> >from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >subject: Where is Elian? > >Thursday Morning, 8 a.m. Eastern > > Journalist sources in Miami are raising questions as to the >whereabouts Elian Gonzalez. > > Late last night the relatives claimed to have brought Elian back >to Lazaro Gonz·lez's house in Hialeah. However, all that anyone was >able to see was a child-shaped bundle wrapped in a blanket. The >child's face was not visible, nor was any movement by the child >observable. > > This despite the Miami relatives practice of constantly parading >the child before the cameras and the mob in front of the house as if >he were some sort of war trophy. > > Concern has been heightened by the fact that Marisleysis >Gonzalez, Lazaro Gonzalez's daughter on whom Elian has become >extremely dependent, is not at the house. Given the three-ring circus >surrounding the house, the child, if he is there, would find out as >soon as he wakes this morning that something important has happened, >and may well learn the details, too. It certainly doesn't fit >Marisleysis's carefully cultivated surrogate mom image to let the >child face this new uncertainty alone. > > Also, the Miami relatives have done a 180-degree about face in >the past week, since the Cuban government announced Juan Miguel's >initiative to come to the United States to cut through all the >legalistic bullshit and delaying tactics that the Justice Department >and the Miami Mafia have been using to prevent the child's >repatriation. > > Before then, a day did not go by when the Lazaro Gonzalez family, >Inc., through a member, a lawyer or a press spokesperson, did not >denounce Juan Miguel for not coming to the United States, saying they >were only keeping the child because Juan Miguel wasn't here. > > They repeatedly said that Juan Miguel really wanted the child to >stay, and was being prevented from coming to the United States >himself by the Cuban government, and the second he set foot on >American soil they would gladly hand him over. No less of a figure >than Marisleysis herself was asserting on CNN Tuesday a week ago that >she would never hand over the child voluntarily to the INS, but she >WOULD hand him over to his father, who was being, in effect, kept >hostage by Fidel. > > The monstrous nature of this lie has now been exposed beyond any >doubt whatsoever by Juan Miguel's trip. And the feeble attempts of >Mafia lawyers and mouthpieces to claim that Juan Miguel is still >under the control of the Cuban government have been torpedoed by the >Cuban authorities, who have voluntarily and unilaterally waived the >diplomatic immunity of the diplomatic residence where Juan Miguel >will be staying. What this means concretely is that all Juan Miguel >would have to do if he wanted to "defect" would simply be to call out >the door or a window to one of the secret service agents guarding the >residence that he was being kept against his will. That residence >will be fully within U.S. jurisdiction. > > So the Miami relatives have now worked out another line of attack >to prolong the kidnapping. This has consisted of accusing Juan Miguel >of child abuse, and of imposing all sorts of "conditions" to the >child being transferred, such as Juan Miguel coming, ALONE and >therefore UNGUARDED to Lazaro Gonzalez's home in Miami, that a panel >of psychologists decide whether or not the child can be handed back >to his father and so on. > > For her part, Janet Reno seems to have learned nothing from the >past three months, and the Justice Department is insisting on >following its policy of appeasement towards the kidnappers. The >Justice Department has announced it plans a letter to the >Lazaro Gonzalez family, more negotiations, more letters saying pretty >please, more negotiations, more letters saying pretty please with >sugar and honey on it, more negotiations, a court order, more >negotiations... > > Each phony "ultimatum" and "deadline" will be used by the mafia >to whip the Miami mob into an ever-more-hysterical frenzy, placing in >danger not only the peace and good order of Miami, but also the >child's life. > > What needs to be done now is to terminate Lazaro Gonzalez's >custody of Elian immediately and decisively. When he goes to >negotiate this morning, Justice should tell him he'll either walk out >of there a free man after handing over the child or he'll walk out of >there in handcuffs and an orange jumpsuit to be arraigned on capital >kidnapping charges. His pick. > >No more negotiations, no more lawyers, no more press statements, no >more psychologists, no more bullshit. > >NetZero - Defenders of the Free World >Click here for FREE Internet Access and Email >http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html " JC > > ************* >sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >[BIENVENIDOS A GRANMA INTERNACIONAL] > > April 4, 2000 > Leaflet distribution in front of Gonzalez > house sparks incident > >A minor skirmish broke out yesterday outside the house of Lazaro >Gonzlez, Elian's great-uncle, when the crowd that gathers there >each day began insulting a couple who, according to witnesses, was >passing out leaflets in favor of the child's