 In 1979, at the International Conference in Support of Independence for Puerto Rico, held in Mexico City, Cancel Miranda.Irvin Flores Rodríguez, Lolita Lebrón, and Oscar Collazo were recognized as the embodiment of the directive of their teacher Albizu Campos to exercise valor and sacrifice before representatives of fifty-one countries.That same year Cancel Miranda was awarded the Order of Playa Girón.