Elián González affair

The custody and immigration status of a young Cuban boy, Elián González (born December 7, 1993), was at the center of a heated 2000 controversy involving the governments of Cuba and the United States, González's father, Juan Miguel González Quintana, González's other relatives in Miami, Florida, and in Cuba, and Miami's Cuban American community.

González's mother had drowned in late 1999 while attempting to leave Cuba with her son and her boyfriend to the United States.^[1][2] The U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) initially placed González with paternal relatives in Miami, who sought to keep him in the United States against his father's demands that González be returned to Cuba. A federal district court's ruling that only González's father, and not his extended relatives, could petition for asylum on the boy's behalf was upheld by the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals. After the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the case, González was taken from his relatives at gunpoint and returned to Cuba in June 2000.

Background

Further information: Cuba – United States relations

Hostility between Cuba and the United States has been persistent since soon after the Cuban Revolution. During this time many Cubans have tried to leave Cuba for the United States. This emigration is illegal under both Cuban and U.S. law; any Cuban found at sea, attempting to reach U.S. shores, will be deported by the U.S. Coast Guard or if discovered by Cuban police, ostracized and prohibited from most Cuban institutions. U.S. policy has evolved into the current "wet feet, dry feet" rule: If a Cuban is picked up at sea or walking toward shore, he/she will be repatriated by force. If he/she can make it to shore ("dry feet"), he/she is permitted to make a case for political asylum.

Cubans who make it to U.S. soil are generally allowed to remain in the country. After a year, the Cuban Adjustment Act allows them to apply for U.S. residency. This differs from U.S. immigration policy applied to refugees of other Caribbean nations, notably Haitians.^[3] To monitor whether the returned Cubans are subjected to persecution, the U.S. Interest Section in Havana, in cooperation with international organizations, maintains follow-up contact with the returned Cubans. The result of this monitoring has been a conclusion that there is no systematic legal policy of the Cuban government to persecute those Cubans who have been returned.^[4]

González's journey and the beginning of the custody battle

The journey from Cárdenas, Matanzas, Cuba, near Matanzas, to Florida

In November 1999, González, his mother, and twelve others left Cuba on a small aluminum boat with a faulty engine; González's mother and ten others died in the crossing. González and the other two survivors floated at sea on an inner tube until they were rescued by two fishermen, who turned him over to the U.S. Coast Guard.

González's cousin Marisleysis said González told her the motor had broken on the boat and its passengers had tried in vain to bail out the water with nylon bags, but that a storm doomed their efforts. He told her he tried to help get the water out and that his mother's boyfriend placed him in an inner tube for safety. "He said afterwards that he fell asleep and that when he woke up he never saw his mother again." He said, "I think she drowned too because she didn't know how to swim." ^[5] Nivaldo Fernández Ferran, one of the three survivors on the boat said, "Elizabet protected her son to the end". According to Ferran, they set out on their trip at 4 a.m., November 21, 1999, dragging inflated rubber floats, or inner tubes, in case they needed them. As they encountered bad weather, the boat's engine failed and the craft began to fill with water. After it went under, the passengers clung to the inner tubes in cold water, with waves reaching heights of three to four meters (10 to 13 feet).^[6]

The Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) released González to his paternal great-uncle, Lázaro. According to the Washington Post, González's father, Juan Miguel González Quintana, had telephoned Lázaro from Cuba on November 22, 1999, to advise that González and his mother had left Cuba without Juan Miguel's knowledge, and to watch for their arrival.^[7] However, Lázaro González, backed by local Cuban-Americans, soon took the position that the boy should remain in the United States and not be returned to his father in Cuba. Marisleysis González (Lázaro's adult daughter) became Elián González's principal caretaker, and quickly became a well-known television figure. Armando Gutierrez, a local Cuban American businessman was self-appointed the family spokesperson.^{[citation needed]} However, Juan Miguel, with the support of his nation's authorities, demanded that the boy be returned to the care of his father.

For much of early 2000, Elián González's plight dominated the news in the United States and in Cuba.

