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...anti-Castro exile leadership had seized on the arrival of the shipwrecked boy last Thanksgiving as a godsend in their campaign to halt the slide in Washington toward relaxing the embargo. But campaigning to keep a child separated from his sole surviving parent may have been a fatal miscalculation for a political leadership whose power and relevance are derived less from its ability to mobilize its own base than from its ability to wield influence in Washington. While the ferocity of protest in Miami initially paralyzed the Clinton administration - and prompted Vice President Gore to break ranks over the government...
...Castro, sending Juan Miguel to the U.S. was obviously a risk - if he chose to defect and join his uncles in Miami, that would have been a humiliating propaganda defeat for the Cuban strongman. But failing that, Castro had nothing to lose: With ordinary Cubans incensed by a case whose meaning to them was that the U.S. might question their fitness as parents simply for living in Cuba, Castro would have reaped a political dividend even if the Miami relatives had won the case...
...Elian: Bart Simpson "Ay caramba" Juan Miguel: Desi Arnaz Jr. Lazaro Gonzalez: Saddam Hussein Marisleysis: Monica Seles Armando Gutierrez: Cheech Marin Greg Craig: Richard Gere Janet Reno: Judge Judy Scheindlin or K.D. Lang Fidel Castro: Any member of ZZ top Donato Dalrymple: Dustin Hoffman Diane Sawyer: Sharon Stone Bill Clinton: Ron Jeremy Al Gore: WWF CEO Vince McMahon...
...Elian: Gary Coleman (whatchu talkin ?bout Fidel?) Juan Miguel Gonzalez: Ricky Martin Lazaro Gonzalez: Regis Philbin Marisleysis Gonzalez: Kathy Lee Gifford Armando Gutierrez (Family Spokesperson): Cheech Marin Greg Craig (Father's lawyer): Ed Begley Jr. Janet Reno: Bea Arthur Fidel Castro: Edward James Olmos Donato Dalyrymple: Jeff Goldblum Diane Sawyer: Cameron Diaz Bill Clinton:John Travolta Al Gore: Keanu Reeves or Abraham Lincoln...
...Elian Gonzales: Buckwheat Juan Miguel (father): Oscar De La Hoya Lazaro Gonzales (great uncle): John Belushi Marisleysis (second cousin): Mary Tyler Moore Armando Gutierrez (family spokesman): Sinbad Greg Craig (fathers lawyer): Leslie Nielson Janet Reno: Jack Palance Fidel Castro: Dr. Evil (Mike Myers) Donato Dairymple: Chevy Chase Diane Sawyer: Victoria Jackson Bill Clinton: Hugh Hefner Al Gore: Rodney Dangerfield