Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters NEW YORK -- Elián González, the Cuban boy whose custody battle stoked Cold War-era tensions, has been nominated to serve in the island's National Assembly, the ...

The documentary Elián posits the story of 5-year-old Elián González, who was rescued off the coast of South Florida in 1999 after attempting to leave Cuba with his mother (who drowned) – along with ...

Twenty-five years ago, the amazing rescue of a young boy at sea would lead to a fierce custody battle that mirrored the decades-long tensions between the United States and Cuba. A gripping new podcast ...

After almost 20 hours of negotiations over four days, immigration officials decided to suspend threats to send Elian Gonzalez back to Cuba before appeals are exhausted in the 4-month-old custody ...

Elián González greets me with a smile and firm handshake. He is unassuming and low-key despite once being at the center of a bitter international custody battle involving two Cold War enemies.

With six-year-old Elian Gonzalez's temporary U.S. residency set to expire tomorrow, the debate over the Cuban boy's future continues to rage across the country — and the University campus is no ...

As a Cuban-American, I concur with Elena Freyre, director of the Cuban Committee for Democracy, that most Cuban-Americans are appalled by the behavior of Elian's Miami family and the lack of civility ...

At a youth conference in Ecuador this week, Elian Gonzalez, famous as the focal point of an immigration battle back in 2000, spoke out against the United States' policy on Cuba, which includes a ...

Editor’s note: This story was originally published in the Miami Herald on April 23, 2000. Armed with automatic weapons and firing occasional rounds of tear gas, federal agents seized Elian Gonzalez ...