On the brink of nuclear war: Archive interview with Fidel Castro | BBC News

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  • čas přidán 16. 05. 2024
  • In 1961, the Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro talked to the BBC about his land reform - passed this week in 1959 - and how he wanted peace.
    But it was the start of a spiralling situation between the US and Cuba that would push the world to the brink of catastrophe.
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Komentáře • 114

  • @kimjohnson8471
    @kimjohnson8471 Před 22 dny +36

    I never knew Fidel's English was so well. Learn something new everyday 😊

    • @_ArsNova
      @_ArsNova Před 21 dnem +7

      Charismatic guy perhaps, but Cuba was completely reliant on aid from the Soviet Union at the time. Notice how poverty-stricken it's become post-1991.

    • @deshaun9473
      @deshaun9473 Před 21 dnem +3

      ​@@_ArsNovaIn the same way that West Germany was dependent on the US. Your point?

    • @jungleboy1
      @jungleboy1 Před 21 dnem

      same.... this guy sounds intelligent. I know he was but this just blows, most cubans today dont speak english.

    • @aquabone8118
      @aquabone8118 Před 21 dnem +1

      He went to Harvard. Of course he speaks English. 🤔

    • @Red-pv7kx
      @Red-pv7kx Před 16 dny

      @@_ArsNovaOr… Maybe it’s the massive trade embargoes.

  • @amandad6104
    @amandad6104 Před 21 dnem +12

    I never heard him speak. Wow

  • @rishidurgcg
    @rishidurgcg Před 22 dny +16

    Thank you BBC

    • @tomtaylor5577
      @tomtaylor5577 Před 21 dnem +1

      Rishi has a new #fan
      Hi from Ipswich Suffolk 🇬🇧

  • @RichardRRaleigh
    @RichardRRaleigh Před 22 dny +10

    Interesting interview

  • @sheilaathay2034
    @sheilaathay2034 Před 21 dnem +6

    Justin Trudeau looks just like his dad. Same voice too

  • @MIqbal-dd8ni
    @MIqbal-dd8ni Před 21 dnem +1

    Good conversation 👌

  • @nholmes86
    @nholmes86 Před 17 dny

    humble person...he never said democracy was wrong...and he respected the people wishes.

  • @HenkyMizella
    @HenkyMizella Před 21 dnem +3

    *Best Cigars product there...

  • @berthavegagalicia1276
    @berthavegagalicia1276 Před 21 dnem +5

    Pobres cubanos 😢

  • @cartoonhead9222
    @cartoonhead9222 Před 21 dnem +2

    Never did as much damage as his son did to Canada though

  • @pedrocavalcante5822
    @pedrocavalcante5822 Před 21 dnem

    It has been approximately 61 and a half years since the missile crisis, times of peace are very short.

  • @Mohammed-gj2ed
    @Mohammed-gj2ed Před 22 dny +18

    Havana na na na
    The first book I bought was by Che Guevara, He praised Fidel Castro
    The most noble act in this life is to stand against the imperialist powers.

  • @auro1986
    @auro1986 Před 21 dnem +2

    looks like he knew future because of bbc

  • @chohyunchul4302
    @chohyunchul4302 Před 3 dny

    His English is so impressive

  • @eaubert1
    @eaubert1 Před 14 dny

    I never knew that president Borat had a beard!

  • @jungleboy1
    @jungleboy1 Před 21 dnem +1

    BBC seem to have published this at random. Yeah don't start linking this stuff to Ukraine/Russia War. Theres a BBC archive/historical footage YT channel for a reason.....

  • @bhuban2565
    @bhuban2565 Před 21 dnem

  • @Brick001
    @Brick001 Před 21 dnem

    Wow his message was peace.

  • @Vader19k8
    @Vader19k8 Před 21 dnem +5

    Justin Trudeau has great accent 😂

  • @HarHah
    @HarHah Před 22 dny +6

    Please give me a cigar

  • @JackMacCabe
    @JackMacCabe Před 21 dnem +5

    I see who priminister Trudeau gets his looks from

  • @rainiersaints5658
    @rainiersaints5658 Před 18 dny

    I initially thought it's Capt. Klay Thompson 💦

  • @geoffbirchall7552
    @geoffbirchall7552 Před 21 dnem +1

    Wow doesn’t Castro look like Justin Trudeau!

  • @nickfenn
    @nickfenn Před 21 dnem +2

    Even if we haven’t got any news to separate and stoke the flames of division, it’s fine cos we can always just pull out something from the archives… 🙃🙃🙃

  • @psychonaut1502
    @psychonaut1502 Před 21 dnem

    Interesting that he speaks English here but when he spoke to Barbara Walters both times he only spoke Spanish.

