In Peru, the American activist Lori Berenson has spoken out following her release this week on parole. Berenson was sent back to prison in August just three months after her release from nearly 15 years behind bars. She was convicted in 1996 by hooded Peruvian military judges of collaborating with the rebel group MRTA.

Lori Berenson: “Obviously I understand there are a lot of people that despise me, would like to see me dead, probably. It’s not easy to deal with that situation, but I understand it, and I have to live with it. And that’s why I was in jail, and that’s why I was sentenced, and that’s why this all — you know, I understand that. It would be nice if people didn’t see me as the face of terrorism, but I can’t change that, so I live with that. It’s not easy.”