The War on Cuba - Episode 1
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- Belly of The Beast is a media outlet that counters parachute journalism by providing stories directly from the island.
The documentary series, The War on Cuba, gives an inside look on the effects of U.S. sanctions on Cuban people.
My Cuban brothers and sisters love from Jamaica.
This journalist is gorgeous.
many cubans are jamaicans and viceversa...me great great grandmother was jamaican and emigrated to cuba...rita marley is cuban
Love from this Jamaican too.
lol My bredren here speaks for all of us.
I am Jamaican and Cuban decent. I hope one day to visit Cuba and connect to that part of my culture. The Cubans in my family moved to Jamaica and married Jamaican women 😉
I had a Jamaican friend in college. Caribbean brothers 💪
We in Zimbabwe empathise and sympathise with you. You are a big hearted people. We remember your valiant support during our darkest phase when we laboured under British colonial rule.
We wish 🤞 you the best.
Americans would lose their minds if this was happening to them, this why I have a level of respect for Cubans, you are very resilent and tough people
American would have had a revolution an expel out of power all inept politicians like di in 1778. Shame on you for pretending to be blind in front of the kid- killing policies by the Cuban government!!!
@@isamagon Thanks, gusano, very cool.
@@isamagon Ever since the 60s Americans have been bought off and become too fat and happy to start any revolution. That's why corporations control freaking everything. Keep living in your bubble.
what you see in Cuba now are the survivors....of course they're are the tougher ones.
Survival of the fittest truly has been the motto for Cuba since Castro y Che stole it from the people.
When the Soviet Union fell apart in '89 and no longer supported him and his cronies, everything fell apart.
Not good to be dependent on others to that high degree but I am sure China will oblige.
Free healthcare, LOL!!!.......gotta bring your own bandages and a blanket to the empty building they call a hospital.
Nothing is free in life, everything has a cost whether directly or indirectly
@@Zarudon000 i agree 100% alot of Americans are proud and blind they have no idea nor do they really care what's going on within there own country or government, entertainment, the desire for access, and false media keeps them alseep
I'm still scratching my head at the fact that one country is allowed to stop another country from trading with other countries!!!
Yeah, the U.S. not only bans U.S. companies from trading with Cuba but they also ban U.S. companies from trading with any international company that trades with Cuba. So, if you're a european company that wants to do business with the U.S. you can't do business with Cuba. I don't know why they don't just leave Cuba alone.
this is not legal , it is a violation of international law by US
@@MsDragonfly58 Oh, let me take you to a couple of faraway lands called Iraq and Afghanistan.
@@closethockeyfan5284 no thanks
@@MsDragonfly58 Just to be clear: I'm referring to how the U.S. committed the height of war crimes in those countries
What they have done to Cuba and Haiti is criminal.
Well said 💯
Wadat Musik What has anyone done to Cuba ???
cuba deserves better.
@Sepia Lover you havent been doing a lot of reading i presume.
they are grossly over representing black cubans when they make up 10% of the population Cuba is 77% white its white country but they are trying to make it that mostly black people live there
Thank for producing this important documentary. Being married to a Cuban and having spent most of last year living in Havana and observing the impact of the embargo (and a seemingly ever-growing list of regulations) first-hand, there is no question that the US Gov't has absolutely no interest in the well-being and freedom of the Cuban people (or the Venezuelans, Bolivians, the list goes on...). As this doc points out, everything they do, they do in the name of money and power. The Cuban Gov't is far from perfect (but that's a whole other conversation...); that said, the embargo has done nothing to end the struggles of the Cuban people, only exacerbate them. It's not up to the US (or Cuban Americans who left the island) to dismantle the system. Let they, themselves, focus on the country they call home that is woefully flawed in its own right.
You are wrong on that the Cubans leaving abroad have no voice in the betterment of Cuba. They were in many cases forced to leave or threatened with prison If not doing so.
@@Earth-dream99 I don't disagree with you on that; hence, me saying that the Cuban Gov't is so far from perfect. I guess the big question (for me, at least) would be how different would things be for the Cuban people (with this same government) had the blockade never existed or if it had been lifted? Would the citizens be thriving? As a Canadian, with access to universal healthcare and subsidized education costs, who had a home in the US and spent part of my childhood there, I can confidently say that the social services provided to myself and my fellow Canadians have been nothing short of advantageous. Fundamentally, the government participating in civic life and the well-being of its citizens is a good thing. I would bet the blockade has prevented a lot of the good things happening for Cubans (and I will never buy into the "argument" that the US wants better for the Cuban people or other citizens living in countries with a repressive regime, when the US Gov't picks and chooses which repressive regimes to support depending on what they get out of it - it's not coming from a place of empathy, compassion or altruism is my argument), though certainly not everything can - or should - be blamed on it, and the Cuban government is certainly on a power trip to the detriment of the Cuban people.
@@JackieO2085 Yes, I guess they will be thriving like in Nicaragua, Venezuela where there is no bloqueo . I understand that the USA plays as other countries play based on their best interest, that being said The authoritarian regime in Cuba is the one afraid of allowing full economic opportunities to their people 'cos that implies political power as well down the road. Their Marxist ideology is sick, no free speech, freedom of assembly, no free press, the police are political. I was born and raised in Cuba. By the way. I love Canada, lived there for a while, peace
@@Earth-dream99 You make a good case, and we are (mostly) in agreement. Embargo aside, I do wish that Cuba was more free for its people. All the best to you.
