Vigil and Community Speakout for Oscar López Rivera
Oscar López Rivera: La excarcelación de la injusticia

Puerto Rican Grand Jury Resisters, Political Prisoners, Liberation Leaders, and Independence Movement

Puerto Rico: “Freedom for Oscar López Rivera, Now!” - Global Voices Online, June 10, 2013

Puerto Rico Gov. Repeats Call To Free Oscar Lopez, Independence Fighter - Huffington Post, June 10, 2013

García Padilla aboga por la excarcelación de Oscar López Rivera - El Nuevo Dia, 10 de Junio de 2013

Calle 13's René Pérez Imprisons Himself In P.R. on Behalf of Oscar López Rivera - Latino Post, June 4, 2013

Oscar López Rivera: After 32 Years in Prison, Calls Grow for Release of Puerto Rican Activist - Democracy Now, May 31, 2013

Desde Cuba: Oscar López Rivera, Libertad ya - MINH, May 30, 2013

Carmelo Ruiz-Marrero: Puerto Rican prisoner should be freed - Kansas City Star, May 30, 2013

Puerto Ricans demonstrate in fake prison cells to urge release of 70-year-old nationalist - Washington Post, May 29, 2013

Figuras públicas continúan encarcelándose por Oscar López Rivera - El Nuevo Dia, 29 de Mayo de 2013

Ricky Martin encarará a Obama por liberación de Oscar López Rivera - Noticel, May 29, 2013

Book Review: Puerto Rican Independentista Oscar López Rivera’s 32 Years of Resistance to Torture - Upside Down World, May 29, 2013

Ya Llego La Hora de Liberar a Oscar - El Nuevo Dia, 29 de Mayo de 2013

Más presos por la excarcelación de Oscar López Rivera - El Nuevo Dia, 29 de Mayo de 2013

Rejas simbólicas que piden fin a un largo encierro - El Nuevo Dia, 29 de Mayo de 2013

Inicia "encarcelamiento" por excarcelación de Oscar López Rivera - El Nuevo Dia, 29 de Mayo de 2013

Bhatia solicita a Obama la excarcelación de Oscar López - Metro, 29 de Mayo de 2013

Contento Oscar con el apoyo amplio y diverso de su pueblo - Claridad, 28 de Mayo de 2013

Oscar López Rivera, encierro y libertad - Claridad, 28 de Mayo de 2013

Notas biográficas de Oscar López Rivera - Claridad, 28 de Mayo de 2013

Mayra Montero y Mayita “presas” por Oscar López - El Nuevo Dia, 28 de Mayo de 2013

Mujeres demandan a Obama libertad Oscar López Rivera - Claridad, 28 de Mayo de 2013

Municipio de Caguas se une a reclamo excarcelación de Oscar López Rivera - Claridad, 28 de Mayo de 2013

Oscar López Rivera: Tras 32 años de encierro, reclamamos su excarcelación - Claridad, 28 de Mayo de 2013

Exposición de Oscar López Rivera en la Alcaldía de San Juan - El Nuevo Dia, 28 de Mayo de 2013

Exhiben obras de prisionero político boricua Oscar López Rivera - Prensa Latina, 28 de Mayo de 2013

Puertorriqueños reclamarán a EEUU indulto de histórico preso independentista - Univisión, 28 de Mayo de 2013

Oscar López Rivera, 32 años secuestrado en las cárceles de EEUU - Tercera Información, 28 de Mayo de 2013

Mayita Meléndez aboga por la liberación de Oscar López Rivera - El Nuevo Dia, 27 de Mayo de 2013

Mujeres reclaman excarcelación de Oscar López Rivera - El Nuevo Dia, 26 de Mayo de 2013

Presos por Oscar López Rivera - Univision, 24 de Mayo de 2013

Decenas irán "presos" por Oscar López Rivera - El Nuevo Dia, 19 de Mayo de 2013

Oscar lopez rivera, preso politico - El Nuevo Dia, 19 de Mayo de 2013

Crean cárcel para libertad de Oscar López - La Perla del Sur, 15 de Mayo de 2013

Madrid por la excarcelación del puertorriqueño independentista Oscar López Rivera - Tercera Información, 11 de Mayo de 2013

