LIST OF SUPPORT for Oscar López Rivera’s...

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

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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

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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

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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

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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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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

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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

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With daughter Clarisa,


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

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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

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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


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)


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


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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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.

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