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Five-year-old boys need lots of attention, and little Elian Gonzalez has been getting plenty since Thanksgiving morning, when fishermen found him lashed to an inner tube off the coast of Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The boy and his mother Elizabet had fled their Cuban town of Cardenas three days before, along with 12 companions, in a small aluminum motorboat, which sank in heavy seas, drowning Elizabet and 10 of the others. After drifting for two days, Elian was rescued in good condition and is being cared for by relatives in Miami. But he cries out at night, fearing that...
...Cuba, meanwhile, Elian's father Juan Miguel Gonzalez, 31, a tourism employee and Communist Party member, charged that Elizabet, whom he divorced in 1997, had "kidnapped" Elian--and he argued that the child must be returned to live with him. Relatives in Cuba, contacted by TIME, described Elian as a shy but affable and studious first-grader whose most recent childhood passion, besides baseball, is making and flying kites. Standing under a picture of revolutionary hero Che Guevara, and presumably coached by Cuban officials, Juan Miguel declared that he wants Elian to enjoy the free education and health care...
...Guard has intercepted 1,265 Cuban balseros, or rafters--double the number from last year. As many as 60 others are believed to have drowned. Driving the exodus are Cuba's poverty and political repression, generous U.S. immigration rules for Cubans and the unprecedented rise of paid refugee smugglers. Elizabet's boyfriend Lazaro Munero charged $1,000 each from the 13 passengers whom he jammed into his 17-ft. powerboat...
Elizabeth must have read the papers, for the next day, at the Bonn city hall, she was positively beaming. When she laid a wreath on the nearby Beethoven monument, the crowd responded with loud cheers and chants of "Elizabet, Eliz-a-bet." That night, after entertaining 88 dignitaries at dinner atop the Petersberg, the Queen and her guests stepped onto the terrace to watch "The Rhine in Flames," a dramatic fireworks display that covered the river halfway to Coblenz, 30 miles away...