López Rivera is one of the US’s, and the world’s, longest-serving political prisoners. His crime was “seditious conspiracy” – plotting against the US state in the furtherance of Puerto Rican independence. Two decades ago he and his fellow Puerto Rican independence fighters renounced violence and embraced peaceful political reform. Facebook Twitter Pinterest The US government continues to see him through the prism of a bygone age ... López Rivera pictured in 1973. “I do not practise wishful thinking,” he begins in perfect English, delivered with a strong Puerto Rican accent.

Source: The Guardian October 16, 2016 12:56 UTC