Cuba before Castro - DOCUMENTARY
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- Our historical documentary series on the history of the Cold War continues with a video on the pre-revolutionary history of Cuba.
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A mistake in the video. We said that Castro was born to Cuban and Canadian parents. Should be "CANARIAN"
Canary Island are the islands taken by the Spanish in the fifteenth century to help in the voyages to America... Are nearer to Africa than Spain, and the culture of the islands is a strange mix between Spaniard and Latin American. David, good Spanish (also... very near of Cuban accent)
Hi. The image used of Rafael Trujillo at 13:17 is not his, but of his son, Ramfis Trujillo. It was an interview in 1961. You should check it. There is a dominican documental here in you tube called Ramfis Trujillo. El hijo del dictador. The video is shown there in the first minute, with the information about it.
4:22 That was Abu Ghraib in Iraq.
Wrong, too. His father was Galician
Nice one
-Soldiers are paid to fight; the rebels aren't.
-What does that tell you?
-They could win.
Godfather?
😉😁😁😀😀
@@anonymousanonymous9370 one of my favorite movies. Presidents and senators don't have people killed! The 😉
We will not let them into the casinos! 😉 I have heard that Casro tried out for the NY Yankees Imagine if he made it!
"Cuba is land of Sugar and as rum is made from sugar, Cuba is also a land of Rum. Which also makes taking a toothbrush a must."
That sounds like Douglas Adams, though it probably isn't
Gustavo Octavio deCampos most struggle to get anything
Bacardi🤘
Cuba was the land of by he slave trade triangle then... and that is the arrangement the U.S. didnt like Castro ending... ijs
@@kpw84u2
The triangular trade
The triangular slave trade brought vast wealth to British ports and merchants but conditions were horrific. Slaves were moved on the ‘Middle Passage’ of the triangular trade route. Many did not survive.
www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zqv7hyc/revision/3
What you forgot to mention is that most Cubans didn't benefit at all from the sugar boom after WW1 because they were de-facto slaves at the sugar fields.
There is a reason such details are considered " OH THAT ... lets leave that part out ... "
~ December 31st, 1958 ~ a vacation with my parents from the cold of Omaha Nebraska, flying our small Cessna 182 Skylane to Miami. A short ride to Key West In a Hertz Ford, and across to HABANA CUBA by car ferry. HQ @ the Riviera Hotel we witnessed Batista fleeing overnight to Miami. The following Morning
January 1st, 1959 the Fidelistas had come down from the mountains & were advancing toward Habana.
Somehow, my Dad got 3 tickets on American Airlines to Miami, where we picked up our little plane & flew home to Omaha. ~ Meanwhile the Cuban revolution had begun.~ my part in history was complete.
Wow, a pivotal moment in time. Kudos to your pop for being observant and quick thinking.
I thought Batista fled to the Dominican Republic.
lol he was denied entry to the US. Good story though.
Well looks like my weekend has started .
My grandfather, John Cooke, was a Spanish-American War naval veteran, 1898-1904, but didn't
participate in the liberation of Cuba. He, instead, was on the USS Monongahela & sailed to
the Pacific where he visited Hawaii,which was annexed in 1898 & later participated in
"The Boxer Rebellion" in 1900! I'm 75 myself, so it was interesting getting this info, first hand!
Amazing! Such titanic events.
He had an interesting life , no doubt . But Hawaii was not " annexed . " It was taken over by force . The Hawaiian people had their own government , and did not want to be taken over and forced into servitude . Neither did the Phillipinos , nor the Chinese , nor the Vietnamese (when French warships sailed into their harbors with cannons firing . )
@@jameskennedy721 I think most red blooded Americans would be in favor of getting rid of Hawaii now that’s two socialist votes gone from the Senate.
Nice dude, grandpa was a running dog for US imperialism
"Liberation of Cuba" lol
I live in Dominican Republic, we literally are besides Cuba and most of our history books just basically ignores most of the Cold War (or heck, WW 1 and most of WW 2), and I understand local story is important, especially since we had a dictatorship, thanks due USA/CIA interfering. But come one, we had a neighbor island literally next to use with a freaking Nuke, that is worth of at least mentioned
The 1920s portion was rushing things. The visuals on the screen were all from the 1950s, and it's premature to say this is when American organized crime became significant, because that really took off after Batista took over in 1952. American tourists in the '20s were mostly interested in liquor, which was legal in Cuba but illegal in the US during Prohibition, and this wasn't mentioned.
