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发帖数: 17243 | 1 大家还记得当年那个古巴男孩官司吧
现在他成长为反美人士
http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/10/world/americas/elian-gonzalez-ecu
Quito, Ecuador (CNN) -- One name stands out on the guest list of thousands
of youth at a conference in Ecuador this week: Elian Gonzalez.
Fourteen years after he made headlines as the subject of a bitter
international custody battle, Gonzalez spoke to CNN on Tuesday.
It's his first trip abroad since the U.S. government removed him at gunpoint
from his relatives' home in Miami and, after a legal battle, sent him back
to Cuba to live with his father.
Gonzalez, who turned 20 last week, was just 6 years old when he was found
clinging to an inner tube after the tiny boat he was traveling in from Cuba
sank on the way to the United States. Gonzalez's mother and nine other
people in the boat drowned.
He had harsh words for the United States on Tuesday as he recalled his
mother's deadly journey.
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Elian Gonzalez, then 6, cowers in the arms of Donato Dalrymple on April 22,
2000, as federal officers charge in to take custody of the boy.
"Just like her, many others have died attempting to go to the United States.
But it's the U.S. government's fault. Their unjust embargo provokes an
internal and critical economic situation in Cuba," Gonzalez said.
"But, despite that, Cuba, even with all its problems has progressed over the
years. The progress we've made is all thanks to Cuba's courage, our dignity
, our continued fight for a more just model."
Gonzalez is in Quito, Ecuador, for the World Festival of Youth and Students,
a left-wing conference attracting more than 10,000 people from all over the
world to discuss global struggles against imperialism.
He told CNN en Español that he has been asked to speak at the
conference, but isn't quite sure what his topic will be.
"My topic could range anywhere from the lifting of the unjust blockade on
Cuba to the freedom of the 'Cuban Five.' The main reason we're here is
because we want a revolutionary progressive movement that leads to socialism
," he said.
The five Cubans imprisoned in the United States are convicted on charges of
espionage, but are considered heroes in Cuba because many believe they
prevented acts of terrorism on the island.
After his rescue in 1999, Gonzalez was placed with relatives in Miami, who
wanted to keep him in the United States.
But Gonzalez's father, Juan Miguel, fought to bring him back to Cuba. Then-
Cuban leader Fidel Castro led massive protests in Cuba demanding Gonzalez's
return. The case of the telegenic boy became a flashpoint between supporters
and opponents of Castro's revolution.
As the two sides fought the high-profile case in court, U.S. immigration
officials decided to put Gonzalez in the custody of his father, who had come
to the United States to argue for Elian's return. His relatives in Miami
refused to go along, and armed U.S. federal agents then raided the home of
Gonzalez's uncle and seized the boy.
Some experts at the time worried Gonzalez would suffer a lifetime of trauma
as a result of the dispute, or become a political pawn for the Cuban
government.
After Gonzalez's return to Cuba, the government there celebrated a political
victory but largely kept Gonzalez out of public view and surrounded by
government bodyguards.
But the case had an undeniable impact on Gonzalez's life. Fidel Castro
attended his 7th birthday party. His father went from being a waiter to
being a member of the country's national assembly.
Now he studies engineering at a military school in Cuba and appears to be
emerging as a new spokesman for the Cuban government.
When asked by CNN en Español to describe what his life has been like
since he left Miami, Gonzalez said "magnificent." In Cuba, he said,
everywhere he goes he feels the love and support of his fellow Cubans.
"I haven't suffered any consequences because of what happened. It has not
affected me psychologically, but it has been hard for my family," Gonzalez
said. "Those were tough times." | l**s
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【在 d*****u 的大作中提到】
: 大家还记得当年那个古巴男孩官司吧
: 现在他成长为反美人士
: http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/10/world/americas/elian-gonzalez-ecu
: Quito, Ecuador (CNN) -- One name stands out on the guest list of thousands
: of youth at a conference in Ecuador this week: Elian Gonzalez.
: Fourteen years after he made headlines as the subject of a bitter
: international custody battle, Gonzalez spoke to CNN on Tuesday.
: It's his first trip abroad since the U.S. government removed him at gunpoint
: from his relatives' home in Miami and, after a legal battle, sent him back
: to Cuba to live with his father.
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