His temper explodes. There is no future in Cuba. His milk ration is cut off at age 7. Here he can drink all the milk he wants in America. The house is 48 years old.
Cuban flags hang outside homes here.
Hand-painted signs exhort Elian to stay. At National Hardware, a hammer is called a martillo. At Islas Canarias Restaurant, a sizzling flank steak is called palomilla. The Cold War is not dead because the suffering continues. Families are still separated.