5/30/2023 0 Comments Worms revolution pro![]() ![]() Members of the Cuban-American community attend to a vigil held for the Cuban artist and dissident Luis Manuel Otero Alcantara and for other Cubans imprisoned in Cuban prisons after the 11 July protests, in front of the Freedom Tower in Miami, Florida, USA, 25 January 2022. The dispute ignited Cold War-era passions, with then-Cuban President Fidel Castro leading protests demanding Elián’s return in front of the US Embassy in Havana, and Cuban exile leaders vowing that they would not allow the boy to return to live under a dictatorship.įinally, after Elián’s father Juan Miguel traveled to Washington DC, US courts backed his requests to be reunited with his son. News of his miraculous survival led many in Miami’s anti-Castro exile community to argue that the wishes of González’s mother should be honored and the boy needed to stay in Florida. It’s helped me understand how all the Cubans feel who are separated from their families and fathers who aren’t able to give all the attention and things their children want.”Īfter being rescued, González was placed with relatives in Miami. “It’s helped me to understand my father,” he said. Ocner/Miami Herald/APĬuban catcher defects after World Baseball Classic, report says Having a daughter, González said, gave him a new perspective on the decisions his own father Juan Miguel made when in 1999 Elián’s mother drowned after attempting to take him with a group of migrants on the dangerous journey by boat across the Florida Straits.Ĭuba's Ivan Prieto Gonzalez has defected from his home nation, MLB officials confirmed to USA Today's Bob Nightengale. González spoke with CNN after going to vote on Sunday with his wife and their two-year-old daughter in Cárdenas, which, like many small cities in Cuba, has been ravaged by economic calamity: harsher US sanctions, the sluggish pace of reforms by the communist-run government, a pandemic that scared off tourists and inflation that has made state salaries nearly worthless. Our country doesn’t have any sanctions on the United States.” “That our governments reach an understanding and remove all the barriers between us. Monroe County Sheriff's OfficeĬuban migrants fly into Key West airport on motorized hang glider Two Cuban migrants flew into Key West International Airport in Florida on Saturday on a motorized hang glider, local police say. ![]()
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