The Saga Of Elian Gonzalez
More and more people sail away from Cuba to the United States every year. The
usual reason is to move from Fidel Castro and his rules, although many other reasons are
obviously important enough for them to risk their lives; a reason like trying to escape
from her ex-husband and landing with tragedy. A choice has to be made while dealing
with all of the Cuban frustration: do I live or risk my life along with thirteen others?
Among the heart wrenching events which happen worldwide every year, few have come
close to the well-known saga of Elian Gonzalez and his family.
In 1999, many Cubans left Cuba to sail to the United States. The Coast Guard
picked up more than 1,300 rafters; more ...
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been dating
small-time Cuban hustler, Lazero Munero, since 1997. During the summer of 1998,
Munero and three friends made the trip to America on a tiny boat. That fall he went back
to Cuba because he was heartsick from his family and Elisabet. A few months after his
jail release for escaping, he began persuading Elisabet to join him on a second getaway.
He also began to advertise the trip to others in their town at one thousand dollars ahead,
then he began patching up an old boat and envinrude fifty horse power outboard motor.
When they set out that Sunday, Munero packed rations of water, bread, cheese, and hot
dogs for his fifteen passengers. At four thirty A.M. they set to sea with hopes of arriving
in Miami before the next sunrise. After less than a mile, the engine failed and Munero
returned to shore, while passenger Arianne Horta nervously put her five year old daughter
back on land. The group, now fourteen strong, set off again the next morning, but that
night during ...
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whose
bedroom he shares, got up to use the bathroom(Padgett 68). After two and a half days,
the fourteen passengers whittled down to three(Ramo 67). The other two survivors were
Horta and her boyfriend Nivaldo Fernandez Ferran who were rescued by the Coast Guard
and had been granted permission to stay in the United States for the time
being(Padgett68).
Elian’s Miami relatives swore they would never exploit him in the media;
however, they did seek permanent custody. His relatives trotted before local cameras and
asked him if he wanted to stay there. Elian responded with a yes. Watching him, it was
obvious to see that all he wanted was to be held(Ramo 62). The Miami ...
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