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...give. It's disturbing how blithely some Americans have resolved the dilemma by dismissing, even denigrating the father--and even the role of fathers. If it had been Juan Miguel Gonzalez who had died in the Straits of Florida and the mother who waited back in Cuba, Elian would have been sent back to her immediately, on the premise that the mother-child bond trumps politics. It's natural. But the father...that's different. In the postfeminist tabloid subconscious of America, fathers are problematic figures with bad track records--a certain smudge of anger and potential violence in them...
...liberating Cuba, the hard-liners have, in a perverse way, always been Castro's friends. "The belligerent actions of the hard-line exiles in Miami simply keep giving Castro an excuse to crack down on us," says dissident leader Elizardo Sanchez. Post-Castro Cuba, he insists, will be governed by moderates, not right-wing exiles. The same, perhaps, may someday be said of Miami...
...smallest children, a little white boy and a little black boy, used to share the desk at the front of Yamilin Morales' first-grade class in Cardenas, Cuba. The two have known each other since the age of three, and Hanser, 6, weeps at hearing the name of his friend. He knows his best friend has been "kidnapped," a frightening crime, unheard of in Cuba. He perks up only when his teacher reminds him how happy Elian will be to see how carefully Hanser has watched out for him. For no one has been allowed to take Elian's place...
...MASCARENAS is a TIME stringer who has interviewed key figures in the Elian Gonzalez story, and writes this week from Elian's hometown. She is worried about Elian: "He hasn't been allowed to grieve for his mother. The people in Miami parade him around, and the ones in Cuba have made a symbol out of him. What's going to happen to him in five years?" She's chagrined that a child now symbolizes the division between Cubans and Cuban Americans...
...other migrants. When the craft ran aground off the coast of Florida, Yvena was hospitalized for exhaustion; her children were shipped back to Haiti. The episode drew cries of protest from advocates for Haitian refugees, who pointed out the cruel contrast in the way those who flee Haiti and Cuba are treated. After widespread criticism, the Immigration and Naturalization Service brought the children back to the U.S. They and their mother are living together in South Florida, but all three are awaiting a hearing for political asylum. "Our government has really used scare tactics at times to justify the treatment...