So glad I found you! It’s like my own private history class lol I appreciate your narration style and all you put into your videos. Documentaries and written materials have been my teachers for years as I did not go to high school but have a thirst for knowledge (particularly history) Even though some comments have accused you of dumbing things down or speaking to “us” like children, I’m glad your videos are void of ego and attitude of the smartest guy in the room (even though I’m sure you often are lol) you’re a great teacher and I can tell you love to share and spread your knowledge. Blessings to you and thanks again❤️
It was interesting seeing the childhood photo of Justin Trudeau's father. Cheers from Canada.
Hahaha. Also Canadian.
I guess Justin is following at his father's footsteps.
I’ve heard this joke before about Fidel being Trudeaus father but I don’t see even the slightest likeness? Am I missing something
@@sirsurnamethefirstofhisnam7986 just Google the side by side comparison of them as young men.
Michael Fodor just two white dudes with feminine faces they’re interchangeable with half the guys in my city I don’t see a resemblance?
In Spain, Cuba was known as "the jewel of the empire". A lot of spaniards went to Cuba when the island was part of Spain, and became rich making business there. It was way better than some regions of Spain back in 1900.
@@joshuacondell1686 exactly
@@joshuacondell1686 But Cuba was wealthy, thanks to tobacco, rum, sugar, and coffee plantations.
@Atlas aït Amazal The problem was that Cuba and the Philippines hadnt the same category as the spanish provinces had in the Parliament. They werent reresented. (Something like Puerto Rico today). So, they were like colonies. But Spain banned slavery at this point.
@Atlas aït Amazal Well, thats was XIX century mentality. Didnt the americans treated cubans and philiphineans worst?
Emilio Aguinaldo, the first president of The Philippines, was ashamed and regretful of helping the americans against Spain, because they treated them worse.
And Im not gonna start telling you the atrocities of the French, Belgians, Germans, British... On their colonies. Hell, even the anglos tried to starve people of Bengala back in ww2.
But I guess the spaniards are always the ruthless bad guys...
@@joshuacondell1686 Unfortunately, I dont know the answer of those two questions. Maybe trough Africa?
“Have oppressed the bell button”
I see what you did there
I think this was this video's introduction was the best one you 've made so far!
A Cuban Las Vegas is the most accurate descriptor of Cuba 1920-1950’s
Hog wash. Cuba is larger than the entire state of Florida. One (1) hotel operated by Meyer Lansky and his mafia friends is an exaggeration for such a statement. That was a held hostage to communist propaganda statement.
@@mayito714 This is historical revisionism. The mob rule of havana is well documented
@@JohnDoe-zb5mt Well documented from the liberals' exclusive educational source on pre-Castro Cuba; The movie, "Godfather II".
@@mayito714 There are tons of books written about the mafias control of Havana. They literally wanted to make Havana a base from which they could operate, thats why there was a mob conference in cuba with several mob families. You have literally no basis for your completely ahistorical claim.
@@JohnDoe-zb5mt They owned a Casino in Havana. They paid Batista and his military rent money in order to operate there. They controlled nothing except the profits they made after paying rent. The "control" aspect is nothing more than "Pravda" style propaganda. Same military, different dictator, ran them out of town when not needed any longer. What kind of control does that show you they had? They left because they couldn't agree on the new rent arrangements.
Best cold war history channel in whole of youtube
The U.S. also took Guam from Spain.
Good
@@NoNo-rz1fq ok, Nard
Spain stole Guam from the native....
What about Hawaii ?
@@FC-hj9ub
European colonialists were real thieves and land robbers plus with others aberrants moral behavior issues .
Can you do a video on the USSR's alleged ties to the IRA/INLA, or just a general video about the Troubles in the context of the Cold War?
Not really alleged.
The IRA did receive support from the USSR because the IRA was based
@@citizenfoffie7605 It wasn't like a lot of support though and it waxed and waned quite a bit, most of the time it was just a bit of weapons shipments I think?
I know the IRA had close connections with Gaddafi's Libya .
