@Yosigosiendoelquesoy What was he lying about? Cuba was a stronghold for the Mafia. Batista made millions with them and when he left Cuba he left a rich man. The Godfather 2 was based off what was happening in Cuba. When Castro took over he gave the Mafia 24 hours to leave and those that stayed were killed.
@Landytheman1 Embargo set up by United States which prevents lots of companies from trading with Cuba. Would you rather like Cuba as corrupted capitalist hellhole like it was before Castro?
@THEMOONBEAM40...Tell it to the 3 million Cubans forced into exile; the hundreds of thousands imprisoned or forced to work in hard labor camps; the thousands executed or "disappeared". Every Cuban family has been touched by the Castro tyranny. As an apologist for Castro, you could not care any less for Cuba's suffering. Give up your democracy and go live there as a Cuban. You will change your mind.
@lrodria1 Yeah yeah and Batista was total angel and allowed freedom of speech to everyone, offered free healthcare and education... NOT. Castro is great hero and liberator of his people.
TheMOONBEAM40 is a infiltrate personage under the Castro's dictatorship. He is belong to the China sin Alarde Orgy. This is the kind of people that USA eject because are betraying our freedom & our society. So for those people order to be hear, they better off to be allied to the wrong goverment.
@TheMOONBEAM40 oye comemierda,soy mas Cubano que la asucar sapingo! redneck you way off. you come across as a Castro sympathizer. like i said before go join your useless Lib friends sean penn,michael moore,susan sarandon,etc. lets see how well you and YOUR family can live in 20bucks a month maricon !
@TheMOONBEAM40 damn,you on my case yet you racist fuck you spelled Nat King Cole- Nat King COAL. damn if you white i understand but if you a Spic like me,shame on you,lol i'm 55 and came to the U.S. in 1961 my parents are mixed (as i)they told me how it was,niggas here using differant toilets-not in Cuba go spread your Liberal shit somewhere else Rosie O'Donnell wanna be lol p.s. you do know that Batista was "colored" el tenia un poco de Africa,aprende !
This other idiot at 3:31 Les Max Lesnik is describing more then half the countries on the planet today, at least Cubans had money to trade back then. Oh plenty of prostitution in Cuba even today under Castro, just that the whores get paid $5.00 for the night
If we wants to keep Cuba as a socialist paradise, we must continue embargo. Once the embargo is lifted and the tourists return, Cuba will become Batista's Cuba-night club and mafia paradise-again.
Just because Batista was bad does not make Castro good. Castro did his own attrocities and it still happens in Cuba to this day. 2 wrongs don't make a right. Cuba can trade with the whole world but not the US. They are still stuck in poverty because of Communism. Cubans risk their lives to escape. What's that tell ya?
I tried to read Cuban history but all I read have been fairytale-like stories; either Castro's Cuba as the socialist paradise or Castro's Cuba as the Totalitarian hell. have two questions on Cuban revolutions:
1. Why the US government once supported Castro against Batista, who has been portrayed as a stereotypical pro-US Generalissimo of a Banana Republic?
2. How many those "Cuban exiles" in Florida were once the loyal supporters of Fidel Castro or the Communism?
@inferno0020 Usa realized how unpopular The Batista regime had become .Fidel was a landowner so they believed wrongly that their control over Cuban produce would be secure .Initially Cuban exiles where a minority who had prospered under the corrupt + murderous Batista , These were followed by economic migrants who were forced to leave their homeland because of decades of economic siege by American right wing politicians urged on by former Batista supporters . Viva la Cuba !!!
@Wanda7771 What atrocities! Cuba cannot trade freely.!! Have you not heard of the 52 year embargo. US blockade, $millions on anti Cuban propaganda .Mercenaries and have machine gunned hotels, sabotage + bombing have taken place IN tourist hotels. If you want to see atrocities .Check out Iraq after usa invasion. Infrastructure destroyed 100.000s CIVILIANS killed . religious hatred .more us troops are killing themselves than killed in Iraq 2011. Your mind is numbed by propaganda
@ENCO12357 I lived in Miami as a missionary and spoke spanish for years with lots of Cubans....and that just is not true if you mean that they all hated it or washed up in burlap sacks, lungs full of salt water, and freedom beating in their hearts.......
@ENCO12357 Why are you calling me Mr. Missionary so as to be condescending??? Get over yourself. I did something that obviously you have a problem with, or couldn't do, or find elitist. And you said you told me the truth, which you've provided far less grounds for having attained than I have....sooooooo.
@RockyMountainPrepper Not picking on you just that truth is so close I Don't have as much or less,I have much more then most.Just telling you the truth comes from the people that get out or want out.I was born there and my Family suffered much more oppression then before the revolution.Lot's of people from around the world talk like experts there full of crap Take a trip don't be a tourist be like them and interview the old that have nothing to lose,They will tell you what it was&what is now.
@ENCO12357 Shame on the fat cats who force Cubans to abandon their families + beautiful homeland because of evil economic embargoes. Millions of Americans deplore these bully boy tactics as does most of the world .When the conservative ex Cuban vote is no longer relevant in local domestic polling . The embargo will come under pressure to be rescinded + fair trade with Cuba will resume, An educated Cuban people will then will reach their full potential .
@TheMOONBEAM40Not well educated are you?To muchMoonbean¬ enough sunlight.Cuba trades with the world and still.Trade embargo between U.S.& Cuba is because Castro stole$2 Billion inU.S.companies in1960Those were jobs&food from the Cuban people.And when that socialist thief Castro & his murderous brother rot in hell for human right abuses maybe Capitalism with free election can return.You spent most of your time rewinding this video.Go to the archives of theU.N.and educate yourself.Castro lied.
@azalori $ 2 billion of Cuban raw materials shared by Batista The American mafia and USA companies They were not stolen .They were recovered by a man of principles .Adored by millions world wide .
@TheMOONBEAM40 Recovered? More like wasted... The production of sugar in 2008 was below 1902. Before the revolution, Cuba had enough produce to feed its population with double rations and with a huge surplus for export. After castro declared his communist dictatorship, he destroyed all that, and more... The embargo is not the cause of the problems in Cuba. The problems in Cuba are political and not economic.
@ENCO12357 USA has a malignant influence on Cuban trade and development hence the current long standing embargo. Education would perhaps bring you knowledge , rather than ingested indoctrination. Hundreds of states have called for the strangulation of Cuba to stop. Think! millions of Cubans cannot be forced to rejoice at Fidel's recent birthday for example . The Mafia and Batista s will remain history. Cuba is awash with educated cultured people
@RockyMountainPrepper The truth is simple to see ,if you think rationally and don't be dumbed down.I.E You have a small socialist country. An imperial power does its utmost for 50 yrs through rabid propaganda + economic warfare/embargoes to destroy it. They hope the people will suffer badly and beg for mercy ! Then they can have a smirk on their face+ say HA! socialism doesn't work. Then put in a stooge like A Pinochet or Somosa to run their interest.
