Advertisement Continue reading the main storyIn New York, Ms. López belongs to a group — 35 Women for Oscar — that has held monthly rallies throughout New York since 2014, when it called itself 33 Women for Oscar. The number refers not just to the size of the group, but also to the length of time Mr. López Rivera has served. They chanted and handed out fliers, and, at later rallies, Mr. López Rivera sometimes called in from prison. “After the nationalist groups in Puerto Rico were imprisoned in the ’50s, the movement changed,” she added. Advertisement Continue reading the main story“Our commitment is we are doing this until he returns to Puerto Rico,” Ms. Bannan said.

Source: New York Times February 05, 2017 17:02 UTC