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The journey from Cárdenas, Cuba, to Florida. On November 21, 1999, González, his mother Elizabeth Brotons Rodríguez, and twelve others left Cuba on a small aluminum boat with a faulty engine; González's mother and ten others died in the crossing.
Apr 2, 2014 · In 1999, 5-year-old Elián González became the center of international controversy when he was found floating alone on an inner tube near Miami after leaving Castro's Cuba with his...
Jun 30, 2023 · Elián González has the same big, expressive eyes he did 23 years ago when an international custody battle transformed him into the face of the long-strained relations between Cuba and the...
Jun 30, 2023 · HAVANA (AP) — Elián González has the same big, expressive eyes he did 23 years ago when an international custody battle transformed him into the face of the long-strained relations between Cuba and the United States. Now 29, González is stepping into Cuban politics.
Nov 22, 2023 · The world thought it knew Elián González’s story: The 5-year-old boy who washed up on the Florida coast after a deadly crossing from Cuba who became the center of an extraordinary, never ...
Mar 29, 2023 · Elián Gonzalez, the 6-year-old boy found floating on an inner tube off the coast of South Florida in 1999, was sworn into Cuba’s National Assembly this week.
Apr 28, 2017 · ELIÁN is the remarkable story about Elián González, a five-year-old Cuban boy plucked from the Florida coast in 1999, and how the fight over his future spark...