Elian Gonzalez, Cuban Raft Survivor, Turns 18.
At the time of those tragic events, I was apalled and consternated about the lack of feelings and compassion for the 25 years old mother of Elian who did all she could to save the life of her son ...She was hardly mentioned and her sacrifice was not even an issue for the Medias and the organizations who later supported the return of Elian to the "paradise" and his -- suddenly -- caring father . Curious enough, the guy got out of Cuba faster than any one ever could. Cubans trying to get out of there know how difficult and costly and painstaking it is to get out legally...the other more expeditive alternative is : the rafts or small boats or even the landing gear of a trans-oceanic airplane...
Elian's mother just couldn't survive after the dangerous raft journey but she did all what she could to save her son and finally , a miracle : God took care of her six yrs.
old son.
Then , Elian Gonzalez was found by a fisherman floating on top of an inner tube near Miami beach.
Most parents escaping from the Castro's "paradise"
would do the same : sacrifice their last drop of water and food for the younger ones.
Elian Gonzalez (R), on June 30, 2010, is seen in a church of Havana, during the celebration of 10th Anniversary of his return from Miami. (ADALBERTO ROQUE/AFP/Getty Images)12/ 6/11 10:02 PM ET Associated Press
Elian Gonzalez (R), on June 30, 2010, is seen in a church of Havana, during the celebration of 10th Anniversary of his return from Miami. (ADALBERTO ROQUE/AFP/Getty Images)12/ 6/11 10:02 PM ET Associated Press
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Outrageous XXXX it was outrageuos and disrespectful fo the dead mother to return him to Cuba, not to his father who was just a puppet for the occassion, given the need for Castro's regime to deviate the attention from the HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION AT GENEVE MEETING
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HAVANA -- Elian Gonzalez, the Cuban boy who survived a perilous raft journey that killed his mother and became a symbol of troubled relations between the United States and Cuba, is now an adult.
Gonzalez currently studies at a military academy on the island and took part in an 18th birthday celebration Tuesday in his native city of Cardenas alongside his father, according to images broadcast on the nightly news.
Gonzalez was shy of his sixth birthday on Thanksgiving Day 1999 when a fisherman found him off the coast of Florida, clinging to an inner tube after his mother and others fleeing Cuba drowned trying to reach American soil.
He was taken to live with relatives in Miami but his father, who was separated from his mother and had remained on the island, demanded that the boy be sent back, saying Elian was taken without his consent. The dispute turned into a headline-grabbing international custody battle that weighed heavy on the 2000 presidential race between George W. Bush and Al Gore.
Fidel Castro threw the weight of the Cuban government behind the case, mobilizing seven months of massive demonstrations calling for Gonzalez's repatriation.
It was one of the few moments since 1959 when the Cold War rivals agreed on something: The U.S. legal system ruled that Gonzalez should be returned to his father.
But Gonzalez's Miami relatives refused to relinquish him, and on April 22, 2000, federal agents raided Elian's uncle's home in Little Havana and seized the boy from a closet at gunpoint. He returned to Cuba two months later.
On Tuesday, Elian spoke by phone with Rene Gonzalez, a Cuban intelligence agent who was released from prison in the U.S. in October but was ordered to serve three years' parole in the country. Cuba is demanding his return and has made his case and that of the other "Cuban Five" a cause celebre.
"He wished me a happy birthday," said Elian.
The two are not related.
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HAVANA -- Elian Gonzalez, the Cuban boy who survived a perilous raft journey that killed his mother and became a symbol of troubled relations between the United States and Cuba, is now an adult.
Gonzalez currently studies at a military academy on the island and took part in an 18th birthday celebration Tuesday in his native city of Cardenas alongside his father, according to images broadcast on the nightly news.
Gonzalez was shy of his sixth birthday on Thanksgiving Day 1999 when a fisherman found him off the coast of Florida, clinging to an inner tube after his mother and others fleeing Cuba drowned trying to reach American soil.
He was taken to live with relatives in Miami but his father, who was separated from his mother and had remained on the island, demanded that the boy be sent back, saying Elian was taken without his consent. The dispute turned into a headline-grabbing international custody battle that weighed heavy on the 2000 presidential race between George W. Bush and Al Gore.
Fidel Castro threw the weight of the Cuban government behind the case, mobilizing seven months of massive demonstrations calling for Gonzalez's repatriation.
It was one of the few moments since 1959 when the Cold War rivals agreed on something: The U.S. legal system ruled that Gonzalez should be returned to his father.
But Gonzalez's Miami relatives refused to relinquish him, and on April 22, 2000, federal agents raided Elian's uncle's home in Little Havana and seized the boy from a closet at gunpoint. He returned to Cuba two months later.
On Tuesday, Elian spoke by phone with Rene Gonzalez, a Cuban intelligence agent who was released from prison in the U.S. in October but was ordered to serve three years' parole in the country. Cuba is demanding his return and has made his case and that of the other "Cuban Five" a cause celebre.
"He wished me a happy birthday," said Elian.
The two are not related.
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COMMENT:
We can see , HEREBY, CLEARLY ENOUGH , that the regime has been using the child since day one for political issues and agendas.
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http://yolandafarr.blogspot.
http://kastroasesino.blogspot.
CUBASI_KASTRONO.blogspot.com
www.nuevoaccion.com
http://www.
http://www.angelicamorabeals.
http://www.angelicamorabeals2.
http://www.cubaarchive.org/
http://cubaaldescubierto.com/
http://www.cubarepresorid.com/
http://www.faithfreedom.org/
http://www.guaracabuya.org
http://www.autentico.org/
http://www.futurodecuba.org
http://www.BabaluBlog.com
www.nuevoaccion.com
Professor Rummel, University of Hawai
http://www.hawaii.edu/
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