You guys have been incredibly fair and even handed through the series so far, a lot of work no doubt. All my grandparents fled their native homes in Cuba after the revolution, and had been unwilling to talk leaving just one, my abuela Lina. As you guys play out the timeline I hope to use what you’re disseminating to help me ask an informative interview. PEOPLE, your family has lived through massive events in their own time. Gain their first hand accounts, and record a conversation.
By the way , a video on Mission Critical would be nice! Anyways loved the video , and I learnt something about the Cold War that I never knew before everytime I watch your videos. Keep up the good work!
"..significant role in battle of Caribbean"
okay you had my head in a spin for a second there lul
Bro, your pronunciation skills are insane lad! How many languages do you know mate? Just talent, pure talent
If one in three Cubans lived in poverty, then doesn't that mean that two in three did not?
When he broke out the Spanish I said, “wow ok let’s go!”
love the part "Esta es la guerra fria" hahahaha
Good documentary, complete and detailed.
If you need the subtitles in Spanish I can help you.
Copacabana Intensifies.
I always wanted to help with that too
they should translate all their videos to spanish there is so little about this subjetect
Are you suggesting Bender Bending Rodriguez time traveled fo Cuba to start a casino?
We're not NOT suggesting it... :D
@@TheColdWarTV I get it, right after killing Hitler
"Politically Woke Student Movement"
Now where did I heard that?
Basically an irl chapo
They got eliminated by the Communist revolutionaries. You hate to see it.
BLM and Antifa in a nutshell, also the Democrats😂😂😂
@@pepeokatze well, America is screwed then, unless they got it right like they promise when they say "no other countries ever applicated real communism, don't worry we'll make it right this time in the US" lol
@@jaybird5885 keep baiing commie 😂😂 next you gonna be sawd :((( and then burn a few shops but thats ok since youre antifa :(((((
Hi. The image used of Rafael Trujillo at 13:17 is not his, but of his son, Ramfis Trujillo. It was an interview in 1961. You should check it. There is a dominican documental here in you tube called Ramfis Trujillo. El hijo del dictador.
David, will you do an episode on the Angolan 🇦🇴 Civil War? I’m really interesting in learning about that! 🙂
Absolutely, although it is still a ways off in the chronology. Angola is a fascinating subject in the Cold War, and really, one of the best examples of how the proxy wars were fought.
The Cold War Cool! 😎 Although, I have to ask, why are some of your videos seemingly NOT in chronological order? 🤔
We don't maintain a strict chronology, but do try to keep within touching distance of an advancing timeline...For us to jump ahead into the 70s at this point wouldn't make sense as we haven't even passed the Cuban Missile Crisis, for example
The Cold War 👍
This is spot on.. great Documentary
Very cool. Thanks
Fidel Castro's mother was not Canadian. She was Canarian.
What the fuck is that 🤷🏽♂️
@@feddi7693 Spanish
@@Lando-kx6so 👌🏽
Wasn't that his father and he was a bastard
Fidel Castro's mother was Cuban. His father was Galician. Check your facts.
I'm 22 years old so I can tell you you're not getting old, 'mad bank' is just a bizarre phrase.
Great video as usual btw
Still waiting for the Worker's paradiso in Cubana...
Still waiting for capitalist paradise in Haiti
That line caught my attention also
Would you rather live in Cuba or Puerto Rico?
Silmarrillion123
You mean the two countries with the biggest suicide rate due to overwork?
Silmarrillion123
Boy that escalated quickly
great thanks for sharing very informative.
Another great documentary, fascinating to learn about the history of a country halfway across the globe.
Side note: Does anyone know the ending music? It sounds part motivating, part sombre.
Edit: the music is *Heroes will fall*
@Águila701 neither. I'm from Malaysia :) fun fact: 30% of Malaysian population are ethnically chinese. Edit: Where are you from?
六月四日 天安门广场大屠杀
@@MarkWTK i thoguht malaysia was a islamic country?
DOCUMENTARY FULL OF LIES --COMMUNISTS DESTROY MOST BEAUTIFUL PROSPEROUS COUNTRY ---CUBA
note the first intervention at 5:48 was short and sweet and not the extended Wilsonian occupation.