Jacqueline Stein The Cuban government is the problem . The Cuban people should free themselves from the tyrannical rule of the Castro regime
U.S. treatment of Cuban people will be a curse and an albatross around the neck of America and all who bow in solidarity to the demands of his policy of embargo for political expediency. Well done my sister.
I love the Cuban spirit. Liz's expression of Cuba's resilience is amazing!
I think the Cuban business tycoons and politicians in the US believe this "blockage" is their way to "freeing" Cuba. This, is "usually" where the misconception of "development" starts. When people feel we must all think the same way for growth and development to occur. I think is quite common when people have an opportunity to view another perspective of living.
I see Cuba as a developed country, that has shown what it means to start all over and move on.I also think they are doing a great job staying strong, even after what it has and is still going through. From this video, one can see that the only thing most developing countries need, is a level playing field but that would be too complicated for anyone that needs the people suppressed (usually politicians or opportunists). I think in any solution, the people and their true realities must always come first!
I am glad tourism helped to boost the economy at some point. Hopefully, the tourism opportunity would return soon. I have never been to Cuba but I know in the depth of my soul that it is a beautiful place. It is beautiful because of its people. If only they knew what the Cuban spirit truly is.
Viva Cuba!
A question to everyone who says that the blockade doesn't do anything and that the biggest impediment to Cuban development is the internal blockade: If the blockade isn't important and the government blames the blockade on everything, why support the blockade? Wouldn't it be better for the blockade to be lifted? That way the government wouldn't have anything to blame. If socialist economies are so bad because they are centrally planned, why not let them destroy themselves without any sabotages?
Exactly.
I was about to say that, gusanos will say oh the blockade is no big deal, then proceed to support it.
I'm certainly not a believer in communism however what you say is 100% correct. If it is so bad, it will destroy itself. No reason for America to make the Cuban people suffer even more.
Mr. Rafael, it's more than what meets the eye with America's blockage on Cuba. You're not wrong with point of view. Respect to you
Check out part 2!
Can’t wait for the rest of the series. Viva Cuba libre 🇨🇺
Sure, 😃 Libre de comunismo
been reading some of the comments i cant tell most ppl commenting here are not cuban this documentary is pure lies when it comes to US and Hunan Rights pple are blind everything coming from cuba are bs specially this documentary
@@livanmartinezsavigne incorrect she’s shedding light on the trump administration.
@@livanmartinezsavigne deep heartedly agree with you. All of this is false
There are 200+ countries in the world y’all can trade with, embargo argument is BS.
Thank you, Liz, for posting this video. It's always best to hear from real Cubans. They know Cuba best. Gracias.
What she DOESN'T explain is what's happening right now!. Cubans are protesting for freedom NOT for food or medicine. Also if you research you'll find cuba exports meat, cheese, cane sugar, rum, coffee etc. In fact cubans live in a country of rich coffee and yet end up with ground coffee with ground chick Peas in it that give you ulcers. She nicely forgets to mention that the cuba regime is whose responsible. The food is taken from the cubans so tourists can enjoy a buffet but she forgets that part or how the Cuban kids can't afford to buy the good powdered milk and are rationed dirty milk. How the billions of dollars from tourism go to supporting the millionaire lifestyle of the castros grandkids and those of the high ranking generals. She also forgets to mention cuba trades with venezuela, Mexico, Russia, Spain, Italy etc but people will not do trade with them you know why? Not cause of sanctions but because cuba doesn't pay its bills. She also forgets to mention how right now underage cubans protesting dictatorship like 17yo gabriela hernandez was arrested and sexually tormented with threats of rape being told by police "this is what happens to those against the revolution" she was made to strip down, squat down and do things to herself and was tormented by the police saying they had prisoners who would rap* her for being against the castro government her parents didn't know where she was for 3 days and police wouldn't let her call home. Her story isn't the only one. A 16yo boy was found last week floating in a river with his fingers cut off, and everyone knows it was the police because the parents were told on July 12th he was detained the police have the parents a detention card saying he had been detained etc. He was never released from police custody. A 12 year old boy in Las Tunas was killed after police broke his neck while putting him in a police car. All of this for peacefully protesting for freedom. So what she fails to mention is
Just because there are sanctions it has nothing to do with as to why a government cannot give people freedom. And she is a pedophile! Anyone who knowingly defends pedophiles is one themselves, anyone who defends children being murdered deserves the death penalty. Do your research what's been happening since July 11th onwards especially with minors. And it is nothing new, but she needs to be in prison!
Also look on my channel I've posted videos of what's happened. Police slaughtering unarmed citizens in the street, division in the military writing a letter in the Martí asking canel to face charges of inciting terrorism, abuse of the military and starting a genocide. You can find the letter there. If killing unarmed people isn't acceptable in your country why is it acceptable there? And I'm not talking about a George Floyd killing I'm talking machine guns open fire in crowds, tanks and cannons rolled into neighborhoods, peaceful protesters murdered, police beating kids in the street, eyes gouged out investigate some more do some digging around proof is everywhere. But pedophiles shouldn't be able to hide anywhere in the world
My husband is cuban part of the oposition "human rights activist" just for protesting for freedom he was tortured for 7 hours. 4 teeth ripped out, fractured skull, hands, broken fingers and rebar driven through his shin. That is the real cuba!