On January 21, 2000, González's grandmothers, Mariela Quintana and Raquel Rodríguez, flew from Havana to the United States to seek their grandson's return to Cuba. While they were able to meet with the boy only once (at the Miami Beach home of Barry University president Sister Jeanne O'Laughlin), they journeyed to Washington and met with congressmen and Attorney General Janet Reno. After nine days of relentless media coverage (during which Republican lawmakers acknowledged they did not have the votes to pass a bill to give González U.S. citizenship), the two women returned to Cuba to "a hero's welcome".^[8]

On January 28, Spanish Foreign Minister Abel Matutes called for the boy's return to Cuba, stating that international law dictated the return. Meanwhile, the Miami Gonzálezes fought off allegations that they had offered Juan Miguel a house and a car if he abandoned the action and joined his son in Miami.^[9]

Through January and February, Juan Miguel sent a number of open letters to the U.S. Government (they were published in, among other places, the Cuban newspaper Granma) demanding the return of his son and refusing the Miami relatives' demands.^[10]

On March 21, a Federal judge dismissed the relatives' petition for asylum which they had filed on behalf of Elián González. Lázaro vowed to appeal.^[11] On March 29, Miami-Dade County Mayor Alex Penelas was joined by 22 other civic leaders in a speech in downtown Miami. Penelas indicated that the municipality would not cooperate with Federal authorities on any repatriation of the boy, and would not lend police or other assistance in taking the boy.

On April 14, a video was released in which González tells Juan Miguel that he wants to stay in the United States. However, many considered that he had been coached, as a male voice was heard off-camera directing the young boy. In a September 2005 interview with 60 Minutes after being sent back to Cuba, González stated that during his stay in the U.S., his family members were "telling me bad things about [my father]," and "were also telling me to tell him that I did not want to go back to Cuba, and I always told them I wanted to."^[12]

Elián González remained a subject of media attention as he went to Walt Disney World Resort one day, then met with politicians the next. Throughout the custody battle, opinion polls showed that around 42% of Americans thought González should be returned to his father immediately, 31% thought that the decision should be made following full family custody hearings, 14% wanted asylum appeals heard first, and 4% thought that González should never be returned to Cuba.^[13] On April 19, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta ruled that González must stay in the U.S. until the Miami Gonzálezes could appeal for an asylum hearing in May.

Elián taken by federal authorities

Attorney general Janet Reno ordered the return of Elián to his father and set a deadline of April 13, 2000, but the Miami relatives defied the order. Negotiations continued for several days as the house was surrounded by protesters as well as police. The relatives insisted on guarantees that they could live with the child for several months and retain custody, and that Elián would not be returned to Cuba. Negotiations carried on throughout the night, but Reno stated that the relatives rejected all workable solutions. A Florida family court judge revoked Lázaro's temporary custody, clearing the way for Elián to be returned to his father's custody. On April 20, Reno made the decision to remove Elián González from the house and instructed law enforcement officials to determine the best time to obtain the boy. After being informed of the decision, Marisleysis said to a Justice Department community relations officer, "You think we just have cameras in the house? If people try to come in, they could be hurt."^[14][15]

Elián González is removed at gunpoint from his relatives' home in Miami.

In the pre-dawn hours of April 22, pursuant to an order issued by a federal magistrate, eight SWAT-equipped agents of the Border Patrol's elite BORTAC unit as part of an operation in which more than 130 INS personnel took part^[16] approached the house; they knocked, and identified themselves. When no one responded from within, they entered the house. Pepper-spray and mace were employed against those outside the house who attempted to interfere. Nonetheless, a stool, rocks, and bottles were thrown at the agents.^[17] In the confusion Armando Gutierrez called in Alan Diaz, of the Associated Press, to enter the house and entered a room with Elián, his great uncle's wife Angela Lázaro, her niece, the niece's young son, and Donato Dalrymple (one of the fishermen who had rescued him from the ocean). They waited in the room listening to agents searching the house. Diaz took a widely publicized photograph of a border patrol agent discovering Dalrymple and the boy hiding in a closet.

