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...supposed to restore the flagging fortunes of the Cuban-American exile leadership; instead he may have turned into their worst nightmare. The six-year-old flew back to Havana Wednesday afternoon, and not only were the streets of Miami quiet, but the 38-year-old U.S. embargo of Cuba - whose cause the exile leadership hoped to bolster through their Elian campaign - appears to be crumbling too. The Supreme Court Wednesday refused to hear an appeal against the ruling by two lower courts upholding the government decision to recognize his father as his sole legal representative and therefore to send...
...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...
...little boy is trapped in the middle of the ocean and watches his mother die, then he's saved by a fisherman and becomes the center of a political conflict between the U.S. and Cuba. It's a terrific story... Imagine 70 soldiers attacking a home to capture a little boy." Thus ran the probable Hollywood pitch by legendary schlock producer Menahem Golan for his Elian Gonzalez biopic, currently in production in Cuba and the odds-on favorite to beat rival projects from CBS and the Fox Family Channel onto screens...
...hardwoods. Edwards will then rejoin them in August to prepare for a gold-medal defense in Sydney. That could prove more grueling than anything the men's Dream Team faces. The women's game is far more competitive at the top, and powerhouse women's teams like Russia and Cuba will make any American outfit earn its medal...
...Zealand, the Elian Gonzalez affair seems almost like a soap opera [NATION, May 8]. It has drama, sadness and is sometimes comical. But one needs to go back to the beginning to understand the plot: the differences between the U.S. and Cuba. The aborted invasion of Cuba by the U.S. at the Bay of Pigs is long past, and perhaps it is now time for both countries to sort out their problems and move forward. It will take some strong leadership on both sides. But it is possible that the Elian affair could act as the catalyst...