Yeah, hearing from real Cubans what the Communist Regime wants them to say. Thanks.
@@layuma6884 Well put. This video by this " attractive young woman " was so full of BS as to be laughable. Professionally made though. The Cuban people are tired of being treated horribly for GENERATIONS. I can only hope the US assists them and supplies weapons to their umderground. They MUST have a resistance.
@@layuma6884 What you've said is very disturbing - that the real Cuba is far worse than we can imagine. As for telling me to do research...I am not a journalist, and do not have access to people of Cuba who see these things first hand. I can only access what is posted to the Internet.
Thanks for posting - the world wants to know from the Cuban people what is happening. I want the best for Cuba and its wonderful people.
@@Rainman270 That makes me sad...that the revolution did not free Cubans from oppression.
So Sad that Florida’s Cubans turn their back on Cuba’s people. Being a Mexican immigrant raised in the USA I never understand why so much hate between the Mexican Americans & the Border Brothers 🙏🏽 Dios Mío
The Cuban government turned their backs in everyone. 60 years without freedom of speech, free press or elections. Google “Damas de blanco” if you want to see what the Cuban government does to mostly black women peacefully protesting. This is all propaganda by the Cuban government.
@Jose Stevenson many people supported Castro yes, but then he betrayed them. But get one thing straight, no Cuban ever voted for him and pre revolution even Fidel said he didn’t want to be in power. He just wanted to overthrow Batista. But even if there was a vote, most of those people would have been dead by now. The Cubans on the island today have never voted or participated in elections. How much longer do they have to live under totalitarianism?
@@Reisito305 You don’t know what the hell you are talking about. Why do we trade with Vietnam and China, but not Cuba. We do business with countries that run by some of brutal regimes in the history of mankind. But not Cuba. The only reason is that Cuba is inhabited by black and brown people and they speak Spanish. Meanwhile America is a supporter of Saudi Arabia that beheads women convicted of adultery, and Israel has a system of Apartheid. So STFU, because you don’t know what the hell you are talking about.
@@gregorywilliams9302 US has nothing against Spanish speakers nor of Cubas social programs but instead other aspects of its government, esp the repressive part of it & its governments spreading of unneeded & unwanted communism throughout Latin America (attempts which for the most part failed over past 50 years).....
Those Cubans in Miami aren’t nothing like those on the island
Shows how cowardly the US gov't is when one small island is so penalized. The Cuban people are inspiring for all their accomplishments in spite of the US blockade. The US people have no clue how great their lives are; they always want more. They should have half the courage of Cuba's people. Outstanding project here.
Cindy Heil
Cindy, Cuba’s people mostly just endure everyday hardships with courage, many seeking to flee the country. I personally don’t support the embargo, but it has also become a scapegoat for the Cuban government’s ineptitude. The chronic food scarcity, in a small island with a fertile soil that allows to grow and harvest several crops per year and raise animals for meat, is not explicable if not for terrible management, but the Cuban government is always ready to blame all and anything on the embargo.
I visited Cuba a few times before Trump re-imposed the restrictions Obama had lifted, and when discussing these issues with the educators, community activists, politicians, neighborhood people I spoke with, I did not see or hear the negatives I read about now. As for food/medical/any shortages, we have that problem in the US, too, especially in these times of Covid. And trust me, not every US citizen will say they have the rights and know the justice that white Christians have in the USA.
Cindy Heil
I can tell you that it is no always easy for foreigners to have the whole picture, specially (I don’t know if it’s your case) if guided or monitored by individuals or organizations belonging to the officiality, although people’s own convictions or biases can also make them pay more attention to things that can tend to confirm their believes (many Americans, and foreigners in general, tend to idealize and romanticize Cuba). But often Cubans, for instance, if their livelihood depends on the state, or if they feel they are being monitored by someone that might report anything they say, won’t be sincere, and will only sing the praises of the Revolution. Some might show moderately critical, but never trespassing the line of declaring themselves not aligned with the system. On the other hand some are just sincere, maybe you only met that kind.
The United States has its own set of problems indeed. As for the shortages you speak about; the US does not have a problem of food or medication scarcity, in fact food and medicines are produced in excess and even exported; a whole different issue is that many Americans don’t have access to healthy food or medical attention, but it’s definitely not a matter of material lack of resources. In Cuba, on the other hand, there is scarcity of almost anything you can conceive, which is easy to pin on the embargo if we talk about computers, or gasoline, but not when it comes to food production.
I lived in France before the fall of the USSR and visited what was then E. Germany. As such, I have no illusions about any gov't---communist/fascist/'democratic'/otherwise of any nation, incl Cuba. Castro is idealized by many in the US bc he led his country to freedom from US imperialism and did much for ALL the people of Cuba, far more than Batista and the US and other colonizing nations ever did for other than the elite. That being said, I am not naive enough to think he did not have many people he perceived to be enemies killed and persecuted many more. As for no food shortages in the US---I participate in food pantries where I live bc of all the food-challenged families here, and this is true for many sites in the USA. I volunteer for an organization that helps the homeless, and there are many who work 2 jobs and still cannot afford the unaffordable housing here. How about all the shortages the medical community experienced during early Covid? Why can I not get my meds on time? There may be plenty of food, meds, housing, etc., in the US, but it is not getting to a lot of people who need it. When the USA provides healthcare, education beyond high school, housing, food to EVERYONE, I'll be less impressed with Cuba.
