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Tug-of-War Kid Elián González About to Be Top Cuban Official

In 1999, his father in Cuba and other relatives in Florida waged an epic custody battle over him.

U.S. federal agents seize Cuban boy Elian Gonzalez from the home of his Miami relatives.

Reuters

Elián González, who was at the center of an international tug-of-war a quarter of a century ago, is about to become a member of Cuba’s National Assembly. González was just a pre-schooler when his father in Cuba and family in Florida battled for custody of him after his mother died trying to bring him to the United States on a refugee boat that sank. González was ultimately returned to Cuba, where Fidel Castro treated him like a hero and where he embraced the regime.

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