INS also stated in the days after the raid that they had identified as many as two dozen persons who were "prepared to thwart any government operation," some of whom had concealed weapons while others had criminal records.^[18][19] The INS noted reported statements made by members of the Lázaro family that they were prepared to deal with any intrusion on their property by force if authorities attempted to take Elián without their consent.

"Assassins!" yelled some of the approximately 100 protesters,^[20] some of whom climbed over the barricades in an attempt to stop the agents. Within an hour of the raid, the crowd in Little Havana quickly swelled to about 300. Hundreds of outraged protesters poured out into the streets of Little Havana and demonstrated, burning garbage containers, tires, and trees. Crowds jammed a more than 10-block area of Little Havana. Police in riot gear were deployed and tear gas was used. Shortly afterwards, many Miami-Dade County businesses closed, as their owners and managers participated in a short boycott.^{[citation needed]}

Public opinion about the INS raid on the Miami González's house was widely polarized. A Time magazine issue showed a joyful photo of Elián being reunited with his father (the caption says "Papa!"), while Newsweek ran an issue that focused on the raid, entitled "Seizing Elián."^[21] There were two major foci in the coverage: the INS raid and the family reunions.^[22]

Elián returned to father's custody

Elián González poses with his father and family members in a photo, taken a few hours after their reunion at Andrews Air Force Base

Four hours after he was taken from the house in Miami, Elián and his father were reunited at Andrews Air Force Base.^[23] The next day, the White House released a photograph showing a smiling Elián reunited with his father, which the Miami relatives disputed by claiming that it was a fake Elián in the photograph.^[24] Later, Elián and his family were to be taken to the Aspen Institute Wye River Conference Center (formerly known as "Wye Plantation"). The media was barred from access to the family.^[25] While the family was still at Andrews, New Hampshire Senator Bob Smith, escorting the Miami González, was turned away from the base by guards.^[26] The May 5, 2000, Miami Herald reported that Elián was joined by his classmates (without their parents) and his teacher from his hometown, Cárdenas. Granma released pictures of Elián in the Young Pioneer uniform of Cuba's Communist youth league.^[27] On May 6, 2000, attorney Greg Craig took Elián and Juan Miguel to a dinner in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, DC, hosted by Smith and Elizabeth Bagley.^[28]

After Elián was returned to his father's custody, he remained in the U.S. while the Miami relatives exhausted their legal options. A three-judge federal panel had ruled that he could not go back to Cuba until he was granted an asylum hearing, but the case turned on the right of the relatives to request that hearing on behalf of the boy.^[29] On June 1, 2000, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Elián was too young to file for asylum; only his father could speak for him, and the relatives lacked legal standing.^[30] On June 28, 2000, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review the decision.^[31] Later the same day, Elián González and his family returned home to Cuba.^[32]

Return to Cuba

Then Cuban president Fidel Castro (center), whom Elián considered "not only as a friend but as a father" in 2005.^[33]

Elián now lives with his family in Cárdenas, where his father, Juan Miguel, is a waiter at an Italian restaurant about 20 km northwest of Cárdenas. The Cuban State Security has set up a monitoring station right next door. Elián's father was interviewed at the restaurant in 2004 by Keith Morrison of the NBC News program Dateline NBC and Cover to Cover on CNBC. Juan Miguel told Morrison that Elián feared reporters, so Morrison could not interview Elián, but Juan Miguel filmed a home video on which Elián was shown doing his arithmetic homework with Juan Miguel in their dining room, going to bed in his bedroom with his younger half-brother, and attending karate lessons. Elián's family had moved to another home to evade reporters.

Morrison's TV report also showed an 18th-century building in Cárdenas which was previously used as a fire station and which was renovated and inaugurated on July 14, 2001, as a museum, called Museo de la Batalla de Ideas ("Museum of the Battle of Ideas"), which includes an Elián exhibition room with a life-size bronze statue of Elián raising a clenched fist. The former González home in Miami has similarly been turned into a museum, with the boy's bedroom left unaltered.^[34] Juan Miguel is also a member of the National Assembly and has attended events for the Communist Party of Cuba with Elián, who has been called up to the stage to meet Fidel Castro. Castro also attended a filmed birthday party of Elián with his schoolmates. On the video of the birthday party, a female clown told Elián to blow out the birthday candles with Fidel to his right and surrounded by Elián's schoolmates.

