Elián González Brotons (born December 6, 1993) is a Cuban engineer and politician. As a young child, he was at the center of a high-profile international custody dispute between family members and involving Cuba and the United States.

A five-year-old Cuban boy, Elian Gonzalez, is found on Thanksgiving Day clinging to an inner tube three miles off the coast of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.

Jun 30, 2023 · HAVANA (AP) — Elián González has the same big, expressive eyes he did 23 years ago when an international custody battle transformed him into the face of the long-strained relations between Cuba...

Here's where Elián Gonzalez is now. For many refugee Cuban exiles living in the United States, Elián was more than a castaway boy needing a home: He was a symbol.

Jun 30, 2023 · It has been 23 years since the child Elián González, the center of a judicial and diplomatic dispute between Cuba, the United States and the anti-Castro exile community in Florida, returned to Cuba. Today he is a married engineer and father of a daughter, while he has just made his debut as lawmaker at the Cuban national Assembly.

Nov 25, 2024 · On Thanksgiving 1999, Elian Gonzalez was found on an inner tube floating in the Atlantic Ocean off Dania Beach. His mother, lost at sea, died during an escape from...

Apr 21, 2020 · More than 20 years ago, little Elián González, surrounded by dolphins, was found drifting off the Fort Lauderdale coast. Many thought Elián's rescue was a miracle. But the boy would...