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Newsweek At this year's Puerto Rican Day Parade, we spoke to Puerto Ricans about the controversy surrounding Oscar López Rivera and whether the U.S. territory should become independent.
96 months ago
Fox News Oscar Lopez Rivera belonged to the Armed Forces of National Liberation - an ultranationalist Puerto Rican group that claimed responsibility for more than 100 bombings in New York, Chicago, Washington and Puerto Rico during the 1970s and early 1980s.
Oscar Lopez Rivera Will be Honored in Puerto Rican Day Parade, NYC Council Speaker Says
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NYC Police Commissioner James O'Neill along with several law enforcement groups said they would not be attending.
96 months ago
Newsweek A former Puerto Rican nationalist is to be celebrated in New York City this weekend.
Oscar López Rivera, terrorist to some, hero to others, was to be honored at NYC's Puerto Rican Day P
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It’s hard to see who, other than de Blasio, benefits from this compromise, in which everyone will have to pretend López Rivera is not the parade’s grand marshal.
96 months ago
NPR Oscar López Rivera, 74, was released from house arrest in Puerto Rico. He was part of a militant group that fought for Puerto Rican independence that claimed responsibility for more than 70 bombings, killing five people.
Puerto Rican Nationalist Oscar López Rivera Is Released
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López Rivera had been in custody since 1981. He was imprisoned over his connection with a militant group that fought for Puerto Rican independence and claimed responsibility for dozens of bombings.
97 months ago
NPR Who is a terrorist and who is a freedom fighter and who gets to decide? NPR's Latino USA dives into the story of Oscar López Rivera.
The USA v. Oscar López Rivera
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In the 1970s, domestic political bombings were so common they barely made the paper. By one FBI estimate, there were 1,900 bombings in 1972 alone. One of the most active groups was the FALN—the Armed Forces of National Liberation. They set off more Read more ... than...
100 months ago
Fox News "John Adams and Benjamin Franklin have nothing in common with Oscar Lopez Rivera."
There was a fiery debate on #First100 tonight over President Obama's decision to commute the sentence of Puerto Rican nationalist Oscar Lopez Rivera.
101 months ago
HuffPost Politics Oscar López Rivera spent 35 years in prison, having never been convicted of a violent act. In May, he’ll be free.
Puerto Rican Nationalist Granted Clemency After Decades In Prison
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President Barack Obama commuted the sentence of Puerto Rican nationalist leader Oscar López Rivera on Tuesday.
101 months ago
NPR Among the commutations announced by the White House today: Oscar Lopez Rivera, a member of a Puerto Rican separatist group in prison since 1981.
Pardon Sought For Prisoner Who Fought For Puerto Rican Independence
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There are calls for President Obama to pardon Oscar López Rivera, who was jailed in connection to a series of bombings by a radical nationalist group. But to some, he's still an unrepentant terrorist.
101 months ago
NPR Celebrities, politicians and activists, ranging from Bernie Sanders to Hamilton creator Lin Manuel Miranda and Archbishop Desmond Tutu, are asking President Obama to grant clemency to Oscar López Rivera.
Rivera was part of a militant group that fou Read more ... ght for Puerto Rican independence.
Pardon Sought For Prisoner Who Fought For Puerto Rican Independence
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There are calls for President Obama to pardon Oscar López Rivera, who was jailed in connection to a series of bombings by a radical nationalist group. But to some, he's still an unrepentant terrorist.
101 months ago
Mic Oscar Lopez Rivera was imprisoned 35 years ago as a non-violent protestor — so why haven't we released him yet?
104 months ago