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Editor: Rod Sullivan
Profession: Maritime Attorney

Category: General

One boating accident between Cuba and Florida still causes controversy 8 years after it happened. Elian Gonzales washed ashore in South Florida in 2000 when the boat he was on capsized, killing his mother and they were fleeing from Cuba. He was 6 years old at the time.

Two high ranking members of Barrack Obama's staff were instrumental in Elian being removed at gunpoint from the home of his Miami relatives. Eric Holder, who is a member of Obama's VP search team, was deputy attorney general at the time. Greg Craig, an Obama foreign policy adviser, represented Elian Gonzalez's father in the custody dispute. Miami's Cuban community is planning to protest Obama's campaign in Miami.

According to Cuba's Communist newspaper "Young Rebel, " last month Elian Gonzales, who is now 14, was one of 18,000 teenagers who joined Cuba's Young Communist Union.