Elian Gonzalez still crops up in the news at times.
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The Miami right-wing exile militants, rioted in order to try to prevent Elian being returned to his father and family, who lived and still live in Cuba. George W. Bush campaigned in favor of having kept Elian in the United States, and Al Gore, the Democrat, broke with his own administration to say that he, too, favored keeping this Cuban child in the United States. I'm no fan of Clinton or Reno, but on this one issue, they were finally compelled to do the right thing. [WL, Cubanews]
The Miami ultra-right claimed that this simple act which recognized parental rights, violated democratic rights. Of course, they never explained exactly what kinds of "democratic rights" kidnappers have. This is no sick joke.
When a gang of people, even if they did have some vague distant family connection, refuse to permit a child whose mother has died to return to his father's custody, that is KIDNAPPING. As you can see, there are still people in Miami who think that was entirely justified for them to do.
Miami, FL, Nov. 22 (UPI) -- Although it's been five years since U.S. agents stormed a Miami house and sent 5-year-old Elian Gonzalez home to Cuba, he is still a hot topic in Miami.
The house where the boy lived in the city's Little Havana section is now a museum run by the boy's great-uncle Delfin Gonzalez, ABC News reported.
Inside, Elian's toys are displayed in glass cases, and the clothes he wore still hang in his closet.
The boy made international headlines for five months after washing up on Florida shores after a nightmarish journey in which he watched his mother drown. His relatives fought to keep him, but various U.S. courts ruled he belonged with his father in the small Cuban town of Cardenas.
When he was grabbed by agents, Little Havana erupted in riots.
"If we have to do it again, we'll do it and do it and do it again," a Cuban-American man in a cafe told the network.
Another area resident said, "I think we won the battle in proving that there is freedom and people have to still believe in that and fight for that."
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