In September 2005, Elián was interviewed by 60 Minutes and stated during the interview that Fidel Castro was a friend, and that he considers Castro "not only as a friend but as a father"^[33] although Elian's aunt Angela Gonzalez, said she doubted whether the interview represented his true beliefs because of the controls imposed by Cuba on information.^[33] In December 2006, an ill Fidel Castro was unable to attend González's 13th birthday celebration, so his brother Raúl stood in instead.^[35]

On August 16, 2006, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed the dismissal of an excessive force lawsuit brought by Dalrymple and others against the Federal Government and Reno.^[17]

González joined the Young Communist Union of Cuba in June 2008 shortly after graduating junior high school. At age 15, he began military school.^[36][37]

Ramifications

The Elián González saga exposed deep divisions among the residents of Miami-Dade County. While there were protests in favor of Elián staying in the United States, there were similar demonstrations in favor of sending the boy back to live with his father.

Commentators^[38][39][40] have suggested that the Elián González affair may have been a factor in voters' decisions in the 2000 United States presidential election, which could have affected the close outcome in Florida.^[41] Al Gore's^[42] handling of the matter may have been as great a factor as anger by the predominantly Republican Cuban community over the boy's return to Cuba. Gore initially supported Republican legislation to give the boy and his father permanent residence status,^[43] but later supported the Administration position. He was attacked both for pandering and being inconsistent.^[44]

See also

Cuba portal

• Cuban exile
• Cuba – United States relations
• Operation Peter Pan (1960–1962)
• Yossele Schumacher, a similar affair
• Polovchak v. Meese, an earlier child asylum case (1980–1985), viewed by some as a precedent^[45][46]

