english: Among other critics, the mayor of the city of Bayamón, Ramón Luis Rivera—who is in favor of Puerto Rico changing its political status from territory to federated state—said that Obama should also take the island’s colonial status seriously, as well as release 73-year-old political prisoner Oscar López Rivera, who has been imprisoned in the United States for 35 years.
non_english: Ramón Luis Rivera, de burgemeester van de stad Bayamón — die voorstander is van de wijziging van de politieke status van Puerto Rico van territorium naar deelstaat — zei dat Obama ook de "koloniale" status van het eiland serieus dient te nemen en Oscar López Rivera moet vrijlaten, de 73-jarige politieke gevangene die gedurende 35 jaar in de gevangenis zit in de Verenigde Staten.