Cindy Heil
I commend you very much for your community work, I understand the hardships that many people endure in the US. What I was referring to is the capacity to produce, which doesn’t equal access to what is effectively being produced. Cuba fails greatly on that regard due to terrible state economic planning; it has been failing on that for decades, and it’s not attributable to the embargo. You claim that Castro did much for ALL Cubans but yet you acknowledge he might have persecuted and killed people, don’t you wonder how did that work for THOSE Cubans? How does it work for Cubans in prison TODAY for political reasons? But the things you mention the Cuban government provides to everyone for free are often so deficient, or even non existent as a matter of fact, that for many is like if they even don’t exist. Those are great in principle, but in Cuba it often looks just like socialized poverty.
Amazing video! This is crucial information that needs to be out there. As an American, I know a lot of my peers fall victim to propaganda about Cuba. This is necessary viewing in my opinion.
This video is Castro Regime Propaganda at it's finest. Europe and China prop up Cuba enough. The US needs tougher embargos.
Have you ever been? They are killing ppl in the streets
look into Gabriel Hernandez, girls who were in the protest between 14-18 years old some were forced to undress and touch themselves, some were rap-d or tormented with threats of rap-e and the police told them that was the cost of manifesting against the government for freedom. I didn't see that crucial information in the video. People who support that regime knowing they are doing that and are on with that in My opinion have those same desires as well. Some parents weren't told where their kids were for a week and some still don't know. A 16 yo boy was arrested for peacefully protesting his parents were given a card saying they were detaining him. He was never released and last week his body turned up in a river with his fingers cut off. And still 1,000+ missing from July 11th onwards. Cubans want freedom to speak free, freedom to think different, the governed is paid 4-6,000$ per doctor that goes abroad and pay the doctor $100. Education is free but they are exploited and if you say one thing they don't like they strip them of their medical license or law license. Didn't hear any of that crucial info.
@@layuma6884 Thank you for speaking the tragic truth. This video is just more propaganda
@@josephruiz7233 why? what is the goal of the embargo? who is it helping?
It's funny how the Cubans living in Florida, after coming to America to live the American dream, are now closing the door behind them for Cubans living in Cuba to live their dreams.
They voted for Trump but didn't demand anything regarding Cuba.
That's because Cuba is so divided they have 2 currencies one for white Cuba and one for color for the same side by side job the ones who voted for Trump are white Cuban's Obama step in to help the Cuban people because the majority Senate wouldn't work with him so he signed a executive order and when Trump come in with so much hate for Obama and people of color he got a two for one and reversed it back like it was with a executive order hopefully our new elected officials will reverse it right back with a condition that they use one currency
So true
What’s funnier is how you guys buy this propaganda lol.
@Hussein what propaganda exactly?
EVERY country/man has a right to his OWN destiny!! No other country/man should determine how another should live!! That's ungodly!! Cuba will rise again because her people are self-determined!! Stay strong in your belief of your own sovereignty!! United you stand, divided you'll fall. And, if you fall, at least it'll be on your terms!!!💕💯
I support the struggle of the people in Cuba. The U.S. needs to end the Embargo!!!
The Cuban government needs to end the embargo on their own people first.
@SERGIO VALENS a si es
Give the great people of Cuba their land and ownership of their businesses back then we can talk
@@ChampaBayBeast You are talking to the wrong person. My people were stolen from their home land in chains and brought to America. I agree that theft of people, property, and and land is wrong and against God, and that justice she reign for all.
and covid plandamic!!
Great job, to Luna and the whole team. Honest, engaging, this moment in time allows the beauty of Cuba and the Cuban people, even during most difficult times, to shine through. Viva Cuba 🇨🇺
Dias canel singaoooooo
Free Cuba from military dictatorship. 😥
@@juanserrano7079 así mismo brother, abajo con la dictadura y que viva una Cuba verdaderamente libre🇨🇺
what the fuck is honest about this?
Solidarity from UK 🙏💚
There arent many videos like this and I'm so glad you made this. Thank you!
Thanks for sharing the real cuba. More people need to see this to have a better understanding of Cuba and not just the superficial leisure some may perceive it for. I love your country particularly the people and its natural beauty...viva cuba 🇨🇺 🇨🇺 🇨🇺
Welcome to the world of Haiti 🇭🇹.We Haitians understand the pain of Cuba 🇨🇺!!!
You don’t understand anything
@@Logico75345 that was very rude of you to say.
@@JamesAngelo rude but true. What do you know about Cuba?
You don’t understand. Does the government of Haiti intimidate Your churches and pastors denying them the opportunity to growth and expand ?
Does the government of Haiti tells Haitian what to think what is wrong and what is right ?
Are Haitian persecuted , harassed and put in prisión for the crime of assemble peacefully and to explore and discuss alternative political ideas ?
If you answered no to any or all three of these questions then you don’t understand.
@@Logico75345 why trying force your opinion on him?
I love Cuba! Visited in 2017 and didn't want to leave. Never give in to U.S.! They just want to own the island! Do business with Africa! Viva la Cuba!
Africa dont produce shit!
Natural resources from the ground is not a accomplishment. You have to make things that people want and need.
@@MrAmhara what do people “want and need” Africa has what people want and need.
@@unfazedjae2645 So does the rest of the planet Earth. You have been brainwashed.
@@MrAmhara your ignorance proceeds you by miles
No! Africa is hurt enough. The continent is profusely bleeding.