Un Disco Tributo a Oscar López Rivera: Canción para una vida de lucha - Claridad, 15 de Abril de 2013

Aboga García Padilla por la liberación de Oscar López Rivera - El Nuevo Día, 13 de Marzo 2013

Recuerdan ataque nacionalista boricua al Congreso de EE.UU. - Prensa Latina, 1 de Marzo 2013

Reclaman a Obama indulto a prisionero boricua Oscar López Rivera - Prensa Latina, 21 de Febrero 2013

La excarcelación de la injusticia - Claridad, February 20, 2013

Nobel de la Paz pide libertad para Oscar López Rivera - Noticel, 25 de Jenero, 2013

Alcaldesa espera que Obama libere prisionero político puertorriqueño - Venezolana de Televisión, 22 de Jenero, 2013

Alcaldesa espera que Obama libere prisionero político puertorriqueño - Venezolana de Televisión, 22 de Jenero, 2013

NY meeting demands ‘Free Oscar López Rivera!’ - The Militant, January 22, 2013

Independentista advierte sobre las alianzas políticas - El Nuevo Día, 20 de Jenero, 2013

Colapsa en acto público Ayoroa Santaliz - La Perla del Sur, 18 de Jenero, 2013

Óscar López Rivera: El preso político más antiguo es un independentista boricua - Otramérica, 15 de Jenero, 2013

Panel discussion and book-signing re: "Between Torture and Resistance" - National Boricua Human Rights Network, January 3, 2012

Los 70 de Oscar - Claridad, 2 de Jenero, 2013

Unidos populares y pipiolos por excarcelación de Oscar López (WAPA, 9 de Diciembre, 2012

Puerto Rico independence leader returns home - Associated Press, December 7, 2012

Llega a suelo boricua el patriota Avelino González Claudio - Patria Grande, 6 de Diciembre 2012

Políticos de NY abogan por la libertad de Oscar López Rivera - El Diario-La Prensa, 1 de Diciembre de 2012

Piden liberar a preso político Oscar López Rivera - EFE, 1 de Diciembre de 2012

Oscar Lopez Rivera Message To The American Studies Association Conference - November 29, 2012

Our Resistance: An Interview With Rafael Cancel Miranda - NACLA, November 27, 2012

Puerto Rico Nationalist, Long A Fugitive, Faces Sentence For 1983 Wells Fargo Robbery - Hartford Courant, November 12, 2012

Inicia primer juicio simulado sobre derechos de puertorriqueños (El Diario-La Prensa, 19 de Octubre de 2012)

The Prisoner and the Kayaker (Counterpunch, October 19, 2012)

‘By fighting for Cuban 5, we fight for ourselves’ (The Militant, October 13, 2012)

¿Lares? (El Nuevo Día, 23 de Sepiembre 2012)

Grito de Lares sin Rafael Cancel Miranda (WAPA.tv, 22 de Sepiembre 2012)

Old Typewriter Ribbon Ties Puerto Rico Nationalist to $7 Million Robbery (Hartford Courant, September 18, 2012)

Independentistas rechazan acuerdo de facción nacionalista con alcalde PNP (El Nuevo Día, 17 de Sepiembre 2012)

Puerto Rican kayaker-political activist bound for D.C. (Virgin Islands Daily News, September 15, 2012)

Puertorriqueño que reclama la liberación de preso político se acerca a Culebra (Hola Ciudad, 14 de Sepitiembre de 2012)

De vuelta al mar Tito Kayak (IndyMediaPR, 13 de Septiembre de 2012)

“Tito Kayak” retoma viaje por liberación de Oscar López (El Diario-La Prensa, 31 de Agosto de 2012)

Islas, islas, islas (80 Grados, 27 de Julio de 2012)

Tito Kayak’s Repeating Islands (Ed Morales, July 18, 2012)

Tito Kayak paddles Caribbean to free political prisoners (Workers' World, July 17, 2012)

