I think it was as much the manner of the taking of Elian, with SWAT teams and submachine guns that t’d people off.
And, then again many Cubans in America view every person who can leave there as a victory against the evil Castro brothers.
It’s odd that he holds the USA somehow responsible, it’s Cuba that has policies that force people onto rickety boats to escape. His mother made that choice because Cuba sucks. Americans who want to go to Cuba traditionally take jets from Canada or Mexico. If you want to boat to Cuba you can, no one in Miami is going to stop you, and you’ll have the choice of many thousands of very seaworthy boats to use and all the gas or diesel you need at market prices.
He will never be allowed to leave Cuba, at least till the regime falls.
Every word he says, is crafted by the Regime.
Actually, if it wasn’t for Elian Gonzales, I don’t think Bush would have been elected in 2000. The Cuban Community came out strong for Bush as a direct result from this trainwreck.