incarceration categorizing it as political imprisonment. Jiménez was finally released from prison on September 10, 1999, after President Bill Clinton extended him clemency. Clinton cited Rev. Desmond Tutu and former President Jimmy Carter as having been influential on his decision to grant Jimenez the clemency offer. Cases involving the release of other Puerto Rican Nationalist prisoners have also been categorized as cases of political prisoners, with some being more vocal than others. In criticizing President Clinton's decision to release the Puerto Rican prisoners, the conservative U.S. Senate Republican Policy Committee also categorized Jimenez as a "Puerto Rican Nationalist", echoing a recent Newsweek article. In 2006, the United Nations called for the release of the remaining Puerto Rican political prisoners in United States prisons. HIV/AIDS activism As of 2011, Jiménez lives in Chicago and works as an HIV/AIDS counselor for the Latino HIV/AIDS support agency, Vida/SIDA, a project of the Puerto Rican Cultural Center. He is also active in the movement for funding of HIV intervention/prevention for the Latino community and for LGBTQ (lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender/queer) rights. Jiménez is currently an openly gay man, as he has discussed in a radio interview. See also Oscar López Rivera Carlos Alberto Torres Juan Enrique Segarra-Palmer Edwin Cortes Pedro Albizu Campos Oscar Collazo Lolita Lebrón Puerto Rican independence movement References Living people History of Puerto Rico Puerto Rican nationalists 1956 births Loyola University Chicago alumni Puerto Rican prisoners and detainees Imprisoned Puerto Rican independence activists Puerto Rican LGBT people Puerto Rican independence activists