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NgoDisemba odlule, u-Elián Gonzalez, umfana oneminyaka engu-6 ongumbaleki waseCuba, usephenduke waba
labo abathanda inhlebo ngabaphilayo lokho uJon Benet Ramsey ayeyikho kwabagulayo
Abafundi be-Enquirer. Ubani owabulala uJon Benet useyindaba yamaphoyisa. Kodwa u-Eliya
icala liwumbono oqondile ngoba libandakanya udaba lwenkululeko v.
okuthiwa ngamalungelo abazali. Ubani okufanele abe nesandla kulo mfana obuka owakhe
Umama waminza ogwini lwaseFlorida ngasekupheleni konyaka owedlule? Uyise, iKhomanisi elingcolile
eCuba, noma izihlobo zakhe ezithanda inkululeko eMiami mahhala?
US
izikhulu zaya eCuba zaxoxa noyise ka-Elian zathola ukuthi ungumuntu ophilile
umzali. Kungenzeka kanjani ukuthi baphethe ngokuthi indoda izinikele kuFidel
UCastro kanye nemfundiso yakhe ye-commie kungaba ubaba ofanelekayo? Ungakuthanda kanjani eyakho
umfana omncane bese uthi uyiMarxist? Impela, uma inkululeko iyinani lethu elikhulu,
Ummeli uJanet Reno angayinikeza kanjani le ngane kundlovukayiphikiswa? Umfana nguye
kusobala ukuthi ujabule lapha. Buka izithombe zakhe ekhahlela ibhola eduze kwakhe
indlu encane enhle eMiami. Ufake noyisemkhulu u-Lázaro noDelfin
U-González nabazala u-Jose no-Luis Cid, amadoda okuthi, uma ebheka ezithombeni,
kusobala uyamthanda. Ngakho-ke lokho uMalume uLazaro usegwetshwe ngakho kane
ukushayela udakiwe ngeminyaka yawo-1990. Okukhulu ukuthi ilayisensi yakhe yaba
kuhoxiswe noma kumiswe iminyaka emithathu! Welashelwa ukudakwa
ngoJulayi 1997. Okubaluleke nakakhulu, uLazaro ngokusobala ukholelwa enkululekweni - ukushayela
edakiwe kunjalo.
Great
UMalume uDelfin naye waphishekela inkululeko yokushayela ephuzile. Kodwa wakhokha
intengo yakho. Walahlekelwa ilayisensi iminyaka emibili. Futhi ababili kuphela kwabane bakhe abadakiwe
izingozi zokushayela zazihilela ukulimala kwempahla noma ukulimala komuntu siqu. Ngenyanga edlule,
umzala uJose, omunye wabashana bakaLázaro noDelphin, waqala ukukhonza iminyaka engu-13.
isigwebo sokweba okukhulu, ukukhohlisa kanye nokwephula isivivinyo. iwele lakhe,
ULuis Cid, uzoquliswa icala ngesonto elizayo ngokugebenga isivakashi ngonyaka odlule. Nje
izihlobo zakhe zinamarekhodi obugebengu futhi zishayela ephuzile akusho ukuthi
ungamthandi umntwana. Ukuthanda umfana omncane kuwuhlangothi oluphambene nenzondo
uhlamvu lwemali lobuKhomanisi. Vele uqhathanise ubungozi bokushayela u-Elian ngemoto noMalume
ULazaro noma uDelfin, noma ephelezela omunye wabazala bakhe emsebenzini wendaba yesibili, nini
bayaphuma ejele, besengozini yokumbuyisela kuyise onguMarx.
Eka-Elian
omunye umalume omkhulu, uManuel, uvinjelwe ukubona umfana ngoba yena
ukholelwa ukuthi ingane kufanele ibuyele ekhaya. Uyi-commi ye-closet, basho abafuna u-Elian
ukuhlala lapha. Ubani omunye ongathumela umfana omncane emuva kuCastro - okusobala ukuthi
uzolawula yonke imicabango yomfana, njengoba nje elawula wonke umcabango wawo
bonke abahlali besiqhingi. I-anti-Castro Cuban American National Foundation
I-CANF ibhekane ngendlela efanele nokuhlukumezeka kuka-Elian ngokumthengela amathoyizi, umdlwane kanye
uhambo oluya emhlabeni we-Disney. Leyo yindlela yaseMelika. Iyiphi impatho engcono yomfana
owashonelwa ngunina kunokuba amshayise ngazo zonke izinto ezimangalisayo ezenza
likhulu leli?
I-CANF
uphinde wahlela izingqungquthela zabezindaba zika-Elian. Bakhuthaza amakhamera we-TV ukuthi
park ngaphandle kwendlu yakhe bese emthatha izithombe edlala ngamathoyizi. Ukuba ku-TV,
manje leyo yinkululeko yangempela. Lowo pinko Janet Reno uthi uhlela ukubuyisela umfana
kuyise ngoba nje kungumthetho futhi kungadicilela phansi ukufuduka kwethu
Ngokuvumelana ne-Cuba futhi ubeka engcupheni isikhundla sase-US cishe emazweni angama-2,000
amacala okugcina. Yeka ukuphawula okudabukisayo ngalokhu Kubusa! Ukukhetha umthetho ongenhla
inkululeko!
On
indiza yengqondo, egoqa ingane efulegeni lase-US futhi imthele phakathi
Izwe le-Disney namathoyizi angaphezu kokunxephezela ukungabikho kokugcina umthetho wakhe
kanye nobaba osangulukile, onenkinga yesimilo sokuba icommi. Awu,
unikezwe la maqiniso, unquma!
uSawule
U-Landau unguSihlalo we-Interdisciplinary Applied Knowledge e-Hugh O. LaBounty
I-California State Polytechnic University