ANDRIA HALL, CNN ANCHOR: The plight of Elian Gonzalez has grabbed both the American and Cuban public. CNN's Lucia Newman is in Havana, where numerous street protests have taken place since the boy was rescued on Thanksgiving Day, and Lucia joins us now by telephone with the very latest from Havana.</s>LUCIA NEWMAN, CNN HAVANA BUREAU CHIEF: Good evening, Andria. Well, today was an extremely quiet one here in Cuba. After more than a month of daily outdoor and indoor demonstrations, it was decided that this would be a day of rest in order, apparently, to accumulate energy for what's to come, because the government has made it very clear that it is still very much on the warpath. A protest is planned for tomorrow in front of the U.S. diplomatic mission here in Havana, where the first demonstrations to demand the return of Elian Gonzalez to Cuba were held. But about two weeks ago, the venue was switched to other parts of the city, as the INS began to move towards its final decision to allow Elian to be returned to his father. Now, with the moves by some Cuban-Americans and congressman to delay or prevent the child from returning to Cuba, passions have been inflamed here once again. A government-organized demonstration yesterday brought out tens of thousands of people, many of whom say that this case is proof of the arrogance with which the United States, which they refer to as "the empire," treats Cuba. Now the boy's father, Juan Miguel Gonzalez, says he is distraught, but is still confident that sooner rather than later he will get his son back. This is Lucia Newman reporting from Havana.
More Demonstrations Planned in Havana Over Elian Gonzalez