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...abandoned later the same day. "Earlier this week it looked as though the foundation might be trying to cut its p.r. losses by moving to have Lazaro and Elian's father Juan Miguel at least meet in Washington before handing over the boy," says TIME Miami bureau chief Tim Padgett. "But that quickly fell through when the foundation realized that it would suffer an even worse p.r. disaster in its own constituency if it was seen to be handing the boy over." As confrontation appeared to loom, with thousands massed outside the Miami home of Lazaro Gonzalez in the hope...
...Many of the most passionate people out there on the streets are the Cuban exiles of an older generation," says TIME Miami bureau chief Tim Padgett. "They're holding on to the idea that the embargo and pressure from the U.S. will force Castro out of power. And one of the things that makes them so desperate in this case is that they're seeing the rest of the country moving away from the embargo and toward the idea of engagement as a way to democratize Cuba...
...Although many second-generation exiles are out there on the front lines fighting to keep Elian in the U.S., most of their generation are unlikely to share their parents' passion. "Those who were born here aren't simply Cubans," says Padgett. "They're Cuban-Americans. They look at Cuba as the place their parents are from; not necessarily as the place to which they're planning to return. Their lives and careers are here. Also, they're able to see beyond Fidel, to look at how Cuba can be changed after he's gone. But many of the older generation...
...limit to how long the government indulges the process before reverting to enforcing the law. "The federal government can simply come up with a court order that will force Lazaro Gonzalez to comply or otherwise face the prospect of going to jail," says TIME Miami bureau chief Tim Padgett. A Justice Department official has told the AP that failure to reach an agreement would result in the INS revoking Lazaro Gonzalez's custody and issuing a legally binding order to hand over Elian. All that would remain between Elian and his father, then, would be the hundreds of demonstrators...
...organized the campaign to keep Elian in the U.S. is unlikely to give the last word to lawyers or legislators. "At stake for the Cuban-American National Foundation is nothing less than its role as Miami's Tammany Hall - and as arbiter of Washington's Cuba policy," says Padgett. "Its authoritarian control has weakened in recent years, as has public support for the U.S. trade embargo against Cuba." And even as the anti-Castro exiles use the Elian case as a make-or-break campaign to revive their fortunes, it's working wonders for the dictator they love to hate...