I'm not saying Fidel isn't without any fault, he's commited some mistakes, but at least people are no longer illiterate nor starving anymore and they have medical care for free.
@vai82 Actually they are starving. My family sends relatives money and not even with that can they buy things cos there isn't any. And though medical is free it is worth shit cos there's nothing to treat you with. They are so outdated and so behind, they are a third world country basically. Don't tell me I'm wrong or I don't know anything cos then you'd be calling every Cuban I've met (living in Miami there's millions) and every family member of mine including my relatives in Cuba now a liar.
@YourOasis97 How can that be true when Cuba EXPORTS medicine to other countries and sends doctors abroad for countries in need and many people with cancer from other countries go to Cuba to seek treatment? Have you seen SICKO by Moore? My uncle had a stroke and he went to Cuba and got excellent treatments. Plus, I don't see any cubans malnourished or underweight. If they're starving how come there are many curvy and even overweight people over there?
@vai82 Yes they are starving. My mother went years with only one meal a day. Your an idiot, you think I mean happy meals? You have no idea what starvation is. You have to live there or speak to someone who lives there to know the truth. You are utterly brainwashed. My mom's uncle sends money and packages of food and basic necessities every month to this family. A friend of mine compared it to Haiti when she visited. Family members always ask for basic things like bras, panties, medicine,
@vai82 vitamins etc. My mom's uncle died without getting treated cos there is no medicine for them there, no tools, and no money to get it. If he was in the U.S. he would've been treated and lasted longer. As for starvation, my mother never tasted an apple until she emigrated to the U.S. There are many foods that they don't have and can't grow. If you have a cow or a horse, some other Cuban would steal it. You gotta guard what little you have as if it was gold. There's no work either.
@vai82 They go days without electricity.They just shut it off for no reason.Days without running water.They can't use cars unless it's government owned.They are not allowed to leave the island, or sell their house (well now apparently they can sell their house but before they couldn't), doctors are paid shit compared to the U.S. Fidel destroyed it. He destroyed the island, the people, and their hopes.Theres nothing there but misery.You can educate yourself here: therealcuba(dot)com/index(dot)htm
@YourOasis97 No thanks !! Tell the WHOLE true and nothing but the truth!! Propaganda is not only about telling lies . It comes in many forms . Dehumanize people ie. call them GOOKS. RAGHEADS, COMMIES etc The Nazis used these tactics .Makes it easier to kill human beings. OMIT a lot of FACTS and put out part truths to convince gullible people .No CROCODILE TEARS PLEASE ! If your neighbors home burns down .and your the arsonist !
@YourOasis97 Sorry if I confused you ! I was trying to explain how indoctrination can send armies around the world to destroy prosperous countries and slaughter millions of their populations True! millions in just 3 countries VIETNAM, CAMBODIA ,IRAQ. alone.Most of the usa troops who kill are from the urban ghettos themselves. That;s what propaganda can do. Have a talk with Bob Dylan .lol
@TheMOONBEAM40 I know what you're saying but why are you telling ME this? I have family in Cuba who are dying to come to the U.S. even if the U.S. is not a land of the free where dreams come true. So I have no idea if you support Castro or not. If you do, you are wasting your time with me. This documentary is also a propaganda piece, and people believing Cubans are happier now than before is a load of hogwash.
@YourOasis97 I have family in Cuba ! Its true many Cubans would like to escape the effects of the long economic war waged against them. But that's true also of many other Latin countries Its sad that many millions of people are forced to leave their homeland because of Americas foreign policies . The latest exodus is from Iraq ! I have many Cuban friends who live in Milan + UK .They didn't arrive on rafts ETC . exit to hostile USA (not on)
@TheMOONBEAM40 I have family there too and I do not have any questions. I'm really confused why you wanted to respond to me. You're really talking to the wrong person since I know everything you just mentioned. Maybe you're confused with someone else or do you not read what I write. I know the U.S. does not care that much is obvious.
@vai82 Yes I've seen Sicko and he missed a lot of points and he's a liar too. Ah see, that's the trick. If your a tourist and you have dollars or work for the government you get the best treatment otherwise no. Sure, they export medicine and doctors but that does not mean they treat their own. YOUR telling me that my family is lying and every other Cuban living where I live? They are overweight cos WE maintain THEM. Otherwise, they'd die off. So tell me this, how come HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS
@vai82 try to flee Cuba every year? How come many of them risk their lives in open water on makeshift rafts to come all the way to the U.S. like my cousin did (many die along the way)? How come there are MILLIONS of Cuban refugees in the U.S.? How come my grandfather and uncle got arrested for trying to flee the island? Someone's pulled the wool over your eyes my friend. Go check out a video on my page where a young Cuban man speaks the truth. They don't get the same services tourists do.
@YourOasis97 What about mexicans crossing the border all the time to the US risking their lives, lots of them dying along the way?? and where are they fleeing from? MEXICO, a country that follows exactly what the US policy wants, and that suffers from a dismal class struggle, only a few are rich, and the poor, are extremely poor.
@vai82 "only a few are rich, and the poor, are extremely poor." Same situation in Cuba. If the embargo is ever lifted, the government will take it all and leave only crumbs for the people. People are still alive and surviving cos their families in other countries try and help them. Like the young man in my video said: "We work to survive. We have no opportunities. We think in days, not years." And in the beginning of the vid, one man yells to the camera: "Mucha hambre!" which means "very hungry"
@YourOasis97 I thought the answer was so obvious .Because of of THE DELIBERATE POLICIES OF POLITICAL/BUSINESS ELITE in America who want to enforce their exploitative kind of government on a independent country ,Recognized by the united nations and almost the whole world except a couple of US. client states .
@YourOasis97 I think the answers to your questions have been fully covered .Do you really believe the US establishment is concerned about Cuban life's or any other peoples ?, most victims of USA so called democracy have their life's totally shattered . Democracy is only a cover for control over the worlds natural resources . Countless American veterans as they mature from kids to men . Find it difficult to live with the crimes they have witnessed or took part in.
@vai82 here you can see photos of the horrendous conditions the Cuban hospitals are and its patients: (dot)therealcuba(dot)com/Page10(dot)htm and a reporter reporting the truth of what it's like to be treated when your sick in Cuba: lancasteronline(dot)com/article/local/214416_Catching-a-cold-in-Cuba(dot)html Communism was never meant for the people only to be used against for the rich and powerful people's own gain. Cubans are second class citizens.
@vai82 I also dare u to watch this vid here on youtube about the truth of Cuban healthcare&what CUBANS NOT TOURISTS receive: /watch?v=25_RgM1jHeo&eurl=. Michael Moore is a liar, selling you a propaganda piece. If you still refuse to believe the truth than you are hopeless & I'll stop discussing this with you since you rather believe a pretty lie over the harsh truth just because it might hurt your ego to admit you & Michael Moore &others are wrong. Well,truth hurts & the Cubans are hurting more.
@YourOasis97 alright, go ahead and call me an idiot, that's what adults do when having a discussion, but anyway... I guess you would have preferred it that Batista never went away, as if he had provided the best conditions for Cuban people... only a chosen few had the power to accumulate wealth, the majority of the people lived in inhumane conditions.
