In a ceremony honoring Juan Miguel Gonzalez,Castro compared the custody saga with other decisive moments in his political life such as the 1959 Cuban Revolution and the 1961 defeat of a U.S.-backed invasion at the Bay of Pigs.

• 在为艾连举行的欢迎仪式上，卡斯特罗将此次监护权之争与他政治生涯中其他具有决定性的时刻做了比较，比如1959年的古巴革命，1961年在猪湾一举击溃美国的入侵。