Great channel friend,Glad you collabed with sergei,that's how I found you
Great stuff guys
ahhhhhhh im loving this tropico vibe intro :D :D :D :D
Will you do about tibet uprising and taiwan strait crisis in detail or you enough from these topics since sino soviet split episode
It’s really cool how David said “esta es la guerra fria”
You know I saw what you did there. Still watch every episode and love the show and I’ve changed my view the narration isn’t like you’re speaking to us like children more just trying to find a way to appeal to as many audiences as possible and I can also respect the fact you’re probably one of the only people that can be talking about as serious and sometimes horrible things of history that you do yet find ways to crack the whackest puns of all time.
Here come the puns
Here come the puns
Nice video
You make a video about Turkey before 1960 coup, can you also make a video about what happened during and after the coup?
Thanks
When you said the American people's concerns about Cuba, was that sarcasm. I remember what my father told me about governments, the educated know what is good for the people they should not think but believe what they're told. Cuba has been an instrument of use from its beginnings with Spain, Fulgencio Batista ( U. S. government approved dictator ) to the self-righteous Fidel Castro. My father was right about the educated people aforementioned above. Freedom is a bait word.
Few words are more propagandized than "freedom".
communist
@@Abby-jl1zb No, Anarchist!
11:34 - 11:56
68 years later, bordering the same Caribbean Sea, that's the script Juan Guaidó is trying to follow on Venezuela (but failing so far): his party lost the election and he is attempting a coup supported by the US.
stfu
When your country is a starving socialist narcodictatorship, and your people have to leave their country because there is literally nothing to eat, or affordable, while your president acts like a banana dictator and living like a rich, I think every action is justified.
When venezuelans in Spain told me stories about their country, its like fucking hell on Earth. Venezuelan people need help, and Maduro must be overthrown, so democracy can be restored again in the country.
@@counterfan90 sure... democracy...
Just curious what the source is for the Canadian relation of his ancestry. Sited around the 13:00 min. Mark. Would really appreciate it, thanks
It's a mistake is our script, actually that didn't get picked up until you pointed it out! Fidel's mother was from the Canary Islands, making her a "Canarian". Our apologies for the error!
It's because he's Justin Trudeau's father.
Kalen Wilson lol no
The Cold War is ok happens
Do you know where I can access the video clip from 6:34? That's actually the street I grew up on. Compostela y Acosta
That background music made me dance salsa within seconds
As a Cuban who moved country at an early age I find this informative
Cuba is not Spanish because they didn't get independence from Spain
Do one about Puerto Rico! 🇵🇷
Congrats on a year+ One suggestion: let the videos be longer & less of them. Great stuff regardless!
Great video. I hope to see the video on Castro's take over of Cuba soon. My compliments to all those who made this video a reality.
I can imagine that tony Montana was thriving in the criminal underworld before Castro took over and would later release him amongst other criminals alongside the refugees fleeing cuba to the United states to make himself look good.
Actually it was the Santos Traficante family from Tampa that had strong influence in Cuba..
I remember studying about Cuba 🇨🇺 only from the movement with castro
Up to the the 1960s
i love your videos
Very good documentary.
My great grandfather negotiated the Transfer of Power between the US and Cuba, and was Cuba's first foreign minister. Your depiction of Tomas Estrada de la Palma of having rigged an election does not sit with what I have been told. I was told that de la Palma was a non political scholar of blameless reputation. He was not prepared for all the corruption that ensued in after independence. He was so politically naive that he did not realize what was going on about him. At the end, he was broke, and my grandfather, who, in disgust, had resigned his two cabinet positions ( state and justice ). had to buy de la Palma a train ticket back to Cardenas. That is what I have been told. It may be that I was given a whopper, as people are wont to do, to make us look good.
