In a blatant attempt to propagandize for Janet Reno, the New York Times wrote the following in an April 22 story. It was an obvious attempt to discredit the U.S. Court of Appeals after the Court had held against Janet Reno on many issues on April 19. The Times wrote:
"The federal appeals court ruling on Wednesday in the Elian Gonzalez case has startled experts on family law because it suggests that immigration officials should ask 6-year-old Elian whether he wants to return…"

But the truth is that the Court did not "suggest" anything. To the contrary, it merely referred to the Regulations which the INS itself has written. Those Regulations specifically say that a child has the right to decide for himself whether he wants to stay in the U.S.
In fact, the INS divides the children into three groups according to their maturity, 0-5 years, 6-12 and 13-18 as guidance for its agents. Elian would be in the second class of maturity.

"To some people, the idea that a six-year-old child may file for asylum in the United States, contrary to the express wishes of his parents,  may seem a strange or even foolish policy," the Court wrote. "But this Court does not make immigration policy…"

This raises the question whether the reporter for the New York Times read the opinion before writing his 1195 word propaganda piece or whether he didn’t care what the opinion said.

The NY Times owns the Boston Globe, which is also propagandizing for ADM and the Communist dictator of Cuba.

"You may not have made it to Havana in late January for the U.S. Healthcare Exhibition, the first American trade show in Cuba since President Eisenhower slapped on trade sanctions 40 years ago. Among the hundred companies, including Pfizer and Eli Lilly, that were showing off their wares to local doctors was a somewhat incongruous visitor, Archer-Daniels-Midland.

"What, exactly, was the $14 billion (sales) processor of grains, oilseed and soy products doing in Castroland? Chairman G. Allen Andreas isn’t saying. But it wasn’t the first time ADM has swapped pleasantries with the Maximum Leader.

"Over the past two years the company has donated 360 tons of soy products to Cuba. In early October a group of Cuban diplomats had lunch with executives at ADM’s offices in Decatur, Illinois, part of a tour in which Illinois promoted its agriculture and business.
Three weeks later Andreas joined 45 U.S. business, political and civic leaders who went with Illinois Governor George Ryan on a reciprocal visit to Havana, where they pointed out to Castro how easy it would be to ship products to Cuba by the Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico.

"’It’s our belief that in the next year or two trade will open up,’ says Anthony DeLio, ADM’s point man on Cuba. That’s optimistic, given congressional sentiments against lifting the embargo, not to mention the passions aroused by the proposed return of a 6-year-old refugee to his father in Havana. Is it worth the effort? ’The idea is to show them what we’re capable of," says DeLio, "and to start building a demand for our products.’

"ADM could use the boost. Since the price-fixing scandal in 1995, in which three executives were convicted and sentenced to jail, earnings have dropped by two thirds to $266 million in the fiscal year that ended June 30. If the U.S. trade embargo were lifted, the company believes that the sale of feed grain and bulk food to Cuba could add up to $500 million a year in revenues.

"Other starry-eyed plans: spending $100 million to own a vegetable oil processing plant on the island. DeLio says investing in Cuba’s substantial sugar holdings is yet another possibility, though it might be difficult to disentangle the state from once-private assets.
"Nothing illegal about ADM’s daydreaming — or its trips and public relations stunts. But the standoff between the U.S. and Cuba makes food sales impossible for now. A directive issued by President Clinton a year ago allows food donations to Cuba and the sale of food to non-government organizations, but the Castro regime forbids such sales to anyone except for the government.

"The Cuban Democracy Act of 1992 presents a tiny loophole, exempting medicine and supplies from the embargo. Which is why ADM is pushing soy protein and vitamin E at the trade show.
"Build relationships until the politics are resolved—that’s been ADM’s mantra for decades. Dwayne Andreas, Allen’s uncle who’s now chairman emeritus, met often with members of the Kremlin politburo and Chinese officials during the 1970s and 1980s. Today 2% of sales come from the former Soviet Union and 9% from China. Small pieces, but proof that the Andreas family can pry loose opportunities in places where most fear to tread."