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Politics : About that Cuban boy, Elian -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Machaon who wrote (830)	4/13/2000 2:48:00 PM
From: The Barracuda™	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9127

Some of Hollywood types are for Elian. Actor Andy Garcia Weighs in on Elian Controversy MIAMI (Reuters) - Cuban American actor Andy Garcia joined hundreds of protesters and a small cast of celebrities demanding on Wednesday that Cuban castaway Elian Gonzalez should stay in the United States. Garcia, best known for his role of Vincent Mancini in ``The Godfather Part III', spoke outside the home where protesters gathered to support Elian's Miami relatives, who are refusing to hand the boy over to his Cuban father in defiance of a government order. Clad in sunglasses and a Cuban ``guayabera' shirt, Garcia appealed for order and pressed U.S. officials to listen to the boy. ``This is a very delicate issue. I plead to the local community to support this peacefully and in a democratic manner,' said Garcia, who was born in Havana and grew up in Miami Beach. Elian survived a migrant shipwreck in which his mother and 10 others drowned, only to be thrust into a heated custody dispute drawing in Cuban President Fidel Castro and fervent, anti-communist Cuban exiles in Miami. ``(Elian) has things to say about what his desires are. He's very aware of why his mother brought him here and I think it's important that we listen to the child and let the child determine what his future is,' Garcia said. Repeating appeals made by Elian's Miami relatives, he also asked for a family court hearing and promoted a meeting in which the splintered Gonzalez family members can determine the boy's fate. ``If (Elian) expresses the wishes to his father to go back, then that's between them. But up until now he's only expressed the wishes to stay here and to seek asylum,' Garcia said. Last month, Cuban-born pop diva Gloria Estefan urged the U.S. government not to force the return of the boy to his father, Juan Miguel Gonzalez. Estefan, who is seen as a pillar of Miami's Cuban community, said had she spoken with U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno about the case. Her father worked for Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista, who was overthrown by Castro. Garcia's family also fled Cuba after the 1959 revolution.