cuba was in such a dire state before the badly needed revolution. The conditions were terrible, while the country to this day is poor, paint is chipping and so on. You dont see people living in the streets, begging or prostituting themselves. Prostitution was one of the biggest industries in Havana prior to the socialist revolution
Prostitution still an industry in Cuba. It just changed the business card. People do sleep on the streets, and more
@@darielrodriguez6984 cuba has less hunager and homelessness percapita than the US does and cuba is a deeply economically deprived nation. The fact they were able to achieve this and be above the US says a lot about how well capitalism works for the average person
Yes, today life is so much better despite the fact that it costs a year’s salary to get across the island, the capital is dilapidated, and you can’t speak out against the regime
@@AngryCenturion576 you can tho. I think youve been watching too much youtube videos and bullshit media. There are anti communists that are in the countries "parliament" for lack of a better word and the communist party is forbidden to endorse people or participate in elections. Cuba is under illegal embargo and has been economically strangled since the revolution. If the illegal embargo didnt exist they would be a lot better off and significantly wealthier. Youre completely ignorant to the material conditions surrounding cuba and completely ignorant to the root cause of these issues. The US is the biggest exporter of terror and fascism in the world
Great video! One small rectification: the guy who is shown to be 'Rafael Trujillo' is actually his son Ramfis, who was part of the regime
The Spanish beat playing the background in the intro is what ? Please I neeed the name of the song
Hi man, I’m a huge follower of this channel since I’m from Cuba and my family witnessed the Cold War in the flesh, some of my uncles and grandpa were directly involved in several military conflicts like The missile crisis, Nicaragua, Angola, and some more shady guerrillas in Colombia and Venezuela. Even some involvement of Cuban troops in the Syrian side during the Israeli-Arabs conflicts.
I will love to highlight with all respect some important details you missed in this video:
1. AMERICA didn’t got involved by “accident” in a war with Spain. It was an internal sabotage of the Maine armored cruiser. Spain didn’t wanted nor had the possibilities to fight against a young powerful America and win. It was just and excuse to get hands on the back then strategic Cuba. This dates back to the Monroe Doctrine, and the historical momentum lived in Cuba during the liberations wars.
2. America did not crushed or destroyed the Spanish troops. Cuban Mambí already has that part done, and in 1898, the last territories controlled or defended by Spain, were about to fell down. Actually that the only part Americans landed and didn’t allowed Cuban troops to enter. It was a real robbery. Cubans fought for more than 3 years in their 3rd campaign against spain just to be robbed by Americans with this intervention. It goes deeper but CZcams comments can take only this much.
3. They Cuban leadership didn’t payed any roll cause this surrender ceremony took place on Paris, and Cubans were not allowed to assist. The matter was treated as a mere property sale. Cuba from spain to America.
Thank you for the feedback; We did a very high level look at early 20th Century Cuba. A whole youtube series could be done on it, to be honest, including an indepth look at the three liberation wars the Cubans fought against Spain. Given the scope of what we are doing, we don't have time to get into detail on that aspect of Cuban history.
The Cold War Thanks for your reply. Honestly I wasn’t expecting this amount of details on your videos, I’m really surprised to be honest of the amount of information you provided, and all correct. But since 1860 and around, America was trying to get hands on Cuba, and the intervention on 1898, played a major roll in the history making Castro pick the Soviet side on the Cold War. This highly influenced and indoctrinated him into a hatred state towards America during his whole life.
I think the difference in view on US involvement in Cuba against Spain comes down to popular opinion in the US vs what business and political elites wanted. Much of the 19th Century policy in the US had been based around the idea of non-involvement in foreign affairs, which was well steeped in the public mind (wars against Mexico didn't count because of Manifest Destiny and all that, after all). However, with the settling of the West largely wrapping up by that time, new avenues of expansionism were desired. But the US needed a reason so that it wouldn't cross public opinion. Humanitarianism just happened to be it, with the accidental sinking of the Maine proving a catalyst.
The Cold War You didn’t have time? Are you aiming for accuracy or not? That is not a small detail, it basically explains everything that happened afterward (meaning the American takeover of Cuba and having it as a virtual colony). Also, how are we supposed to trust everything that you do in other videos? I’m interested in Cuban history, I’ve read a lot of what happened before, during and after the Spanish American war so I’ve also noticed how you framed the “accidental” American intervention. I do not know that much about other topics that you cover in your channel so I trust that you are being very diligent in studying the source material and presenting your facts. But it all depends if you have time or not? Is that what you’re saying...?
Hi Daniel. There is no proof that the explosion of the Maine was an internal sabotage. Everything points to an accident.
Although we (in Cuba) were told since kids that the explosion was a sabotage, in the later years of Castro's life even the government accepted the accident thesis.
Hum. You should have mention the participation of Castro in protest in Colombia when the assasination of presidential candidate Gaitán. He was there invated as a member of a university organization.
