Elian Gonzalez
Elian Gonzalez
Elián Gonzálezis a Cuban student who, as a young boy in 2000, became embroiled in a heated international custody and immigration controversy involving the governments of Cuba and the United States, his father, Juan Miguel González Quintana, his other relatives in Miami, Florida, and in Cuba, and Miami's Cuban American community...
NationalityCuban
ProfessionOther
Date of Birth6 December 1993
CountryCuba
next step
I don't know what the next step is ... We're still talking.
looked relaxed since thinking
He just looked so relaxed and so calm, it's just something I ... have been thinking about since that day.
soon
I know that you're scared. This must be frightening, but this will be over very soon and you will feel much better. I'm going to take you to Poppy.
lady
They really psychologically traumatized Elian, ... This lady (Reno) to me doesn't have a heart.
doubt precious
He is a precious child, there's just no doubt about it.
defend loved smile smiles
Defend your smile and that of your loved ones
bringing broadway died honor illegal inspired knows latinos network pride rick spanish stage tragedy voice
It's an honor just to do this in New York, to give a voice to the Latinos who died in that tragedy that no one knows about because they were illegal aliens and, thus, undocumented. There was a story on Univision on the Spanish network about them, and that how Rick was inspired to write this piece. That I'm bringing that story to a Broadway stage is something I take real pride in.
love
We love him. He is always on our minds,
bad boy shoot
... told me, give me the boy, give the boy or I'm going to shoot and they said a bad word, give me the ... boy.
boy came everybody front guns stood
When they came in, I stood in front of everybody and begged them, 'Please don't let the boy see the guns ... I'll give you the boy,'
disobey law
We reiterate that Lazaro will not disobey the law,
fighting fights-and-fighting freedom
We're still going to be fighting for the freedom of Cuba.
human
This wasn't the right way to do it ... A human being would not have done what they did,
crew god knew profess religion ship
I don't profess to have any religion, but if I did, my God would be Fidel Castro. He is like a ship that knew to take his crew on the right path.