| The battleship Maine was sunk in harbor of Havana in February 1898,
and the the U.S. government entered the war on the side of the revolutionists
in April 1898, starting the Spanish-American War.
Spain surrendered control of Cuba in December of 1898. The United
States created a military government to rule the island. The United
States military ruled Cuba for the next four years.
Elian poster outside the former governor's mansion.
We are in Havana while Elian is in the United States. On both
shores, this little boy has inspired many. Those in Florida who hate
Castro and his government desperately want to cling to Elian - offering
him all that the United States has to offer - Disneyland, air conditioning
and gold jewelry. In Cuba, he is seen as the prisoner of the Cubans
in Miami.
We see students playing in school uniforms that include T-shirts with
Elian's image. |