I'd advise you to check out the work of Humberto Fontova, a cuban-american who has dedicated much of his life to this subject.
the soundtrack was so dsitracting
Well, I could definitely stand to learn more about Cuban history post-independence. I know hardly anything from the period before Castro. Thank you for this video!
Stay well out there everybody, and God bless you, friends. ✝️ :)
After Castro's Communist revolution ,Cuba became frozen in time. People drove around in 1950s cars for years . Never heard of anybody fleeing a Western country to get to Cuba but many over the decades took desperate measures to try and flee Cuba and get to the US
Mexico, Haiti, Honduras, Nicarágua...all of them have much higher immigration to the US than Cuba. And they're all capitalist.
That music in the beginning is so much fun
What’s the outro song?
Let's blame the Maine on Spain!
This and a video on the Bandung declaration, and there is your segway to the third party in the cold war.
7:40 Pan American Airways first airliner was named *Presidente Machado*, providing service from Florida to Cuba. Also, service from Cuba to Florida for certain members of the Machado regime when it was overthrown.
Important subject.
Please stick with it! 👍👌
I find it laking, that u dont talk about all the violant oppression before the revolution. The daily rapes, torture and murders. Also the crippling poverty of the masses...
Because it isnt true! Cuba was one of the best economies of the time! There were no rapes, yes there was a dictatorship but what they told you its communist propaganda, dont trust the commies please
I AM FROM LATIN AMERICA AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT THE COMMIES ARE THE WORST THING THAT THERE IS, but sadly they are everywhere
Find an actual Cuban who had to flee Castro's bullshit revolution and see what their take on "pre-revolutionary atrocities." No one has done more for the destruction of Cuba than Fidel Castro.
@@lexicon138 The gusanos that fled to miami are typically white plantation owners who are pissed they didnt get to keep their apartheid system. You'd have people think its a coincidence they are basically the worst fascists you can dig up in the US, next to contra-affilliated nicaraguans and whites nostalgic for the confederacy
@@lexicon138 complete nonsense. Say what you want about Cuba's substantial political repression but its standards in healthcare, home ownership, calories intake and education are much better than almost all of Latin America despite the US embargo. Keep drinking your neoliberal cool aid.
@@kevincastillomorales4858 total crap. It was a great place to be a wealthy plantation owner or American mobster or business owner. The revolution, its ills and its benefits, was a product of the dictatorship and American imperialism. Capitalist dictatorships fall because of people like you with your heads in the sand lmao.
The US was fine with a dictatorship in Cuba as long as it was one they armed and financed . The freedom and prosperity of Cuban citizens never mattered to the US government . The profits of US sugar companies and Mafia goons like Trafficante were considered - at that time - of far more importance than the freedom of a bunch of poor farmers . But that story is never explained to high school students in the US .
So put in a government of total control . A country that controls you totally . George Orwell.
@@peterb2325 more like a government that raised everybodys wages, provided free healthcare and lifted millions out of poverty. theres a reason the vast majority of cubans support their government.
@@monkey363 in what fucking planet do you live?
They were SO fine with Batista that they put an EMBARGO on weapons sales to his government at the request made by then rebel leader Fidel Castro in 1957...I'm from Cuba by the way...yeah, they were totally backing Batista, right?speaking of facts not taught in school I bet you didn't know that one...oh and please don't bring up Kennedy's statement, ofcourse he was gonna blame the rise of Batista on the former REPUBLICAN administration him being a Democrat running for president, he would knock Eisenhower for "allowing "Batista, but then abandoned the 2506 Brigade (Cuban exiles Bay of Pigs invasion) at the last minute and pulled out of the plans,thus "allowing " the regime to stay up until today...
@@rocadezona85 If you think the US govt ever cared about the average ( poor ) citizen of Cuba - from 1921 to 2021 - you need to find a history book .
Cool video
Can you make a Video about my country(Myanmar) during Cold war.
To say that 1 in 3 Cubans lived in poverty while Batista was President of Cuba is objectively true, but the same was in true in the United States at that time. Europe was devastated, and while Britain and European colonial powers had relatively affluent societies, their colonial populations were largely destitute. Economically Cuba compares well to most of the world at that time.