@vai82 You know nothing of Cuba. Every president has their faults but at least Batista didn't go off on a murderous rampage, and let people prosper and come and go as they please. trust me, Fidel's regime is 10 times worse. Are you serious? How thick can you be? You're testing my patience. Hawaii is an island and Cuba can produce fruit. Your argument is stupid.The reason it can't anymore is because Fidel destroyed the land! There's nothing to grow there anymore.Shows how much you know about Cuba
@vai82 Maybe not an idiot, but very ignorant do not give opinion if you ignore the facts. Batista was a bad president, that's why we have the revolution, it was not fidel's revolution a lot of cubans fought to overthrow
Batista,like com. Huber Matos,but after he took power, he killed or jailled everyone who opposed his opinion. Now Cuba went back 50 years under castros'regime.A once young and prosper nation,is a desaster where cubans die every trying to scape rather than live there.No freedom!
I don't doubt that the situation in Cuba is very precarious but it is because of USA's embargo which is a cruel policy upon Cubans who have no fault at whatever regime they may live by. Why do you think they don't see fruit in Cuba? it's an island, it's not supposed to grow fruits, as it happens in Hawaii, everything is imported.
@vai82 Precarious? It's a hellhole! Even if the U.S. lifted it's embargo the people will still flee the island cos Castro's regime will never change. He doesn't give a shit about it's people. I know about Mexicans. I met one who came here illegally and told me her story. I live in Miami friend, capital of the Hispanics in the U.S. so I know all the horror stories Latinos go through. Stop assuming just cos we criticize and demonize Cuba and communism does not mean we think U.S. = paradise.
@vai82 But for now, the U.S. is the only land they think they can prosper, the one who will accept them, and to a certain extent they can prosper here (for now). The U.S. to them is a paradise compared to that hellhole (although the U.S. is becoming more fascistic everyday but that's beside the point). I'm sorry for calling you an idiot but Cuba's history is personal to me. And it saddens me that people would rather believe a fairytale than the truth. Only Cubans know the real history.
USA has had allies that were mass murderers and still they didn't enforce an embargo on their governments, the US government looks the other way as long as the other countries do whatever the US tells them to do.
@vai82 The only MISTAKE they made was wanting to be independent of exploitation by stooges of the rapacious multinationals , like so many other countries .That's why so much effort has been made to ensure they fail. To discourage others that want real independence to control their own natural resources . The misuse of the word DEMOCRACY is a callous cover for so much death + destruction suffered by countless men women and children. Genghis khan was an amateur in comparison.
This video is made by a communist and all the people in at are communist as well . Batista was a way way better leader than Fidel , did u know that Cuban money was worth more than USA money during Batista , during Batista cubans had moder cars were allowed anywhere in Cuba and most importantly during Batista cubans had food. Fidel has taken everything away and people live miserably and people that believe in this video are idiots
Batista wasn't any better,but there's more Cubans in Florida than Cuba because of Fidel, people who think of him as a hero are a bunch of dim-wits who cannot think for themselves and listen to their favorite slapstick hollywood actor instead. Fuck yourselves.
@33guyfawkes are you mentaly retarded? because if not your comment is enough to prove otherwise! do you even know who batista was? do you know what he did? if you did you would know how false and ridiculous this comment is!
As far i hate communism, Castro and Che was right to overthrow criminal thug Batista out of his country. Even Senator JFK spoke against his rule as Cuba turns into a police state rather than a true democracy. But Castro and Che Guevara are no better. They lectured about cruel dictators but they even turned into into an authoritarianism dictatorship and done the same thing as Batista is. The US government needs to admit that authoritarianism and police state is the enemy of the list as well.
Solamente en mi humilde opinion como Nacido en es Bella Isla, me parece que este video definitivamente esta hecho por un Comunista ya que la historia sigue dandonos la razon de que Castro siempre ha sido el peor dictador que haiga gobernado tan bella isla
the only cubans that were happy before castro were the rich and the usa mafia, after the revolution the coloured and mixed races got education and health care something that was rare for them before, castro saw their pain and suffering and wanted to help, lets face it cuba was mostly a den for the mafia the ones that fleed were the ones that knew their live was going to go down hill fast as they were doing well, and yes ive been and lived their,love the place even though all are dowing it hard
@321ruthie1 you are so right, I can't believe people are saying that during Batista's rule everything was ok, and their only argument is stuff like "during Batista people had modern cars", well, if Cuba is in so dire straits is because of the embargo, which is a ridiculous and cruel imposition. So they may not have new cars or fancy stuff but they have their dignity intact.
@vai82 Their dignity? Oh don't make me laugh. How is it dignified to steal in order to survive and do illegal business? How is it dignified to starve and be treated less than an ant would be treated?
i mean i dnt believe a country can REALLY b communist BUT! at least he dnt need america telling him how 2 run his country cuz he can do it on his own! america hates fidel they've tried 2 assasinate him 7fucking times ! he must b doin suttin right
Any Cuban against Fidel, live in the the nice cozy tin shack Batista gave you. Oh wait, he didn't even give you that. Fidel spread wealth to the people, to the point where he gave up his own land for the people! Then, on top of that, he risked his own life, alongside 300 volunteers, to fight the American backed Fulgnacio Batista's 10,000 man army. And how many of you have actually been to Cuba? It's beautiful really. Like the Empire state building on a sunny day.
@TheDimitriPetrov You are able to say that because you are not Cuban, you have never had familly members executed, imprisoned, exiled or beaten by government-sponsored mobs. You travel to Cuba as a tourist and are treated as such. Cubans are deprived of all essentials. Castro aligned himself with the former bastard Soviet Union and he sold our country to the stinking Russians. You recount what Castro's propaganda feeds you without knowing the facts. Castro is the Joseph Stalin of Latin America.
@lrodria1 So you were therew when Batista ruled? When he executed, by AMERICAN record 20,000 people? By AMERICAN records, Fidel only executed 4,000? It seem the capitalist system you so dearly love is against you.
@TheDimitriPetrov I was not there to witness Batista's crimes and dictatorship, though my brother then 16 fought against him as did most young people of the time. Batista usurped a democratically elected government with the support of powerful American interests. Fidel Castro was one of many who took arms against Batista. Young Cuban leaders such as Frank Pais, Jose Anronio Hechevarria and many others wanted to rid Cuba of Batista and return the country to its citizens not a communist regime...
@TheDimitriPetrov ... Castro betrayed the revolution and gave our country away to the Soviet Union. I WAS there to witness the effect of his "agrarian reform" (a law intended to "spread the wealth" but instead an excuse to steal properties that Cubans worked and sweated for); I was there when Castro implemented his food ration card, which turned Cubans into beggars; I was there whe he executed and imprisoned by the thousands and when he prohibited partcipation of citizens in catholic churches...
