A. Crespo, State Assemblyman, New York State Assembly
Tony Payton, Jr., State Representative, Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Nickie J. Antonio, State Representative, Ohio House of Representatives
Cynthia Soto, State Representative, Illinois House of Representatives
Melissa Mark Viverito, Speaker, City Council of the City of New York
Letitia James, New York City Public Advocate, former Council Member, City Council of the City of New York
Joel Rivera, Council Member, City Council of the City of New York
Rosie Méndez, Council Member, City Council of the City of New York
3
With Congressman Luis Gutiérrez
FCI Terre Haute2014, Age 71
Gale A. Brewer, Council Member, City Council of the City of New York
Brad Lander, Council Member, City Council of the City of New York
Ydanis Rodríguez, Council Member, City Council of the City of New York
Jumaane Williams, Council Member, City Council of the City of New York
Danny Dromm, Council Member, City Council of the City of New York
Mark Levine, Council Member, City Council of the City of New York
Inez Barron, Council Member, City Council of the City of New York
Alan Maisel, Council Member, City Council of the City of New York
María del Carmen Arroyo, Council Member, City Council of the City of New York
Annabel Palma, Council Member, City Council of the City of New York
Charles Barron, Council Member, City Council of the City of New York
Margaret S. Chin, Council Member, City Council of the City of New York
Fernando Cabrera, Council Member, City Council of the City of New York
María D. Quiñones Sánchez, Councilwoman, City Council of the City of Philadelphia
Aníbal Ramos, Councilman, City Council of Newark, New Jersey
Wildaliz Bermúdez, Councilwoman, City Council of Hartford, Connecticut
Nelson Román, Council Member, City Council of Holyoke, Massachusetts
Jossie Valentín, Council Member, City Council of Holyoke, Massachusetts
Adam Gómez, Councilman, City Council of Springfield, Massachusetts
Orlando Ramos, Councilman, City Council of Springfield, Massachusetts
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With Senator Maria de Lourdes Santiago, and President Juan
Dalmau, Puerto Rican Independence Party,
FCI Terre HauteFeb. 2014
Age 71
Angel Ortiz, former Council Member, City Council of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Billy Ocasio, former Alderman, City of Chicago, Illinois
Rolando Bobadilla, Freeholder, Essex County, New Jersey
John Avalos, Member, Board of Supervisors, City and County of San Francisco, California
Roberto Maldonado, Alderman, City of Chicago; former Member of the Cook County Board of Commissioners, Chicago, Illinois
Jesús G. García, Member, Cook County Board of Commissioners, Chicago, Illinois
Edwin Reyes, Member, Cook County Board of Commissioners, Chicago, Illinois
Ras Baraka, Mayor, Newark, New Jersey
Gayle McLaughlin, Mayor, Richmond, California
Manny Ortiz, former Deputy Mayor, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Juan Cartagena, President and General Counsel, LatinoJustice PRLDEF
Hector Figueroa, Service Employees International Union, President of 32 BJ, New York
Antonio Suárez, President, Puerto Rican Bar Association of Florida
Natasha Bannan, President, National Lawyers Guild
Azadeh Shahshahani, Past President, National Lawyers Guild
Rodolfo Aguilar, Visiting Assistant Professor of American & Latin American/Latino Studies, Kennesaw State University
Daniel Aldana Cohen, Assistant Professor of Sociology University of Pennsylvania
Dr. Frances Aparicio, Professor of Spanish and Portuguese and Director of the Latina and Latino Studies Program, Northwestern University
Dr. Bettina Aptheker, Distinguished Professor, Feminist Studies, UC Presidential Co-Chair, Feminist Critical Race & Ethnic Studies University of California-Santa Cruz
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With granddaughter Karina, Nov. 2011
Age 68
Dr. Maren Aukerman, Assistant Professor in Graduate School of Education, Stanford University
Dr. Gianpaolo Baiocchi, Associate Professor of Individualized Studies and Sociology, New York University
Dr. Dan Berger, Assistant Professor in the School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, University of Washington-Bothell
Dr. Yarimar Bonilla, Associate Professor in Department of Anthropology, Rutgers University
Dr. Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, Professor of Sociology Duke University
Bonnie Brusky, Assistant Director Milwaukee Teachers’ Education Association
Dr. Douglass Cassel, Professor of Law Notre Dame Law School
Paula Chakravartty, Associate Professor, Department of Media, Culture and Communication and the Gallatin SchoolNew York University
Andy Clarno, Assistant Professor of Sociology and African American Studies, University of Illinois at Chicago
Dr. Brian Connor, Lecturer of Sociology, University of Maryland, College Park
Dr. Samuel Cruz, Assistant Professor of Church and Society Union Theological Seminary, City of New York
Dr. Antonia Darder, Leavey Presidential Chair of Ethics and Moral Leadership, Loyola Marymount University
Dr. Arlene Dávila, Professor of Anthropology and Social and Cultural Analysis, New York University
Dr. Angela Davis, Distinguished Professor Emerita, History of Consciousness, Department and Feminist Studies Department, University of California, Santa Cruz
Dr. Cedric de Leon, Associate Professor of Sociology Providence College
Dr. Gina Dent, Associate Professor of Feminist Studies University of California-Santa Cruz
6
With friend in ArmyVietnam, circa 1966
Age 23
Cynthia Duarte, Director Center for Equality and Justice California Lutheran University
Dr. Johanna Fernández, Assistant Professor in the Department of Black and Latino Studies, City University of New York-Baruch College
Dr. Nilda Flores-Gónzalez, Associate Professor of Sociology and Latin American and Latino Studies, University of Illinois-Chicago
Dr. Diane Fujino, Professor of Asian American Studies University of California, Santa Barbara
Dr. Julian Go, Professor of Sociology, Boston University
Guadalupe Gómez, Associate Professor of Finance Harvard Business School
Ariana Gonzalez Stokas, Dean, Inclusive Excellence , Bard College
Dr. Van Gosse, Associate Professor and Chair of Department of History , Franklin & Marshall College
Dr. Deborah B. Gould, Associate Professor in Department of Sociology, University of California, Santa Cruz
