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. Fishermen rescue him and he is taken to a...

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.

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.

Apr 2, 2014 · Born December 6, 1993, in Cárdenas, Cuba, Elián González became the focus of an international political uproar in late 1999 and early 2000 after he was rescued from a boat accident that killed...

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...

Mar 28, 2023 · More than two decades after he was found clinging to an inner tube in the Straits of Florida, Elián González is taking on his most high profile role since the bitter custody battle that returned...

Dec 18, 2024 · Twenty-five years ago, a boy named Eliaán Gonzaález appeared — remarkably alive — in the waters off the coast of Miami. Immediately, his fate became the subject of an international...

Feb 8, 2023 · Elián González, the Cuban national who set off an international custody battle as a child when he was found floating alone in the Florida straits in 1999, is about to become a...