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Elian Gonzalez's claim to fame

Elian Gonzalez then

Real Name:Elian Gonzalez
Category: Politics
Posted Date:2003-04-26
Last Modified:2008-11-21
Views:73594

His mother tried to cross the Florida Straights with Elian in an inner tube. Not surprisingly, she drowned, surprisingly, Elian survived and on Thanksgiving Day, 1999 he was rescued by fishermen and brought to Miami, where he was taken in by his Cuban ex-pat relatives. Then his father came over from Cuba and after a lengthy legal battle culminating in stormtrooper style raid on the abode, Elian was rescued at gunpoint and delivered from the tyrannical hands of the people who were caring for him.
With the exception of Elian himself, who had very little choice in events, everyone remotely involved in this episode in history acted in the most unintelligent way imaginable. From his dingbat mother who damn near got her own son killed to Janet Reno who ordered the Raid on Entebbe afterwards, to the Cubans back in Cuba who now hold this kid to be some kind of "hero". Let him be already.


Where are they now?


He is back in Cuba where he attended a private school set up to "re-adapt" him to life in Cuba. Fidel Castro champions him as a hero and his signature has been used in state declarations. The Cuban government setup and maintains the elian.cu website.
Back in the USA, the house he lived in in Miami has been turned into a museum: Unidos en Casa Elian (United in Elian House) and a plethora of parasites turned up on Ebay selling "Elian" items (purported drawings by him, hair fished out of the trashbin, etc)

Also See: Marisleysis Gonzalez

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2008-11-21 Get your facts straight
Submitted by Peach
His "dingbat" mother? OK, first of all, have some respect for the dead. Secondly, she was trying to come to the US because she believed there would be a better life for herself and her son. Finally, get your facts straight! They left on a BOAT, which subsequently SANK, leaving Elian and 2 other survivors clinging to the inner tube.

They did not try to leave Cuba on an inner tube! Now who's the dingbat? [Ed: you are right. This post is out of line and we will fix it]



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References

URLs:
http://bransondotcom.com/elgonar.html
http://www.elian.cu
Websites:
Elian For Sale!