[News] NLG - Presentation on Puerto Rico to UN Decolonization Committee
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National Lawyers Guild International Committee
Presentation to the United Nations Decolonization Committee
Hearings on Puerto Rico
June 21, 2010
The National Lawyers Guild was founded in 1937 as
an alternative to the American Bar Association,
which did not admit people of color. The National
Lawyers Guild is the oldest and largest public
interest/human rights bar organization in the
United States. With headquarters in New York, it
has chapters in every state. From its founding,
the National Lawyers Guild has maintained an
internationalist perspective, and international
work has been a critical focus for the Guild. Its
International Committee has organized delegations
to many countries throughout the world, and Guild
members are involved in international
organizations, such as the International
Association for Democratic Lawyers and the
American Association of Jurists. Presently,
active subcommittees exist for Cuba, the Middle
East, Korea, and the United Nations. Guild
members, including myself, have a long history of
defending activists in the Puerto Rican independence movement.
I. Status
A. U.S. Congress
Both houses of the United States
Ccongress recently considered legislation
proposed by Puerto Rico’s non-voting resident
commissioner, allegedly addressing the colonial
status of Puerto Rico. While its proponent
publicly asserted that the bill was not an
invitation to Puerto Rico to become the 51st
state of the union, the bill was widely seen as
one promoting that very result. 1 The bill, which
earned lobbyists millions of dollars, 2 called
for allowing plebiscites in Puerto Rico, the
results of which would not be binding on U.S.
Congress. 3 The island’s main daily newspaper
known for its conservative position on the status
question in an editorial denounced the
“arrogant” behavior of the members of the House
and Senate, and called the process “an
insensitive charade,” and “another exercise in
futility that continues to lacerate the
self-esteem and collective spirit of the Puerto
Rican people as a result of its political controversy.” 4
The congressional process does not
begin to approach compliance with the resolutions
of this august Committee, which call upon the
government of the U.S. to assume its
responsibility to expedite a process that will
allow the Puerto Rican people fully to exercise
their inalienable right to self-determination and
independence, in accordance with General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV).
B. White House
There is no ministry or any formal
office of the U.S. government charged with
responsibility for administering the colony.
However, in 2000, a President’s Task Force on
Puerto Rico was created, 5 which this year held
two poorly attended sessions to listen to
testimony from witnesses recommended by the
electoral parties. 6 Task Force representatives,
who asserted their report would be “neutral” on
the status question, 7 were perceived as either
lacking interest or ignorant, even by prominent
supporters of statehood. 8 A report is due in
October, though expectations are
generally low. 9
II. Colonial administration continues to threaten the future of the nation
Many of the specters of disaster
augured in our last report to this Committee have
unfortunately come to pass evidence that the
continuing colonial relationship is in dire need
of a just solution. The pro-statehood
administration on the island has laid off some
20,000 government employees, applying "Law No.
7," which gave them emergency powers to effect
fiscal measures; 10 packed the Puerto Rico
Supreme Court with loyal pro-statehood party
members; 11 attempted to do away with the Puerto
Rico Bar Association, the oldest professional
organization in Puerto Rico; 12 threatened to
privatize the government assets that remain in
the public domain, including the vast system of
higher education; 13 slashed the budget of every
cultural institution which preserves and
promulgates the dynamic culture of the Puerto
Rican people; 14 moved against a squatter
community of Dominican immigrants 15 and against
a longstanding, well-organized community of
descendants of displaced workers, 16 all the
while squandering exorbitant amounts of public
money lobbying U.S. Congress in efforts to
influence annexationist legislation. 17 All this
in the context of collapsing banks and the
highest unemployment rate in years. 18
In response to these crises, a
delegation of our International Committee went to
Puerto Rico to conduct an onsite investigation of
the Puerto Rican government's policies aimed at
individuals who promote and defend fundamental
human rights, 19 and emerged with a plan to
coordinate with the International Association of
Democratic Lawyers and the American Association
of Jurists to denounce the retrograde laws,
support the Puerto Rico Bar Association, and,
inter alia file amicus briefs in the cases
involving Vieques and the CaZo Martín PeZa squatter community. 20
Resistance to these violations of
human rights has continued to grow on the island,
with work and student stoppages and day-long
general strikes which enjoyed wide participation
by labor and every sector of society. 21
Recently, university students are leading the
fore, in a two month long non-confrontational
strike, supported by parents, professors,
university workers, unions, religious
organizations, indeed by the whole of civil
society. 22 There was widespread concern for the
safety and well-being of the student leaders,
both during the strike and once the strike comes
to an end, 23 as riot police have not only
assaulted the students, their parents, legal
observers 24 and journalists; 25
http://www.elnuevodia.com/ungraveerrordecalculodelaadministracion-705435.html.