Dr. Greg Grandin, Professor of History, New York University
Dr. James Green, Carlos Manuel de Céspedes Professor of Modern Latin American History and Portuguese and Brazilian Studies and Director of the Brazil Initiative Brown University
Diana Grizbord, Assistant Professor of Sociology & Latin American and Caribbean Studies, University of Georgia
Jill Hamberg, Visiting Professor of Urban Planning, Pratt Institute
Dr. José Itzigsohn, Professor of Sociology, Brown University
Alvaro Jarrin, Assistant Professor of Anthropology College of the Holy Cross
Dr. Laura Ruth Johnson, Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Technology, Research and AssessmentNorthern Illinois University
Jennifer Jones, Assistant Professor of Sociology University of Notre Dame
7
FCI Terre Hautecirca 2010
Age 67
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With sister Clary,(now deceased)
FCI Terre Haute,2009, Age 66
Dr. Gilbert Joseph, Farnam Professor of History and International Studies , Yale University
Dr. Jane A. Juffer, Distinguished Professor of History Rutgers University
Dr. Rashid Khalidi, Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies Columbia University
Dr. Peter Klein, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Environmental and Urban Studies, Bard College
Dr. Peter Kuznick, Professor of History and Director of the Nuclear Studies Institute, American University
Dr. Deepak Lamba-Nieves, Postdoctoral Fellow, Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, Brown University
Dr. Marisol Lebrón, Assistant Professor in American Studies Dickinson College
Vicki Legion, Program Director, Instructor City College of San Francisco
Dr. Amanda Lewis, Associate Professor in Department of African American Studies and Department of SociologyUniversity of Illinois-Chicago
Johana Londoño, Assistant Professor of Latina/o Studies University at Albany
Dr. Linda Martin-Alcoff, Professor of Philosophy Hunter College and the City University of New York Graduate Center
Dr. Edwin Meléndez, Professor of Urban Affairs and Planning Hunter College, City University of New York
Prof. Matt Meyer, International Peace Research Association United Nations ECOSOC Representative
Ann Morning, Associate Professor of Sociology New York University
Dr. Nadine Naber, Associate Professor in Gender and Women’s Studies Program and Asian American Studies Program University of Illinois-Chicago
9
At family-owned and operated restaurantChicago, circa 1968
Age 25
Dr. Amalia Pallares, Professor of Political Science and Latin American and Latino Studies and Director of the Latin American and Latino Studies Program, University of Illinois-Chicago
Dr. Imani Perry, Hughes-Rogers Professor of African American Studies , Princeton University
Dr. Ann Peterson-Kemp, Associate Professor Emerita & Affiliate Associate Professor, Information Sciences University of Illinois & University of Washington
Dr. Margaret Power, Department of HumanitiesIllinois Institute of Technology
Juan G. Ramos, Assistant Professor of SpanishCollege of the Holy Cross
Dr. Barbara Ransby, Professor of History, African-American Studies and Gender and Women’s Studies, University of Illinois-Chicago
Dr. Michael Rodríguez-Muñiz, Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and Latina/o Studies Program, Northwestern University
Dr. Jonathan Rosa, Assistant Professor in Graduate School of Education, Stanford University
Dr. Francisco A. Scarano, Professor of History University of Wisconsin-Madison
Dr. Michael Staudenmaier, Senior Lecturer of History Aurora University
Dr. Keeanga Yamahtta Taylor, Assistant Professor in the Department of African American Studies, Princeton University
Dr. Heather Ann Thompson, Professor of History and Afroamerican and African Studies, University of Michigan
Meghan Tinsley, PhD candidate, Department of Sociology Boston University
Dr. Maura I. Toro-Morn, Professor, Latin American and Latino Studies Program, Illinois State University
Dr. Madeline Troche-Rodríguez, Assistant Professor of Sociology City Colleges of Chicago
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Chicago, circa 1969Age 26
Dr. Angela Valenzuela , Professor in Educational Policy and Planning Program in the Department of Educational Administration University of Texas-Austin
Edward D. Vargas, Post Doctoral Trainee University of Wisconsin-Madison
Dr. Mary Kay Vaughan, Professor of History, Emerita University of Maryland-College Park
Melissa F. Weiner, Associate Professor of Sociology, College of the Holy Cross
Dr. Barbara Weinstein, Professor of History, New York University
Dr. Deborah M. Weissman, Reef C. Ivey II Distinguished Professor of Law, School of Law, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Dr. Cornell West, Professor of Philosophy and Christian Practices Union Theological Seminary, City of New York
Dr. John Womack, Jr., Robert Woods Bliss Professor of Latin American History and Economics, Emeritus, Harvard University
Juan Carlos Avila, Leadership Greater Chicago FellowChicago Illinois
Eva-Dina Delgado, Leadership Greater Chicago FellowChicago Illinois
Ricardo Estrada, Leadership Greater Chicago FellowChicago, Illinois
Sol Flores, Leadership Greater Chicago FellowChicago, Illinois
Adolfo Hernández, Leadership Greater Chicago FellowChicago, Illinois
Juan Carlos Linares, Leadership Greater Chicago FellowChicago, Illinois
Rudy Lozano, Jr., Leadership Greater Chicago FellowChicago, Illinois
Luis Martínez, Leadership Greater Chicago FellowChicago, Illinois
Juan Moreno, Leadership Greater Chicago FellowChicago, Illinois
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FCI Terre Hautecirca 2011
Age 68
Michelle Morales, Leadership Greater Chicago FellowChicago, Illinois
Sylvia Puente, Leadership Greater Chicago FellowChicago, Illinois
Edgar Ramírez, Leadership Greater Chicago FellowChicago, Illinois
José A. Rico, Leadership Greater Chicago FellowChicago, Illinois
David S. Rodríguez, Leadership Greater Chicago FellowChicago, Illinois
Celina Roldán, Leadership Greater Chicago FellowChicago, Illinois
Juan Salgado, Leadership Greater Chicago FellowChicago Illinois
Charles A. Serrano, Leadership Greater Chicago FellowChicago Illinois
Gilbert Villegas, Leadership Greater Chicago FellowChicago Illinois
Nelson “Butchie” Nieves, President, New Jersey Puerto Rican Day Parade, Inc.
