Time Magazine cover after Gonzales is taken by the government and returned to his father and to Cuba. TimeElian and his father disembarking from the airplane in Cuba. CNNElian Gonzalez in his father’s arms when they arrived at the Jose Marti airport on 29 June 2000 in Havana. AFP: Getty Images: ADALBERTO ROQUEAfter being reunited, it is more than two months before Elian, his father, and several other family members are finally able to return to Cuba. Various legal efforts are launched by American family members to try to keep him in the States. Even the Supreme Court briefly gets involved, refusing to hear a last-minute appeal to keep him in America. On June 28, 2000, Elian arrives back in Havana, photographed with his Grandfather on the tarmac. TimeElian Gonzalez with President Castro in Cardenas, Cuba, July 2001. Photo- AFP: Getty Images ADALBERTO ROQUEFidel Castro and Elian Gonzalez in Santa Clara, Cuba on October 20th, 2004 – Cuban President Fidel Castro is seen in Santa Clara, about 300 km (183 miles) East of Havana, Cuba with Cuban boy Elian Gonzalez Photo by Jose GOITIA/Gamma-Rapho via Getty ImagesIn subsequent years, Elian is seen alongside President Fidel Castro multiple times, such as in this picture of a 2005 May Day celebration. TimeAnti-Castro Cuban Americans are not pleased with Elian’s kidnapping. Some take to the streets in Miami’s Little Havana. Protests and demonstrations break out. TimeElian Gonzalez (in the center, in jeans) with his family Photo- ICI Radio-CanadaElian is seen here in an April 2010 photo in attendance at a Young Communist Union meeting in Cuba. TimeBack in Miami, the memories remain. One of Elian’s great uncles is seen here in 2002 in the house where the small boy was grabbed. He stands in front of the closet seen in the iconic picture on the wall. Several of the home’s rooms (including Elian’s bedroom) are preserved as shrines to the event. Just off camera, the door that was kicked in by federal agents retain their holes from the raid. TimeSupporters of Gonzalez staying in the United States hang a sign that says Love, Justice, and Liberty beneath a mural of the boy’s relative’s in Little Havana, Miami. CNN
