Cuban castaway Elián González becomes politician 23 years after Pulitzer picture was taken

When he was five years old, Elián González was at the centre of a diplomatic dispute between Cuba, the US, and the anti-Castro exile community in Florida. Today, 23 years after that picture was taken, he has just made his debut as a politician in Cuba.

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Elián González, the child in this famous 2000 snapshot that won a Pulitzer Prize, has become a politician in Cuba.
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