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To say that Elian was sent back to Cuba because of parental rights is a wretched joke perpetrated upon Elian, for in Cuba there are no parental rights. The communist State literaly owns all the children.

Would that apply to American mothers who have had middle eastern fathers kidnap their children and not return them.
America is a cesspool culture and the Saudi father and government know best how to raise children?

I don't know why people keep referring to "Little Havana" as America.Only the cousin has assismilated enough to bother learning english. They have nothing to do with Americans. Most have no education.
The father decided his son had a better future under Castro,
than growing up in a drug infested, crime infested ghetto.
He has that right.

What dream world do you live in? To compare little Havana in Miami to the real thing in Cuba is like comparing Moscow to New York. One is definitely third world--Moscow the other is not. And to insinuate that Juan Gonzalez had any say what so ever in where Elian would live is to be super-naieve. Castro/Bubba called all the shots and still does. Buck up ace.

I lived in Miami for three years (1999-2002). Little Havana is NOT a "crime infested ghetto." There is a small portion east of 27th Ave and north of Flagler that is dominated by Hondurans and Guatemalans that is pretty bad, but other than that it is OK.

The funny thing is, "Little Havana" is now only about 33% Cuban, as most second generation Cubans have moved out to places like Kendall and Pembroke Pines. Oh, BTW Bogey, most second generation Cubans I know speak fluent English, using Spanish only with parents, grandparents or in international business.

What Janet Waco did to Elian is unforgivable. End of story...

"I don't know why people keep referring to "Little Havana" as America.Only the cousin has assismilated[sic] enough to bother learning english. They have nothing to do with Americans. Most have no education."

Bogey, ignorance is not becoming. You are ignorant of the Gonzales family, with whom I have personally met. Did you not read in my post that the uncle and I prayed together? He spoke good English then, thickly accented as it was, yet quite understandable. His English is better than my Spanish and, I venture, than yours as well.

Your bigoted remark about a supposed lack of education in the Cuban exile community is totally without a factual basis. Of all the hispanic demographical groups, the Cuban refugee has the highest marks for academics and citizenship, bar none, a fact further evidenced by their largely Republican voter registration.

I grew up in Miami in the fifties and saw it change drastically. On balance, Miami is much richer for its new residents from across the water, whatever the country of origin.

I can say that the influx of new Americans to South Florida has been less odious than that of liberal, New York/New England retirees and their rude yankee elitism. At the very least, Cuban immigrants love America.

Bogey says, "Would that apply to American mothers who have had middle eastern fathers kidnap their children and not return them.

America is a cesspool culture and the Saudi father and government know best how to raise children? "

No, that would not apply.

Simply because something is asserted does not make it true.

Simply claiming that the USA is a cesspool culture worse than say a culture where hands and heads are cut off routinely, where women are legally mutilated in their genitalia, violently abused and murdered with the imprimatur of Sharia(Islamic) law, where personal freedoms are nonexistent does not constitute the truth.

There is such a thing as the truth, you know, right and wrong and all that sort of thing. Islamic nations are as much repressive of humanity as totalitarian communist countries are, and usually worse.