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In this May 18, 2017, file photo, Puerto Rican nationalist Oscar Lopez Rivera, center, reacts to the crowd as his brother Jose, left, and U.S. Rep Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., join him at a gathering in his honor in Chicago's Humboldt Park neighborhood. New York City's annual Puerto Rican Day parade will take place under a cloud of controversy this year because of a decision by organizers to honor Lopez Rivera, who spent decades in prison because of his involvement with the terrorist group FALN. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

The Latest: Lopez Rivera joins Puerto Rican Day Parade float

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In this May 18, 2017, file photo, Puerto Rican nationalist Oscar Lopez Rivera, center, reacts to the crowd as his brother Jose, left, and U.S. Rep Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., join him at a gathering in his honor in Chicago's Humboldt Park neighborhood. New York City's annual Puerto Rican Day parade will take place under a cloud of controversy this year because of a decision by organizers to honor Lopez Rivera, who spent decades in prison because of his involvement with the terrorist group FALN. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

Puerto Rican nationalist booed, cheered at New York parade

By DENIZ CAM - Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, May 18, 2017 file photo, Puerto Rican nationalist Oscar Lopez Rivera reacts to the crowd at a gathering in his honor in Chicago's Humboldt Park neighborhood. New York City's mayor Bill de Blasio says Thursday, June 1, 2017, Rivera recently freed from prison has agreed to step aside from any formal role in the city's Puerto Rican Day parade. Parade organizers had planned to honor Rivera, a member of the Armed Forces of National Liberation, or FALN, which claimed responsibility for more than 100 bombings in the 1970s and 1980s. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

Puerto Rican nationalist to march, but not as parade honoree

By COLLEEN LONG - Associated Press

Puerto Rican nationalist Oscar Lopez Rivera reacts to the crowd at a gathering in his honor in Chicago's Humboldt Park neighborhood, Thursday, May 18, 2017. Lopez, who was freed from house arrest this week after decades in prison was honored with a parade and a street-way named after him as relatives of those killed in FALN bombings in the '70s and 80's have criticized the moves to honor Lopez and cast him as a hero. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Backlash over plans to honor Puerto Rican militant at parade

By COLLEEN LONG - Associated Press

Puerto Rican nationalist Oscar Lopez Rivera gives an interview following his release from house arrest after decades in custody, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Wednesday, May 17, 2017. Lopez was considered a top leader of the Armed Forces of National Liberation, or FALN, an ultranationalist Puerto Rican group that claimed responsibility for more than 100 bombings at government buildings, department stores, banks and restaurants in New York, Chicago, Washington and Puerto Rico during the 1970s and early 1980s. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti) PUERTO RICO OUT - NO PUBLICAR EN PUERTO RICO

Chicago supporters honor freed Puerto Rico nationalist

By MICHAEL TARM - Associated Press

CORRECTS FIRST NAME FROM JOSE TO OSCAR - FILE- In this Jan. 24, 1975, file photo, a New York City police officer calls for help as he kneels near a victim of a bombing at the annex of Fraunces Tavern in New York. The leftist group Armed Forces of National Liberation, also known as FALN, claimed responsibility for the bombing that killed four people and injured more than 60. Puerto Rico nationalist and FALN leader, Oscar Lopez Rivera, will be freed on Wednesday, May 17, 2017, after serving the longest prison time of any member of the violent separatist group that sought independence for the U.S. territory. (The Daily News via AP, File)

The Latest: Venezuela’s leader praises Puerto Rico militant

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In this July 25, 1981 file photo, Puerto Rican nationalist Jose Lopez Rivera is driven to jail after his trial where he was convicted of seditious conspiracy in Chicago. Lopez Rivera, a Puerto Rican nationalist who was the last of his group serving time for his role in a violent struggle for independence for the U.S. territory, will be released from prison on Wednesday, May 17, 2017, to the cheers of his supporters and the dismay of the victims of violence. (Chicago Tribune via AP, File)

Puerto Rico militant leader emerges from 36 years in custody

By CARLOS RIVERA GIUSTI and DAVID McFADDEN - Associated Press

FILE- In this Jan. 24, 1975, file photo, a New York City police officer calls for help as he kneels near a victim of a bombing at the annex of Fraunces Tavern in New York. The leftist group Armed Forces of National Liberation, also known as FALN, claimed responsibility for the bombing that killed four people and injured more than 60. Puerto Rico nationalist and FALN leader, Jose Lopez Rivera, will be freed on Wednesday, May 17, 2017, after serving the longest prison time of any member of the violent separatist group that sought independence for the U.S. territory. (The Daily News via AP, File)

Terrorist or hero? Puerto Rican nationalist to be freed

By COLLEEN LONG - Associated Press