@TheDimitriPetrov ..I was also there when Castro, a lunatic, dared Nikita Krushchev to fire nuclear weapons against the U.S.; also there when my father was interned in a UMAP concentration camp for peacefully stating he did not support communism or Castro. There to be ostracised in school by communist fanatics who renounced freedom and religion and as sheep obeyed a deranged leader full of hatred. I remember Mariel, the rafters and all of the other victims of Castro...
@TheDimitriPetrov .in comparison to Castro, Batista was a small inconvenience. For you to compare Cuba to the "Empire Estate on a sunny day" shows your ignorance of history and your lack of compassion for the 2 million Cuban exiles who pray for a reunited, free Cuba. Today, 12 vmillion Cubans wait for the Castro brothers to die so a new Cuba can rise from the ashes. Thousands of dissidents such as Dr. Oscar Elias Biscet , Antunez and others demonstrate peacefully and suffer. Cuba will be free.
@lrodria1 I wasn't physically there, but I remember that on the Bay of pigs invasion, over half the population VOLUNTEERED their services not Cuba, but to Fidel himself. And he did not give away Cuba. Remember what happened when the soviet Union collapsed? Remember what happened to the economy, after the U.S. embargo?
@TheDimitriPetrov Castro's legacy will be similar to Joseph Stalin's. At Stalin's funeral, millions cried and felt a sense of loss. Just days later, the whole mood changed and the Soviet hierarchy began to dismiss him as a tyrant. Today, we know about the millions of Russians Stalin executed or starved in Siberia. Castro's funeral will be the same. Weeks later Cubans will rejoice in their new found freedom after over half a century of dictatorship. Call Castro for what he is- a tyrant.
@lrodria1 It was nothing short of miracle Cuna survived as Cuba. Fidel's dedication and compassion for his people, while appeared either foolish or harsh, he did what he believed was best for the people. And he never dared Nikita to do anything rash. He dared him to stand up for Cuba as he did against Batista. If the Bay of pigs had succeded, Cuba would be a commonwealth. Not even it's own country. Just a colony for America. Would you like that?
@TheDimitriPetrov I have no idea where you are from nor is it important to me. Your collection of ideas on Cuba are simply a collage of Castro-communist propaganda. Cubans rebeled against Castro from the first day onwards. First in Havana, then other cities and eventually in the Escambray Mountains. For you to say that the veterans of Bay of Pigs intended to turn Cuba into a commonwealth is lunacy. I know some of those men, now old, then in their teens. They fought for freedom and democracy...
@TheDimitriPetrov Check your history, Castro did ask Kruschev to fire nuclear missiles on the United States. And why are you so hung up on Batista? That dictator died in the early '70s! Castro is still here, stifling a nation and impeding free thought. I look forward to a Cuba where every political party will be represented in free elections. Let the people decide at the ballot box and not under the threat of a gun. Cubans are hard working people and they will reclaim peace for their country.
@lrodria1 When I said bay of pigs, I meant the 4,000 US marine invading marine force waiting offshore for the mercanarys ( american hired) to take the beachhead. And obviously they havn't rebeled very well. And bck when Castro took office, he was elected. And no, Castro never asked for nukes, he actually told Nikita not to. He wanted SAM sites to prevent another invasion. And by the way, it was proven that over half the things said about Stalin were utter rumors that evolved into one mass lie.
@TheDimitriPetrov.. Mercenaries? You are probably referring to the ones Castro sent to Angola, Congo, Viet Nam or thoughout Central and South America to augment anarchist guerrila movements. Castro elected to office? Are you dillussional? Defending Stalin too? I imagine you also support Hitler, Mussolini and Mao Tse Tung. As I told you before friend, you are not Cuban, you do not understand our problem. Concentrate on the issues facing your country and have a good life.
@lrodria1 Americans hired mercanaries to support Operation 40 members. Then the main force would invde the heartland. Primary missions: Kill Castro, Annex Cuba. Cuba would always be free of America as long as it was in Fidel's hands. And it sounds to me you only believe what you like, not the real truth. I am a historian of my own accord, I WILL know things like playa giron. By the way, look up fidel castro(silvio rodriguez playa giron) right here on youtube.
@TheDimitriPetrov Again, you are mixing apples and oranges. Cuban exiles accepted U.S. assistance in their attempt to free their homeland. If you know Cubans, they are very nationalistic and would never allow the U.S. or any other nation to turn their country into a colony. The men who fought communism and died as heroes in Playa Giron were attempting to return democracy to their country. As far Silvio Rodriguez is concerned, he is nothing but Castro's apologistic parrot. Off track again Petrov.
@lrodria1 I am not off track, in fact, these all come from Cuban records. If they were fighting communism, which Fidel is not, they would have foght Fidel, not America. And by the way, read the comments. So many believers and supporters. If you hate Castro, I bet you hate Nelson Mandela too, huh? Just remember while middle classes thrived, what happened to the poor? The rich got richer and the poor were even more poor.
@TheDimitriPetrov Nelson Mandela stood against an apartheid system and today his nation is thriving. That is a wonderful thing. For him to support Fidel Castro, who has imposed a similar apartheid system in Cuba is shameful. Why do you bother writing back? You are getting all of your information from communist propaganda and your mind is made up. Travel to Cuba, live as a Cuban, not as a tourist, come back in a year and tell me about your experience. The grass is always greener on the other side
@lrodria1 So you want more people living homless, parents having to pay for education and healthcare, unreasonable taxes? To have no way to medically help those who cant walk, but treat a child with a cold? As far as I'm concerned, anyone against this, is agianst it because he doesn't care about the poor. Only what benefits him. Like Capitalism.
@TheDimitriPetrov A roof over my head, education for kids (paid by the government through high school and scholarships for good grades), healthcare and taxes are things all Americans deal with. Benefits for the poor? Social security, Medicaid, Medicare, welfare, etc., are all guaranteed in this great nation. No other country has it as good. You are an American and yet you "love" US enemies Fidel Castro and Che? We have a word to describe that in this country, is called treason. Shame on you pal.
@lrodria1 Fidel gave you all these, your forgeting Trujillo and Machado and Batista. These "men" oppressed the poor so much that 70 years later, your country is still recovering. And to support these men is a back hand slap to any real cuban. In my counrty, that is called treason. Shame on you pal.
@lrodria1 Fidel gave you all these, your forgeting Trujillo and Machado and Batista. These "men" oppressed the poor so much that 70 years later, your country is still recovering. And to support these men is a back hand slap to any real cuban. In my counrty, that is called treason. Shame on you pal. And the grass is greener thing? look at Cubal from 1902 to 1959. Look at the poor. The biggest exploit of human rights.
@TheDimitriPetrov Are you mentally unstable or just naive? Machado was outsted in 1933; Batista in 1959; Trujillo? He was Dominican not a Cuban dictator, Sherlock. What do those historical figures have to do with 2011? Fidel and Raul Castro are the dictators in place and naive idiots like you swallow their propaganda and offend those who have been victimized by their dictatorial regime. Enjoy your $20 Che t-shirt and Motorcycle Diary video and have a nice life. I am done talking to you.
