page_title: Ronald Greenwald
section_title: Lori Berenson
hierarchical_section_title: Ronald Greenwald / Involvement in notable release efforts / Lori Berenson
caption_attribution_description: English: Ronald Greenwald in Peru, working on the Berenson case.
context_page_description: Ronald Greenwald was an American Orthodox Jewish rabbi, who was a businessman and an educator.
  Born in New York City, he made a career of spy trading, international hostage mediation, and other forms of high-stakes, high-intrigue diplomacy. He served as presidential liaison of President Richard Nixon to the Jewish community during the Nixon administration. He served as a community activist, chaired various civic boards, directed a high school and a summer camp, and was the chairman of Magenu.
context_section_description: In 1994, political activist and New York native Lori Berenson was arrested, tried and sentenced to life imprisonment for treason by a Peruvian military tribunal. She was accused of belonging to a Marxist rebel group and plotting to overthrow the Peruvian government. Because of the shady circumstances surrounding her trial and her harsh sentence, Amnesty International, in 2003, referred to Berenson as a "political prisoner."
  With the support of President Bill Clinton in 2000, Greenwald led a delegation of American negotiators to Peru to press the Peruvian government to free Berenson or, at least, to grant her a new trial in a civilian court. The effort succeeded and Berenson was afforded a new trial in civilian court. At her subsequent trial, Berenson was convicted again and sentenced to 20 years imprisonment.
caption: Rabbi Greenwald in Peru, working on the Berenson case
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