Not anymore. Since the Communists took over, Cuba has been an economic basket case. ;-)
Back then there were people in Cuba who couldn't even get healthcare because they couldn't afford it. Now people might not be rich, but they all get what they need.
So they named their movement 'the movement'
thats some critical ass thinking.
It was called the 26 of july movement after a failed coup led by castro
So “The Movement” is A Movement ?
@@Mana-xd2tp yes it was a movement named the movement.
@@atmshuvo44 Remember the band called The Band?
I apologize if someone said something already, I like the rum and coke in the background, but where did they get the odd shaped bottle and why isn't it glass? lol.
If Batista never took over, Cuba would have been pretty successful by itself. Therefore I would have lived and worked in Havana,Cuba where I was born and my family came from. I would have visited NYC where my father's father visited back in the 1920s.
I visited Cuba in 2016 and the Soviet influence is quite profound there. What a beautiful country and beautiful people. The embargo is stupid as fuck in 2020
There is no embargo on any private company in Cuba.
@@matthewartiles3179 don't feed the Cuban government trolls.
US.... Land of democracy... but not for others.
Good work! How about spain in the cold war?
‘Oppressed the bell button’, I only just got that 🤦🏼♂️
You americans have very strange definitions on who's white and who's not.
You said Cuba was doing well, but you should have said that _Havana_ was doing well. The rest of the country, and especially the countryside, was in terrible conditions. Most of the population couldn't even read.
Wrong. Cuba has one of the highest literacy rates
@@justinparker7902 Yeah. Higher than 70% even though the elder generations were born during the colonial era
THIS COMENTATOR IS REPEATING THE SAME TEXT
LIKE A MAGNETOPHONE.
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NOMIC INSTITUTION AND SEE THAT CUBA WAS IN ALL OF THEM ,FIRST,SECOND OR THIRD. IN THE 50S CUBA WAS
RICHER THAN SPAIN,PORTUGAL OR ITALY.
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MOST A TOY ,A KID 4
WLHEL CART. GASOLINE,
33 CENTS A GALON.
GASOLINE OPRATOR AND ATTNDANT HATED THOSE
SMALL CAR OWNERS BECAUSE THEY SAW THEN
AS ECOMIC MEANING.
KEDS AND CONVERSE SHOES
WERE USED BY POOR PEOPLE
WHO USUALLY DID NOT WASH THEIR FEET EVERYDAY
IN CONSEQUENCE ,ODOR WAS UNBEARABLE.
THERE WAS A CUBAN THAT
YOU AND OTHET MILLIONS
DO NOT WANT TO KNOW.
YOU LIKE PRESENT CUBA.
ENJOY IT
Absolutely, the only people who were doing well were the rich farmers who scammed every poor Cuban, pretty much makes half the people during the Cuban migration to Florida.
Cuba had a literacy rate of 77 percent, and slowly growing as almost every child was attending school. Cuba was also the fifth richest country in the Americas. What the hell are you talking about.
As I understand, the direct objective of the war, for most politicians who initially supported it, was establishing an American empire. In that light, it's not weird at all that the Cubans weren't present in their own peace resolution. It wasn't a liberation-it was a handover.
As good as I find this channel, I find the continual off-angle shots so very annoying. Please address the viewer!
Your ship is listing heavily to port.
Slow Turtle excellent observation 👌🏼
I wish this video covered all the violence and racism that took place during Batistas time in power.
Me too.
--Miami Native
They should cover it, how ever if they did they would need to cover how it existed long after he was gone.
@@vukman2665 Black cubans are educated at the same level as white cubans. Where else in the world does that happen?
A couple of mixed up pictures in this!
Enjoyed the video and learned something. I like the presentation but as with some other youtube videos it has that odd alternative view of the narrator where he's looking off in a different direction and in close up. Just stick to the front on view so the narrator is talking to the viewer and not sometimes looking as if they are talking to someone off camera.
Since when the US needed an excuse to invade or declare war ?
A rather notorious record for such young country.
No hate, just pointing a fact.
Pearl Harbor
As we are not all from the USA, thus we do not remember the SS Maine.
USS Maine. It's a U.S. Navy ship.
Have you looked into the earlier history of Cuba before the Spinish American war?
Oh boy, look at the time, it's already almost the 26th of July...