“The Puerto Rico independence committee and GCSM also discussed work together in solidarity as part of unity/ peace integration of Caribbean and Latin America, We support the resistance and struggle of Puerto Rico for its independence, even when the country is not represented in CELAC, and we celebrate the pardon given to Oscar López Rivera, which is the result of the struggle of his people and international solidarity for his release,” Khan said.

The prison sentence of Puerto Rican independence fighter, Oscar López Rivera, who has spent the last 35 years in prison in the United States, will expire on May 17, after it was commuted by President Barack Obama, on January 17, according to media outlets citing a Whitehouse source.

Simon Trinidad a leader within the Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC). He has been in a US Federal Supermax Prison since 2010 after it took four trials to find some bogus conviction.

Washington, Dec 6 (Prensa Latina) More than 104,000 people around the world have signed a petition addressed to US President Barack Obama in favor of the immediate release of Puerto Rican patriot Oscar López Rivera, surpassing the required figure of 100,000.