It’s been an entire 16 years since Cuban native Elian Gonzalez was caught in the middle of a war between Cuba and America, and for the first time in an American interview– Elian says he is ready to come back to the U.S.! Back in 1999, Elian was on a boat with his mother and a bunch of other Cuban refuges trying to make their way into America by floating on to the Florida coast. Unfortunately, their boat capsized and everyone died except for Elian. There was a rift when he was rescued because he was technically already in America. He stayed with his uncle for awhile until the Cuban government sent their troops to take Elian back.