Footnotes

1. ^ "Elian's relatives at war". BBC News. April 18, 2000. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/717071.stm. 
2. ^ Clyde Harriman (January 14, 2000). "NYC; A Tug of War As Complex As War". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2000/01/14/nyregion/nyc-a-tug-of-war-as-complex-as-war.html. 
3. ^ "UN fears for Haiti refugee plight". BBC. 2004-02-28. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3495910.stm. Retrieved 2007-06-18. 
4. ^ "U.S. Cuba Policy Rewards Illegal Immigration". Federation for American Immigration Reform. 2006-08-10. http://www.fairus.org/site/PageServer?pagename=iic_cuba_policy. Retrieved 2006-10-10. ^{[dead link]}
5. ^ Sue Plemming (27 march 2000). "Cuban boy draws picture of shipwreck drama". cubanet.org, quoting a Fox News article. http://www.cubanet.org/CNews/y00/mar00/27e4.htm. Retrieved 2008-10-06 
6. ^ Diana Ray (14 February 2000). "A Love Supreme". BNET, quoting insightmag.com. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1571/is_6_16/ai_59585370/. Retrieved 2008-10-06 
7. ^ "The Politics of Elian" (Reprint). The Wall Street Journal. 2000-04-06. 
8. ^ "Heroes' welcome for Elian grandmothers". BBC. 2000-01-30. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/625102.stm. Retrieved 2007-06-18. 
9. ^ "Spain backs Cuba over custody row". BBC. 2000-01-18. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/622690.stm. Retrieved 2007-06-18. 
10. ^ "Elian's father makes new appeal". BBC. 2000-02-15. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/644276.stm. Retrieved 2007-06-18. 
11. ^ "Elian asylum case dismissed". BBC. 2000-03-21. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/685472.stm. Retrieved 2007-06-18. 
12. ^ Elian interview sparks Miami row. BBC News. 30 September 2005. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4299294.stm. Retrieved 2008-10-06 
13. ^ Newport, Frank (2000-04-04). "Americans Continue to Favor the Return of Elian Gonzalez to Cuba". Gallup News Service. http://www.gallup.com/poll/3034/Americans-Continue-Favor-Return-Elian-Gonzalez-Cuba.aspx. Retrieved 2009-06-20. 
14. ^ Martin, Patrick (2000-04-25). "Rescue of Elian Gonzalez intensifies political crisis in US". World Socialist Web Site. http://www.wsws.org/articles/2000/apr2000/raid-a25.shtml. Retrieved 2007-06-18. 
15. ^ The Photo NewsMax Doesn't Want You To See
16. ^ Radio Havana account (see awards to INS for bravery)
17. ^ ^{a b} "D. C. Docket No. 03-20588-CV-KMM" (PDF). United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. 2006-08-16. http://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/ops/200514375.pdf. Retrieved 2007-06-18. 
18. ^ Deyoung, Karen (2000-04-28). "Officials feared danger in Elian raid". The Washington Post (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel). http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4196/is_20000428/ai_n10603512. Retrieved 2007-06-18. ^{[dead link][dead link]}
19. ^ Leahy, Patrick (2000-06-08). "Statement of Patrick Leahy, Ranking Member, Senate Judiciary Committee, Concerning the Elian Gonzalez Case Subpoena". United States Senate. Archived from the original on 2007-06-01. http://web.archive.org/web/20070601002407/http://judiciary.senate.gov/oldsite/682000_pjl5.htm. Retrieved 2007-06-18. 
20. ^ Federal agents seize Elian in predawn raid: Boy to be reunited with his father in Maryland (April 22, 2000), CNN.
21. ^ "Tufts Expert Says Privacy, Emotional Support Needed for Elian Gonzalez". Tufts E-News. 2000-04-24. http://enews.tufts.edu/stories/042400ElianNeedsPrivacy.htm. Retrieved 2007-06-18. 
22. ^ Smith, Terence (2000-04-24). "Dueling Images". Public Broadcasting Service. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/media/jan-june00/elian_4-24.html. Retrieved 2007-06-18. 
23. ^ DeYoung, Karen (2000-04-23). "Raid Reunites Elian and Father; U.S. Agents Seize Boy From Relatives and Fly Him Here; Protests Erupt in Miami". The Washington Post: p. A01. 
24. ^ Robles, Frances; Wheat, Jack (2000-04-24). "Reunion Photo Stirs Controversy". The Miami Herald: p. 7A. 
25. ^ "Raid critics still plan Senate hearings on Elian". The Palm Beach Post: p. 10A. 2000-04-26. 
26. ^ "Newsweek". 2000-05-01. 
27. ^ Borger, Julian (2000-05-30). "Soft landing for castaway Elian as Cuba rolls out tattered red carpet". The Guardian. 
28. ^ Sands, David R. (2000-06-02). "Elian's dad lauds court custody ruling". The Washington Times. 
29. ^ Bragg, Rick (2000-03-12). "Judges Ask Tough Questions About Cuban Boy's Interests". The New York Times. 
30. ^ "Court gives government and father deadline to respond in Elian Gonzalez case". CNN. 2000-06-15. http://archives.cnn.com/2000/LAW/06/15/elian.appeal.01/index.html. 
31. ^ "Supreme Court refuses to block Elian Gonzalez's return to Cuba". Associated Press. 2000-06-28. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-29699799.html. 
32. ^ "Elian Gonzalez leaves U.S. for Cuba". CNN. 2000-06-28. http://archives.cnn.com/2000/LAW/06/28/elian.stay.03/index.html. 
33. ^ ^{a b c} "Elian interview sparks Miami row". BBC. 2005-09-30. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4299294.stm. Retrieved 2006-07-18. 
34. ^ "Elian's Miami home turned into shrine". BBC. 2001-10-22. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/1612785.stm. Retrieved 2007-06-18. 
35. ^ "Raul Castro Attends Elian Gonzalez's 13th Birthday Party". Fox News. Associated Press. 2006-12-06. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,234960,00.html. Retrieved 2008-06-15. 
36. ^ "Elian Gonzalez joins Cuba's youth Communists". CNN.com. Associated Press. 2008-06-15. 
37. ^ "Elian 'joins Cuba's communists'". BBC News. 2008-06-16. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7455748.stm. Retrieved 2010-05-01. 
38. ^ "Special Event". CNN. http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0011/08/se.01.html. Retrieved 2010-05-01. 
39. ^ Seelye, Katharine Q. (2000-03-30). "Boy's Case Could Sway Bush-Gore Contest". The New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F02E1DD153CF933A05750C0A9669C8B63. Retrieved 2010-05-01. 
40. ^ "The Hispanic Vote and the U.S. Presidential Election". Knowledge@Wharton Network. 3 November 2004. http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article.cfm?articleid=1062. Retrieved 2008-10-03. 
41. ^ Alter, Jonathan (2006-04-23). "Taking Sides". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/23/books/review/23alter.html?_r=1&oref=slogin. Retrieved 2010-05-01. 
42. ^ MFAMEDIA.COM : The Saga of Elian Gonzalez: A News Media Riot?
43. ^ 1. [106th] Whereas the mother of Elian Gonzalez sacrificed her life in fleeing Cuba to bring her son to a free country; (Introduced in House)[H.RES.480.IH ][PDF] 2. [106th] Expressing the sense of Congress that Elian Gonzalez should be reunited with his father, Juan Gonzalez of Cuba. (Introduced in Senate)[S.CON.RES.79.IS ][PDF] 3 . [106th] Expressing the sense of Congress that Elian Gonzalez should be reunited with his father, Juan Gonzalez of Cuba. (Introduced in House)[H.CON.RES.240.IH ][PDF] 4. [106th] For the relief of Elian Gonzalez and other family members. (Placed on Calendar in Senate)[S.2314.PCS ][PDF] 5. [106th] For the relief of Elian Gonzalez. (Introduced in House)[H.R.3532.IH ][PDF] 6. [106th] For the relief of Elian Gonzalez-Brotons. (Placed on Calendar in Senate)[S.1999.PCS ][PDF] 7. [106th] For the relief of Elian Gonzalez-Brotons. (Introduced in House)[H.R.3531.IH ]PDF
44. ^ Clymer, Adam (2000-06-02). "While Conservatives and Liberals React, Gore and George Bush Hedge on Ruling". The New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE5DC103CF931A35755C0A9669C8B63. Retrieved 2008-06-15. 
45. ^ Daniels, Roger (2005). Guarding the golden door: American immigration policy and immigrants since 1882. Macmillan. p. 209. ISBN 0809053446. http://books.google.com/books?id=bImhRiDSnsoC&pg=PA209 
46. ^ ACLU amicus brief in the Elian Gonzalez matter, IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA No. 00-0206-CIV-HOEVELER

