The Futuro Studios podcast, La Brega, returns for its third season. In Season 3, La Brega shares stories of Puerto Rico’s champions. They take us to the ballfields and cultural battlegrounds where carrying the flag takes on even more meaning. You’ll meet fighters who have represented Puerto Rico in courtrooms and in boxing rings, and icons who have worn Puerto Rico on their sashes and their jerseys. La Brega asks: What do we learn about Puerto Ricanness by spending time with our champions? 

La Brega: Season 3 is out everywhere on 2/3. New episodes every Tuesday on the La Brega: Campeones feed. 

The Futuro Studios podcast, La Brega, returns for its third season. In Season 3, La Brega shares stories of Puerto Rico&rsquo;s champions. They take us to the ballfields and cultural battlegrounds where carrying the flag takes on even more meaning. You&rsquo;ll meet fighters who have represented Puerto Rico in courtrooms and in boxing rings, and icons who have worn Puerto Rico on their sashes and their jerseys. La Brega asks: What do we learn about Puerto Ricanness by spending time with our champions?&nbsp;
La Brega: Season 3 is out everywhere on 2/3. New episodes every Tuesday on the La Brega: Campeones feed.&nbsp;

At the turn of the millennium, a five-year-old boy from Cuba found off the Florida coast on Thanksgiving became the most talked about child in America. Elián González had left Cuba with his mom and a dozen other migrants, trying to make it to the U.S. but on the way, the boat capsized. Elián’s mother drowned. Before she did, she tied her child to an inner tube, saving his life.

Relatives in Miami — Cuban exiles — took the boy in. His father in Cuba wanted him back. The ensuing international custody battle over Elián González became its own mini Cold War, pitting Cuban exiles in Miami against supporters of Castro’s regime on an island just 90 miles away. 

The fight over Elián’s future came down to neighbor against neighbor, family against family. Now, 25 years later — we revisit his story through the voices of people who lived it firsthand.

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At the turn of the millennium, a five-year-old boy from Cuba found off the Florida coast on Thanksgiving became the most talked about child in America. Eli&aacute;n Gonz&aacute;lez had left Cuba with his mom and a dozen other migrants, trying to make it to the U.S. but on the way, the boat capsized. Eli&aacute;n&rsquo;s mother drowned. Before she did, she tied her child to an inner tube, saving his life.
Relatives in Miami &mdash; Cuban exiles &mdash; took the boy in. His father in Cuba wanted him back.&nbsp;The ensuing international custody battle over Eli&aacute;n Gonz&aacute;lez became its own mini Cold War, pitting Cuban exiles in Miami against supporters of Castro&rsquo;s regime on an island just 90 miles away.&nbsp;
The fight over Eli&aacute;n&rsquo;s future came down to neighbor against neighbor, family against family. Now, 25 years later &mdash; we revisit his story through the voices of people who lived it firsthand.
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Chess Piece: The Elián González Story

 Introducing – La Brega: Season Three

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