HAVANA — Cuba's famous 6-year-old shipwreck survivor, Elian Gonzalez, was taken to his provincial birthplace, Cardenas.
Six days after coming back from the United States at the end of a seven-month custody dispute, the boy made a surprise visit to Cardenas and also went to the nearby towns of Varadero and Matanzas, to refamiliarize himself with his old surroundings.