  • @_ArsNova
    @_ArsNova Před 21 dnem +5

    Charismatic guy perhaps, but Cuba was completely reliant on aid from the Soviet Union at the time. Notice how poverty-stricken it's become post-1991.

    • @pedrocavalcante5822
      @pedrocavalcante5822 Před 21 dnem +1

      It has been approximately 61 and a half years since the missile crisis, times of peace are very short.

    • @Skygrey2943
      @Skygrey2943 Před 21 dnem +4

      It's a miracle it did survive considering the embargo (which still stands), the 'bay of pigs' invasion, and the near constant attempts on Castro's life.
      With all that going on Cuba still managed to dramatically improve the health and literacy on the island with universal healthcare and education available to all.

    • @intello8953
      @intello8953 Před 21 dnem

      Amazing how it survived

  • @FaiqFurqon5
    @FaiqFurqon5 Před 17 dny

    From this interview we know that democracy is not accepted by Mr Fidel Castro. "Cuban people are building a nation, like building a house, what we need is working... We don't need politics"😊

  • @kettlyexcellent4644
    @kettlyexcellent4644 Před 21 dnem

    ❤❤❤❤❤❤miss you my man

  • @HarHah
    @HarHah Před 22 dny +5

    It's Tony Montana

  • @TahmKench4life
    @TahmKench4life Před 22 dny +10

    🇨🇺🇨🇺🇨🇺🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

  • @ManikandankMani-jx6nk
    @ManikandankMani-jx6nk Před 22 dny +7

    Greatest leader ♥️♥️ Fidel ♥️♥️

  • @xCobraCommanderx
    @xCobraCommanderx Před 22 dny +16

    One of the greatest Leaders this planet has ever seen.
    ❤️ Cuba

  • @lucaciesco9180
    @lucaciesco9180 Před 21 dnem +3

    Rest in Peace, the hero of the Cuban people and the people of Angola, South Africa and many more

  • @aquabone8118
    @aquabone8118 Před 21 dnem +2

  • @JohnSmith-fz1wh
    @JohnSmith-fz1wh Před 21 dnem +4

    Justin Trudeau's father.

  • @user-xu5db1xw4r
    @user-xu5db1xw4r Před 21 dnem +1

    Dr.FC 📸⭐⭐⭐⭐🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈⚖️🚩

  • @KaoticReach1999
    @KaoticReach1999 Před 18 dny

    Master of propaganda, but gotta respect the cult of personality with ppl like this.
    Still extremely dangerous

  • @titteryenot4524
    @titteryenot4524 Před 22 dny +4

    Never understood this political desire of so many to go to the extremes, whether left _or_ right. I never trust either type. Somehow, they always seem so unbalanced.

    • @alanarmstrong6460
      @alanarmstrong6460 Před 21 dnem +3

      Because unless people go to the extreme there will never be changes.

    • @titteryenot4524
      @titteryenot4524 Před 21 dnem

      @@alanarmstrong6460 Absolute rubbish. You can have balance and change. They are not mutually exclusive.

    • @alanarmstrong6460
      @alanarmstrong6460 Před 21 dnem

      @@titteryenot4524 Give me example of when being balanced gave change.

    • @titteryenot4524
      @titteryenot4524 Před 21 dnem

      @@alanarmstrong6460 Britain. No violent political revolution has occurred in Britain since the civil wars of 1642-51. The changes that have occurred have, by and large, been through _evolution,_ not revolution. Bad luck. 😭

    • @alanarmstrong6460
      @alanarmstrong6460 Před 21 dnem

      @@titteryenot4524 great so If you want change, you have to wait hundreds of years. So people who worked in the pits, never got to see any change in Thier lifetime.

  • @BrandonBDN
    @BrandonBDN Před 21 dnem

    It’s fascinating to see how he thinks, for how despised he is I wouldn’t say his logic is completely unfounded, of course it’s illogical and out of touch but his villainy has certainly been exaggerated.

  • @user-bu3nb4ck7s
    @user-bu3nb4ck7s Před 21 dnem +3

    Fidel was based 🇨🇺

    • @solarflares2547
      @solarflares2547 Před 21 dnem

      Fidel was a dictator.

    • @user-bu3nb4ck7s
      @user-bu3nb4ck7s Před 21 dnem +2

      @@solarflares2547 Fidel greatly improved the lot of the Cuban people who were being oppressed brutally by US backed dictator Batista. Under Fidel they actually had a government of the people not rich elites and slave plantations . He greatly improved healthcare, education housing conditions for the average person despite the 70 years of oppressive US sanctions.

    • @fiumerijeka9213
      @fiumerijeka9213 Před 21 dnem

      He was a jew

    • @pedrocavalcante5822
      @pedrocavalcante5822 Před 21 dnem

      It has been approximately 61 and a half years since the missile crisis, times of peace are very short.

