Word: eliane
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...With Juan Miguel's arrival having forced its hand, the Clinton administration finally moved decisively at Easter, risking a public backlash for the armed raid in which Elian was seized from his Miami relatives. But Elian's obvious joy at the reunion with his father neutralized any political flak, and the congressional hearings Republicans promised within hours of the raid appear to have vanished into the ether. By returning Elian to his father and then letting the courts decide the rest, the White House knocked the wind out of any further protests in Miami or on Capitol Hill...
...Elian Gonzalez was 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...
...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's decision that Elian should go home to his father - opinion polls consistently found Americans almost two to one in favor of reuniting father and son. And the turning point in the case may have come when Fidel Castro acceded to attorney Greg Craig's insistence that Juan Miguel Gonzalez fly to Washington. Once...
...Havana crowded around TV sets, and I don't know if there was a dry eye in the city. Usually there's a soap opera on TV at that time, and everybody complains when it's not shown - but even though they're just showing the footage of Elian's return over and over, people are still glued to their sets. Even the correspondents at the airport were crying like children at the overwhelming display of emotion by Elian's great-grandfather and his grandparents as they welcomed him home...
...Fidel Castro had promised not to make Elian's return a political spectacle, and he abided by that promise. He didn't even go to the airport himself, although [national assembly speaker] Ricardo Alarcon, who'd been Juan Miguel's consultant, was there. The only ceremonial welcome came from Elian's classmates, who were brought to the airport. Later he met with some of them at an undisclosed location. They're being very careful about how to reintegrate Elian. All the posters bearing his image have been taken down, so that he won't see his face on the walls...