Katilia Vélez, Development Director, Ironbound Community Corporation, Newark, New Jersey
Lucila J. Santana, Springfield, Massachusetts Puerto Rican Parade
Giovanni Negrón, photographer, Springfield, Massachusetts
José Delgado, University of Massachusetts
Waleska Lugo-DeJesús, Director, Healing Racism Institute of Pioneer Valley
Myriam Quiñones, Holyoke Community College
Manuel Frau-Ramos, Editor, El Sol Latino
Matt Meyer, Professor, International Peace Research Association
12
Oscar, drafteeChicago, circa 1966
Harry Belafonte, Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, National Medal of Arts, Kennedy Center Honors
Lin Manuel Miranda, Grammy and Tony Winning Composer, Lyricist
Edward James Olmos, Actor
Luis Guzmán, Actor
Miguel Luciano, Artist
Plena Libre, Musicians
Bread and Puppet Theater
Ivy Queen, Singer/Performer
Julio Pabón, Founder, Latino Sports, New York
Carmen Velázquez, Executive Director, Alivio Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois
Susan Kaplan, Attorney, Chicago, Illinois
Morgan Ricketts, Attorney, Burbank, California
Faith Spencer, Attorney, Chicago, Illinois
Mark Parts, Attorney, Chicago, Illinois
Margaret P. Levy, Attorney, West Hartford, Connecticut
Arthur Heitzer, Attorney, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Manuel Rivera, Attorney, Arlington, Virginia
Marian Cabanillas, Democratic Party, Houston, Texas
Esteban Miranda, Democratic Party, Houston, Texas
Mariame Cofresi-Aviles, M.D., Houston, Texas
Pedro Díaz-Marchán, M.D., Democratic Party, Houston, Texas
Carlos Fariñas, M.D., Democratic Party, Houston, Texas
José Itzigsohn, Professor, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
13
With daughter Clarisa,
FCI Terre Hautecirca 2012
Age 69
Gladys Vega, Executive Director, Chelsea Collaborative, Chelsea, Massachusetts
Kristofer S. Griffith, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
• RELIGIOUS LEADERS
United Methodist Church (General Synod, Fort Worth, Texas, 2008)
United Church of Christ (28th General Synod, Tampa, Florida, July 2011)
The Rev. Dr. John C. Dorhauer, President, United Church of Christ
Reverend Geoffrey Black, former General Minister and President, United Church of Christ
Reverend M. Linda Jaramillo, Executive Minister, Justice and Witness Ministries, United Church of Christ
Reverend Edith Guffey, former Associate General Minister, United Church of Christ
Reverend Stephen Sterner, former Executive Minister of Local Church Ministries, United Church of Christ
Reverend Cally Rogers-Witte, former Executive Minister of Wider Church Ministries, United Church of Christ
Marie Dennis, Co-President, Pax Christi International, Washington, D.C.
Most Rev. Thomas Gumbleton, Catholic Diocese of Detroit, former Chair, Pax Christi International
Imam Khalil Abdul-Rahman, Atlanta, Georgia
Rabbi Michael Lerner, Tikkun Community
Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum, Congregation Beit Simchat Torah
Lucas Johnson, International Fellowship of Reconciliation
Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb, Fellowship of Reconciliation
Rev. Anthony Grimes, Fellowship of Reconciliation (National Director, Campaigns and Strategy), New York, New York
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Rabbi Arthur Waskow, The Shalom Center, New York
El-Hajj Mauri’ Saalakhan, President, The Aafia Foundation, Maryland
Dr. Shan Cretin, General Secretary, American Friends Service Committee
Reverend Dr. Pedro J. Windsor, Lead Pastor, The Neighborhood Chapel (Reformed Evangelical Church), Chicago, Illinois
Reverend José Rosa, Pastor, First Congregational Church of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Reverend Walter Coleman, Pastor, Adalberto United Methodist Church, Chicago, Illinois
Reverend Emma Lozano, Pastor, Adalberto United Methodist Church, Chicago, Illinois
Father Luis Barrios, St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, New York, New York
Reverend Roger Zepernick, Christ & St. Ambrose Episcopal Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Father Carlos Santos, Cristo y San Ambrosio Episcopal Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Reverend Wilfredo De Jesús, Senior Pastor, New Life Covenant Church and Vice President of Social Justice, National Hispanic Christian Leadership, Conference, Chicago, Illinois
Reverend Luis Cortés, Jr., Hispanic Clergy of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dr. Emily Welty, World Council of Churches Commission on International Affairs
Rev. Eduardo Fabián, Iglesia Luterana de Sión (St. Peter’s Church), New York, New York
Rev. Lydia Lebrón, Grace United Methodist Church, New York, New York
Rev. Daniel Dupree, United Baptist Church, Bronx, New York
Rev. Mickey Correa, Broadway Temple United Methodist Church, New York, New York
With mother Andrea “Mita” Rivera
(now deceased)USP Leavenworth
circa 1982Age 39
15
Rev. Roberto Lugo, Iglesia Evangélica Ebenezer, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Rev. Anthony McFarlane, Congregational Church of Northern New York, United Church of Christ, Bronx, New York
Rev. Danilo Lachapel, Iglesia Evangélica Española del Bronx, Bronx, New York
Rev. Donna Schaper, Senior Pastor, Judson Memorial Church, United Church of Christ, New York, New York
Rev. Samuel Cruz, Trinity Lutheran Church, Brooklyn, New York
Rev. Vanessa Cardinale, Trinity Lutheran Church, Brooklyn, New York
Rev. David Gaewski, Conference Minister, United Church of Christ, New York, New York
Rev. Freeman L. Palmer, Associate Conference Minister for Congregational Development, United Church of Christ, New York Conference
Rev. Reginald Brantley, Corona Congregational Church, United Church of Christ, New York
New York Metropolitan and Suffolk Associations, Long Island, New York
Rev. Cheri Kroon, Chairperson, Justice Committee, NY Metro Association, United Church of Christ, New York, New York
Rev. Felix Carrión, United Church of Christ, Bronx, New York
Pastor David Mateo, Chapel Hill Church, United Church of Christ, New York, New York
Rev. Dr. Raymond Rivera, Latino Action Pastoral Center, Bronx, New York
Rev. Luis Cruz, Latino Action Pastoral Center, Bronx, New York
Rev. Amado Pastor, Iglesia Evangélica Ebenezer, Bronx, New York
Rev. Rubén Diáz, New York Hispanic Clergy Organization, Inc., Bronx, New York
Rev. Michael Waldron, First Corinthian Baptist Church of Harlem, Harlem, New York
In US Army circa 1966
Age 22
16
Pastor Persido Garcés, Primera Iglesia Cristiana, El Cordero de Sión, Bronx, New York
Rev. Xavier Vargas, La Resurrección Methodist Church, Bronx, New York
