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...Juan Miguel Gonzalez could, of course, arrive in the U.S., denounce Fidel Castro, thank his uncle Lazaro for protecting little Elian, and buy a season ticket to the Marlins...
...negotiations over Elian Gonzalez may become, in the end they're only intended to ease the way to a foregone conclusion. Greg Craig, an American attorney representing Elian's father, flew to Havana Tuesday night for meetings with his client and with Fidel Castro, hoping to persuade both that Juan Miguel Gonzalez should fly to the U.S. as soon as possible. Gonzalez has insisted on a guarantee that he be given immediate custody of Elian, and also that Washington issue visas for a large entourage if he and Elian are to remain in the U.S. pending the outcome...
...dispute that reality. Still, if Castro controls Juan Miguel, many are worried that the Foundation is manipulating Lazaro Gonzalez, 49, the semi-employed great-uncle who has custody of Elian in Miami. Close relatives in Miami say his many publicity stunts with the boy are out of character. And while relatives say they admire the mothering that Lazaro's daughter Marisleysis, 21, has given Elian, they complain, in the words of one of them, that "she doesn't make him a glass of chocolate milk without telling him that his grandmothers can't buy that for him in Cuba...
...custody issue, and that they wouldn?t stand in the way of the INS if the agency came to collect the boy - lawyers and political supporters for the Miami family attempted to change the game with a new line of attack, accusing Elian's father of abusing his son. Juan Miguel Gonzalez had been "verbally and physically abusive" and should only be allowed to see his son "under appropriately, psychologically sound safeguards," Coffey told CNN. Again, it was left to Osberg-Braun to modify the charges, saying Juan Miguel had been verbally abusive with his son on the phone...
...family suggest the U.S. government (Vice President Gore excepted) remained firm in its decision to reunite the boy with his father. "The issue is not whether we will transfer Elian to his father, but when and how," said INS representative Maria Cardona. With Fidel Castro now pushing to send Juan Miguel Gonzalez - either alone or with a large entourage of family, schoolmates, mental health professionals and political minders - to the U.S. as soon as visas come through, the game of political football over the six-year-old appears to have entered its fourth quarter. It's not over...