ACLU Report Says 1,700 Puerto Rican Police Officers Are Criminals, Entire Force Rampant With Abuse (Ology, July 7, 2012)

Foro de Sao Paulo aprueba resolución a favor de la independencia (Primera Hora, 6 de Julio de 2012)

Tito Kayak Continúa Desde El Sur de St Vincent Rumbo a Santa Lucía (Roso Grimau, 1 de Julio de 2012)

Tito Kayak navega por la liberación de preso puertorriqueño (Daily Motion, 25 de Junio de 2012)

Pasa por la Boca del Dragón Tito Kayak (Noticel, 25 de Junio de 2012)

Avanza campaña marítima por liberación de preso puertorriqueño (ALAI, 25 de Junio de 2012)

Tito Kayak cumple primer tramo por la libertad de Oscar López Rivera (Indymedia PR, 22 de Junio de 2012)

Travesía admirable frente a militarización de la frontera del Caribe (APB, 21 de Junio de 2012)

Toda Venezuela: Alberto Tito Kayak activista y ambientalista puertorriqueño (Daily Motion, 18 de Junio de 2012)

Situación de Vieques ante la ONU (El Diario-La Prensa, 17 de Junio de 2012)

Machetero Leader Admits Role In $7.1 Million Robbery In Exchange For 5-Year Prison Sentence (Hartford Courant, June 15, 2012)

Fugitive on run almost 30 years pleads guilty in Connecticut heist‎ (Chicago Tribune, June 15, 2012)

Exhibit highlights plight of Puerto Rican political prisoner‎ (Final Call, May 21, 2012)

"Filiberto" no es caso aislado: Corporacion machetea cine boricua (Noticel, 19 de Mayo de 2012)

Kayakeando por la Libertad (Amigos del Mar, 20 de Mayo de 2012)

In Florida, support for freedom for Puerto Rican political prisoner‎ (People's World, May 1, 2012)

Bond denied for defendant in 1983 Conn. robbery (Associated Press, April 26, 2012)

Niegan fianza a "machetero" acusado de robo mayor en EEUU (El Diario-La Prensa, 26 de Abril de 2012)

Nacionalista puertorriqueño negocia con fiscales de EEUU (Univisión, 23 de Abril de 2012)

Man charged in 1983 Conn. robbery seeks release (WTNH, April 22, 2012)

Aging Puerto Rico Nationalist Too Dangerous For Bail, Prosecutors Say (Fox News Latino, April 19, 2012)

Puerto Rican nationalist seeks release on bond (Associated Press, April 16, 2012)

Cuba Commemorates 75th Anniversary of the Massacre of Ponce (Radio Cadena Agramonet, March 23, 2012)

Líder nacionalista boricua busca apoyo en NY (El Diario-La Prensa, 17 de Marzo de 2012)

Regresa a NY exconfinado político puertorriqueño (El Diario-La Prensa, 14 de Marzo de 2012)

FALN bomb kills 4 at Fraunces Tavern, where George Washington said farewell to troops (New York Daily News, January 21, 2012)

2012, el año de la liberación de Oscar López Rivera (Claridad, 5 de Enero de 2012)

Exigen a Obama libertad de prisionero político puertorriqueño ‎(Prensa Latina, 4 de Enero de 2012)

New Communique from Puerto Rico's Revolutionaries LOS MACHETEROS (September 23, 2011)

New prison restrictions for PR nationalist (Associated Press, July 29, 2011)

Ricardo Alarcon Ratifies Cuba's Support for Puerto Rico's Independence (Ahora, July 12, 2011)

Boricuas exigen en Cuba libertad para independentista Oscar López (Prensa Latina, 1 de Julio 2011)

U.S. Marshal: Puerto Rican who complained of RI jail conditions was isolated for safety (Washington Post, July 1, 2011)

Pro-Independence Movement Thanks Fidel and Raul for their Solidarity with Puerto Rico (Cuba News, June 30, 2011)

Independentistas puertorriqueños exigen libertad para los Cinco (Prensa Latina, 29 de Junio 2011)