@lrodria1 If it wasn't for Fidel. men like this would rule all of the surrounding areas. I like how you casually mock those who oppose you by the way. You seem to reflect the characteristic you seem to hate so much. This causes me to wonder who really is being propaganded, me, the so called niave idiot, or you, the self guided, cocky, selfish one who believes only what he hears. "History will absolve me"
@lrodria1 50 countries invaded last 50 yrs by USA. Hundreds of dictators installed S Amer+ around the world .Mao Tse tung a great man who freed his country from centuries of exploitation by colonial powers .China is now a world power! Stalin freed the people from serfdom of the Romanov aristoc," who were supported by all the capitalist states 1918/20 Destroyed the Nazi armies who wanted a colonial empire like the "Western Colonizers . US UK FRA ITALY SPAIN PORTUGAL etc etc
@lrodria1 Free elections in USA ? Free press ? A nasty joke ! Republican or Democrat ? 2 capitalist parties ! backed by billionaire press/media barons True alternatives. IE socialist/liberal are destroyed by the non-stop propaganda .Populist stooges/placemen are backed with $millions to keep the status-quo. You don't have to be a psychologist to recognize 2 Ignoramuses like Bush and Reagan were. ! Last 30yrs the wealth gap as increased dramatically.
@lrodria1 By the way, This "doctor" never specifies what government should rule. Anarchy is one of the rarest but deadliest disceases to infect polotics. And one more thing, if Castro was so bad, why did the people rebel against Batista, but never Fidel? If he was so terrible, the proletariet would have fought.
How long do we have to hear the same old story of Batista, the ugly Americans and blah, blah, blah? Cuba is a political and economic failure because a psychopath with little love for his people has destroyed the fabric of Cuban life in an effort to stay in power! Castro is no different than Stalin, Hitler or Mussolini, the only difference is we have had to swallow this dead beat for 52 years! Go away and die somewhere, let Cubans live in peace and prosperity. Enough already!
RiftRaft123 :from what my parents tell me back in the 50's(when i was born-1957)they were in a mixed neighborhood, my father worked for Pan-am airlines and we lived VERY WELL. my dad had a nice car,motorcycle,we had a nice t.v. refrigerator,here in Miami if you're a black Cuban you are Cuban FIRST. oye mi negro. if YOU are Cuban youknow how it is. if you're black American whole other story,negro Americanos estan de pinga.they are TOTALLY differant than a black Cubano
HARRY BELAFONTE YOU RACIST FUCK ! MY PARENTS ARE BLACK CUBANS AS I AM. WE ESCAPED CUBA BACK IN 1961, WHERE THE HELL DO YOU GET OFF SAYING THERE WAS BLATANT RACISM? BACK WHEN BLACKS HERE HAD TO USE A DIFFERANT TOILET OR WATER FOUNTAIN AND WERE GETTING LYNCHED MY PARENTS COULD GO WHEREVER THEY PLEASED EVEN TO ANY HAVANA NIGHT CLUB(AND NOT AS THE HELP)BEACHES/SCHOOLS HERE WERE SEGREGATED IN THE 50'S AND 60'S NOT IN CUBA. BELAFONTE YOU'RE JUST A COMMUNIST LOVING FOOL !!!
@use2slam2 hahahahaha u are like the only black cuban who I heard think that. I'm from Miami and everyone there praises Fidel for liberating the country from the power of the white cubans and the Italian mobs. Maybe you got you facts wrong or something. I don't think they had segregated facilities, probably because they couldn't afford it but I heard there was a lot of racism.
@RiftRaft123 Absolutely true , I have relatives who are born and bred Cubans, All highly educated Multi- linguist One family member was seconded to a medical research facility in USA True !! He was offered a position with a 6 figure salary . He turned it down rather than leave his homeland ! Did you know the Cubans created a vaccine for meningitis (not certain what strain) Usa blocked the worldwide marketing of it .That's also true !! How many lives lost ?
@use2slam2 Is that the reason the great singer NAT KING COAL had to use the servants entrance in the National Hotel where he was appearing , before Batista fled the Island . Belafonte is a truly great man who is loved world wide . He has never been a American lackey He tells it .Like it is .
@TheMOONBEAM40 damn,you on my case yet you racist fuck you spelled Nat King Cole- Nat King COAL. damn if you white i understand but if you a Spic like me,shame on you,lol i'm 55 and came to the U.S. in 1961 my parents are mixed (as i)they told me how it was,niggas here using differant toilets-not in Cuba go spread your Liberal shit somewhere else Rosie O'Donnell wanna be lol p.s. you do know that Batista was "colored" el tenia un poco de Africa,aprende !
@use2slam2 You sound like a really infamous product of American society . A intolerant IGNORANT REDNECK ! Take a shower ! Check your blood pressure ! ITS ONLY A SPELLING MISTAKE !! Lighten up . DONT DIE IGNORANT.
@TheMOONBEAM40 oye comemierda,soy mas Cubano que la asucar sapingo! redneck you way off. you come across as a Castro sympathizer. like i said before go join your useless Lib friends sean penn,michael moore,susan sarandon,etc. lets see how well you and YOUR family can live in 20bucks a month maricon !
The Castro Mafia thugs brainwashed and paid to spread the lies of communist propaganda an ideological nazi machine. The Communist-Mafia Castro family implanted a bloody totalitarian and oppressive regime crafted by the nazi-bolsheviks ideologues. A scientific slavery modern system where cuban citizens became the cog wheels of the elite; and who have intentionally destroyed the soul, progress and virtues of the cuban people. All the ROBOLUTION did was to replace it for a WORST dictator.
The Castro Mafia thugs brainwashed and paid to spread the lies of communist propaganda an ideological nazi machine. The Communist-Mafia Castro family implanted a bloody totalitarian and oppressive regime crafted by the nazi-bolsheviks ideologues. A scientific slavery modern system where cuban citizens became the cog wheels of the elite; and who have intentionally destroyed the soul, progress and virtues of the cuban people. All the ROBOLUTION did was to replace it for a WORST dictator
Yes, it went from bad to worse. You can't know what it's like unless you've been there and have family members still living there depending on you to help them survive.
Fidel Castro started off just like Obama with good intention but the road to Hell was made with good intention.So ,be careful went you vote. Remember,Cuba
Es interesante que los que salieron de Cuba en 1959 siempre tiene una actitude semejante. Completamente anti-Castro. Por supuesto seria asi. Esta gente recogio su dinero, compraron boletos y salieron porque se dieron cuenta de que Castro venia. La cosa mas graciosa es que esta misma gente(con dinero) critique a la gente que se quedo(los pobres) en Cuba. Nadie quiere mencionar que habia riqueza en la Habana durante la epoca de Batista, pero el resto del pais estaba hecho un desastre.
@rfmullig Mas interesante aun, es el caso de los que nacieron del 1960 en adelante y despues emigraron de Cuba debido a la esclavitud impuesta por el sistema Castrista. Para poder hablar sobre Cuba hay que haber vivido en ese sistema donde toda persona que se cansa de oir la cantaleleta comunista es ostigada, mandada a prision o forzada al destierro. Castro destruyo nuestra sociedad, separo a nuestras familias, nos robo lo que teniamos y todavia hay que soportar la ignorancia de sus seguidores.