but police have publicly stated their desire to
commit violence, 26 and their police chief, a
former FBI agent, has expressed his unwavering
support for his troops. 27 Hopefully, the recent
court-ordered negotiated settlement, in which the
students emerged victorious, 28 will avert the anticipated police violence.
III. Political prisoners
This year has been historically
significant for Puerto Rico’s political prisoners
held in United States prisons. Carlos Alberto
Torres marked 30 years of prison, for his
struggle for the independence of Puerto Rico,
becoming the longest held political prisoner in
the history of that nation. After a campaign
including over 10,000 letters of support to the
U.S. Parole Commission, he will be released on
parole next month, in spite of persistent efforts
by the Bureau of Prisons to sabotage his parole. 29
Oscar López Rivera this year marked
29 years in prison. López, 67 years old, and
serving a sentence of 70 years, has a release
date of 2023. 30 Avelino González Claudio, also
67 years old, was just sentenced to a prison term
of seven years, in spite of his advanced Parkinson’s Disease. 31
The harshness of the conditions
under which they are held may be exemplified by
Mr. López’ recent experience, when his older
sister suffered a series of heart attacks and was
near death in intensive care. Even though the
family offered to pay for his travel as well as
the expenses for staff who would accompany him,
prison officials rejected out of hand the request
that he be permitted to visit her bedside,
focusing on the extraordinary length of his
sentence, the years remaining to be served, and
the political nature of the charges. The denial
was dated one week before the 29th anniversary of
his arrest. Not only did the warden deny the
furlough request, but he even refused to allow
López to purchase telephone minutes in addition
to the allotted 300 minutes per month, so that he
could at least stay in touch with the family.
Coincidentally, these denials came
at precisely the same time that the Cuban
government reviled by the United States for
allegedly violating the human rights of those in
its custody followed up on its promise to move
Cuban dissidents closer to their families, 32
though their sentences are only a fraction of
those being served by Oscar and his compatriot
Carlos Alberto Torres in U.S. prisons. 33 Not
surprisingly, the move did not satisfy the U.S.
government, whose State Department spokesperson
said, “We hope that the prisoners of conscience
will be unconditionally set free and in the very
near future.” 34 It seems that the U.S. is too
busy meddling in the internal affairs of other
sovereign nations, and insisting on the release
of “prisoners of conscience,” to tend to the
human rights of its own political prisoners and
comply with the international law and this
Committee’s resolutions applying it.
The political prisoners remain
strong in spirit, their commitment to the
independence of their nation undaunted, in spite of adversity.
IV. Vieques
Puerto Rican scientists successfully unmasked the
junk science relied upon by U.S. government
agencies which falsely put forth that the people
of Vieques suffered no adverse consequences from
the dangerous toxic aftermath of decades of
occupation by the U.S. Navy. 35 However, the U.S.
has still not taken responsibility for the
clean-up, and Vieques remains on the Super Fund
list.
36
<http://www.elnuevodia.com/voces/689639/>http://www.elnuevodia.com/voces/689639/Abbie
Boudreau and Scott Bronstein, CNN Special
Investigations Unit, “Island residents sue U.S.,
saying military made them sick,” CNN, February 1,
2010,
<http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/02/01/vieques.illness/index.html;>http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/02/01/vieques.illness/index.html
Tim Padgett, “Toxic Chemicals at Vieques: Is U.S.
Accountable?” Time, September 16, 2009,
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1924101,00.html.
Recently, the U.S. court in Puerto Rico dismissed
the class action lawsuit filed on behalf of the
people of Vieques, finding that the U.S.
government was immune from suit. 37 An appeal is pending.
