Chess Piece: The Elián González Story

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Chess Piece: The Elián González Story

5.0/5

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At the turn of the millennium, a five-year-old boy from Cuba found off the Florida coast on Thanksgiving became the most talked about child in America. Elián González had left Cuba with his mom and a dozen other migrants, trying to make it to the U.S. but on the way, the boat capsized. Elián’s mother drowned. Before she did, she tied her child to an inner tube, saving his life. Relatives in Miami — Cuban exiles — took the boy in. His father in Cuba wanted him back. The ensuing international custody battle over Elián González became i...


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Score: 5

Lauren Passell • Podcast The Newsletter Oct 14, 2024

"...opens beautifully, with investigative journalist Peniley Ramirez taking you to the deadly stretch of sea ...beautiful moment packed with symbolism, so ripe with meaning that it goes on to become so much bigger than this angel faced boy, Elián or even Jesus. The story you find can be as simple as life and death or as complicated as immigration and politics."

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