  • @whynot-bb2px
    @whynot-bb2px Před 14 dny

    Castro, soekarno, guevara, enemy by imperialism and kapitalism

  • @TahmKench4life
    @TahmKench4life Před 22 dny +5

    🇵🇸❤️🇨🇺

  • @gottmituns813
    @gottmituns813 Před 21 dnem

    ¡VIVA FIDEL!

  • @user-ok8ze6ki1b
    @user-ok8ze6ki1b Před 22 dny +2

    I am your sister from Yemen, and by Allah I only spoke out of hunger and distress. My mother, my brothers, and I lessons and tears. We are in a situation that only God knows about. God is sufficient for us, and He is the best disposer of affairs for those who brought us to this situation. By Allah Almighty, I did not write this appeal out of distress and distress. Poverty, O world, they have felt it So, I hope for you. By Allah Almighty, Lord of the Great Throne, he ate what I had in the house. By Allah, my brothers, he is my brothers by sitting in the house. Who has no food? By God, we are in a very difficult situation. We have 4 people entering the house, and my father has died, and there is no one who can depend on us and who lives in it.We live in a rented house because we cannot pay the rent we owe. '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' ''''''''''''' My brother, my first words are: I swear to God that I will not lie to you or deceive you. I am a Yemeni girl displaced from the war. My family and I live in a rented house in Al-Shahrab 20,000 Yemenis among us, and now we owe 60,000 for 3 months. The owner of the house is one of the people who does not have mercy, by God, my brother. He comes every day, insulting us, talking about us, and moving from the house to the street because we were unable to pay him the rent. The neighbors saw us crying and came back.They came back to talk to the neighbors and we were given the weekend. So we made him swear by God. He will take us out into the street. Have mercy on him and us. Our country is due to this war and we do not find food for our day, and my brothers and I live in a difficult life. Our father died, may God have mercy on him, and we have no one in this world who was with us in these harsh circumstances. My younger brothers went out into the street and saw...The neighbors eat and stand at their door in order to give them bread even if they break it. By God, to whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth, they closed the door and expelled them and came back crying. They are dying of hunger. No one has mercy on them and a holiday is returned. I have made a living, and now if one of us helps us with a kilo of flour, I swear to God, I am dying of hunger. My brother, I am an alien to God. Then, I ask you to help me for the sake of God. I ask you, by God, to love goodness and to help me, even if you can, by messaging me on WhatsApp.On this number 00967717354582 and ask for the name of my card and send it and do not be late and may God reward you with all the best, my brothers Sagar, see how they are and help us and save us before they throw us out in the street, you will be lost or we will die of hunger. My family and I ask you, by God, if you are able to help us, do not be late and may God reward you well..`/--~«««~-♡~♡~♡~~•~•~♡~♡~♡~♡~♡~♡♡♡~~~~: ~:~¡~¡~¡~;I.i.i.i.i.i. i.I.|-◖≤o^{°¶|•`~-😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

  • @ARO656
    @ARO656 Před 21 dnem

    QUE VIVA CASTRO !!!!!!

  • @achilles1729
    @achilles1729 Před 22 dny +6

    Communist talk Cuba is going under to this day. Castró was a real gangster. Owning 12 million people of depression. Still in 2024.😢

    • @berthavegagalicia1276
      @berthavegagalicia1276 Před 21 dnem

      Sadly my stupid president is helping this regime 😢

    • @solarflares2547
      @solarflares2547 Před 21 dnem +2

      @@berthavegagalicia1276 What country do you live in? Biden and the U.S. are not helping Cuba.

    • @berthavegagalicia1276
      @berthavegagalicia1276 Před 21 dnem

      @@solarflares2547 I’m from Mexico. Sadly, socialism is popular here

    • @bobdown1720
      @bobdown1720 Před 21 dnem

      ​@solarflares2547 correct Biden has just put sanctions on there doctors that travel around the world doing great things in poor countries..doctors unbelievable says alot about him and the collective bloody USA.

    • @bobdown1720
      @bobdown1720 Před 21 dnem

      Biden just sanctioned Cuban doctors that travel around the world doing great things..why.

  • @user-ll1ip9qb4n
    @user-ll1ip9qb4n Před 20 dny

    As a Cuban I cannot feel more contempt for this scammer, millions of Cuban families today are separated because of this smoke seller, and he had the nerve to say that he is a man of peace.

  • @guppygrease9767
    @guppygrease9767 Před 22 dny +1

    Talks now would change much for good of all the people playing along. Poor never problem and rich criminal benefactors are going way of dodo.

  • @user-tn2we2tq2j
    @user-tn2we2tq2j Před 21 dnem +1

    キューバには、カストロ。ゲバラは、存在しません。架空の人物です。