VII. Conclusion
The National Lawyers Guild
International Committee, incorporating the
requests sought by other presenters before this
Honorable Committee, urges the adoption of a
resolution calling for the General Assembly to
consider the case of Puerto Rico; and calling on
the government of the United States to:
* immediately cease the
criminalization and harassment of, and attacks
on, the Puerto Rican Independence Movement;
* immediately release Puerto Rican
political prisoners: Carlos Alberto Torres, who
has served more than 30 years in U.S. custody;
Oscar López Rivera, who has served more than 29
years in U.S. custody, and Avelino González Claudio;
* identify and hold criminally
liable all those responsible for the
assassination of Filiberto Ojeda Ríos (2005),
Santiago Mari Pesquera (1976), Carlos MuZiz
Varela (1979), and other militants of the Puerto Rican independence movement;
* withdraw the FBI, the U.S. court,
and all other U.S. police, repressive and military forces from Puerto Rico;
* withdraw from Vieques, formally
return legal property of the land to the people
of Vieques, cease detonating unexploded ordnance,
completely clean up the pollution left by the
U.S. Navy’s 60 year occupation through the use of
proven, environmentally friendly clean-up
methods, and compensate the people of Vieques for
the damage to their health done to them by the same;
* cease and desist from the
application of the death penalty in Puerto Rico;
* ensure that striking students are
not harmed or penalized for their courageous
struggle to maintain the right to quality public higher education;
* formally commit to negotiate in
good faith with the people of Puerto Rico a
solution to the colonial condition; and recognize
the proposals that emanate from a Constitutional
Assembly, initiated by the people of Puerto Rico,
such as that called for by the Puerto Rico Bar
Association, as the true expression of the
aspirations of the people of Puerto Rico, and respond to them accordingly.
Dated: June 21,
2010 Respectfully submitted,
Jan
Susler
People’s
Law Office
1180
N. Milwaukee
Chicago,
IL 60622
773/235-0070
<mailto:jsusler at aol.com>jsusler at aol.com
On
behalf of the National Lawyers Guild
International
Committee
<http://www.nlginternational.org/>http://www.nlginternational.org/
1Letter to the editor, “D.C. and
Puerto Rico have more in common than not,”
Washington Post, May 24,
2010,http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/23/AR2010052303778.html;
José A. Delgado, “El 2499 no es una invitación a
la estadidad: En una carta en The Washington
Post, Pierluisi reafirma que las consultas no
vinculan al Congreso con sus resultados,” El Nuevo Día, May 24, 2010,
http://www.elnuevodia.com/el2499noesunainvitacionalaestadidad-710247.html;
“Intenso cabildeo mediático en EU a favor y en
contra del proyecto de status: La campaZa
mediática sobre la aprobación del proyecto H.R.
2499 mantiene una agresiva presencia en los
medios estadounidenses,” CyberNews Puerto Rico, April 28, 2010,
http://www.telemundopr.com/intensocabildeomediaticoeneuafavoryencontradelproyectodestatus-43379.html.
2See, e.g., Inter News Service,
“PRFAA ha gastado $2.8 millones en cabilderos,
denuncia Vega Ramos,” Primera Hora, May 23, 2010,
http://www.primerahora.com/prfaahagastado$2.8millonesencabilderosdenunciavegaramos-389089.html.
3H.R. 2499,
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=111_cong_bills&docid=f:h2499eh.txt.pdf.
4Editorial, “Otra charada
congresional,” El Nuevo Día, May 24, 2010,
http://www.elnuevodia.com/columna-otracharadacongresional-709984.html.
5As we have pointed out in previous
presentations to this Committee, the Bush
administration, in its reports from the U.S.
President’s Task Force on Puerto Rico’s Status,
virtually acknowledges that Puerto Rico remains a
juridical colony, and is evidence of the need for
the General Assembly to consider the case of
Puerto Rico. The reports reveal that, regardless
of what the U.S. said in its 1953 report to the
United Nations in order to remove Puerto Rico
from the list of non-self-governing territories,
Puerto Rico remains a non-self-governing
territory, subject to U.S. Congress’ plenary
authority under the Territory Clause. [Report by
the President's Task Force on Puerto Rico's
Status, December 2007, at pp. 5-6,
http://www.justice.gov/opa/documents/2007-report-by-the-president-task-force-on-puerto-rico-status.pdf;
Report by the President's Task Force on Puerto
Rico's Status, December 2005, at pp. 5-6.] Under
this power, the report says, Congress could even
cede Puerto Rico to another nation.[Report by the
President's Task Force on Puerto Rico's Status,
December 2005, at p. 6,
http://charma.uprm.edu/~angel/Puerto_Rico/reporte_status.pdf].