ES CIERTO QUE IBA AL DESASTRE Y TERMINO EN DESASTRE CON UNA DICTADURA QUE HA DESTRUIDO EL PAIS Y LA MORAL DEL PUEBLO. dE UN DICTADORZUELO SE PASO A LA DICTADURA MAS FEROZ DE LA HISTORIA AMERICANA POR UN HOMBRE QUE HIZO DE UN PAIS SU FINCA PARTICULAR.
Yes, the government before 1959 was not the greatest, but if people only knew what was gonna come next, I think they would've chosen to leave things the way they were. I mean, at least they had the freedom to go to the streets and protest against the government before 1959.
La sangre de esos pobre Cubanos que defendieron la libertad a costo de sus vidas y el resto del pueblo cubano que a sufrido tantos anos.... todo eso lo vas a pagar tu y el resto de los desgraciados comunistas. La libertad del humano es los mas importante en la vida. Y es lo que le han robado al pais de Cuba! Pero todo en la vida se paga y lo tuyo viene. Pero Dios ve todo y lo de ustedes los comunistas mencionado viene caminando!
Estela Bravo.. puta comunista! Que clase de mierda eres como persona. Max Lesnick, Alfredo Guevara, Baudilio Castellanos, Harry Belafonte merecen todos que les quiten todo lo que tienen y los tiren en el medio del infierno. Lesnick que lastima que no te han matado en Miami. Si yo no tuviera que ir presa yo te tiro el tiro. Lesnick eres un hipocrita.
Yes Batista was another piece of shit, but a little of freedom the CUBAN people had. We were looking for better reforms, but not to be slaves of the communism. The Castro's dictatorship show the real claws afterwards. Starting with lies about false promises, that was his first steps. Blame USA for everything. Sale his soul to URSS. And become a big trafficant of drugs around the America continent.
@azalori You are full of shit Castro didnt sell his soul to the urss Cuba has had a USA blockade on it since Castro became president The usa tried to financially cripple Cuba but tough luck for the usa Cuba has survived !! ( As hard as it has been for Cuba they still stand strong ) The usa is needs to get over itself and lift that criminal blockade on Cuba lol as for the drug trafficeing from Cuba? lol thats just a blantant LIE shows how much you know ......NOTHING
@ZEITGEISTism Castro's Regimen need to step down and lift that criminal blockade with the inoffensive people for over 52 years. Can you see the Eastern Europe communism block is down. After more 60 years of destruction never went nowhere. Lately you are eating whole lot of shit. Wake up!!
Eastern european communist countries (and Russia) are not geographically on the bloody doorstep of the USA as Cuba is ! the USA needs to lift its blockade on Cuba Then watch how life improves for the cubans The USA are the ones responsible for the economic suffering of the cubans NOT CASTRO the majority of cubans are with Castro (also despite the usa Cuba is one of the most advanced countries in medicine and of a very high standard and health care in Cuba is FREE FOR ALL
@ZEITGEISTism Have you ever been to a Cuban hospital? If the majority of Cubans are with Castro, how come there are more than two million Cubans living in exile and millions of others that would leave Cuba if given a choice? Yes the embargo is outdated and hurts the Cuban people, but don't forget that the biggest problem in Cuba is Fidel Castro and his one party system of government. The lack of freedom and free enterprise robs Cuban citizens of its zest for life.
Yes for ur information i have been to a Cuban hospital & the standard of health care is amongst the HIGHEST in the world ! The only people who left Cuba were the rich & middle classes Yes some want to leave Cuba but NOT because of Castros govt because of the bloody usa embargo thats hellbent on strangling Cuba economically & has been for DECADES! (so dont minimise that FACT as tho its a small side effect ) When Cubans do leave ? the usa blames it on Castro lol the hypocrisy !
@ZEITGEISTism ,,you are so incorrect. Cubans do not have medicines. We have to send my family from aspirins to ben-gay, rolaids, strips to test your sugar (diabetes), we have to send clothes, shoes,. My uncle went in the hiospital and we had to send sheets, money for my aunt to make him chicken soup and take it to the hospital. Cuba has the biggest discrimination i have ever seen. not in race but in nationality. If you are cuban there are some many restrictions put on u by your own country.
@ZEITGEISTism You got that right, amigo! Healthcare in Cuba is FREE FOR ALL! That's one thing the greedy, money-hungry dog-eat-dog USA cannot claim to its credit! You could criticize Castro and the Socialist system in Cuba all you want...at least they are more humanitarian than the US will ever claim to be; the EU (European Union) has many social programs as well, including free healthcare---NO PEOPLE! The US is NOT the best system in the world! Grin and bear it....carajo cono!!!
YES Cuba is way ahead of the USA in healthcare since Castro has been in power VIVA CUBA and I hope bloody Obama lifts the trade embargo on Cuba SOON if he doesnt his a bastard just as bad as Bush and all the other USA presidents
mamma mia ? what are you a bloody abba fan ? stop dreaming ? lol im wide awake to the FACTS so you stop dreaming I presume by your cybername your an american Ever heard the term YANKY GO HOME ? .......most countries (and there are MANY ) That the usa has fucked up all say the same ......so go!
You're in Switzerland, clueless fool! What are you--a revolutionary wannabe ? :)
What do YOU know about the realities of the life under Cuban dictatorship? Take off your rose-colores glasses and your Che Guevara T-shirt. So you were a tourist in Cuba, eh? Talk to the folks who risked their lives to get out!
LOL. I repeat: you're either delusional, or dreaming.
Shut up you pathetic racist ! How dare you assume im naive because im swiss lol the arrogance ! what a moron ! For your information I was raised in 8 countries ( world travelled amigo ) you dont know shit about me You Imbecile But learn and know this ..Dont " ASSUME " anything about anyone or anything ..EVER ( Idiot !)
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YOU WAKE UP you are embarrassing in your IGNORANCE
LOL---you are pathetic! You assume that I am American, and then you spout hate speech to all Americans! UM, hello, can you say HYPOCRITE?! You are nothing but a wanne be, my love. God help you.
Wrong ! I dont spout hate speech to .." all americans" ... btw define .."americans " ? ..Cubans are AMERICANS too you imbecile ! AMERICANS ..are north americans , central americans & south americans DUH its one continent (you twit ) I dont spout hate speech to usa american people if thats what you mean by... " all americans " JUST the USA GOVTS CRAP
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my bad , after all ......." talk sense to a fool and they will call you foolish "
@Americanissima Cuba .Its such a safe place for people Not like Miami or other other US cities .. kids slaughtering teachers + pupils poverty alongside obscene wealth . 30.000 HOMICIDES annually Millions with no healthcare etc Cuba is under attack by a ruthless enemy . Of course because of CIA destabilizing efforts . Counter measures must be in effect . Unfortunately certain liberties are curtailed until the external threat is removed. Enjoy its hospitality is excellent
Lesnick cont. Si te han tratado de matar en Miami, porque no te fuiste a Cuba? Alla podias seguro hacer tus peliculas de propaganda mierdera. No entiendo, si aquello es el paraiso, por que vives todavia bajo un sistema democratico como el de USA? Por que no renuncias a tu ciudadania americana y a todos tus derechos como americano y pides tu pasaporte cubano? A que nunca mencionas el embargo de Israel hacia Cuba? Y que hay de la amistad de Fidel con Arafat? Fucking hypocrite KIKE!
