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...Cuban sources say these statements wounded the father so badly that Castro, under increasing criticism for keeping Juan Miguel at home, had little choice but to arrange for his trip to the U.S. A Castro friend says letting the father travel "was a cartridge that Fidel had to wait until this moment to spend...
That task looked doubly difficult after Miami-Dade County Mayor Alex Penelas, a Cuban American, made his vow not to help federal officials enforce any order to return Elian. Penelas then all but tossed a match into the city's powder keg by declaring he would hold Clinton and Reno "responsible for anything that may occur." But Penelas--a Democrat who dreams of a Cabinet post if Gore wins next fall--felt affirmed a day later when Gore backed congressional bills to give Elian, his father and other Cuban family members instant U.S. residency, and argued for moving the case...
That posture may appeal to hard-line Cuban-American voters, but according to polls, it risks alienating the majority of Americans, who believe the boy should be with his father. And it flies in the face of international laws that protect the more than 1,500 U.S. children kidnapped each year--usually by relatives--and held abroad...
...ugly unrest, which Reno, who was once the top state prosecutor in Miami, wants to avoid at all costs. "She doesn't want to end her career with another Waco," says a Justice official. Responding to Mayor Penelas' pandering, Reno shot back that "the people I know in the Cuban community believe in the rule of law." But late last week she yet again extended the deadline for Lazaro to sign a deal, and negotiations were set to resume this week...
...hard to understand the visceral emotions Elian stirs up among many Cuban exiles, especially those who were imprisoned by Castro or had a close relative who, like Elisabeth, drowned in the Florida Straits while rafting toward freedom. "We're Elian's true peers," says militant exile leader Jose Basulto. "We want to save him from the life we had to live in Cuba...