Elian Gonzalez, Used as Prop by Castro, To Join Cuba’s Sham Legislature

Thirty years ago, Cuba’s dictatorship seized on the chance to hide its grim realities behind an innocent child.

AP/Alan Diaz, file
Elian Gonzalez is held in a closet by Donato Dalrymple, right, as government officials search his relative's home at Miami on April 22, 2000. AP/Alan Diaz, file

Elian Gonzalez is once again being used as a political prop by Cuba’s dictatorship, as he is set for installment into its rubber-stamp legislature. When he’s touted as a symbol of communist glory, it’s up to Americans to remind the world of the dark truths behind the propaganda.

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