Word: elian
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...ahead in the court battle, but the relatives fighting to keep Elian Gonzalez in Miami aren't about to concede defeat. Facing a last chance Wednesday to accept an INS demand that he sign a commitment to peacefully surrender the boy if they lose their legal appeal - or else lose his temporary custody of Elian on Thursday - Lazaro Gonzalez and his family appear to remain defiant. The only circumstance under which they'd surrender the boy, his daughter Marisleysis told CNN Tuesday, was if Elian's father came to their home in Miami and the boy wanted to leave with...
...their backers may be calling the government's bluff, on the assumption that fear of a potentially violent confrontation with the Cuban exile activists guarding Lazaro Gonzalez's home - who have vowed to die before allowing the boy to leave - may restrain the government from going in and collecting Elian. "Remember, Al Gore needs Florida votes," says TIME Miami bureau chief Tim Padgett. "From what we've see so far, the Clinton administration has little stomach for enforcing its decision to return Elian to Cuba." The government has threatened to revoke Elian's parole status by Thursday if Lazaro fails...
...ratings-at-what-ever-cost depravity of America's media culture inevitably made Elian Gonzalez the most sought-after interview since Monica Lewinsky. But the fact that the distant relatives who are trying to keep the six-year-old in Miami against the wishes of his father gave the go-ahead for ABC's Diane Sawyer spend two days with him late last week - the first installment of her interview was broadcast Monday - may be a sign of desperation. The Miami relatives had long resisted the temptation, knowing full well how badly Middle America might judge their forcing a bereaved...
...Miami relatives, meanwhile, have accepted the Justice Department ultimatum to agree to an expedited appeal process. They filed papers Monday calling for a speedy ruling in their appeal against a federal judge's decision that upheld the government's ruling that the boy's father, Juan Miguel Gonzalez, remains Elian's legal guardian, and that he should therefore be sent home in accordance with his guardian's wishes. A decision may come within a week, but even that may not bring the matter to a close. "If they lose in the courts, the Miami family may again try to appeal...
...While Reno ponders how far to allow the appeal process to go, congressional Republicans who want Elian kept in Miami may further complicate matters with a political initiative of their own. "A drawn-out appeal process will certainly give new impetus to congressional efforts to make Elian a citizen, and any other tricks they may have up their sleeves," says Padgett. "This is far from over." Indeed, if Elian was once hostage to a fearsome family feud, he may soon be a captive of a particularly bitter U.S. election...