Further reading

• De La Torre, Miguel A., "La Lucha for Cuba: Religion and Politics on the Streets of Miami," University of California Press, 2003.

External links

• A Brief History of the Elian Gonzalez Affair - slideshow by Time magazine
• Official Cuban website: about the custody battle for Elián
• "The Year In Pictures: Elian Gonzalez". Time. 2000. http://www.time.com/time/photoessays/yip2000/yip_apr_1.html. Retrieved 2007-06-18. ^{[dead link]}
• García Márquez, Gabriel (2000-03-29). "Elián: Shipwrecked On Dry Land". Juventud Rebelde. http://www.commondreams.org/views/032900-105.htm. 
• Morrison, Keith (2004-08-01). "Finding Elian". Dateline NBC (MSNBC). http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5540113. 
• Gibbs, Stephen (2005-04-22). "What happened to Elian Gonzalez?". BBC. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4471099.stm. 
• BORTAC: defusing the hot spots, CBP Today - May 2004 article on U.S. Border Patrol BORTAC Program
• Elián González and the Cuban Crisis: 10 years later expose by The Guardian
• Elián: What Have We Learned?

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Name	González, Elián
Alternative names
Short description	Cuban boy in custody dispute
Date of birth	December 6, 1993
Place of birth	Cuba
Date of death
Place of death