The 16-year-old speaks about his feelings about the matter. He says that he's not angry at his Miami relatives that fought to keep him in the United States, but is happy with his father in Cuba. He thanked Americans for helping him to return home to his father.
During a nasty international custody battle, and is thankful “a large part of the American public” supported him being reunited with his father in Cuba.
Gonzalez's father Juan Miguel stated that he is still angry with the family for making him go through an ordeal to get his son back, when they could have helped reunite the pair. Elian maintains that he harbors no anger with his relatives because they are family. Now that's towing the line.
His father in Cuba over the objections of his Miami relatives and Florida's substantial population of Cuban exiles, creating a furore that caused even presidential candidates George W. Bush and Al Gore to weigh in.
Even though they didn't help me move forward, they are still my own family. Thanks to a large part of the American public, and our public, today I'm with my father and I feel happy here.
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