6José A. Delgado, “Relegados los
políticos: El comité interagencial de la Casa
Blanca dará prioridad a la economía y a escuchar
las voces del pueblo,” El Nuevo Día, March 2, 2010,
<http://www.elnuevodia.com/relegadoslospoliticos-679614.html;>http://www.elnuevodia.com/relegadoslospoliticos-679614.html;
José A. Delgado, “Borrón y cuenta nueva: Casa
Blanca reexaminará todo lo relacionado con el
status,” El Nuevo Día, March 4, 2010,
http://www.elnuevodia.com/borronycuentanueva-680462.html.
7Ponencia del secretario de Justicia
Tom Perrelli, copresidente del grupo de trabajo
del presidente sobre el estatus de Puerto Rico, Primera Hora, March 3, 2010,
http://www.primerahora.com/diario/noticia/politica/noticias/ponencia_del_secretario_de_justicia_tom_perrelli,_copresidente_del_grupo_de_trabajo_del_presidente_sobre_el_estatus_de_puerto_rico/371354;
Yennifer Álvarez Jaimes, “‘Task Force’ de Casa
Blanca asegura informe ‘neutral’,” Vocero, March 3, 2010,
http://www.vocero.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1115:task-force-de-casa-blanca-asegura-informe-neutral&catid=50:news;
Associate Attorney General Remarks On Puerto Rico
Task Force, PR Newswire, May 25, 2010,
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/remarks-as-prepared-for-delivery-by-associate-attorney-general-tom-perrelli-at-the-puerto-rico-task-force-public-hearing-94844924.html.
8Frances Rosario, “‘Viven en los
cuernos de Valencia’: Gran malestar de
políticos,” El Nuevo Día, March 4, 2010,
http://www.elnuevodia.com/vivenenloscuernosdevalencia-680622.html.
9José A. Delgado, “Pierluisi no
espera grandes cosas de la Casa Blanca: Piensa
que seguirán la política de “neutralidad” en el
tema del status,” El Nuevo Día, May 26, 2010
http://www.elnuevodia.com/pierluisinoesperagrandescosasdelacasablanca-711843.html.
10Juan A. Ocasio Rivera, “Explosions
of Unrest Mark Puerto Rico's Economic Crisis,”
NACLA, November 18, 2009, https://nacla.org/node/6254.
11Editorial, “Dardos marcados al
Tribunal Supremo,” El Nuevo Día, March 14, 2010,
<http://www.elnuevodia.com/columna/685444/;>http://www.elnuevodia.com/columna/685444/;
Efrén Rivera Ramos, “La UPR y el Tribunal
Supremo, El Nuevo Día, March 17, 2010, reproduced at
http://poderyambiente.blogspot.com/2010/03/columna-la-upr-y-el-tribunal-supremo.html.
12Editorial, “El Colegio debe ser
preservado,” El Nuevo Día, March 2, 2009,
<http://www.elnuevodia.com/columna/539625/>http://www.elnuevodia.com/columna/539625/.
Addressing legislation which would gut the Bar
Association by converting it from a mandatory
organization to a voluntary organization, in
great part in order to wrest control from
independentista leadership, the editorial begins:
“The legislative majority’s assault on an
institution whose voice and action have been
clearly and potently raised for the past 169
years in defense of the voiceless, is suffering a
dangerous precedent that warrants the Country’s
deepest rejection.” (translated from the original Spanish).
13Manuel de J. González, “Una ley
para privatizarlo todo,” Claridad, May 21-27,
2009,
<http://claridadpuertorico.com/content/view/403615/32/>http://claridadpuertorico.com/content/view/403615/32/.
14Cynthia López Cabán, “Están
estrangulando al ICP”: Junta de Directores se
reúne hoy para evaluar candidatos,” El Nuevo Día,
February 26,
2010,
<http://www.elnuevodia.com/estanestrangulandoalicp-677842.html;>http://www.elnuevodia.com/estanestrangulandoalicp-677842.html;
“Escuela de Artes Plásticas decreta paro de 24
horas,” Diálogo Digital, September 29, 2009,
http://dialogodigital.com/es/entre-estudiantes/2009/09/escuela-artes-plasticas-decreta-paro-24-horas.
