Re-imagine Elian as saying this publicly, and behind the scenes he’s plotting to assassinate the current Castro in charge.
“I experienced freedom in America for five minutes before being ripped from liberty’s bosom and returned to the Communist hellhole of my birth...”
Totally works.
It would, except if he’s setting himself up to shill for Raul and cash in on his relation to Fidel, that destroys the whole concept, coerced or not.