Rev. Ramón Concepción, Church of God Agape, Bronx, New York
Pastor Felix Otero, Church of God, New York, New York
Pastor Heriberto Lugo, Iglesia Visión Misionera Mundial, Bronx, New York
Father Clyde Kuemmerle, Executive Director, Ecclesia Ministries of New York, Inc., New York, New York
Rev. Arelis M. Figueroa, Director, Latin Ministry Riverside ChurchNew York, New York
Father Lawrence Lucas, Senior Priest (rtd.), Our Lady of Lourdes Church, New York, New York
Pastor Roberto Ochoa, Lake View Congregational Church, United Church of Christ, Worchester, Massachusetts
Rev. Orlando Alfonso, Dr. Maritza Angulo de González, PastorManantial de Gracia, (Spring of Grace) United Church of ChristWest Hartford, Connecticut
Rev. Dr. Herbert Daughtry, Sr., House of the Lord National PreacherBrooklyn, New York
Rev. Dr. David Traverzo, Union Theological Seminary, New York, New York
Rev. Dr. Cornel West, Union Theological Seminary, New York, New York
Rev. Christopher Ney, Central Congregational Church, United Church of Christ, New York, New York
Pastor Rafael Medrano, Iglesia de Diós el Refugio, New York, New York
Reverend C. Nozomi Ikuta, Pastor, Denison United Church of Christ, Cleveland, Ohio
Interfaith Prisoners of Conscience Project
“One Voice for Oscar” Harlem, NY
May 30, 2015
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PUERTO RICO
• RESOLUTIONS/LETTERS OF SUPPORT
Senate, Free Associated State of Puerto Rico (May 2014)
Senate, Free Associated State of Puerto Rico (May 2013)
House of Representatives, Free Associated State of Puerto Rico (May 2004)
House of Representatives, Free Associated State of Puerto Rico (October 2006)
House of Representatives, Free Associated State of Puerto Rico (March 2013)
House of Representatives, Free Associated State of Puerto Rico (November 2013)
Puerto Rico House of Representatives Popular Democratic Party Caucus
Popular Democratic Party, Governing Board (June 2012)
Association of Mayors of Puerto Rico
Colegio de Abogados y Abogadas de Puerto Rico [Puerto Rico Bar Association]
Human Rights Commission of the Bar Association of Puerto Rico
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Puerto Rico (June 2012)
American Civil Liberties Union (November 2015)
Amnesty International, Puerto Rico Chapter
City Council of San Juan
City Council of Hormigueros
City Council of Lajas
City Council of Guánica
City Council of San Sebastían
City Council of Comerío
With daughter Clarisa, granddaughter Karina
USP Terre Haute 1999
Age 57
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City Council of Mayagüez
City Council of Jayuya
City Council of Aibonito
City Council of Añasco
City Council of Toa Baja
City Council of Rincón
City Council of Arroyo
City Council of Guayanilla
City Council of Peñuelas
City Council of Aguada
City Council of Yauco
City Council of Moca
City Council of Ponce
City Council of San Lorenzo
City Council of Orocovis
City Council of Isabela
City Council of Maunabo
City Council of Yabucoa
City Council of Santa Isabel
City Council of Cabo Rojo
City Council of Arecibo
City Council of Barceloneta
Municipality of Cataño
City Council of Corozal
City Council of Dorado
Lopez family, without Oscar, circa 1996
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Municipal Government of Guayama
City Council of Hatillo
City Council of Juana Díaz
City Council of Manatí
City Government of Salinas
City Council of Utuado
City Council of Vega Baja
Fideicomiso de la Tierra del Caño Martín Peña
PEN Club of Puerto Rico
Olympic Movement of Puerto Rico (April 2014)
Democratic Unity Committee of Mayaguez, Puerto Rico (May 2015)
Academic Senate, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras
Academic Senate, University of Puerto Rico, Cayey
Faculty of Biosocial Sciences and Graduate School of Public Health, University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus
Puerto Rican Association of University Professors, General Assembly
Association of Retired Employees of the University of Puerto Rico, Inc. (September 2013)
Student Council, University of Puerto Rico at Humacao (March 2015)
Central Puertorriqueña de Trabajadores / Confederación Sindical de las Américas [24 unions, representing 45,000 workers] (May 2012) Federación de Trabajadores / AFL-CIO [16 unions, representing 45,000 workers] (May 2012, November 2012) Coalición Alianza Laboral / Change to Win [4 unions, representing 45,000 workers] (May 2012) Coordinadora Sindical [17 unions, representing 17,000 workers] (May 2012)
With daughter Clarisa, USP Leavenworth
1985, Age 44
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Teamsters Local Union No. 901, Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands [representing more than 3,800 workers in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands] (September 2012)
Union of Legal Services Attorneys of Puerto Rico (December 2013)
Unión de Trabajadores de la Industria Eléctrica y Riego de Puerto Rico (UTIER) Convention [Union of Electrical and Sewer Workers](November 2013)
Association of Social Work Professionals of Puerto Rico (May 2013, March 2015)
National Association of Social Work Schools of Puerto Rico (May 2013)
One People: Dialogue of Puerto Rican leaders about social affairs and procedural mechanisms to resolve the status question; including Service Employees International Union, Unión General de Trabajadores UGT 1199PR, Sindicato Puertorriqueños de Trabajadores SPT1996 (San Juan, Puerto Rico)
Brotherhood of Exempt Non Teaching Employees of the University of Puerto Rico
Concilio Cristo Nuestra Justicia en Puerto Rico (2013)
Federations affiliated with the Puerto Rico Olympic Committee (April 2014)
Cooperative League of Puerto Rico (June 2013) Puerto Rico Federation of Teachers Credit Union (April 2013)
Cooperativa Ahorro y Crédito de la Casa del Trabajador
Cooperativa de Viviendas el Alcazar (June 2013)
Conmemoración del Grito de Lares
Conmemoración del Cero de los Mártires
Centro Cultural Cirilo W. Meijers, Comerío, Puerto Rico
Partido Nacionalista de Puerto Rico
Partido Independentista Puertorriqueño
Federacion de Universitarios Pro Independencia (Puerto Rico)
At Metropolitan Correctional Center
Chicago, 1983Age 40
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Movimiento Socialista de los Trabajadores (Puerto Rico)
Frente Socialista (Puerto Rico)
Coordinadora Latinoamerica y Caribeña de Puerto Rico
Movimiento Independentista Nacional Hostosiano
Movimiento al Socialismo (Puerto Rico)
Partido Comunista de Puerto Rico Brigada Juan Rius Rivera