15Mike Melia, AP, “Puerto Rico
accused of violating squatters' rights,” Washington Post,
April 28, 2010,
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/28/AR2010042804648.html.
16 Limarys Suárez Torres, “Circuito
de Apelaciones falla contra el Fideicomiso del
CaZo Martín PeZa: Avaló la incautación de
terrenos por parte del Gobierno,” El Nuevo Día, April 29, 2010,
http://www.elnuevodia.com/bostonfallacontraelfideicomisodelcano-695009.html.
17José A. Delgado, “Detrás del dólar
boricua: El gobierno boricua es el rey del
cabildeo en Washington D.C.,” El Nuevo Día,
September 18, 2009,
http://www.elnuevodia.com/detrasdeldolarboricua-616568.html.
18Eric Dash, “F.D.I.C. Brokers the
Sale of 3 Banks,” New York Times, April 30, 2010,
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/01/business/01bank.html?scp=5&sq=puerto%20rico&st=cse;
Marian Díaz, “Vuelve a dispararse la tasa de
desempleo: Subió a 16.2%, la más alta en 17 aZos
para el mes de marzo, El Nuevo Día, April 20, 2010,
http://www.elnuevodia.com/vuelveadispararselatasadedesempleo-688716.html.
19“National Lawyers Guild initiates
campaign to raise awareness of the attack on the
Puerto Rican Bar Association,” April 6, 2010,
http://www.nlginternational.org/news/article.php?nid=296 .
20Inter News Service, “Abogados de
EE.UU. consideran acto de “represalia”
eliminación de colegiación en la Isla,” Primera Hora, March 29, 2010,
http://www.primerahora.com/abogados_de_ee.uu._consideran_acto_de_represalia_eliminacion_de_colegiacion_en_la_isla-377542.html.
(“‘The attack on the Bar Association is
unprecedented. In the United States, 36 states
have compulsory membership and there has never
been an attempt to dismantle a single one,’ said
Dr. Jeanne Mirer, chair of the International
Committee of the NLG and president of the
International Association of Democratic Lawyers.
‘I can’t imagine this happening in the states...
if there was ever an attempt to eliminate a bar
association for having taken political positions,
it would result in total indignation by even the
most right wing members of the association,’
commented Susan Scott, co-chair of the International Committee of the NLG.”).
21Damien Cave, “Puerto Rico Unions
Protest Job Cuts,” New York Times,
October 16, 2009,
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/16/us/16puerto.html?_r=1&emc=eta1&pagewanted=print;
Firuzeh Shokooh Valle, “Puerto Rico: Reflections
on the National Strike,” October 16, 2009,
http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/10/16/puerto-rico-reflections-on-the-national-strike/print/;
Yarimar Bonilla and Rafael A. Boglio Martínez,
“Puerto Rico in Crisis: Government Workers Battle
Neoliberal Reform,” NACLA - North American Congress on Latin America,
January 2010, https://nacla.org/node/6341,
https://nacla.org/files/A04301008_1.pdf (full
article); Néstor Rosa- Marbrell, “Sindicalistas
boricuas proclaman éxito de paro nacional,” Prensa Latina, May 18, 2010,
http://www.prensa-latina.cu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=189380&Itemid=1;
Vanesa Baerga, “Estudiantes de Artes Plásticas
acampan indefinidamente hasta lograr acuerdos justos,” Claridad, June 3, 2010,
http://claridadpuertorico.com/content.html?news=FA435D8C304856266F8B5C13D6D95ACE.
22Omaya Sosa-Pascual and Emma Graves
Fitzsimmons, “Student Protests Tie Up Campuses in
Puerto Rico,” New York Times, May 20, 2010,
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/21/us/21students.html?scp=2&sq=puerto%20rico&st=cse;
Amy Goodman, “Student Strike at University of
Puerto Rico Enters 28th Day,” Democracy Now,
May 17, 2010,
http://www.democracynow.org/2010/5/17/student_strike_at_university_of_puerto.
