7/10/09
Serie Latinoamericana de beisbol
6/11/09
Carta para la liberación de Carlos Alberto
To the United States Parole Commission:
We are writing to urge that you adopt the May 26, 2009, recommendation of the hearing examiner to set a presumptive parole date of April 3, 2010 for Carlos Alberto Torres.We support his release and are anxious to welcome him home.
Yours truly,
Aqui debes escribir tu nombre completo y dirección física.
El comunicado completo publicado en Facebook dice lo siguiente:
LEE LA CARTA Y FIRMA LA PETICION ( ESCRIBE TU NOMBRE EN LA LINEA) Y ENVIALA POR CORREO ELECTRONICO A JAN SUSLER
Carlos Alberto Torres may be home soon!May 26, 2009Puerto Rican political prisoner Carlos Alberto Torres appeared this morning with his attorney Jan Susler at FCI Pekin, Illinois at a videoconference hearing with U.S. Parole Commission hearing examiner Larry Glenn.The hearing took place after Carlos Alberto had served over 29 years in prison, and 15 years after his initial parole hearing in 1994, when the Parole Commission told him to come back after serving another 15 years.The hearing examiner opened by saying he would make one of three possible recommendations at the conclusion of the hearing: 1) set a presumptive parole date; 2) tell Carlos Alberto once again to come back after serving another 15 years, at which time he would be considered for possible release on parole; or 3) deny parole entirely.For some 45 minutes, the examiner posed questions, including some very pointed political questions about Carlos Alberto’s views on the relationship between the United States and Puerto Rico, and whether his thoughts on this issue have changed throughout his years in custody. He reviewed his accomplishments in prison and asked about his plans if he were to be released: to open a pottery studio in Puerto Rico.Significantly, Glenn noted “the large number of documents showing community support sent to the parole commission.” He was referring to the thousands of letters and resolutions from all of Puerto Rico’s civil society, as well as from supporters throughout the U.S. and Mexico.After a brief break, Glenn announced his recommendation: a presumptive parole date of April 3, 2010.... which would mark the 30th anniversary of Carlos Alberto’s imprisonment.The parole commission has 21 days to issue a decision, of by June 16. Should the commission adopt the examiner’s recommendation, Carlos Alberto would be eligible for transfer to a halfway house 180 days before April 3, or on October 3, 2009.Letters urging the commission to adopt the hearing examiner’s recommendation should arrive no later than June 17 at the office of Jan Susler, Attorney, People’s Law Office, 1180 N. Milwaukee, Chicago, IL 60622, jsusler@aol.com.
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Sample Letter
To the United States Parole Commission:
We are writing to urge that you adopt the May 26, 2009, recommendation of the hearing examiner to set a presumptive parole date of April 3, 2010 for Carlos Alberto Torres.We support his release and are anxious to welcome him home.
Yours truly,
Jan SuslerPeople's Law Office1180 N. MilwaukeeChicago, IL 60622773/235-0070 x 118jsusler@aol.com
5/29/09
El PIP en la toma de posesión del Frente Farabundo Martí de Liberación Nacional en El Salvador.
Comunicado de prensa San Juan, Puerto Rico - 28 de mayo de 2009
El Partido Independentista Puertorriqueño (PIP), anunció hoy que su presidente ejecutivo, Lic. Fernando Martín García, viajará el sábado a San Salvador como invitado del recién electo presidente del El Salvador, Mauricio Funes, quien habrá de tomar posesión de su cargo el próximo lunes.
Martín puntualizó que habrá de solicitarle, oficialmente, al nuevo gobierno de El Salvador que se exprese en la Organización de Naciones Unidas (ONU) -ante el Comité de Descolonización- el próximo 15 de junio de 2009 cuando dicho Comité examine nuevamente el caso colonial de Puerto Rico.
El líder independentista aseguró confiar plenamente que el nuevo gobierno salvadoreño, el cual representa al Frente Farabundo Martí de Liberación Nacional, habrá de demostrar su solidaridad con la independencia de Puerto Rico.