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Elian Gonzalez

  • Calendar

    May 20, 2004

    Our Crossing

    Sharing the stories of those who come by sea

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2008

    Controversial Miami Connections for Obama Leadership Picks

    Greg Craig As the Herald reported this morning, several members of Obama's new leadership team in Washington have strong enough ties to the Elian Gonzalez saga to send local Republicans into a tizzy. The AP reports this afternoon that Obama is expected to make Eric Holder the first black attorne ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 20, 2008

    Holder Held Weepy Reno in His Arms After Elian Gonzalez Raid

    Babalu Blog and its ilk haven't picked up on this, but we can already imagine their response: "That dirty socialist mainstream media is trying to pull one over on the Cubans by implying that this new attorney general isn't a godless prick who jumped for joy at the though of sending Elian Gonzalez ... More >>

  • News

    December 4, 2003

    Press Pass and a Gas Mask

    Embedded reporters made the military look good in Iraq, but did they do the same for Miami cops?

  • News

    November 6, 2003

    Crime and Water Balloons

    Have Miami city commissioners lost their (illegal) marbles?

  • City Life

    May 15, 2003

    BEST DISAPPEARING ACT

    Liz Balmaseda

  • Calendar

    October 17, 2002

    Elian: The Bus Tour

    Every Saturday this month you can tour Hispanic (okay, Cuban) Miami by bus

  • City Life

    May 16, 2002

    BEST PEOPLE POWER

    Miami's Civilian Investigative Panel

  • City Life

    May 16, 2002

    SECOND BEST ERRATUM

    Miami's Civilian Investigative Panel

  • City Life

    May 16, 2002

    BEST LOCAL BOY GONE BAD

    Demetrio Perez, Jr.

  • News

    March 14, 2002

    You Can't Handle the Truth!

    Law enforcement's attempts to muzzle the media help no one

  • News

    January 3, 2002

    Letters from the Issue of January 3, 2002

    Nut Case #5: And thanks for reminding me why I left Miami

  • City Life

    May 17, 2001

    Best About-Face

    Latin Grammys

  • Diversions

    May 17, 2001

    Best TV Station

    WPLG-TV (Channel 10)

  • News

    April 19, 2001

    Elian Plus One

    An INS agent discloses blatant anti-Cuban sentiment surrounding last year's raid, and apparent attempts at a coverup. The result? He's threatened.

  • News

    October 5, 2000

    Letters to the Editor

    From the issue of October 5-11, 2000

  • News

    July 13, 2000

    Jiang Zemin Stuns World, Embraces Democracy

    Letters from the issue of July 13, 2000

  • News

    June 15, 2000

    Demetrio's Rules

    The world according to public school board member Demetrio Perez includes exile philosophy, Elian propaganda, and old-Havana-school politics.

  • News

    June 1, 2000

    Rick ... or Red?

    Could Rick Sanchez, Miami's most notorious journalistic windbag, actually be an agent of Fidel Castro?

  • News

    May 25, 2000

    The Team's Dreams

    The attorneys who represented Elian's Miami relatives may have a political future

  • Best of Miami

    May 11, 2000

    Greg Bush

    The attorneys who represented Elian's Miami relatives may have a political future

  • City Life

    May 11, 2000

    Best Local Landmark

    Lazaro Gonzalez's house

  • City Life

    May 11, 2000

    Best Local Boy Gone Bad

    Alex Penelas

  • Diversions

    May 11, 2000

    Best New Play

    A Bicycle Country

  • City Life

    May 11, 2000

    Best TV Reporter

    Mark Londner

  • News

    May 11, 2000

    The Great Divide

    Correspondence from our readers

  • News

    April 27, 2000

    Elian Nation

    Scenes from a splintered city

  • News

    April 20, 2000

    Letters to the Editor

    Letters from the issue of April 20, 2000

  • News

    April 20, 2000

    Riptide

    A gaffe a minute

  • News

    April 20, 2000

    Mullin

    The Burden of a Violent History

  • News

    April 13, 2000

    Letters to the Editor

    Letters from the issue of April 13, 2000

  • News

    April 13, 2000

    You Have Mail!

    In response to Alex Penelas's inflammatory Elian speech, hundreds of citizens labeled him a demagogue, a coward, and a traitor. And those are just the epithets we can print.

  • News

    April 6, 2000

    Letters to the Editor

    Letters from the issue of April 6, 2000

  • News

    April 6, 2000

    DeFede

    Welcome to Alex Penelas's Banana Republic

  • News

    March 23, 2000

    Riptide

    Words that harm, words that, um, harm some more

  • News

    March 2, 2000

    Letters to the Editor

    Letters from the issue of March 2, 2000

  • News

    February 24, 2000

    According to Granma

    Threats and Violence Lead to Tragedy

  • News

    February 17, 2000

    Letters to the Editor

    Letters from the issue of February 17, 2000

  • News

    February 17, 2000

    DeFede

    Leave the Driving to CANF

  • News

    February 10, 2000

    Elian Goes Global

    When Miami's most famous twerp hit the Internet, Web surfers went wild

  • News

    February 10, 2000

    Fine Young Cannibals

    The reporters providing us coverage of Elian Gonzalez seem to recognize they're taking part in a shark feed. And they just keep chomping.

  • News

    January 27, 2000

    Letters to the Editor

    Letters from the issue of January 27, 2000

  • News

    December 30, 1999

    DeFede

    Y2K Disaster Strikes Miami

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2009

    Top Local Stories of the Decade

    ​It's just about 2010. Here are my choices. What do you think?1. After being snatched by federal authorities, Elian Gonzalez is sent home to his father in Cuba on June 28, 2000.2. Art Basel Miami Beach starts in 2002, an offshoot of the Swiss affair, it changes Miami's cultural life forever. 3. No ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2010

    Cuba Releases Photo of Elian Gonzalez in Military School Uniform

    ​This April marks the ten year anniversary of when Elian Gonzalez was forcibly removed from the home of relatives in Miami and returned to his father in Cuba. The Cuban propganda machine, ever aware of the symbolism of Elian, has no qualms of exploiting the boy, now 16, when it ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 2, 2010

    Ten Years After Elian, Alex Penelas is Back at County Hall

    ​Ten years ago this past June 28, Elian Gonzalez was returned to his father in Cuba and Alex Penelas' rising political star imploded. Miami-Dade's then-county mayor dug his own grave in 2000. Sure he won a second term as mayor, but he double crossed Al Gore during the presidential election and the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 26, 2010

    Elian Gonzalez Says He'd Shed Blood to Defend Cuba

    Photo released earlier this year.​Elián González knows no life outside of being a pawn of propaganda. His media appearances, seemingly orchestrated by the Cuban government, have become quite common over the past few months to mark the tenth anniversary of his return to Cuba. Now, the Latin Ameri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2011

    Elian Gonzalez Turns 18, Calls 'Cuban Five' Spy To Celebrate

    Elian Gonzalez​Elian Gonzalez is all growed up! Miami's favorite raft-boy turned Cuban propaganda machine turned 18 last night, and in proper Revolutionary fashion celebrated not with a pack of cigarettes or a bottle of rum from his parents liquor stash but with a phone call to Rene Gonzalez, a "C ... More >>

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