Very appropriate in this moment when the protests are on Cuba. Thanks Oliver! This sounds like true!
I visited Cuba and enjoyed my time there. Experiencing a local lifestyle left me with great memories.
What did you think about the socialists supermarkets?
You should be ashamed of yourself.
Going to a country of harassed , blackmailed, oppressed people to enjoy their natural beauty country and to leave money for a dictatorship for them to continue oppressing their own people even more.
Unbelievable!
@@StrivingMen then why the government is so popular there?
@@angel-stories2547 is this a sarcasm or are you for real ???
For the same reason the Goverment is very popular in North Korea! For the same reason the Goverments of the different Soviet Union republics were “Soo popular” ……. Soo popular that in the morning they were chanting praises to the goverment and in the afternoon they were drafting its end.
Cuban Revolution is not a popular government in Cuba.
The government knows it that’s why the government never practice true free political elections.
I see by your question that you don’t have any experience of how people lives in Dictatorships.
good for you!
@@StrivingMen my husband is a political prisoner UNPACU and Movamiento San Isidro, there is alot of ignorance when it comes to people's understanding of dictatorship. They like to enjoy the rights they have but challenge those who want those same rights. You could pour buckets of proof infront of their face but will never answer the questions you have because they don't know how. Spend your time educating those who show interest in learning but people like this individual are useless. This same individual commented on my thread where I mentioned underage kids 14-18 disappearing in the July 11th protests being rap*d and murd*r*d. I wrote point a to point b and this individual only commented " I don't want to read a Bible story can someone pleasw resume this comment" I don't even know what that means. But notice one thing, these people who comment their support would never think about giving up their own freedom but wish it for others also those who defends communism from the comforts of capitalism never want to take me up on my offer of a free plane ticket to a country that already practices the communist philosophy that they love so much. They would never be able to handle the beatings, and torture my husband faced for fighting for freedom. Thank you for knowing the truth and speaking the truth please don't stop the Cuban people need you more than ever!
Great start on Episode One! Keep it coming! Gracias Belly of The Beast Cuba.
This brief, insightful documentary is excellent. It provides a well-argued explanation of the far-reaching embargo of Cuba imposed by Washington sixty years ago, and shows how counter-productive it is. In order to secure Cuban-American votes, various US administrations have adopted increasingly severe policies towards the island. The basic premise of the Trump administration is to bring about regime change by destroying the Cuban economy--and in the process making the Cuban people suffer so much that they will rise up against the system. That hasn't worked for six decades, and will not--as the Obama administration noted. The documentary is clear and thoughtful in its analysis, and I look forward to seeing future episodes.
@@warboats and John Kirk. Thanks for watching Episode 1. Check back for Week 2 airing next Friday, Oct 16: The Cuba-Venezuela Connection shows how the push for regime change in Cuba and Venezuela are interwoven. We see the impact of the US-imposed “oil blockade” on Cuba and the ways in which Cubans are finding alternatives to scarcities caused by US sanctions.
Thanks Prof. Kirk for your insight and analysis --as well your positive feedback!
The gusanos and corporations want their plantations and slaves back. They are ghouls.
Cuba still has 12 million people.. who know how to cope.
First you say it started 60 years ago. Then you blame Trump in the last four years. Obviously you have an agenda.
The rich in the USA must cause Cuba to fail...
or risk having to provide similar or better services to the suffering poor in their own country.
well, Cuba goverment is commies
Not might. They will. Who do you think fanned the extreme economic division in Cuba before the Revolution.
You are delusional.
This documentary should be on Netflix!
My son married a beautiful woman over 5 years and she has a heart of gold.. She lives in Guantanamo and I wished I can visit soon as I want to hug her so much.. thank you for this ..
Outstanding - thank you
I love this series ❤ can't wait to hear more from you ...I have already subscribed so I definitely will follow......you hit rte nail on the head for calling out the Cuban American in America......especially politician like Rubio......its criminal what they are doing ...keep up the good work 👏
Excelente el documental. La crisis pasará y la ayuda entre hermanos latinoamericanos será más fuerte. Ciertos gobiernos no quieren entender que somos independientes y soberanos. Fuerza Cuba y otra vez felicitaciones por este documental.
Me ha encantado esta serie y el canal también! Espero nuevo contenido con muchas ansias 🥰🥰🥰
Omg I loved this!!!! Learning so much more. Will keep watching :)
You are not learning anything those are all lies the only people that keep us down in poverty misery and oppression is the communist regime stablished by the Castros since 1959. 62 years in power by force no body wants them there. They are the government because if you say otherwise they’ll persecute you incarcerate you torture you and kill you. This video many of their tools to keep public opinion on their side. #COMMUNISTPROPAGANDA
Great video, I would love to visit there one day.
Well once you leave which would prob be early you will be asking yourself why you wanted to visit
This rocks. I will keep watching!
I really enjoyed this Part 1. I am looking forward to all other episodes. I grew up in South Florida only 35 miles north of Miami. Coming from a large family of 8 children with my Father working as a public school teacher. We never could afford much of a vacation. Usually only camping in the Florida Keys.
I remember the Cuban Refugees float across the Florida Straits in make shift rafts. Cuban refugees worked hard to succeed in the USA. The Cuban refugees are honest and hard working.
I hope that Trump loosens up trade with Cuba.
