SANTIAGO de Cuba: Cuba has won the admiration of Washington, said Elian Gonzalez, who 15 years prior was at the focal point of a pull of war symbolizing strained ties between the two nations.
Cuba and the United States restored strategic relations on July 20, completion a half century of hostility doing a reversal to the Cool War.
Presently 21, Gonzalez picked up acclaim as a youngster foreigner whose salvage adrift and consequent come back to Cuba held Americans' consideration for quite a long time.
"The foundation of relations at the consulate level is a measure of the Cuban insurgency all through history," Gonzalez told AFP Saturday.
"While they (Washington) keep on reprimanding our model...it has been remembered they have a fizzled arrangement."
Gonzalez and his dad were among visitors to Santiago de Cuba to commend the 500th commemoration of the establishing of the city.
Gonzalez was the main survivor of a foreigner wreck in 1999 when his mom left Cuba in a little watercraft destined for the United States.
He was protected by the US Drift Watch and sent to stay with relatives in Miami, Florida.
Gonzalez turned into the focal point of a debate between Cuban ousts in Miami and the Cuban government, which sponsored his dad's solicitation for the kid's repatriation.
The debate finished significantly in 2000 when US migration powers with rifles entered the Miami home where Gonzalez was staying, took care of him and conveyed him to his dad for come back to Cuba.
Talking in May, Gonzalez said he might want to visit the US.
Cuba and the United States restored strategic relations on July 20, completion a half century of hostility doing a reversal to the Cool War.
Presently 21, Gonzalez picked up acclaim as a youngster foreigner whose salvage adrift and consequent come back to Cuba held Americans' consideration for quite a long time.
"The foundation of relations at the consulate level is a measure of the Cuban insurgency all through history," Gonzalez told AFP Saturday.
"While they (Washington) keep on reprimanding our model...it has been remembered they have a fizzled arrangement."
Gonzalez and his dad were among visitors to Santiago de Cuba to commend the 500th commemoration of the establishing of the city.
Gonzalez was the main survivor of a foreigner wreck in 1999 when his mom left Cuba in a little watercraft destined for the United States.
He was protected by the US Drift Watch and sent to stay with relatives in Miami, Florida.
Gonzalez turned into the focal point of a debate between Cuban ousts in Miami and the Cuban government, which sponsored his dad's solicitation for the kid's repatriation.
The debate finished significantly in 2000 when US migration powers with rifles entered the Miami home where Gonzalez was staying, took care of him and conveyed him to his dad for come back to Cuba.
Talking in May, Gonzalez said he might want to visit the US.