Chess Piece: The Elián González Story
Chess Piece: The Elián González Story is a production of Futuro Studios in partnership with iHeart’s My Cultura Podcast Network.
On Thanksgiving 1999, five-year-old Elián González was rescued at sea near the Florida coast after his mother and others drowned on a make-shift boat, fleeing from Cuba. His miraculous survival would make global headlines, but Elián would be put in the middle of a dramatic familial feud and two enemy nations — highlighting the very Cuban experience of family separation.
Series
On Thanksgiving 1999, five-year-old Elián González was rescued at sea near the Florida coast after his mother and others drowned on a make-shift boat, fleeing from Cuba. His miraculous survival would make global headlines, but Elián would be put in the middle of a dramatic familial feud and two enemy nations — highlighting the very Cuban experience of family separation.
Episodes from Series
The Rescue
The Ultimatum
La Yuma
La Sombra
The Raid
The Reunion
The Punishment Vote
Being Home
“Crazy Cubans”
Through Each Other’s Eyes
Host
Peniley Ramírez
