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10 years after returning to Cuba, Elian Gonzalez says he's not angry at Miami relatives

Elian Gonzalez says he's not angry at his Miami relatives who fought to keep him in the United States during a nasty international custody battle a decade ago.

And he says he has "thanks to a large part of the American public" that he was reunited with his father in Cuba.

Now 16, Gonzalez's first comments to foreign reporters in years came after President Raul Castro attended a state celebration Wednesday night marking the 10th anniversary of the famous ex-castaway's return to Cuba.

Wednesday marked the first time Cuba's current president stood in for its former leader, brother Fidel Castro, at an event in Gonzalez's honor....
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