March 27, 202307:24
In 2000, at the age of 6, the orphan who survived a refugee crossing to Miami was a dispute between the US and Havana. Back home, he was welcomed like a hero, now, at the age of 29, seat of the MP
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At the age of 6 he was a disputed exile between the United States and Cuba, between his refugee family in Miami and his father in Havana, after being the protagonist against his will in a tragic shipwreck during the crossing to the United States, in which he lost theirs mother and her boyfriend. The child was the sole survivor after clinging to a tire at sea for days. At the center of his diplomatic case was the tug of war between Bill Clinton and Fidel Castro, until the special forces in Florida broke into his relatives’ apartment: the little boy returned to Cuba a hero. Today at the age of 29 Elian Gonzalez, the name of the most famous exile in Cuban history, becomes a member of the Cuban Parliament. “Fidel would be proud of me,” he commented the day after the vote.
The lesson Amid a deep economic and migration crisis (300,000 migrants from Havana alone in the United States in recent months), Cubans were called to the polls on Sunday to elect the National Assembly, the country’s highest governing body because it approves and votes on laws among its members the President and officers for a five-year term.
With 470 candidates running for the 470-seat legislature and no opposition challengers, the result of the elections is obvious. In fact, the elections are technically bipartisan but fall under the indirect control of the ruling Communist Party, the only political party authorized in the island nation. Half of the 470 candidates come from the local councils elected in the local elections last November; the other half are nominated by groups representing broad sections of society, such as women’s associations and labor unions.
And the new National Assembly, which is expected to convene on April 19, when the leadership will vote, with current President Miguel Díaz-Canel likely to be re-elected, will see key Cuban leaders such as Díaz-Canel, Raul Castro and Minister of Economy Alejandro Gil , but also the musician Eduardo Sosa, the representative of the LGBT community Mariela Castro and
Elian Gonzalezwho is now 29 years old but became known as a child in 2000 because he was at the center of a diplomatic battle between Cuba and the United States over custody.
The Story of Elian Gonzalez The small Cuban shipwreck was rescued by a fisherman
November 25, 1999, as he floated on a tire off the coast of Miami after the aluminum raft he was traveling on with his mother and 13 other migrants sank. Orphaned by his mother at the age of 6, after his rescue in the United States he was received in Miami by his maternal uncles who, supported by the anti-Castro exiles of Little Havana, made him a symbol of anti-dictatorship . But his father, a Castro fan, challenged him at home and started a huge popular and diplomatic movement.
Elian Gonzalez, thus becoming the symbol of the dispute between Fidel Castro and Bill Clinton: the tug-of-war lasted for months, and in the end Washington gave in to his repatriation. It was April 22, 2000 when, during a raid on the house in Florida by the special forces of the US immigration service, the child was snatched from the arms of his relatives (photos of that day became historic) to return to Cuba, where he was met by Fidel was greeted as a hero himself and grew up as the regime’s favorite son.
Joined the Communist Party and after military service at the age of 29
Elian Gonzalez, currently deputy director in a food import company of the Federal Ministry of Defense, gets his first parliamentary post. A great honor for him, especially at his age: “Fidel would be proud of me,” he repeats again and again.
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