List of famous Navy-Vieques protesters and supporters

Famous protesters / arrested / imprisoned

Name	Arrest	Imprisonment	Remarks

Celebrities

Edward James Olmos	April 28, 2001	20 days	Actor Paid $3,000 bail
Danny Rivera	Yes	Few months	Singer
Robert Kennedy, Jr.	April 28, 2001	No	Enviromentalist lawyer Paid $3,000 bail
Robi Draco Rosa	April 28, 2001	No	Singer / Songwriter, former Menudo

Natives of Vieques

Mirta Sanes Rodriguez	Yes	?	Sister of David Sanes Rodriguez.
Nilda Medina	Yes	Yes	Cause of Vieques leader. Leader of the Committee for the Rescue and Development of Vieques.
Robert Rabin	Yes	Several months	Cause of Vieques leader. Leader of the Committee for the Rescue and Development of Vieques.
Tito Kayak	Yes	One year (plus time served in New York)	Found guilty of Criminal Trespassing after escalating the Statue of Liberty in order to place a "Peace for Vieques" sign. Attached himself once with handcuffs to a tank left as scrap on Vieques grounds.

Native fishers of Vieques

Carlos Zenón	Yes	Yes	Cause of Vieques Leader
Ismael Guadalupe	Yes	Yes

Politicians

Damaso Serrano	Yes	?	Mayor of Vieques at the time
Jose Rivera	Yes	?	City Council member of New York
Luis Gutierrez	Yes	Yes	United States Representative
Maria De Lourdes Santiago	Yes	One month	PIP party leader, El Nuevo Dia columnist
Norma Burgos	Yes	Few months	Puerto Rican Senator
Nydia Velazquez	Yes	?	United States Congresswoman
Rafael 'Churumba' Cordero	Yes	30 days	Mayor of Ponce at the time
Roberto Ramirez	Yes	?
Ruben Berrios	Yes	No (due to health conditions)	Puerto Rican ex-Senator

Religious

Al Sharpton	Yes	?	Reverend
Jacqueline Jackson	Yes	10 days [1]	Wife of Rev. Jesse Jackson. Imprisoned after refusing to post a $3,000 bond. Placed on probation for 1 year. Was placed in solitary confinement after refusing to be strip searched.
Rey Saliba Gonzalez	Yes	?	Friar of the Franciscan Cappucino order

Others

Dennis Rivera

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?

New York Labor Leader Paid $3,000 bail

Famous supporters

People

Name	Remarks

Athletes

Carlos Delgado	All-Star MLB player
Chi Chi Rodriguez	Golf player PGA & Senior Tour Champion
Felix "Tito" Trinidad	Boxer AMB & FIB Junior-Middleweight Champion
Ivan Rodriguez	All-Star MLB player
John Ruiz	Boxer NABF & WBA Heavyweight Champion
Juan "Igor" Gonzalez	All-Star MLB player
Roberto Alomar	All-Star MLB player

Celebrities

Benicio del Toro	Actor / Oscar Winner
Jose Feliciano	Singer / Composer Grammy Award Winner
Marc Anthony	Singer / Actor Grammy Award Winner
Martin Sheen	Actor
Ricky Martin	Singer Grammy Award Winner

Nobel Prize Laureates / Winners

Dalai Lama	Nobel Peace Prize Winner
Oscar Arias	Nobel Peace Laureate Former President of Costa Rica
Rigoberta Menchu	Nobel Peace Prize Winner

Politicians

George Pataki

New York Governor

Members of Congress / United States Senators

Anibal Acevedo Vila	Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico
Charles Rangel	Congressman of New Jersey
Charles Schumer	Senator of New York
Edolphus Townes	Congressman of New York
Elliot Engle	Congressman of New York
Hillary Rodham Clinton	Senator of New York
John Corzine	Senator of New Jersey
Nancy Pelosi	Congresswoman of California
Robert Menendez	Congressman of New Jersey

Religious

Bob Edgar

Executive Director of the National Council of Churches

Others

Fernando Ferrer	Bronx Borough President
"King" Hossein Zargaran	Peacemaker
Margarita Lopez	City Council member of New York

Organizations

Political

Puerto Rican

Religious

Terrorist groups

Others

See also

• Cause of Vieques
• David Sanes Rodriguez
• Navy-Vieques protests
• Navy-Culebra protests

References

• Friends of Vieques (April 28, 2001). Civil Disobedience at Vieques Press Release. Puerto Rico.

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