Frente Amplio de Solidaridad y Lucha (FASyL)
La Nueva Escuela
Organización Puertorriqueña de la Mujer Trabajadora
Summit on Human Rights 2012 for the Release of Oscar López Rivera and to the Memory of Attorney Juan Santiago Nieves (San Juan, December 7-10, 2012)
• ELECTED OFFICIALS AND CIVIC LEADERS
Ricardo Rosselló, Governor-elect of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
Alejandro J. García Padilla, Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
Aníbal Acevedo Vilá, Former Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
Sila M. Calderón, Former Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
Pedro Rosselló, Former Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
David Bernier, 2016 gubernatorial candidate, Popular Democratic Party
Pedro Pierluisi, 2016 gubernatorial candidate, New Progressive Party
María de Lourdes Santiago, 2016 gubernatorial candidate, Puerto Rican Independence Party
Rafael Bernabe, 2016 gubernatorial candidate, Party of the Working People
Manuel Cidre, 2016 gubernatorial candidate, Independent
“Al Mar X Oscar” thousands demonstrate
in Puerto Rico on 33rd anniversary of
Oscar’s arrestMay 25, 2014
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Alexandra Lúgaro, 2016 gubernatorial candidate, Independent
Eduardo A. Bhatia, President of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
David E. Bernier Rivera, Secretary of State, Department of State of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
César R. Miranda, Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
María de Lourdes Santiago, Senator, Senate of Puerto Rico
Miguel Pereira, Senator, Senate of Puerto Rico
Norma Burgos, Senator, Senate of Puerto Rico
Rubén Berríos Martínez, former Senator, Senate of Puerto Rico; President, Puerto Rican Independence Party
Antonio Faz Alzamora, former Senator, Puerto Rico
Ingrid M. Vila Biaggi, former Chief of Staff for the Governor of Puerto Rico
Augustín Montañéz Allman, Esq., Veterans Advocate of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
Carlos J. López Nieves, former Procurador del Ciudadano [Ombudsman]
Carmen Yulín Cruz Soto, Mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico; former Representative, House of Representatives of Puerto Rico
William Miranda Marín, Mayor of Caguas, Puerto Rico (deceased)
Pedro J. García Figueroa, Mayor of Hormigueros, Puerto Rico
Javier Jiménez Pérez, Mayor of San Sebastián, Puerto Rico
Aníbal Vega Borges, Mayor of Toa Baja, Puerto Rico
Josean Santiago, Mayor of Comerío, Puerto Rico
Abel Nazario Quiñones, Mayor of Yauco, Puerto Rico
Jesús E. Colón Berlingeri, Mayor of Orocovis, Puerto Rico
Miguel G. Ortiz Vélez, Mayor of Sábana Grande, Puerto Rico
34 Mujeres x Oscar San Juan, Puerto Rico
monthly vigil, 2015
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Jorge L. González Otero, Mayor of Jayuya, Puerto Rico
José R. Román Abreu, Mayor of San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico
Marcelo Trujillo Panisse, Mayor of Humacao, Puerto Rico
María E. Meléndez Altieri, DMD, Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico
Jessie Cortés Ramos, Mayor of Aguada, Puerto Rico
José E. Gerena Polanco, Mayor of Florida, Puerto Rico
Karilyn Bonilla Colón, Mayor of Salinas, Puerto Rico
José A. Rodríguez Cruz, Mayor of Hatillo, Puerto Rico
Carlos O. Delgado Altieri, Mayor of Isabela, Puerto Rico
Rafael Surillo Ruiz, Mayor of Yabucoa, Puerto Rico
Heriberto Vélez Vélez, Mayor of Quebradillas, Puerto Rico
Dámaso Serrano, former Mayor of Vieques, Puerto Rico
Juan Dalmau, former candidate for Governor of Puerto Rico
Ana Irma Rivera Lassén, former President, Puerto Rico Bar Association
Osvaldo Toledo Martínez, former President, Puerto Rico Bar Association
Julio Fontanet, former President, Puerto Rico Bar Association
Arturo Hernández, former President, Puerto Rico Bar Association
Eduardo Villanueva Muñoz, former President, Puerto Rico Bar Association
Noel Colón Martínez, former President, Puerto Rico Bar Association
Uroyoán Ramón Emeterio Walker Ramos, President, University of Puerto Rico
Carlos E. Severino Valdez, Ph.D., Chancellor, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras
Mario Medina Cabán, Ph.D., Chancellor, University of Puerto Rico, Cayey
Festival de la Calle San Sebastián
San Juan, Puerto Ricowith San Juan Mayor
Carmen Yulínand Oscar’s daughter
Clarisa2014
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Eduardo Morales Coll, former President, Ateneo Puertorriqueño
Norman Maldonado, M.D., FACP, former President, University of Puerto Rico
José Jaime Rivera, Ph.D., President, Universidad del Sagrado Corazón, and former Chair, Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities
Jorge L. Sánchez, M.D., Professor Ad-Honorem, University of Puerto Rico, and former Acting President, University of Puerto Rico, and former Chancellor of Medical Sciences and of Río Piedras Campus
Luce López Baralt, Distinguished Professor, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus
Dr. Nydia Cabrera, PhD in History of Puerto Rico and the Caribbean, Centro de Estudios Avanzados de Puerto Rico y El Caribe
Peter Carlo, Adjunct Professor, Sociology and Anthropology University of Puerto Rico
Mmadu Onyeuwa, Professor of Music InterAmerican University
Edna M. Rodríguez, Senior Claims Processor Catholic University of Puerto Rico
Iván A. Otero Matos, President Board of Directors, Cooperative League of Puerto Rico
Mildred Santiago Ortiz, Executive Director, Cooperative League of Puerto Rico
José M. Rodríguez Báez, President, Puerto Rico Federation of Labor (FTPR, AFL-CIO)
Ramón L. Fuentes, President, Federación Puertorriqueña de Trabajadores
Luis Pedraza Leduc, Labor Coordinating Committee
Rafael Santiago Medina, Media director, Unión General de Trabajadores (UGT)
Hamid Galib, M.D., Gastroenterologist, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Álvaro R. Calderón, Jr., Attorney, Bufete Álvaro R. Calderón, Jr. SRL
Marimar Benítez, former Chancellor, Escuela de Artes Plásticas de Puerto Rico
Melissa Mark Viveritopresenting painting of Pope Francis painted
by Oscar New York CitySeptember 2015
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1,000 distinguished women from Puerto Rican Civil Society
Sonia Ruiz, Ph.D, Retired Professor, Department of Social Sciences, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez
Juan Manuel Delgado, Historian
Enrique Vila del Corral, CPA
Myrna M. Rivera
Tania Carvajal
Poetas en Marcha
Mayra Santos Febres, Poet, Novelist
Dalia Mieses, Poet
Guajana, Poetry Collective