Lesnick, ahora entiendo porque Hitler quizo exterminar tu raza. Eres un perfecto hipocrita hijo de puta. Vives en USA lleno de dinero y apoyas un sistema totalitario que no te afecta. Los verdaderos comunistas y fidelistas deberian vivir en Cuba, sufriendo lo que sufre y sobrevive el pueblo cubano dia a dia. Por que tu y tu hija no se mudan a La Habana y le entregan todo el dinero a los Castros? No decia tu hija que "se sentia mas segura en las calles de La Habana que en LA"? Verdad que no?
@Yosigosiendoelquesoy What was he lying about? Cuba was a stronghold for the Mafia. Batista made millions with them and when he left Cuba he left a rich man. The Godfather 2 was based off what was happening in Cuba. When Castro took over he gave the Mafia 24 hours to leave and those that stayed were killed.
nomibe2911 4 days ago
Fidel es comierda y maricon
ElCubanoMejor 1 week ago
Fidel had a passion for social justice, sounds just like Obama...
thomasward00 3 weeks ago
what embargo? the only embargo that exists is castro on the cuban people!
Landytheman1 1 month ago
@Landytheman1 Embargo set up by United States which prevents lots of companies from trading with Cuba. Would you rather like Cuba as corrupted capitalist hellhole like it was before Castro?
Pvjinflight 2 weeks ago
@THEMOONBEAM40...Tell it to the 3 million Cubans forced into exile; the hundreds of thousands imprisoned or forced to work in hard labor camps; the thousands executed or "disappeared". Every Cuban family has been touched by the Castro tyranny. As an apologist for Castro, you could not care any less for Cuba's suffering. Give up your democracy and go live there as a Cuban. You will change your mind.
lrodria1 2 months ago
@lrodria1 Yeah yeah and Batista was total angel and allowed freedom of speech to everyone, offered free healthcare and education... NOT. Castro is great hero and liberator of his people.
Pvjinflight 2 weeks ago
Harry Belafonte just be honest for only once in your life...lies after lies.
Yosigosiendoelquesoy 2 months ago
Harry Belafonte another Castro's dictator server.
azalori 2 months ago
TheMOONBEAM40 is a infiltrate personage under the Castro's dictatorship. He is belong to the China sin Alarde Orgy. This is the kind of people that USA eject because are betraying our freedom & our society. So for those people order to be hear, they better off to be allied to the wrong goverment.
azalori 2 months ago
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@TheMOONBEAM40 oye comemierda,soy mas Cubano que la asucar sapingo! redneck you way off. you come across as a Castro sympathizer. like i said before go join your useless Lib friends sean penn,michael moore,susan sarandon,etc. lets see how well you and YOUR family can live in 20bucks a month maricon !
use2slam2 2 months ago
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@TheMOONBEAM40 damn,you on my case yet you racist fuck you spelled Nat King Cole- Nat King COAL. damn if you white i understand but if you a Spic like me,shame on you,lol i'm 55 and came to the U.S. in 1961 my parents are mixed (as i)they told me how it was,niggas here using differant toilets-not in Cuba go spread your Liberal shit somewhere else Rosie O'Donnell wanna be lol p.s. you do know that Batista was "colored" el tenia un poco de Africa,aprende !
use2slam2 2 months ago
This other idiot at 3:31 Les Max Lesnik is describing more then half the countries on the planet today, at least Cubans had money to trade back then. Oh plenty of prostitution in Cuba even today under Castro, just that the whores get paid $5.00 for the night
ENCO12357 2 months ago
Long live Castro!!!! Hero of Latin America!!!!!
donaldflores96 2 months ago
@donaldflores96 you dumbmuthafucker dont you mean Caribbean??..... Castro didnt do anything for the mainland Latin America,
The true heroes are of course the Independence Revolutionars Like Bolivar, Hidalgo etc
Pasguiroq 2 months ago
If we wants to keep Cuba as a socialist paradise, we must continue embargo. Once the embargo is lifted and the tourists return, Cuba will become Batista's Cuba-night club and mafia paradise-again.
inferno0020 3 months ago
Just because Batista was bad does not make Castro good. Castro did his own attrocities and it still happens in Cuba to this day. 2 wrongs don't make a right. Cuba can trade with the whole world but not the US. They are still stuck in poverty because of Communism. Cubans risk their lives to escape. What's that tell ya?
Wanda7771 4 months ago
@Wanda7771
I tried to read Cuban history but all I read have been fairytale-like stories; either Castro's Cuba as the socialist paradise or Castro's Cuba as the Totalitarian hell. have two questions on Cuban revolutions:
1. Why the US government once supported Castro against Batista, who has been portrayed as a stereotypical pro-US Generalissimo of a Banana Republic?
2. How many those "Cuban exiles" in Florida were once the loyal supporters of Fidel Castro or the Communism?
inferno0020 3 months ago
@inferno0020 Usa realized how unpopular The Batista regime had become .Fidel was a landowner so they believed wrongly that their control over Cuban produce would be secure .Initially Cuban exiles where a minority who had prospered under the corrupt + murderous Batista , These were followed by economic migrants who were forced to leave their homeland because of decades of economic siege by American right wing politicians urged on by former Batista supporters . Viva la Cuba !!!
TheMOONBEAM40 2 months ago
@inferno0020 Few .But a lot more were running casinos + brothels .
TheMOONBEAM40 2 months ago
@Wanda7771 What atrocities! Cuba cannot trade freely.!! Have you not heard of the 52 year embargo. US blockade, $millions on anti Cuban propaganda .Mercenaries and have machine gunned hotels, sabotage + bombing have taken place IN tourist hotels. If you want to see atrocities .Check out Iraq after usa invasion. Infrastructure destroyed 100.000s CIVILIANS killed . religious hatred .more us troops are killing themselves than killed in Iraq 2011. Your mind is numbed by propaganda
TheMOONBEAM40 2 months ago
long live Cuba and china
greetings from germany
fuck usa
dshiflo 4 months ago
@dshiflo Fraternal greetings lol
TheMOONBEAM40 2 months ago
Where's the fucking truth?!
RockyMountainPrepper 4 months ago 3
@RockyMountainPrepper You will find the truth in the words of the Cubans that wash up on the shores of Florida.
ENCO12357 3 months ago
@ENCO12357 I lived in Miami as a missionary and spoke spanish for years with lots of Cubans....and that just is not true if you mean that they all hated it or washed up in burlap sacks, lungs full of salt water, and freedom beating in their hearts.......
