Danny Rivera

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Danny Rivera (born February 28, 1945) is an Puerto Rican singer and songwriter who was born in San Juan. He is well-known in Puerto Rico for his political activism.^{[citation needed]}

In the 1970s, Rivera had such hits as Jesucristo from Roberto Carlos, Mi Viejo (My Old Man) from Piero and Vecino, Dame la Mano (Neighbor, Give me Your Hand). Rivera sported an afro then, and he became one of the first male public figures in Puerto Rico to wear earrings.

During the 1980s, he relocated to Cayey. In 1988, he married model Alexandra Malagon, whom he later divorced.

In 2001, Rivera was arrested and incarcerated for one month in a federal prison for trespassing on the military campgrounds at Vieques. He was one of the most outspoken and recognizable anti-military protesters at the height of national protests. His prison diary and poems were published in a book titled "Enamorado de la Paz" ("In Love with Peace") in 2002.

He has shared the stage with Julio Iglesias, Will Smith and Plácido Domingo, and he has headlined at the Madison Square Garden and Carnegie Hall in New York and the Caribe Hilton hotel in San Juan.

He received the citizenship of the Dominican Republic in a ceremony in Santo Domingo on March 13, 2008.