Las Musas Descalzas, Poetry Collective
Pen Club, Poetry Collective Cofradía de Escritores, Poetry Collective
Jakaguax, Poetry Collective
Liga de Poetas del Sur, Poetry Collective
En los Bordes, Poetry Collective
Algo que Decir, Poetry Collective
South Flow, Poetry Collective
Gato Malo Editores, Publisher
Universidad del Pueblo, Poetry Collective
Teatro Gris, Poetry Collective
The Cool Brains, Poetry Collective
Vértigo, Poetry Collective
Poesía Avancina, Poetry Collective
Las Ovejas Negras, Poetry Collective
Labor demonstrationPittsburgh, PA
2000 march withOscar at head of
marchMay 1, 2015
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Las Tejedoras de Cuentos, Poetry Collective
La Sonora Ponceña, Salsa Band
Agua, Sol y Sereno, Theater Collective
Luis Enrique Romero, Actor
Diego de la Texera, Actor, Filmmaker
Johanna Rosaly, Actor
Danny Rivera, Singer/Songwriter Roy Brown, Singer/Songwriter
Chabela Rodríguez, Singer
Zoraida Santiago, Singer/Songwriter
Carlos Tato Santiago, Pianist
Andy Montañez, Singer
Tito Auger, Singer/Songwriter
Tego Calderón, Singer
Luis Díaz, “Intifada,” Singer/Poet
Jacobo Morales, Filmmaker
Miguel Zenón, Musician and composer, Multiple Grammy Nominee, Guggenheim and MacArthur Fellow
Luis Rafael Sánchez, Playwright, Essayist, Novelist
Eduardo Lalo, Writer, Artist, Professor, Winner, 2013 Romulo Gallegos Award
José Enrique Colón Santana, Writer, Winner of the 2016 International Latino Book Award
René Pérez Joglar (Residente) of Calle 13, record-breaking Latin Grammy winners, Nobel Peace Summit Award winner Eduardo José Cabra Martínez (Visitante) of Calle 13, record-breaking Latin Grammy winner Robi Draco Rosa, Grammy and Latin Grammy winner
Clarisa López with Nicaraguan President
Daniel Ortega, Nicaragua 2015
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Ricky Martin, Grammy and Latin Grammy winner
Kacho López Mari, Filmes Zapateros, Latin Grammy winner
Tristana Robles, Filmes Zapateros, Latin Grammy winner
Irene Garzón Fernández, Journalist
Carlos Weber, Chilean journalist living in Puerto Rico
Sara Rosario, President, Olympic Committee of Puerto Rico
Carlos Delgado, former Major League Baseball player, all-time home run and RBI records among Puerto Rican players
Augusto Miranda, Olympic Judo Athlete
Jeyvier Cintrón, Olympic Boxer
Félix “Diamante” Verdejo, Professional Boxer
Carlos López, Athlete
Félix Adorno, Athlete
Lisa Bocarino, Olympic Judo Athlete
Carlos Uriarte, Sports Writer
Peco González, Olympic Athlete
Abderramán Brenes, Olympic Judo Athlete
Osvaldo Gil, Athlete
Jenaro “Tuto” Marchand, Athlete
José Luis Vellón, Athlete José Morales, Athlete
Victor López, Athlete
Evelyn Claudio, Athlete
Goyo Lima, Athlete
Iván Santos, Athlete
Israel Roldán, Athlete
National Puerto Rican Parade, NYC 2014Parade dedicated to Oscar López Rivera
June 2014
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Carlos Guzmán, Athlete
Payo Córdova, Athlete
Pedro Hernández, Athlete
Luis Rivera Toledo, Athlete
Kiria Tapia, Athlete
Ivelisse Echevarría, Athlete
Luis Martínez, Athlete
Carlos Santiago, Athlete
Melissa Mojica, Athlete
Carlitos Colón, Athlete
Javier Culson, Athlete
Wesley Vázquez, Athlete
Miguel Lóper, Athlete
Beverly Ramos, Athlete
Cao Delgado, Athlete
• RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY
Council of Churches of Puerto Rico (October 2013, December 2014)
Methodist Church of Puerto Rico (Río Piedras, Puerto Rico)
Ecumenical and Interreligious Coalition of Puerto Rico1
March for Oscar,San Juan, Puerto Rico
November 2013
1. This Coalition includes all the major denominations in Puerto Rico: Monseñor Ro-berto O. González Nieves, Archbishop of the Archdiocese of San Juan; Monseñor Rubén González, Bishop of the Caguas Diocese and President of the Puerto Rican Conference of Bishops; Reverend Esteban González Dobles, General Pastor, Disciples of Christ in Puerto Rico; Reverend Felipe Lozada Montañez, Bishop of the Lutheran Synod in the Caribbean and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America; Reverend Roberto Dieppa Báez, Execu-tive Minister, Baptist Church of Puerto Rico; Reverend Edward Rivera Santiago, General Pastor, United Evangelical Church of Puerto Rico; Reverend Rafael Moreno Rivas, Bishop of the Methodist Church of Puerto Rico; Reverend Eunice Santana, Caribbean Institute of Ecumenical Action and Formation, and Past President of the World Council of Churches; Anc. Edwin Quiles Rodríguez, Executive, Presbyterian Church, Puerto Rican Synod; Rever-end Heriberto Martínez Rivera, General Secretary, Biblical Society of Puerto Rico.
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Mons. Roberto Octavio González Nieves, OFM, Archbishop of San Juan
Luis Cardenal Aponte Martínez, Archbishop Emeritus of San Juan
Mons. Félix Lázaro Martínez, SchP, Bishop of Ponce
Mons. Iñaki Mallona Txertudi, CP, Bishop of Arecibo
Mons. Ulises Casiano Vargas, Bishop of Mayagüez
Mons. Rubén A. González Medina, CMP, Bishop of Caguas
Mons. Héctor Rivera Pérez, Auxiliary Bishop of San Juan
Mons. Hermín Negrón Santana, Auxiliary Bishop of San Juan
Puerto Rican Conference of Bishops
Bishop Héctor F. Ortiz Vidal, Methodist Church of Puerto Rico
Bishop Emeritus Juan Vera, Methodist Church of Puerto Rico
Bishop Rafael Moreno Rivas, Methodist Church of Puerto Rico
Bishop Felipe Lozada Montañez, Lutheran Church of Puerto Rico
Padre Angel Darío Carrero, OFM, Custodio de los Franciscanos del Caribe; President, Conferencia de Religiosos de Puerto Rico (deceased)
Reverend Heriberto Martínez, Secretary General of the Biblical Society of Puerto Rico
Reverend Eunice Santana, Iglesia de los Discípulos de Cristo, former President of the World Council of Churches, Director of the Caribbean Institute of Ecumenical Formation and Action
Reverend Alfonso Román, United Church of Christ (deceased)
March for Oscar Lafayette Park,
Washington, DCOctober 9, 2016
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INTERNATIONAL
• RESOLUTIONS/LETTERS OF SUPPORT
United Nations Decolonization Committee Resolutions, for many years, most recently: Special Committee decision of 22 June 2015 concerning Puerto Rico, A/AC.109/2015/L.6
Non Aligned Movement (September 2016, Durban, South Africa)American Association of Jurists (Buenos Aires, Argentina, September 2008; Caracas, Venezuela, September 2009; Quito, Ecuador, 2010; Buenos Aires, Argentina, November 2014)
American Association of Jurists (Statement to General Assembly of Human Rights Council, Geneva, Switzerland, March 12, 2012)
