Elian Gonzalez. Photo: MESC Communication Elián González, little Eliancito, the rafter child who saw his mother die during the crossing from
Elián González, little Eliancito, the rafter child who saw his mother die during the crossing from Cuba to Miami in 1999 and made headlines in newspapers around the world, is today, 32 years old, and a deputy in the National Assembly of People’s Power of Cuba.
For 33 years now, the United Nations has held referendums to end the embargo, claiming it’s unjust and must cease. As we say in Cuba, it gets cleaned up, but it hardly matters. This time, something unprecedented happened. It was proven that Trump’s Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, sent cables pressuring other countries, saying the U.S. would be watching their response closely. It’s the tactics of a mobster, the neighborhood bully, intimidating everyone else.