UN Asks United States to Give Independence to Puerto Rico (ABC Live, June 21, 2011)

Presentation to the United Nations Decolonization Committee Hearings on Puerto Rico (Monthly Review, June 21, 2011)

Comité de Descolonización aprobó resolución sobre Puerto Rico (El Nuevo Día, 20 de Junio, 2011)

ONU ampara independencia de Puerto Rico (TeleSUR, 20 de Junio 2011)

Special Committee on Decolonization - Puerto Rico: Part 2 (United Nations Webcast, June 20, 2011)

Special Committee on Decolonization - Puerto Rico: Part 1 (United Nations Webcast, June 20, 2011)

Cuba Insists on Puerto Rico's Right to Be Independent (Radio Cadena Agramonte, June 20, 2011)

Protesta a visita del presidente Obama (subVERSIONES, 15 de Junio 2011)

About 20 pro-independence protesters keep all-night vigil in Puerto Rico (Washington Post, June 14, 2011)

Jóvenes ocupan el Morro y reclaman la liberación de presos políticos (El Nuevo Día, 13 de Junio, 2011)

Acampan en El Morro en reclamo de que Oscar López Rivera sea excarcelado (Primera Hora, 13 de Junio, 2011)

El Súper llega, pero jóvenes siguen en El Morro (NotiCel, 13 de Junio, 2011)

Por la liberación de Oscar López Rivera (Claridad, 13 de Junio, 2011)

Seis arrestos en Puerto Rico en relación con Obama (El Diario-La Prensa, 13 de Junio 2011)

Arrestan a Tito Kayak por protestar contra Obama (El Nuevo Día, 13 de Junio, 2011)

Puerto Rican Independence Activist Pleads Not Guilty To 1983 Bank Robbery (Democracy Now, June 7, 2011)

Supporters call for release of Puerto Rican nationalist (Chicago Tribune, May 30, 2011)

Puerto Rican nationalist: Not guilty in big heist (Associated Press, May 20, 2011)

Freedom Month Solidarity with Puerto Rican Political Prisoners (Infoshop News, May 20, 2011)

Comité Descolonización de ONU estudiará el caso de Puerto Rico el 20 de junio (El Norte de Castilla, 18 de Mayo 2011)

FBI down to 1 fugitive in $7 million Conn. Heist (Associated Press, May 13, 2011)

Puerto Rico militant to face trial in Connecticut (Associated Press, May 13, 2011)

Cae histórico líder de Macheteros (El Diario-La Prensa, May 11, 2011)

FBI arresta a machetero Norberto González Claudio (El Nuevo Dia, 10 de Mayo 2011)

FBI arrests long-sought Puerto Rican militant (Associated Press, May 10, 2011)

Arrestan presunto Machetero (NotiCel, 10 de Mayo 2011)

Hay que poner a Oscar en la conciencia de los puertorriqueños (Claridad, 4 Abril 2011)

Island status plebiscite languishes in legislature (Puerto Rico Daily Sun, February 20, 2011)

No parole for former leader of Puerto Rican FALN group (Chicago Sun-Times, February 19, 2011)

Niegan libertad condicional a nacionalista puertorriqueño (Terra Perú, 18 Febrero 2011)

No parole for jailed Puerto Rican nationalist (Associated Press, February 18, 2011)

Behind a Push for Parole in Chicago, a Prisoner's Old Neighborhood (The New York Times, February 11, 2011)

Oscar (El Nuevo Día, 4 Febrero, 2011)

Nationalist says Cold War tactics are back (Puerto Rico Daily Sun, February 2, 2011)

Nacionalistas denuncian persecución federal (El Nuevo Día, 1 Febrero 2011)

FBI listened in on Puerto Rican reporters' calls (Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, December 17, 2008)

Puerto Rico questions U.S. subpoenas (The Guilfordian, September 6, 2008)

Puerto Rican activists facing repression (Socialist Worker, August 19, 2008)

Caso de independentistas boricuas será público (El Diario/La Prensa, 29 de Julio, 2008)