American Association of Jurists (statement to the Human Rights Council, Geneva, Switzerland, June 2015)
American Association of Jurists, Puerto Rico Chapter
International Association of Democratic Lawyers (Hanoi,Viet Nam, June 2009; Brussels, Belgium, April 2014; statement to the Human Rights Council, Geneva, Switzerland, June 2015)
International Federation of Bar Associations and Organizations of Attorneys of the Antilles, Dominican Republic, (August, 2014)
World Council of the Socialist International (Costa Rica, January 2012)
Alianza Bolivariana para los Pueblos de Nuestra América (February 2012)
Foro Mundial (Sao Paulo, January 2012)
Foro de Sao Paulo (September 2014)
Senate of the Republic of Mexico, LXII Legislature, Permanent Commission of the H. Congress of the Union, Foreign Relations, National Defense and Public Education, Second Work Commission (June 2015)
Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y Caribeños (December 2011)
Parliamentary Confederation of the Americas (Asunción, Paraguay, November 2014)
Agua, Sol y Serenoperformance
33rd anniversaryOscar’s Arrest
San Juan, Puerto RicoNovember 2014
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Latin American Federation of Journalists[FELAP](Ecuador, November 2014)
Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP)
Organization of Solidarity with the People of Asia, Africa and Latin America (OSPAAAL)
Union of Cuban Journalists (September 2015)
Permanent Conference of Political Parties of Latin America and the Caribbean (COPPPAL)(Dominican Republic, November 2015)
Latin American and Caribbean Congress for the Independence of Puerto Rico (Panamá, 2006)
Partido Alternativo Popular de Panamá (July 2011)
International Union of Food Industry Workers, Latin American Region (2013)
Bolivarian Continental Movement (MCB) (2013)
Frente Amplio de Costa Rica (July 2016)
Alliance for Democracy of the Dominican Republic (2013)
International Action Center (2013)
8th Continental Summit of Solidarity with Cuba (August 2016, Santo Domingo)
Summit of Intellectuals, CELAC/EU, Building Alternatives (Brussels, June 2015)
Basque Party SORTU (2013)
Communist Party of Chile (2013)
Socialist International, Committee for Latin America and the Caribbean (Guatemala)
3rd General Congress of the Federation of Workers of the Universities of the Americas (CONTUA)(Mexico City, October 2013)
Social Work / Social Service Professionals, Latin American and Caribbean Committee (May 2013)
Oscar López RiveraFCI Terre Haute
June 2015
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Comité Dominicano de Solidaridad con la Revolución Bolivariana de Venezuela
‘El Mehdi Ben Barka’ Solidarity Award, awarded by the Organization of Solidarity with the Peoples of Asia, Africa and Latin America (2013)
U.S./Cuba/Mexico/Latin America Labor Conference (Tijuana, August 2012)
International Democratic Federation of Women, Latin American and Caribbean Region (San Salvador, April 2015)
International Network of Women Against Militarism (Puerto Rico, February 2012)
El Partido de los Trabajadores [Workers Party]
World Federation of Trade Unions, Durban, South Africa (October 2016)
World Federation of Trade Unions, Region of the Americas
International Syndicate of Elevator Constructors of Mexico
Cooperative of Equipping and Maintaining Vertical Transport of Mexico
Popular Alternative Party of Panama
14th Congress of the International Democratic Federation of Women (April 2007)
11th International Workshop on Emancipatory Paradigms (Havana 2015)
Summit of the Peoples of MERCOSUR (Common Market of the South) (Asunción, Paraguay, December 2015)
19th International Seminar “Political Parties and a New Society” (Mexico City, March 2015)
20th International Seminar ‘’Political Parties and a New Society’’ (Mexico City, March 2016)
People’s Summit, convened parallel to the 7th Summit of the Americas (Panama, April 2015)
Latin American and Caribbean Region of the International Democratic Federation of Women (San Salvador, April 2015)
Agua, Sol y Serenoperformance
32nd anniversaryOscar’s Arrest
San Juan, Puerto RicoNovember 2013
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People’s Summit parallel to the CELAC-EU Summit (Brussels, June 2015)
4th Solidarity Conference (Santiago de Cuba, July 2015)
3rd European Conference in Solidarity with the Sandinista Revolution (Managua, July 2015)
21st Foro de Sao Paulo Conference (Mexico City, August 2015)
25th Congress of the Union of Beverage Industry Workers (Honduras, August 2015)
38th Meeting of the Latin American Executive Board of UITA (International Food Workers Union) (Dominican Republic, October 2015)
19th General Assembly of the World Federation of Democratic Youth (Havana, November 2015)
6th Meeting of the Peoples of the Caribbean (Curaçao, August 2015)
Grito de los Excluidos Conference (Santo Domingo; Madrid)
Grito de los Excluidos Continental por Trabajo, Justicia y Vida (September 2014)
Canto de Todos Argentina (June 2015)
First Congress for Regional Political Integration (Uruguay, April 2012)
18th Meeting of the Sao Paulo Forum (July 2012)
International Summit of Popular Youth Movements (Sao Paulo, Brazil, May 2015)
International Seminar “Parties and a New Society” (Mexico, March 2015)
11th International Workshop on Emancipatory Paradigms (Havana, February 2015)
Network of Intellectuals, Artists and Social Movements in Defense of Humanity (Caracas, December 2014)
Movimiento Patriótico Revolucionario Quebracho
Partido Obrero Revolucionario
34 Mujeres NYC x Oscar New York City
monthly vigil, 2015
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• ELECTED OFFICIALS AND CIVIC LEADERS
José Mujica, President of Uruguay
Daniel Ortega, President of Nicaragua
Nicolas Maduro, President of Venezuela
Diosdado Cabello, President, Venezuela National Assembly
Raúl Alfonsín, former President of Argentina
Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Argentina
Mairead Corrigan Maguire, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Ireland
José Ramos Horta, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, East Timor
Rigoberta Menchú, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Guatemala
Jody Williams, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, United States
Ricardo Alarcón de Quesada, Cuban statesman, former Permanent Representative to the United Nations on behalf of Cuba
Gloria Flórez, Andean Parlamentarian, Colombia
Thage G. Peterson, former Speaker of Swedish Parliament, former Minister for Justice of Sweden, former Minister for Defense of Sweden
