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Article: TV shows first images of Castro with Elian
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- December 6, 2000
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HAVANA Fidel Castro played benevolent grandfather to a timid 6-
year-old Elian Gonzalez as state television on Tuesday broadcast for
the first time images of the leader with the little castaway whose
fate divided Cubans on both sides of the Florida Straits.
The surprise airing of the images recorded in July, just weeks
after Elian was repatriated following a seven-month custody battle,
came on the eve of the child's seventh birthday-expected to include a
celebration attended by Castro himself.
It was unclear why the government decided to broadcast the images
after months of making a conscious effort to keep the boy out of the
public eye. Castro had promised that Cuba would avoid a media ...