50 Things YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW About Cuba
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- čas přidán 29. 06. 2024
- Being my latest trip, I came back with all sorts of Cuban history, culture, and day to day life. This means another "50 Things" video on one of my favorite countries to study!
No sources this time, as the trip itself was the source.
Nice video and fair
Another excellent video, my dude
Great video. I am new to your content. It’s very informative!! I look forward to more. I’ll check the back catalog as well.
Just FYI, not really being political. Just actual facts. Cattle is not really scarce in Cuba. They are all owned by the State tho... Even the cows owned by small independent farmers, intended for milking only. If for any reason this cow dies, even if due to natural causes... the paper work is ridiculous..! It is illegal for anyone to kill or slaughter Cattle in Cuba. Cuba has extremely rich agricultural lands and pastures, therefore no reason why they couldn't have a prosperous beef industry... The government chooses to export almost all beef for profit and yes they do somewhat provide a little beef for young children, not so much for the elderly... you would be hard pressed to recognize any of these "Cuts" of beef... Even 90% of the chicken is imported from the U.S. Same goes for the seafood. It's illegal for any Cuban to even posses shrimp or lobster, the penalty is years in jail. Again the government chooses to export most seafood to places like China for huge profits. Ironic that people living in the Caribbean on an island have never even tasted SHRIMP..? My cousin is 59 years old and the last time he ate shrimp? Was like 20 years ago when I visited Cuba, I bought some shrimp from the "Black Market" and made him Shrimp Creole. As an American I found the price to be quite inexpensive, but to a Cuban making between 14 or 16 dollars a month..? They have many other needs to frivolously spend a months salary for one shrimp meal. I found it very difficult, even with me having $$$ to buy or even find some basic things we take for granted. Like buying a light bulb, spices like garlic powder, cumin, paprika, onion powder... nowhere to be found at any price..! There are no, literally none, hardware stores. I could have stayed in a Luxury Hotel, but I decided to stay in my cousin's humble house instead. No AC, no hot water, not even screens on the windows..! So I went to one the government "Stores" to buy an electric fan, to try to make sleeping during the night bearable. Found a store that had 3 fans available, made a ridiculously long line, when eventually it was my turn? They were sold-out! The fan was like $30 or $35 dollars. Like a good American I went bonkers, to the point that a manager/employee called another store which had some in stock and another taxi ride and miles later, I was finally able to buy an electric fan. You might be like okay, so whats the big deal then? Just to buy an electric fan took me several taxi rides and about 8 or 9 hours..!
Like I said, I don’t mean to downplay how difficult life is there, and I’m aware of how tough it is to get things. I just didn’t want to make the video focus on that, since so many others do.
@@nick_geo You may not want to focus, but you make everything sound honky dory..!
I’m not making it “sound like” anything. I spent a week there and spoke to MANY people, including one of the other commenters. You’re now no longer focusing on the video, but on a narrative you have from your experience that’s no longer relevant, and hijacking the video with a whole book.
@@nick_geo I did focus on your 20 minute video! YOU spoke about Cespedes, Marti, Fidel, Che, the USSR, crap even the PLAT AMENDMENT..! And you only spent a week there. My experience is based on many trips to Cuba since 1997, not just one! You spoke with MANY people in just one week? Care to guess how many I've spoken to throughout the decades? You clearly become defensive and cannot seem to accept criticism or different points of view. Funny thing is I wasn't even trying to criticize..! Glad you enjoyed your week in Cuba. May God bless you on all of your journeys...
Nothing defensive until you accused me of making it sound “honky dory”. Your original comment was fine. Incorrect assumptions are not.