The Saga Of Elian Gonzalez
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More and more people sail away from Cuba to the United States every year. The
usual reason is to move from Fidel Castro and his rules, although many other reasons are
obviously important enough for them to risk their lives; a reason like trying to escape
from her ex-husband and landing with trage ....
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.... days. Sailing the
Atlantic could be eternal during a storm, as Cubans are swept away. At least sixty people
have paid the price of venturing each year(64).
Caught up in freedom fever was Elisabet Gonzalez, who had been dating
small-time Cuban hustler, Lazero Munero, since 1997. During the summer of 1998,
Munero and three friends made the trip to America on a tiny boat. That fall he went back
to Cuba because he was heartsick from his family and Elisabet. A few months after his
jail release ....
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