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Former Cuban castaway Elian Gonzalez recalls his connection with Fidel Castro: 'Fidel was everyone
nydailynews.com ^ | 11/27/16 | Dan Good

Posted on 11/27/2016 10:30:50 AM PST by ColdOne

full title............Former Cuban castaway Elian Gonzalez recalls his connection with Fidel Castro: 'Fidel was everyone's friend'.................................. Tweet email

Elian Gonzalez — the Cuban boy who was found floating off the coast of Florida in 1999, sparking an international custody dispute — recalled his friendship with former president Fidel Castro, who died Friday at age 90.

Gonzalez, 22, spoke to Cuban state media in Spanish on Saturday, reflecting on his experiences with Castro. He recalled the leader attending his sixth-grade graduation — when Castro told an audience about their friendship.

"At first, it was an extraordinary honor, but also a heavy load," he said, according to ABC News. "It was years later that I realized that I had a commitment because I was Fidel's public friend. But Fidel was everyone's friend ... F

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TOPICS: Cuba; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: agitprop; castro; communism; cuba; elian; eliangonzalez; gonzalez
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Millions who died in his prisons..unavailable for comment. Does Elian know fidel died being the 7th richest man in the world?
1 posted on 11/27/2016 10:30:50 AM PST by ColdOne
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To: ColdOne

Well, what can you say about Elian Gonzalez today? He was raised with communist propaganda, and lives in a police state. What else can he say? He certainly can’t be critical of Castro.

Maybe someday, when Cuba becomes free, Elian will be able to learn to think freely, and will appreciate the sacrifice his mother made to try to get him to freedom all those years ago.


2 posted on 11/27/2016 10:35:27 AM PST by Dilbert San Diego
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To: ColdOne

I guess he’s ignorant of those facts...or purposefully ignoring them as he’s not unexpectedly being used as a political prop


3 posted on 11/27/2016 10:36:30 AM PST by A_Former_Democrat ("Liberalism is a mental disorder" On FULL Display NOW BOYCOTT PepsiCO)
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To: ColdOne

The Daily News is really striving to top the journalistic standards set by Pravda, I see.


4 posted on 11/27/2016 10:36:57 AM PST by madprof98
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To: Dilbert San Diego

He may be too far gone.


5 posted on 11/27/2016 10:37:12 AM PST by Mjreagan
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To: ColdOne

Did Elian know he was solely used for propaganda purposes? Without having been in the USA, he would have been just another kid in the cane fields.


7 posted on 11/27/2016 10:39:20 AM PST by Bringbackthedraft (???? It dissappeared.)
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To: ColdOne

Elian was doomed as soon as the Clintoons returned him to Papa Fidel. The most evil thing they ever did.


8 posted on 11/27/2016 10:40:28 AM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Je Suis Pepe)
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To: Neoliberalnot

I just drank to that.


9 posted on 11/27/2016 10:40:29 AM PST by W. (Practice does NOT make perfect, only perfect practice makes perfect pistolcraft!)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

Waco was the most evil thing they did...this was also towards the top of the list.


10 posted on 11/27/2016 10:41:43 AM PST by ColdOne ((poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~WE DID IT DEPLORABLES!EraseThe0bagambiLegacy!)
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To: ColdOne

Maybe he’s hoping to be in Fidel’s will


11 posted on 11/27/2016 10:41:50 AM PST by butlerweave
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To: ColdOne

Meanwhile Cuban Americans are still celebrating.


12 posted on 11/27/2016 10:43:03 AM PST by Leep (Stronger without her!)
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To: ColdOne

Who controls Cuba after Raul dies???


13 posted on 11/27/2016 10:43:10 AM PST by Cowboy Bob
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****Does Elian know fidel died being the 7th richest man in the world?****

Power and profit. Who else comes to mind?

That is why we need term limits and Trump’s legislation on ‘no lobbying by elected officials’ after leaving office. Their salaries and retirement benefits should be reduced as well - that way we will know they are really committed to ‘public service’ and the Constitution.


14 posted on 11/27/2016 10:43:11 AM PST by sodpoodle (Life is prickly - carry tweezers.)
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To: ColdOne; flaglady47; Maine Mariner
I could care less about Elian Gonzalez at this moment in time.

However....someday, if not sooner, he'll realize he can cash in big time if he comes to the states and becomes a lefty TV celebrity....and we'll see him making big bucks on the Beltway media and speechifyin' circuit.

Leni

15 posted on 11/27/2016 10:43:16 AM PST by MinuteGal (GO TRUMP !!!.......GO PENCE !!!)
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To: ColdOne

It’s a shame Fidel didn’t live long enough for Elian to fall out of favor with him so Elian could learn what his mother died trying to protect him from.


16 posted on 11/27/2016 10:44:37 AM PST by jz638
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Agree....

I’d just repeatedly tell him his “”mother died”” trying to free him and her from communism, which he has lovingly adopted now, and escape a murderous POS dictator, whom he idolizes now...... Then kick him in the balls and tell him to get a f’n clue et cetera.

My opinion.


17 posted on 11/27/2016 10:46:19 AM PST by Squantos (Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
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To: madprof98

Um, I now trust Pravda more than the NY Times, Washington Compost, CNN, etc. Pravda actually appears to have SOME standards...


18 posted on 11/27/2016 10:46:36 AM PST by piytar (http://www.truthrevolt.org/videos/bill-whittle-number-one-bullet)
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To: Cowboy Bob

I think Fidel had 9 kids. I expect a bloodbath as they fight it out.


19 posted on 11/27/2016 10:47:46 AM PST by piytar (http://www.truthrevolt.org/videos/bill-whittle-number-one-bullet)
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To: ColdOne

It’s easy to be “everybody’s friend” when you kill everyone you disagree with. After awhile none of them are left.


20 posted on 11/27/2016 10:48:19 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (President Trump is coming, and the rule of law is coming with him.)
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