"Child rafter" Elian Gonzalez was seven years old when he came to America in a precarious boat, that killed his mother. His father began to claim from Cuba but his relatives in Miami refused to return. Ten years later, studied at a military school in Havana and a militant of the communist youth.
"The child yesterday is today a more Cuban. Live a happy life like any other teenager at age 16, along with his brothers and his real family, "wrote the newspaper Juventud Rebelde," the English newspaper El Mundo.
"A decade after being the plaything of enemies of the Revolution, we see him wearing his olive green uniform as a student of Camilo Cienfuegos military school, which prepares and future officers of the Revolutionary Armed Forces, "added the newspaper of the Union of Young Communists (UJC) of Cuba.
a decade ago, Elian Gonzalez starred in a dispute over global media coverage following their arrival in the United States in a precarious journey in a boat that killed his mother, and the claim of his father in Cuba was returned to her custody.
Elian's relatives in Miami, who had been granted in the first instance custody, were reluctant to return to his father, prompting U.S. agents to take out the child for the strength of the house that was . Finally, the small return to the island on 28 June 2000.
The last time the Cuban media broadcast images of Elian was on April 3, when he participated as a delegate to the Congress of the UJC held in Havana. Television showed him military uniform during a brief speech in which he called for strengthening vocational training and guidance in the military.
"must play an important role because the militant must develop a political-ideological work, developing an awareness in the young, the need to defend the revolution, defense of the homeland, the need to train as an officer "he said then.
According to the official news agency AIN, Elian Gonzalez today "enjoy the music, is partying, but not very good dancer, spends hours on the computer or doing" irons "(weights) with friends", while "Dress Like fashionable, but not do enough for the marks and the cell "and" do not smoke, nor take, nor does tattoos. "
The agency also ensures that the teen is" smart, enterprising, sensitive, dreamy, bold "and as a "natural leader", although "his strength is not oratory.
Elian joined the Communist youth on June 15, 2008. Until she became ill in July 2006, the revolutionary leader Fidel Castro attended all his birthday every Dec. 6. The anniversary of his return is celebrated every year with rallies in his hometown, Cardenas.
source: telam.com.ar
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