> >RHC News Update, 31 March 2000 > >Via NY Transfer News * All the News that Doesn't Fit > >Radio Havana Cuba News Update >31 March, 2000 >http://www.radiohc.org > > - US POSTPONES YET ANOTHER DEADLINE IN IN ELIAN GONZALEZ DISPUTE > - DELEGATION TO ACCOMPANY JUAN MIGUEL NECESSARY FOR ELIAN'S ADJUSTMENT > - ELIAN'S FATHER STRONGLY REJECTS US RESIDENCY LEGISLATION > > >US POSTPONES YET ANOTHER DEADLINE IN IN ELIAN GONZALEZ DISPUTE > >Miami, March 31 (RHC)-- U.S. authorities have postponed yet another deadline >in the dispute with the kidnappers of Elian Gonzalez. Following another >meeting Thursday evening between officials of the Immigration and >Naturalization Service and attorneys representing Elian's great-uncle -- >which lasted more than seven hours -- the INS decided to again postpone a >decision to revoke the child's temporary migratory status and begin >procedures for his return to his father in Cuba. > >The first deadline was Thursday morning, later extended to Friday morning, >and now extended to Tuesday morning next week. Elian's great-uncle, Lazaro >Gonzalez, has adamantly refused to make a written commitment to peacefully >surrender the boy if he loses a judicial ruling in Atlanta's 11th Circuit >Court of Appeals. > >The New York Times reacted to this new delay in a Friday editorial,charging >that the Elian case is quickly becoming an embarrassing situation for the >United States and reiterating that the child must be reunited with his >father. The editorial also accused Vice President Albert Gore, who is also a >candidate for the U.S. presidency in November, of political opportunism, in >reaction to his call on the U.S. Congress to pass legislation making Elian, >his father, his step-mother, his half-brother and his grandparents into >permanent residents of the United States -- in this way breaking ranks with >the U.S. government and his boss, President Bill Clinton. > >maneuver aimed at attracting votes in Florida, Democratic Representative >from California, Maxine Waters, expressed shock. The African-American >legislator said that in light of Gore's new position concerning Elian, she >would reconsider her support for his candidacy. > > >DELEGATION TO ACCOMPANY JUAN MIGUEL GONZALEZ >NECESSARY FOR READAPTATION PROCESS OF ELIAN > >Havana, March 31 (RHC)-- Havana is insisting on the need to send a large >delegation to accompany Elian's father, Juan Miguel Gonzalez, in an eventual >trip to the United States. The U.S. State Department has indicated that it >is willing to give a visa to the father, but not to another 30 persons >designated to accompany him in an effort to help Elian readapt before >returning to Cuba. > >Besides Juan Miguel and his wife, the delegation would include several of >Elian's relatives, a dozen of his classmates, teachers, doctors and child >psychologists. > >Thus far, U.S. authorities have not given guarantees that Juan Miguel would >have custody of his son during the judicial process in the 11th Circuit >Court of Appeals in Atlanta. > > >JUAN MIGUEL GONZALEZ STRONGLY REJECTS US SENATE LEGISLATION >TO IMPOSE PERMANENT RESIDENCY ON HIS SON AND FAMILY > >Havana, March 31 (RHC)-- Friday's edition of the Cuban daily Granma >published a letter written by the father and grandparents of six-year-old >Elian Gonzalez to members of the U.S. Senate. The letter-- addressed to >Senator Trent Lott, Republican Majority Leader, and Senator Tom Daschle, >Democratic Minority Leader -- reads: > >"Dear Senators: We have learned that several U.S. senators have >presented a proposal requesting permanent residency for my son Elian >Gonzalez Brotons and our entire family. > >"We are frankly shocked that someone could dare make such a proposal >without our knowledge or having consulted with us first. We would like >to make it clear that we do not agree with the proposal and we hope >that the U.S. Senate does not approve the bill. > >"We would like to remind the honorable Senators of the existence of >the American Declaration of Human Rights and Duties, unanimously >approved by the International American Conference in Bogota in 1948, >in which Article 8 specifically establishes that "Everyone has the >right to reside in the territory where one is born, to freely move >about and leave by one's own will. > >"We reject any attempts to arbitrarily deprive us of this right. We >strongly reject the real purpose of this proposal, which is nothing >less than to arbitrarily retain Elian Gonzalez in the United States, >in clear violation of international law and despite the INS decision >last January 5th and Federal Judge Michael Moore's ruling on March >21st. > >"Elian Gonzalez Brotons was five-years-old when he lost his mother and >was deprived of returning to his family. Over four months have passed >and since then, incalculable damage has been inflicted on the child >and on us. > >"We have never caused harm to the United States, its people nor its >senators. Why then are we being so unjustly and cruelly punished? >"We are confident that you will respect the integrity of our family." > >The letter is signed: Juan Miguel Gonzalez, Nersy Carmenate, Hianny >Gonzalez, Juan Gonzalez Rolando Betancourt, Mariela Quintana and >Raquel Rodriguez. > >(c) 2000 Radio Habana Cuba. 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