FBI Investigation of Pro Independence-Puerto Ricans (Latin Week NY, July 2, 2008)

Decidirán sobre audiencias en caso de activistas boricuas (El Diario/La Prensa, 29 de Junio, 2008)

Supporters Of Subpoenaed Puerto Ricans To Call On Federal Grand Jury To Stop The Repression (Release, June 24, 2008)

Federal Grand Juries Subpoenas as a Means of Intimidating the Rican Freedom Movement (VivirLatino, June 23, 2008)

Puerto Rican journalists win appeal in brutality case (La Prensa, June 19, 2008)

US revives grand jury probe of Puerto Rican independence activists (World War 4 Report, June 18, 2008)

Puerto Rican independence fighters denounce colonial rule (The Militant, June 13, 2008)

Committee on Decolonization today called [for] a process to Expedite Self-Determination for Puerto Ricans (June 10, 2008)

Puerto Rican Independence: Propelling the Agenda Forward In Spite of Political Repression (Ocasio Rivera, June 2, 2008)

Protest set as Puerto Rico activist subpoened (Workers World, May 28, 2008)

Protests hit repression of Puerto Rican independence activists (Fight Back! Newspaper, February 1, 2008)

FBI Witch Hunt Stokes Puerto Rican Independence Movement (AlterNet, January 31, 2008)

Puerto Rican Independence Movement under Attack in New York and San Juan (Monthly Review, January 28, 2008)

Constructing an enemy (El Diario/La Prensa, January 17, 2008)

FBI launches new attack on Puerto Rican movement (Workers World, January 17, 2008)

El pueblo es uno, no tres ni cuatro (Claridad, 17 de Enero, 2008)

Before and After the Subpoenas (Special to Virtual Boricua, January 15, 2008)

Grand jury testimony in Macheteros probe postponed (World War 4 Report, January 14, 2008)

Defend Puerto Rican independentistas! (PSL, January 14, 2008)

El Gran Jurado es un instrumento jurídico de control social (El Diario/La Prensa, 13 de Enero, 2008)

Posponen comparecencias de independentistas boricuas (El Diario/La Prensa, 12 de Enero, 2008)

Unitaria protesta contra el gran jurado federal (IndyMedia PR, 11 de Enero, 2008)

Pro-independence Puerto Ricans subpoenaed by NYC grand jury (Newsday, January 11, 2007)

Independentistas denuncian presión (El Diario/La Prensa, 11 de Enero, 2008)

3 Summoned to Federal Court For Suspected Ties To P.R. Independence Movement (Brooklyn Eagle, January 11, 2007)

Incógnita por citaciones al Gran Jurado (El Diario/La Prensa, 10 de Enero, 2008)

Grupos independentistas anuncian manifestación (El Vocero, 9 de Enero, 2008)

Habla con el jefe del FBI (El Nuevo Día, 9 de Enero, 2008)

FBI on fishy fishing expedition (New York Daily News, January 9, 2008)

National protests against against subpoena of Puerto Rican activists (World War 4 Report, January 9, 2008)

Anuncian protestas contra el FBI en seis estados (El Diario/La Prensa, 8 de Enero, 2008)

Statement on Grand Jury Harassment of the Puerto Rican People (Latin America Solidarity Coalition, January 7, 2008)

Call on Federal Grand Jury to Stop the Repression (Press Release, January 7, 2008)

Puerto Rico Leader: FBI Probe Political (The Associated Press, January 4, 2008)

On the Grand Jury Subpoenas (Gerena-Rochet, January 2, 2007)

New York: grand jury probes Puerto Rican activists (World War 4 Report, December 31, 2007)

Citan 3 jóvenes independentistas a Gran Jurado NY (El Vocero, 31 de Diciembre, 2007)

Protestas contra gran jurado (El Diario/La Prensa, 31 de Diciembre, 2007)

Federal Grand Jury Target Puerto Rican Independistas in New York (NYC Independent Media Center, December 30, 2007)