I was fortunate to visit Habana last year, in December. The people were poor in economics, but rich in pride. I felt so bad because I was running out of cash, but wanted to buy something from everyone. Everyone asked me the same questions about the Presidency, and yes, I'm voting to get rid of Trump. Not just cash, but I brought 40 pounds of supplies. Notebooks, pens, markers, batteries, fishing line, and baseballs. What I didn't give to the church or mosque, I just gave away to people on the street. I gave my last baseball to a cab driver, as a tip. I still think about going back one day, walking the Malec'on after midnight. Safest I ever felt. I have two bottles of Legendario, that I won't crack open until the embargo is lifted.
@@TheWhale45 My taxes won't double, student loans paid off, my job can't be shipped off. You can kiss the unwashed taint of a hobo.
I enjoy your wonderful reporting, and you're an excellent journalist!
Bravo pour ce magnifique reportage! Gracias por este excelente informe. Soy de Quebec y apoyo 100% al pueblo cubano que resiste al imperio americano. Incluso pienso a veces que me gustaría establecerme allí. Las sanciones actuales son inhumanas, especialmente al impedir la llegada de medicamentos y equipos médicos. Lo siento por los cubanos y quiero decirles que mi gobierno no representa suficientemente lo que pienso yo y lo que piensa la mayoría del pueblo canadiense. La gran mayoría de los canadienses piensa que este bloco no debería serlo. ¡Buena suerte para ti!
Excellent production quality! I think it would really help the context to have a segment about the historical and economic purposes of US "sanction" policies like the embargo. This video briefly mentioned it but the economic theories of capitalist imperialism are very powerful and could drill it in more why the US would do something like this, by also giving a brief history of how they have done this in almost every single other latin american country for the purpose of regime change to bring their resources back under US corporate control. Use marxist leninist theory to your advantage, it contains the truth of the situation.
Earlier,I was just reading here in Facebook that Mnuchin, Trump's banker is now sanctioning the big cities of the East and West coasts that aren't Republican.
Rocko You idiot. What is the US doing to Cuba??? Cuba is a socialist, authoritarian country where they take freedom away from their people so how is that the fault of the US???
I would say excellent PROPAGANDA, maybe backed up by the government! It is obvious that you have no idea what you are talking about! ;)
@Bogda Nov Lmao we put nukes in Turkey first, they were defending themselves. Do some research
I'm black American, the sad thing is the U.S. government does everything it can to keep black Americans ingnorant of the African Diaspora in Latin America. Thank you so much for these videos and helping to educate us.
No they dont, the information is out there
You think the Cuban government cares about black people in America or elsewhere? LOL They don't care about black Cubans on the island, and even less about black Americans.
@Marty Yo Really? LMAO!!! The only thing Castro wanted from Africa was any resources he could exploit. Malcom X a holiday? LOL I peed myself a little bit on that one. That was hilarious! Sorry but I tested your hilarious theory and sent SMS to six relatives in Cuba, I got back six SMS variations of Malcom WHO? Malcom Quien? One asked, is that some kind of American rapper? LOL I might pee myself some more. If you think Castro gave a shit about black Africans you are beyond delusional, he didn't even care about Cubans black or white. He didn't care that he took a 1st world economy and turned it into one of the poorest economies on the planet. Or that between 2-3 million Cubans left the country because of his revolution. Or that tens of thousands died and never recovered crossing the Florida straights in a desperate attempt to escape from the communist regime in Cuba. I have two new pieces of materials for future jokes I must research the possibilities. A Cuban liberation of African countries and Cuban Malcom Who Holiday. LMAO............................................... Where did you find such magical thinking statements??????????????????? They say tell me who your friends are and I'll tell you who you are. Castro used the infamous Che to overthrow the Cuban government. The infamous Che was a racist, a sexist, a homophobe and a murderer. That is who helped set up the Cuban Castro communist government. But el Che was such a monster and a threat that many historians believe Castro himself had a hand in his demise.
The reporter is gorgeous.
When this pandemic is done, I'm definitely visiting Cuba, they're a wonderful people.
If you want to visit skip the Resorts, you won't see Cuba there.
Love your channel. Visited Cuba in 2016 loved that country!!!
Hold on tight my brothers and sisters. Regime change is coming to US. You stand firm for what's right and no matter how much oppressed you don't give up. You are the most admirable people on face of this Earth. By enduring you earn highest respect of the whole civil world. We can see that hyenas of this world can't tear you apart. We are already sooo proud of You!!!
this is very good journalism. Paz y Bendiciones a Cuba y la gente
Great reporting. Thanks
It is ... it’s the truth .. they’ve been waging war on many countries this way ... sending love and prayers to Cuba ♥️ from America 🇲🇦
You are doing an amazing job teaching and educating the world, keep up the good work.
she is doing an amazing job lying to you. is a shame
@@livanmartinezsavigne A wise man once told me, “ don’t argue with fools” because people from a distance can’t tell who is who.
@@Sean-vx6jh of we can tell who is the fool. We, Cubans know that she is lying, because we suffer there for years. And he know who is to blame for it. I’ll give you a hint: “The Castro family” especially “el HP de Fidel Castro”.
