She, better than anyone, knows this is me. But she's a very traditional person. She thinks I'm too bold, and she thinks that because of my boldness, someday something bad is going to happen to me. Borrero says he receives threats but just tosses them in the trash, because they are not signed. Everything I've ever said or written has had the name Gerson Borrero on it very clearly.
Cuban exiles can attest to that.
A group of exiles is planning to boycott WADO over what they consider anti-Cuban slights during shows about Elian Gonzalez, the Cuban boy who survived a shipwreck that killed his mother in her attempt to reach the United States. Cuban-exile callers, many of whom advocate keeping the boy in the United States, engaged in almost daily barbs with Borrero on the radio. He charged them with being as oppressive as Cuban leader Fidel Castro. Callers from other Latino communities joined in the criticism of the Cubans. They like what he says because they want to hate.