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Politics : About that Cuban boy, Elian

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To: art slott who started this subject11/14/2001 4:26:23 PM
From: Zoltan!  Read Replies (1) of 9127
 
Little Elian exacts revenge on Clinton/Reno/Castro axis:

Elian's Attorney Elected Miami Mayor

By ADRIAN SAINZ, Associated Press Writer

MIAMI (AP) - Manny Diaz, a political upstart who represented the Miami relatives of Elian Gonzalez, defeated a former six-term mayor in a runoff Tuesday to lead the city for the next four years....

...The runoff was seen as a referendum on how Miami's government handled the Elian case. Ferre was drawing support from a coalition of non-Cuban-Americans, while Diaz was backed by many Cuban-Americans.

The issue fueled political sniping between Ferre and Diaz during the past week after a first-round mayoral campaign that had been called one of the cleanest in recent Miami history.

Ferre accused Diaz of running a campaign based on ``ethnic divisiveness.'' Ferre claimed Diaz's campaign was behind phone calls to Miami radio stations and voters charging Ferre is anti-Cuban and backs former Attorney General Janet Reno (news - web sites) for governor. Reno was widely criticized by some Cuban-Americans for ordering the raid that led to the boy being returned to Cuba.

Ferre denies supporting Reno because of his ``respect for the Cuban-American community.''....

dailynews.yahoo.com
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