@@ernglez4390 you Live in cuba ? But you know that America aka NATO bombs the Middle East ; since 2014 there is war in Ukraine they say they want to help because of freedom but supporting NAZIS/FASCISTS in the government !!!! They kill civilians - its all about resources - America is free and people can live maybe freely because we are also exploiters of resources - they could help and give knowledge to build a strong nation but they are not stupid and going to do that!!!! That would be the end for their luxury !. (I am Russian German + born in Germany)
@@ernglez4390 also Germany - I DONT think we Are saying anything as well as the lying corrupt politicians here talking about ,diversity‘ because WE IN GERMANY HAVE American Atomic bombs !!!! And the media is connected all to amerikanism !!!!!
Nice work!
Much Gratitude
Great content, keep on doing an impressive job!
It's stupid and illegal, the embargo needs to end!!! That's why Cuba will get my Canadian tourism dollars before any US vacation company or resort.
@Tiefkühlen america is not dangerous stop making it sound like it yemen or hondurus kk. and fo for you hope you enjoy life in canada it must be so ..
so..
so... fun
@@rebeccam.7249 come to Montreal sometime. It really is fun
@@rebeccam.7249 The United States has one the most COVID-19 cases and school shootings in the world.
@@rebeccam.7249 Actually US did a coup in Honduras too
@@rebeccam.7249 PR, five women per man, men in US working. Fun? PR needs to negotiate like every other island. Trump is a person, make him an offer to repudiate trifling DNC, he is not a doctrinaire pol. Late to talk votes.
this makes my head hurts because I can not figure out what to do about this problem on my people
This is done so well!
Well told. Effortless charisma and engaging journalism. Great work!
Don’t you remember the It’s bringing in the bombs that’s why you got what you got we can’t trust you and the nation you’re too close and you’re well people to come in with armed and get us that’s why you got what you got You can’t really tell you the truth you have bumps are your pattern for a long time they were in and add us to yes we have to do somethingYou need to get rid of your government and get something new before you get out of this trouble
This is outrageous! Sad and heartbreaking!
Some things left out: In Havana the people own their own apartments rent-free. They didn't mention that Cuba, a small, poor country has medical teams helping in many countries to fight Covid-19. Covid-19 in Cuba has few victims and almost nothing compared to the US. Before the US stopped the tourist industry, Cubans who owned homes in farming communities could rent rooms in their homes to tourists, and if you could speak Spanish, you could have conversations with any Cubans you could strike up a conversation with. People didn't have to worry about what they said to tourists. There were no furtive conversations. I call that free speech.
I suggest watching the whole documentary series
Wow!! This was great!! Very informative!!!
I really appreciate this video as it gives a better picture of the reality of the economic sanctions imposed by USA and how it's impacting Cuban people. The Florida Cuban community who are anti-Castro will do anything to destroy Cuba because their interests are power and wealth.
Apparently also the majority of Cubans in FL support the embargo.
Yes, some are still holding a 60-year grudge. But also true, communists and terrorists are not easy negotiators. The least the Cuban government could’ve done when Obama softened the embargo, was to allow Cuban expatriates to travel to Cuba with an American passport. It takes two to tango. They won’t give anything in return.
Very good!!! I LOVE my country too 🇨🇺❤️✌️
Excellent!
The truth Shall Set the World Free! Thanks Sista Liz for sharing the truth. appreciate your courage!!! thanks to Danny and Oliver too.
Excelente material. 🇨🇺🇨🇺🇨🇺🇨🇺🇨🇺
Me encantan estes videos! Muchisimas gracias por informarnos 🙂
Excellent video!!!
Great doc.
Hermosa Cuba, cuanta cultura y enseñanzas nos dan. Toca ahora que la nueva generación de jóvenes lideres como tu saquen al país adelante y puedan abrirse al mundo y que esto traiga un beneficio general al pueblo cubano.
Deshazte del comunismo y el pueblo cubano prosperará enormemente.
@@gregb6469 yes cause it worked much " better " after socialism in Bulgaria , Yugoslavia, chile, Lybia GREG. 750bilion US dollars lost in Cuba thx to USA, they would be much better then US with that money
WUAOOOOOOO great! Thank you
Those cuban-americans voted for him again in 2020 too smh
The white ones
I am black and I voted for him.
@@Logico75345 yeah we have bad apples amongst us...
Amazing Content!
Excelente proyecto, gracias por tu trabajo.
This was excellent.
Abrazos hermana!
I was in Cuba for my BDAY 2019 MRC/NYC the Cuban People r Amazing!!! This Documentary is well made Everyone needs to see this!!!
Esto duele mucho, 60 años de bloqueo contra un país que ya de x si es una isla. Cuba es única y su gente lo soportan todo. Un gran país, con una gran población. VIVA CUBA. Carajo
I would love to go to Cuba and talk to some locals... As soon as the pandemic allows I’ll be there....
That would be dope fam also check my CZcams and IG out realsabirbey
@@sabirbeythatraveler07 Oh for sure... Say no more
Beautiful people beautiful pre coloniser buildings too
@@KarleneMcleanShow I'm excited
@thegrumbler100 that’s unfortunate…. Hopefully that’s not true….
In Serbia we also had to wait to buy food when carantine was introduced. I have family friends in Italy, it was the the same situation there. People would wait long to buy anything in the supermarket and then they would try to buy all the toilet paper and as much food as they can.
Wow, I don't know that the US sanctions on Cuba has adverse effect on it. Thanks so much for shedding light on it.
The sanctions till Trump added some new ones, only made things pricier,. It’s the Cuban government, that has run the economy into the ground; & refuses to take responsibility.
