Elian Gonzalez joins Cuba's Young Communists Union Sun-Sentinel.com 10:18 ... Fidel earlier this year. Now 14, Elian was 6 when Miami relatives lost ... States and he was returned to Cuba in mid-2000 with his father. Elian had survived a boating accident off ... was among 18,000 people who joined the group on Saturday. http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/cuba/sfl-elian0615,0,3320503.story