[Jorge]

Castro might be planning to showcase this kid.....give him whatever passes for an "elite education" in the "island paradise," and then put him on the fast track up into a prominent government position, just to "prove" to the world that "upward mobility in Cuba" is possible for all citizens.

With over 100,000 dead Cuban's at the bottom of the Florida Straits, trying to escape Castro...NOTHING he can do for Elian will be convincing enough to contradict the human desire for freedom.

Castro will die a failure.

[Verginius Rufus]

The whole time Elian's father was in the U.S., the Clinton administration made sure he was always under the control of his Cuban handlers, so that he would never have a chance to express his real wishes, let alone be given the option of staying in America with Elian. (Since Elian had bonded with his Florida relatives, that would have been the best solution for Elian...but anathema to Castro.)

A Catholic nun who was a college president (Barry University, I think) was all for returning Elian to Cuba until she met his two grandmothers...seeing the fear in their eyes made her change her opinion.

[CHARLITE]

"...over 100,000 dead Cuban's at the bottom of the Florida Straits.."

Where did you get that figure? I'm not doubting you for an instant. It's believable, having gone on now for nearly a half century......but I'm just wondering where such a statistic comes from.

Char