I love this series. It’s great because the journalist is a Cuban!
Yeah, she's a mouthpiece for the Cuban government. There is no free press in Cuba. You publish what the goveernment tells you to, or you don't work and likely get thrown in jail.
@@gregb6469 exactly
HAITI STANDS WOTH CUBA TOGETHER WE WILL RISE
Thank you so much for this channel! My father fought in Angola on the side of MPLA and it is my dream to be able to visit (and hopefully live in!) Cuba. You can’t believe how much of a breath of fresh air this channel is and I hope you can avoid all those reactionaries that I’m sure are on their way here to spam you guys! Hasta la victoria!!!
thank you
@@BellyofTheBeastCuba i am in love wiht you girl so beautiful
Learning a lot!
I think this doc is amazing. I spend half of the year in Cuba. Fantastic. I love Cubans and the Cuban culture and I hope Cuba changes.
Well. With a dictatorship is hard that Cuba will change. We don’t want more communism. I will like to know if you left your money and went to live in Cuba like a regular cuban. Because if you didn’t maybe you didn’t notice that Cuban is a dictatorship and that for the government Cubans live is worthless than tourists lives.
I pray for my Cuba people 🙏🏾 Cuba will be back very soon. ✊🏽
@ Liz: I congratulate you for speaking English so well and still living in your country. And ESPECIALLY for being Afro-Cuban in doing so. I say that because I’ve lived in Miami for years and you have so MANY of euro-Cubans or the ones who prefer to be acknowledged as so with no desire to learn the English language after living there for 10, 15 years etc.... They claim it’s “difficult”. I say that’s not so. They just refuse to. If you are still living in Cuba and speak English then there’s no excuse. Aside from that, as a Caribbean sister I’m proud of how educated and classy you are. The Cubans who “look” like you are not portrayed as such even though I know that not to be true. You are looked down on my your other fellow Cubans(in Miami). And they try to act as if Black Cubans is something that is rare.
Anyway my dear, continue to do what you do and continue to hold your head up with class.
Much love from Tu hermana Haitiana ❤️🇭🇹!
"Cubans who look like you"? We are Afro Cubans. I've never heard any Cuban self identify as euro Cubans. It's either Afro Cuban, Cuban American or just Cuban .
I just started watching this series, thank you for making! How has Cuba changed since the early 2000s? I heard it improved after Obama took office but you never know what to believe...
Oh I’m sorry to tell you Cuba didn’t improve after Obama. We still have a totalitarian regime. A dictatorship. A communist dictatorship. People are dying ont the streets right now asking for freedom and asking for help. #SOSCuba
@@alicialopez5290 How do they die on street asking for freedom. you did not say nothing but. Cuba was a big drug problem and the movie scar face with al pacheno . Trump in this video Saying LITTLE HAVANA is exactly what and how tony put it in movie. Any way all people should be free . but crime is every place and not no one big or small trying to take it. notice how little things seem odd and grow bigger and sooner or later your house has a gate with lock but you don't have the key. All freedom for keeps for Good people. People begin to know one is bad or good . every one has a little bad in them and that's life but dangerous in all terms not any one will except. we never should loose this Identity. PEACE ✌ with practice in caring. God help us all
Thx 4 sharing QUEEN👑✊🏾
I am not blind, I know Cuba was a repressive state in Castro's day, and there were political prisoners, and probably still are. But there were many sovereign states far worse that the USA did business with. We have been going to Cuba pretty much every year for at least 10 years, and the first trips were often maddening, banks were a bureaucratic nightmare for instance, and there is very little crime for a reason.
Cuba has changed in the past decade, but what hasn't changed is the Cubans, who are warm and friendly, and love their kids just like you do, and who are suffering because the Cubans 70 years ago wanted self determination, instead of being run by the mafia. If there was ever a reason to get rid of Trump and Rubio, the Cuban people should be part of that reason. Viva Cuba Libre
@Tarek Jabal is this supposed to be a meme?
You're lucky to live in such a special country! The struggles and hardship your country has had imposed sadden me immensely but the Cuban people have created something amazing from it all. A safe and beautiful country where people care for their neighbours and community. A place where everyone has a chance and money isn't a barrier. Shockingly different from life in many other places where you fend for yourself.
From Lebanon 🇱🇧, all the love to Cuba & everyone fighting thr American hegemony.
Will visit your country someday ❤✊🏻
I love what you doing, keep it up!
I heard there are no leaders, look at her, looks like a leader to me. Un besote grande y gracias por todo lo que haces. Te esperan grandes cosas.
Oliver Stone produced this serie. I knew something smell fishy here. It was too good and too rich to come from a Cuban CZcamsr. BUT, I repeat, but I agreed with everything exposed in those 12 plus minutes and I also can say that I enjoyed it very much. Well done guys💋
Thanks for pointing out the producer, now we is the liberal supporting their favorite dictators as usual while the real people on those countries struggle to put food on the table every day of their life.
This is a really interesting channel. It's refreshing to get another point of view of Cuba, and, yes, the host is really cute. I am gonna subscribe.
Awesome work ❤❤
Espero que um dia possa visitar Cuba. Eu respeito este povo que tem personalidade e defende seu país.
Amem
Great documentary. Wish we could have monthly or even weekly more of the same to educate and show those who don't understand, what this is all about. Thank you.
Wow...I had no idea.Changed my whole perspective❤
Great job