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Elian Gonzalez Joins Cuba's Communists

AP
Posted: 2008-06-15 21:59:05
Filed Under: World News
HAVANA, Cuba (June 15) - The Cuban boy at the center of an international custody battle eight years ago has joined Cuba's Young Communist Union.

Cuban President Raul Castro greets Elian Gonzalez during a ceremony to mark the 45th anniversary of the Communist Youth Organization in Havana in April 2007. Gonzalez's father is standing next to him.
Ismael Francisco, AP / Prensa Latina

Cuban President Raul Castro greets Elian Gonzalez during a ceremony to mark the 45th anniversary of a communist youth organization in Havana in April 2007. Gonzalez's father is standing next to him.

Elian Gonzalez said he will never let down ex-President Fidel Castro and his brother Raul Castro, according to the Communist youth newspaper Juventud Rebelde.

Raul Castro succeeded Fidel as president earlier this year.

Now 14, Elian was 6 when his relatives in Miami, Florida, lost their fight to keep him in the United States and he was returned to Cuba in mid-2000 with his father.

Elian had survived a boating accident off the Florida coast that killed his mother, who was attempting to get to the U.S.

Juventud Rebelde says in its Sunday edition that the boy was among 18,000 people who joined the group Saturday.

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igreen215 10:38:03 PM Jun 19 2008

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Good...........he looks happy and is with his father. Cuba so he has health care....nothing sad here.

igreen215 10:35:27 PM Jun 19 2008

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At least he is not a young republican.

cwarpspeed 04:22:22 PM Jun 17 2008

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His mother died, trying to get a better lifestyle here. Like most of those Illegals who aren't Cuban...

cwarpspeed 04:21:34 PM Jun 17 2008

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mineolakanb:
Hmmm So Janet Reno ordered they grab the kid and send him back. Those people in Miami tried to keep him here. What part of that did I miss? Reno is a liberal, she had him sent back... So who are you talking about now?

cwarpspeed 04:17:51 PM Jun 17 2008

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And I am suppose to care about this! Why? It isn't my business.

rjolly21 04:15:20 PM Jun 17 2008

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propaganda for the suckers of the world!

culdi 08:47:35 AM Jun 17 2008

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Who cares? I'm sure he makes his father proud.

redbaronnsnoopy2 03:32:55 AM Jun 17 2008

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it's not our business and it really isn't even newsworthy

jongroove 02:13:01 AM Jun 17 2008

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what a dick...

thegreatrandini 01:25:25 AM Jun 17 2008

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Cuba is not bad we are just told it is.

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