return to Cuba and >against the Cuban American National Foundation, El Nuevo Herald >reported. > >Miami police officers intervened and took the couple away, for its >own protection, according to witnesses, but despite insistent >telephone calls, the police did not report the incident or the >identity of those involved. Lizzette Espinosa, one of the >demonstrators, was the one who recognized the couple. > >"They were handing out the leaflets [at the Versailles restaurant] >and gave an interview to some Brazilian and German journalists. We >were having lunch and we saw them. The man even came to our table >and gave us one of the leaflets, and my mother told him she didn't >agree with that. In any case, we took one of the leaflets, to bring >it here and show that someone has infiltrated our ranks." > >The leaflet has a photo of Elian Gonzalez in the center and reads in >Spanish, "The Cuban American Foundation, along with mafia politicians >from Miami, has financed the kidnapping of a child, Elian Gonzalez." >In English, bordering the photo, it reads, "Send Elian home to his >father in Cuba." JC > > ************* > [MORE THAN A WEEKLY] >[BIENVENIDOS A GRANMA INTERNACIONAL] > > Letter from Juan Miguel and his family to Senate leaders > Havana, March 30, 2000 > >Hon. Trent Lott Senate Majority Leader >Hon. Tom Daschle Senate Minority Leader > > Dear Senators, > >We have learned that some senators have put forward a proposal to >give permanent residency to Elian Gonzalez Brotons and ourselves. > >We are frankly surprised that someone could assume the right to take >this initiative without our consent and without even having asked >any of us for our opinion. We would like to make it clear that we do >not agree with the aforementioned proposal and hope that the U.S. >Senate will not approve it. > >We would like to remind the honorable senators of the American >declaration of humanityÕs rights and duties, approved in the 9th >American International Conference in Bogotı in 1948, in which >Article 8 specifically stipulates that everyone has the right to >establish residence in the territory of the state where he or she is > >a national, to move freely within it and not to leave it except >willingly. > >We reject the attempt to arbitrarily deprive us of this right. We >particularly reject, even more steadfastly, the real aim of this >proposal, which is nothing other than to extend Eliın GonzılezÕs >retention in U.S. territory, in clear violation of international >norms, and in spite of the decision announced by the INS on January > >5, whose full validity was confirmed by Federal Judge Moore. > >Elian Gonzalez was only five years old when, after losing his mother, >he was preventing from returning to his family. More than four months >have gone by since then, and this has inflicted unspeakable suffering >on the child and on us. > >We have never harmed the United States, its people or its senators. >Why do they continue to punish us so unjustly and cruelly? > >In the hope that you will place respect for the institution of the >family above and beyond any other consideration, we remain yours >truly, > > Juan Miguel Gonzalez > Juan Gonzalez > Mariela Quintana > Nersy Carmenate > Hianny Gonzalez > Rolando Betancourt > Raquel Rodriguez " > > ABOUT GRANMA INTERNATIONAL ONLINE >Spanish | French | Portuguese | German | Italian | Javier Sotomayor | >Magazines > © Copyright. 1996-1999. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. GRANMA > INTERNATIONAL/ ONLINE EDITION " JC > > ************* > [MORE THAN A WEEKLY] > [BIENVENIDOS A GRANMA INTERNACIONAL] > >Cuba accuses exiles of attempting to provoke a military conflict >with the United States > > Havana, April 1 (Notimex).- Cuban Defense Minister Ra¦l Castro has >accused the anti-Castro Cuban American National Foundation (CANF) of >trying to promote a Washington-Havana military conflict over the >case of Cuban child Elian Gonzılez. > > Elian's case "is inscribed in the context of an > ultra-right wing plot aimed at fomenting a > military conflict," Ra¦l Castro stated this > Saturday to some 40,000 people attending an open > rally in Niquero, in the eastern province of > Granma. [Ra¦l Castro] > >In his speech, the minister of defense [Pueblo de Niquero]also >criticized U.S. presidential candidates Al Gore and George Bush for >backing Elian's Miami relatives in their attempt to have the child >live in the United States. > >He affirmed that the political, legal and family disagreement >created around Elian had strengthened the Cuban people's unity, >which "is the most powerful weapon that we have in this globalized >world of today." > >Ra¦l emphasized that even when Elian comes back, the Cuban >government will continue to demand that the United States terminate >the Cuban Adjustment Act, which benefits with residence and work >permits persons from the island reaching U.S. territory; as well as >the economic embargo of the island. > > © Copyright. 1996-1999. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. GRANMA INTERNATIONAL/ > ONLINE EDITION " JC > > > > __________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. 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