Independentistas listos ante ofensiva del Dpto. de Justicia (El Diario/La Prensa, 28 de Diciembre, 2007)

denuncian que se producirán arrestos de Independendistas (El Diario/La Prensa, 27 de Diciembre, 2007)

Puerto Rico Bearing Her Chains (New York Latino Journal, December 22, 2007)

Colonial Capitalism: Crisis and Response in Puerto Rico (NACLA Report on the Americas, November/December, 2007)

Statements on the Report by the "President’s Task Force on Puerto Rico’s Status” (December 2007)

Report By The President’s Task Force On Puerto Rico’s Status (December 2007)

Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007

FBI Files on Puerto Ricans

Filiberto Ojeda Ríos: 80 años

El Gran Jurado Federal (Red Betances, 18 de junio de 2003)

How to Handle Encounters with Law Enforcement: Grand Juries (Beat the Heat; AK Press, 2003)

September 23

Fuerzas Armadas de Liberacion Nacional (FALN)

Stop FBI Harassment
of the Puerto Rican Community

On April 16, 2008 in various parts of Puerto Rico, the FBI once again harassed and tried to intimidate the Puerto Rican independence activists. Two of the harassed are Miguel Viqueira, a marine biologist and Tania Delgado Soto, a young Puerto Rican lawyer. Both are members of the "Nueva Escuela" (The New School).

The New School identified those intervened as Miguel Viqueira and Tania Delgado Soto. "When Miguel was preparing to leave for work, several agents, armed and with bullet proof vests bearing the FBI initials, surrounded him and with a hostile and provocative attitude began to threaten him," said a press release.

"Although Miguel told them he had nothing to say to them and tried to close the door of his car to leave, they did not allow him to do so and continued insulting and threatening him. After a while they left without showing any judicial order for the intervention," the New School reported.

As for Delgado Soto, who is an employee of Cooperative Development, two men and a woman from the FBI in a white van stopped her.

"When she refused to accede to their demand that she cooperate, and when she insisted on calling her lawyers, they left," the organization added.

Héctor Pesquera, co-chair of the National Hostos Independence Movement (MINH), confirmed both interventions.

From his perspective, the FBI "is harassing the independence movement in its zeal to keep sending the message that they rule, and that this is a colony."

Edgardo Delgado Bras, Tania's father, said his 29 year old daughter called him to tell him what happened.

"This is a pattern; it's not isolated, to intimidate those of us who believe in independence," said Delgado Bras, also an attorney.

The FBI spokesperson specified that they intervened with people in Yauco, Peñuelas, Bayamón, Guaynabo and San Juan. No one was arrested.

The following persons will address the press:

1. Dylcia Pagan- ex-political prisoner and fighter for Puerto Rican Independence
2. Spokesperson for the Hostos Grand Jury Resistance Campaign
3. Spokesperson for ProLibertad
4. Spokesperson of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party
5. Spokesperson for the PIP

Familia

If approached by agents of law enforcement.

You Are Only Required to Identify Yourself

You have the right to remain silent. You should do so.

Tell them " I am exercising my right not to speak with you without my attorney being present". Give them your lawyer’s number. If you do not have one, ask them for their information to give to a lawyer.

If approached, consult with an attorney before meeting, speaking on the phone, writing or in any way answering any questions.

Anything you say can be used against you. Their reports will reflect "their version" of conversations or statements allegedly made by you.

Lying to a law enforcement agent “is a crime.”

Do not appear before anyone for questioning, consent to any searches of your home or private property, surrender any evidence or in any way let yourself be involved in any aspect of any investigation without a court order and with your attorney.

If there is any "legitimate" reason, law enforcement agents can obtain a court order. Do not consent to anything without it.

Federal agents are harassing people by visiting them in their place of employment. They are using this method to "invite" people out to "just" talk over coffee.

Federal agents are lying to people they approach by telling them they just want to talk, attempting to engage them in conversation and then serving them with a subpoena. 

Do not let yourself be intimidated.

"KNOW YOUR RIGHTS"

How to Handle Encounters with Law Enforcement: Grand Juries (Beat the Heat; AK Press, 2003)