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Oscar Lopez Rivera, Puerto Rico Struggle

Clarissa López to Join 33 Mujeres NYC in East Harlem to Demand the Release of Her Father, Puerto Rican Political Prisoner Oscar López Rivera

November 24 – This month, 33 Mujeres NYC x Oscar will rally in East Harlem in front of “La Placita” on East 116th Street and Park Avenue. Please join us at 4:00 pm sharp in a 33-minute action to create awareness among our communities here and help build a movement for the release of Puerto Rican political prisoner OscarLópez Rivera.

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Oscar’s daughter, Clarissa López, will be attending the 4:00 pm rally, as well as a community gathering and silent auction at Camaradas el Barrio, beginning at 5:00 pm.
About Oscar López Rivera

Oscar López Rivera Often described as the Nelson Mandela of our generation, Oscar is the longest held Puerto Rican political prisoner in the history of the nation’s independence movement. Activists, singers, politicians, actors, students, religious leaders and lawyers the world over have called on President Barack Obama to exercise his Constitutional power of pardon, and to grant immediate and unconditional release to Oscar López Rivera.
About 33 Mujeres NYC x Oscar
33 Mujeres NYC x Oscar is a group of women from New York City committed to securing Oscar López Rivera’s freedom. We hold monthly rallies for 33 minutes on the last Sunday of every month from 4:00 – 4:33pm to signify the 33 years that Oscar has been imprisoned in federal penitentiaries, and will continue to hold monthly rallies until he is released. Our rallies coincide with actions occurring at the same date and time in San Juan, Puerto Rico that were initiated by 32 women in 2013 to mark Oscar’s 32nd year of imprisonment.
Monthly Rally
Sunday, November 30th
4:00 pm to 4:30 pm
In front of “La Placita”
In front of “La Placita”
East 116th Street & Park Avenue

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The New York Times condemns U.S. brain drain policy against Cuba

WASHINGTON.— An editorial published on November 17 by the U.S. newspaper, The New York Times, condemned the brain drain from Cuba stimulated by the United States, and in particular the program that encourages the migration of doctors to the U.S. during official missions abroad.

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This is the sixth time in just over a month that the Editorial Board of the New York newspaper has addressed the issue of Washington’s policies toward Cuba.

According to The New York Times, there is much to criticize in terms of failed U.S. policies regarding Cuba and the blockade it has imposed on the island for decades, but the program aimed at encouraging doctors to defect is particularly difficult to justify.

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The Cuban Five

THE NEW YORK TIMES A Prisoner Swap With Cuba By THE EDITORIAL BOARD NOV. 2, 2014

 

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In an editorial published in the print edition of the New York Times, Monday, Nov. 3, 2014, in English and Spanish (appearing online the evening of Sun. Nov. 2), the Editorial Board has called for a prisoner exchange of the three remaining members of the Cuban Five for Alan Gross, who is serving a 15-year sentence in Cuba.

This is a major media breakthrough. Significant in the Editorial’s coverage is the commentary that commuting the Five’s sentences would be “justified considering the lengthy time they have served, the troubling questions about the fairness of their trial, and the potential diplomatic payoff in clearing the way toward a new bilateral relationship.” They urge quick resolution of Alan Gross’s case through such an humanitarian exchange. The article details Gerardo Hernández’s case and the dissenting opinion of federal judge Phyllis Kravitch, who insisted that the government prosecutors failed to prove Gerardo’s guilt on murder conspiracy charges. She was in the original 3-judge panel that overturned the Five’s convictions in 2005. Gerardo was falsely accused and convicted of murder conspiracy. His case and that of Ramón Labañino and Antonio Guerrero are currently on Habeas Corpus appeal.

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Cuban Revolution

United States Humiliated Again At United Nations International community backs Cuba

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On Tuesday October 28, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution entitled “The Necessity of Ending the Economic, Commercial and Financial Blockade imposed by the United States of America against Cuba,” with the support of 188 of its 193 members.

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Juan Carlos Mendoza, Costa Rica’s representative to the UN spoke for the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) calling for an end to the blockade.

 

On the twenty-third consecutive occasion, the main forum of this international body categorically demanded the lifting of the blockade enforced by Washington for over half a century, which has resulted in economic damages estimated at almost $1.16 trillion dollars and incalculable human suffering.

The United States and Israel did not back the resolution, while the Marshall Islands, Micronesia and Palau abstained.

Intergovernmental bodies and representatives from various countries supported Cuba in the General Assembly and condemned the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States for over half a century.

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