The Elián González Saga, Revisited

Latino USA

Futuro Media and PRX

Society & Culture

4.9 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 4 October 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

It was Thanksgiving of 1999 when two Florida fishermen rescued a little boy from the sea. His name was Elián González—a Cuban 5-year-old who had survived a journey across the ocean. His mother and others drowned.

His survival made global headlines, and soon Elián would be put in the middle of a dramatic battle for his custody between members of his family and two nations: Cuba and the United States.

“Chess Piece: The Elián González Story” is a new podcast from Futuro Studios and iHeartMedia’s My Cultura Podcast Network, hosted by investigative journalist Peniley Ramírez.

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0:00.0	Futuro.
0:02.0	From Futuro. From Futura Media and PRX, it's Latino USA. I'm Maria Inohosa. Today, a young Cuban boy rescued
0:18.8	from the sea and the high stakes international custody battle that followed 25 years later.
0:29.0	Welcome to Latino USA.
0:30.0	I'm Maria Inahosa.
0:32.0	I remember that Thanksgiving day way back in 1999. I was at home with
0:38.8	the kids and then a story broke on the news that drew all of our attention.
0:45.0	It was about a little boy who had been rescued from the Florida Strait.
0:49.0	His name is Elian Gonzalez. Thanks.
0:53.4	Thanks.
0:56.4	Thanksgiving Day 1999, two fishermen pull a barely conscious boy from the waters off the coast of
1:05.5	Fort Lauderdale. The boy is found alone clinging to an inner tube.
1:10.0	In line with Salas, the six years, I was floating from the Marfrent of the
1:14.0	the Fort Lauderdale in the Florida.
1:16.0	Did you know this boy?
1:17.0	Nato Dalrymple was fishing for Mahi-Mahi in heavy surf,
1:20.0	three miles off the coast of Fort Lauderdale.
1:26.0	Now if you were around in 1999 you definitely remember that name because it was a massive story one that was on the news every
1:36.7	single night for weeks a dramatic custody battle between the boy's family in
1:42.3	Miami and his father back in Cuba.
1:46.7	But it wasn't just a family drama.
1:49.1	It was drama with major diplomatic and political consequences.
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