Hillevi Larsson, Member of Swedish Parliament
Amineh Kakabaveh, Member of Swedish Parliament
Torbjörn Björlund, Member of Swedish Parliament
Marco Venegas, Member of Swedish Parliament
Ann-Margarethe Livh, Vice Mayor, Municipality of Stockholm
Heinz Leitner, retired official, Federal Ministry of Labour, former member of Austrian Board of Paroles, Vienna, Austria
Rodrigo Cabezas Morales, diputado venezolano, presidente del Parlamento Latinoamericano (Parlatino) y director de Relaciones Internacionales del PSUV
Ana Elisa Osorio, diputada venezolana, presidenta de la Comisión de Medio Ambiente y Turismo del Parlatino
Oscar López RiveraChicago, ILCirca 1972
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Sonia Alesso, secretaria general adjunta, de la Confederación de Trabajadores de la Educación de la República Argentina (CTERA)
Rina Bertaccini, presidenta del Mopassol de Argentina y vicepresidenta del Consejo Mundial por la Paz
Carlos Martínez Mendoza, embajador de Venezuela en Argentina
Jorge Taiana, legislador de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, excanciller de la República Argentina
Carolus Wimer, presidente del Grupo venezolano al Parlatino, dirigente del PCV
Roy Daza, diputado, coordinador de la Comisión de Ciudadanía y Derechos Humanos del Grupo venezolano del Parlatino
Marelys Pérez Marcano, diputada, integrante del Grupo Venezolano del Parlatino
Adriana Puiggros, diputada nacional del Partido Frente Grande de Argentina
Mohamed Salem Bachir, representante en Argentina de la República Árabe Saharaui Democrática y del Frente Polisario
Edgardo A. Form, legislador Nuevo Encuentro de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, gerente general del IMFC
Emilio López Muntaner, senador provincial del FPV, representante del vicegobernador de la provincia de Buenos Aires Gabriel Mariotto
Ignacio Moreno Aparicio, President of the Ateneo of Cádiz
Campo Elías Galindo, Frente Amplio por la Paz, Colombia
Berta Oliva, human rights activist from Honduras
Jorge Kreyness y Martín Sequeira, Comité Central del Partido Comunista
Ariel Elger, dirigente nacional, Federación Juvenil Comunista
Oscar Midley, representante, Instituto Movilizador de Fondos Cooperativos Leon Cristalli, representante, Movimiento de Integración Latinoamericana (MILES)
Oscar López RiveraUSP Marioncirca 1988
photo: Susan Meisalas
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Diego F. Minutti, secretario general, Unidad Básica “La Boca con Perón” de la CABA
Adrián Lomlomdjian, presidente, Unión Cultural Armenia de Buenos Aires
Amabe Molinari, representante, Asociación por la Unidad de Nuestra América (AUNA), de Argentina
Gonzalo Annuasi, representante, Partido Frente Grande
Horacio Rico, Instituto Argentino de Estudios Geopolíticos (IADEG)
Sara Faierman y Magaly Millán, Mesa Directiva del Mopassol
María Rosa Marcilla, Programa Quinquenal Cruce de los Andes
Adriana Rodríguez, Asociación Evita Siempre
Carlos Ferreyra, espacio abierto “Arde la Memoria”
Maxime Roumer, Senator of the Republic of Haiti
Estela Barnes de Carlotto, leader of the Abuelas de la Plaza de Mayo [Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo]
Baltasar Garzón and the Fundación Internacional Baltasar Garzón (FIBGAR) (May 2015)
Marco Antonio Sagastume Gemmell, president of the Bar Association of Guatemala (Puerto Rico, September 2015)
Susana Baca, former Minister of Culture of Peru; Singer/Songwriter
Rubén Blades, Grammy winner, actor, politician (Panama)
Luis Enrique Mejía Godoy, Singer/Songwriter (Nicaragua)
Vicente Feliú, Singer/Songwriter (Cuba)Cristián Castro, Grammy nominated singer (Mexico)
Sven Wollter, Actor (Sweden)
Gunilla Palmstierna-Weiss, Set and costume designer, Sculptress (Sweden)
Mikael Wiehe, Musician, singer, composer (Sweden)
Jan Hammarlund, Singer songwriter (Sweden)
Oscar with AmapolasFCI Terre Haute
April 2016
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Gabo Sequeira, Singer/Songwriter (Argentina)
Jaz Arenas, Singer/Songwriter (Colombia)
Dúo La Trova, Sebastián Echarry y Pablo Duarte, Singers/Songwriters (Argentina)
Gloria Arcos, Singer/Songwriter (Chile)
Pedro Munhoz, Singer/Songwriter (Brazil)
Alejandra Rabinovich, Singer/Songwriter (Argentina)
Cecilia Todd, Singer/Songwriter (Venezuela)
Alejandro Jusim, Singer/Songwriter (Argentina)
Dúo Negro y Blanco, Christián Benítez Ugartech y Mario Ramírez Ballivián, Singers/Songwriters (Bolivia)
Paula Ferré, Singer/Songwriter (Argentina)
Miryam Quiñones, Singer/Songwriter (Peru)
Nancy Morejón, Poet (Cuba)
Sergio “Maravilla” Martínez, Boxing Champion, Argentina
Jeannette Escanilla, Executive Board, Left Party, Sweden
Kenneth Lewis, Attorney, former President of Lawyers Without Borders, Sweden
Maria Sandblad, Freelance journalist, Writer, Sweden
Kristina Hillgren, Psychologist, Sweden
Narayan Desai, Chancellor of Gujarat Vidyapith, Ahmedabad University, India
Arundhati Roy, Novelist and Activist, India
Ashis Nandy, Political Psychologist, Social Theorist, Contemporary Cultural and Political Critic, India
Ela Gandhi, Granddaughter of Mahatma Gandhi, and Member of Parliament, South Africa
Campo Elías Galindo, Frente Amplio por la Paz, Colombia
“Cartas a Karina/Letters to Karina”Oscar’s letters to his granddaughter published October
2016
Dr. Gustavo J. Bobonis, Associate Professor of Economics University of Toronto
Natasha Himmelman, PhD student, African Literature University of Witwatersrand
• RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY
The Most Reverend Desmond M. Tutu, OMSG, DD, FRC, Anglican Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Town, South Africa
Regional Ecumenical Organizations and National Council of Churches Consultation on Conciliar Ecumenism (February 2012, Lebanon)2
Coalition of Latin American and Caribbean Men and Women Religious
Latin American Council of Churches
Conference of Afro-indigenous, Latin American and Caribbean Churches for Peace (Mexico 2014)
Coordinadora Evangélica Pentecostal Latinoamericana (CEPLA) (September 2016)
Dated: November 16, 2016
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2. Twenty-six General, Executive Secretaries and leaders of national and regional councils of churches from Switzerland, India, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Cuba, Jamaica, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Korea, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Canada, Norway, Hong Kong, Finland, Malaysia, Tahiti, the United Kingdom, Belgium, Ecuador, Ghana, Trinidad and Tobago, and Puerto Rico, signed on to this letter.