23Inter News Service, “Cátedra
UNESCO pide estar alerta ante posible regreso de
"época de escarmientos" por huelga estudiantil,”
Primera Hora, June 4, 2010,
http://www.primerahora.com/catedraunescopideestaralertaanteposibleregresodeepocadeescarmientosporhuelgaestudiantil-391642.html;
Amnesty International Public Statement, “Puerto
Rico: Amnesty International calls for police
restraint as student strike continues,” June 2,
2010 AI Index: AMR 47/001/2010.
24Mady Pacheco, “Moretones,
mentiras y esteroides,” El Nuevo Día, June 15, 2010,
http://www.elnuevodia.com/columna-moretonesmentirasyesteroides-723611.html.
25Ricardo Cortés Chico, “Pateada a
estudiante por un oficial de alto rango: Oficial
niega el incidente, pero luego lo admite,” El Nuevo Día, May 22, 2010,
<http://www.elnuevodia.com/patadaparaponerelorden-709464.html;>http://www.elnuevodia.com/patadaparaponerelorden-709464.html;
Benjamín Torres Gotay, “Un grave error de cálculo
de la administración: El Gobierno subestimó de
mala manera la capacidad de los estudiantes, El Nuevo Día, May 16, 2010,
26Officers’ revelations on Facebook,
including comments such as, “I finally clubbed
somebody today, I hope things get crazy so I can
empty out my rifle," quickly became unavailable
on Facebook, once the public got wind of them.
Bloggers downloads rescued them for posterity.
See, e.g., http://postpomonuyorican.blogspot.com/.
27“Figueroa Sancha defends police
actions in hotel clash,” Puerto Rico Daily Sun,
May 22, 2010,
http://www.prdailysun.com/news/Figueroa-Sancha-defends-police-actions-in-hotel-clash
(expressing doubts about the authenticity of the
Facebook comments and stating, “You always
misinterpret. Policemen avoided further violence.
That is why I call them heroes.”); Ricardo Cortés
Chico, “Respaldo a su mano derecha: Figueroa
Sancha asegura que van a investigar,” El Nuevo
Día, May 25, 2010,
http://www.elnuevodia.com/respaldoasumanoderecha-710735.html.
28Jesús Dávila, “Puerto Rico:
Victoria estudiantil afecta credibilidad del
gobierno,” NCM, June 17, 2010,
http://www.cubadebate.cu/noticias/2010/06/17/puerto-rico-victoria-estudiantil-afecta-credibilidad-del-gobierno/;
Damien Cave, “Students Gain After Strike in
Puerto Rico,” New York Times, June 17, 2010,
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/18/us/18students.html.
29José A. Delgado, “Liberaran a
preso político boricua: Carlos Alberto Torres
saldrá en julio tras 30 aZos en prisión,” El
Nuevo Día, May 21,
2010,
http://www.elnuevodia.com/liberaranapresopoliticoboricua-709390.html;
Cándida Cotto, “Sigue hostigamiento contra Carlos
Alberto y Avelino,” Claridad, January 13,
2010,http://claridadpuertorico.com/content.html?news=28FC2CD9304856266F4103385A5DD5CA;
José A. Delgado, “Momento crucial para preso
político boricua: Junta federal decidirá el caso
de Carlos A. Torres,” El Nuevo Día, February 17, 2010,
http://www.elnuevodia.com/momentocrucialparapresopoliticoboricua-673046.html.
30Federal Bureau of Prisons, Inmate
Locator,
http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/InmateFinderServlet?Transaction=IDSearch&needingMoreList=false&IDType=IRN&IDNumber=87651-024.
31Alaine Griffin, “Machetero Gets 7
Years For 1983 Wells Fargo Robbery,” Hartford
Courant, May 26, 2010,
mailto:agriffin at courant.comhttp://articles.courant.com/2010-05-26/news/hc-wells-fargo-heist-0527-20100526_1_support-leftist-insurgencies-los-macheteros-wells-fargo-robbery.
32Jeff Franks and Rosa Tania Valdes,
“Cuban political prisoners moved closer to home,”
Reuters, June 1 2010, http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6506RB20100602.
33Associated Press, “Inicia
reubicación de reos políticos cubanos: La gestión
de la Iglesia Católica con Raúl Castro comienza a
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