RockyMountainPrepper 3 months ago
@RockyMountainPrepper You asked and I told you who to ask Mr. Missionary. So do you or do you not have the truth?
ENCO12357 3 months ago
@ENCO12357 I've heard the mixed bag. I'm saying you have as much or less truth than I do. I'd have to go there and see for myself.
RockyMountainPrepper 3 months ago
@ENCO12357 Why are you calling me Mr. Missionary so as to be condescending??? Get over yourself. I did something that obviously you have a problem with, or couldn't do, or find elitist. And you said you told me the truth, which you've provided far less grounds for having attained than I have....sooooooo.
RockyMountainPrepper 3 months ago
@RockyMountainPrepper Not picking on you just that truth is so close I Don't have as much or less,I have much more then most.Just telling you the truth comes from the people that get out or want out.I was born there and my Family suffered much more oppression then before the revolution.Lot's of people from around the world talk like experts there full of crap Take a trip don't be a tourist be like them and interview the old that have nothing to lose,They will tell you what it was&what is now.
ENCO12357 3 months ago
@ENCO12357 Shame on the fat cats who force Cubans to abandon their families + beautiful homeland because of evil economic embargoes. Millions of Americans deplore these bully boy tactics as does most of the world .When the conservative ex Cuban vote is no longer relevant in local domestic polling . The embargo will come under pressure to be rescinded + fair trade with Cuba will resume, An educated Cuban people will then will reach their full potential .
TheMOONBEAM40 2 months ago
@TheMOONBEAM40Not well educated are you?To muchMoonbean¬ enough sunlight.Cuba trades with the world and still.Trade embargo between U.S.& Cuba is because Castro stole$2 Billion inU.S.companies in1960Those were jobs&food from the Cuban people.And when that socialist thief Castro & his murderous brother rot in hell for human right abuses maybe Capitalism with free election can return.You spent most of your time rewinding this video.Go to the archives of theU.N.and educate yourself.Castro lied.
ENCO12357 2 months ago
@ENCO12357 WELL DONE
azalori 2 months ago
@azalori $ 2 billion of Cuban raw materials shared by Batista The American mafia and USA companies They were not stolen .They were recovered by a man of principles .Adored by millions world wide .
TheMOONBEAM40 2 months ago
@TheMOONBEAM40 Who is the man with principles? Dont u got the nerves to say Castro's dictatorship.
azalori 2 months ago
@TheMOONBEAM40 Recovered? More like wasted... The production of sugar in 2008 was below 1902. Before the revolution, Cuba had enough produce to feed its population with double rations and with a huge surplus for export. After castro declared his communist dictatorship, he destroyed all that, and more... The embargo is not the cause of the problems in Cuba. The problems in Cuba are political and not economic.
gusanomarielito 2 months ago
@ENCO12357 WHO IS THIS MOONBEAM40 CASTRO'S DICTATORSHIP FRIEND?
azalori 2 months ago
@azalori I am the light of that can shine enlightenment on your dark misguided thoughts .
TheMOONBEAM40 2 months ago
@ENCO12357 USA has a malignant influence on Cuban trade and development hence the current long standing embargo. Education would perhaps bring you knowledge , rather than ingested indoctrination. Hundreds of states have called for the strangulation of Cuba to stop. Think! millions of Cubans cannot be forced to rejoice at Fidel's recent birthday for example . The Mafia and Batista s will remain history. Cuba is awash with educated cultured people
TheMOONBEAM40 2 months ago
@ENCO12357 As a result of American policies!
TheMOONBEAM40 2 months ago
@RockyMountainPrepper The truth is simple to see ,if you think rationally and don't be dumbed down.I.E You have a small socialist country. An imperial power does its utmost for 50 yrs through rabid propaganda + economic warfare/embargoes to destroy it. They hope the people will suffer badly and beg for mercy ! Then they can have a smirk on their face+ say HA! socialism doesn't work. Then put in a stooge like A Pinochet or Somosa to run their interest.
TheMOONBEAM40 2 months ago
I'm not saying Fidel isn't without any fault, he's commited some mistakes, but at least people are no longer illiterate nor starving anymore and they have medical care for free.
vai82 5 months ago
@vai82 Actually they are starving. My family sends relatives money and not even with that can they buy things cos there isn't any. And though medical is free it is worth shit cos there's nothing to treat you with. They are so outdated and so behind, they are a third world country basically. Don't tell me I'm wrong or I don't know anything cos then you'd be calling every Cuban I've met (living in Miami there's millions) and every family member of mine including my relatives in Cuba now a liar.
YourOasis97 5 months ago
@YourOasis97 How can that be true when Cuba EXPORTS medicine to other countries and sends doctors abroad for countries in need and many people with cancer from other countries go to Cuba to seek treatment? Have you seen SICKO by Moore? My uncle had a stroke and he went to Cuba and got excellent treatments. Plus, I don't see any cubans malnourished or underweight. If they're starving how come there are many curvy and even overweight people over there?
vai82 5 months ago
@vai82 just because they don't have access to sneakers bars or happy meals, it doesn't mean they're starving.
vai82 5 months ago
@vai82 Yes they are starving. My mother went years with only one meal a day. Your an idiot, you think I mean happy meals? You have no idea what starvation is. You have to live there or speak to someone who lives there to know the truth. You are utterly brainwashed. My mom's uncle sends money and packages of food and basic necessities every month to this family. A friend of mine compared it to Haiti when she visited. Family members always ask for basic things like bras, panties, medicine,
YourOasis97 4 months ago
@vai82 vitamins etc. My mom's uncle died without getting treated cos there is no medicine for them there, no tools, and no money to get it. If he was in the U.S. he would've been treated and lasted longer. As for starvation, my mother never tasted an apple until she emigrated to the U.S. There are many foods that they don't have and can't grow. If you have a cow or a horse, some other Cuban would steal it. You gotta guard what little you have as if it was gold. There's no work either.
YourOasis97 4 months ago
@YourOasis97 Seems that medieval sieges are still being used to this day with the same cruel results has they had in the dark ages .
TheMOONBEAM40 2 months ago
@vai82 They go days without electricity.They just shut it off for no reason.Days without running water.They can't use cars unless it's government owned.They are not allowed to leave the island, or sell their house (well now apparently they can sell their house but before they couldn't), doctors are paid shit compared to the U.S. Fidel destroyed it. He destroyed the island, the people, and their hopes.Theres nothing there but misery.You can educate yourself here: therealcuba(dot)com/index(dot)htm
YourOasis97 4 months ago
@YourOasis97 No thanks !! Tell the WHOLE true and nothing but the truth!! Propaganda is not only about telling lies . It comes in many forms . Dehumanize people ie. call them GOOKS. RAGHEADS, COMMIES etc The Nazis used these tactics .Makes it easier to kill human beings. OMIT a lot of FACTS and put out part truths to convince gullible people .No CROCODILE TEARS PLEASE ! If your neighbors home burns down .and your the arsonist !
TheMOONBEAM40 2 months ago
@TheMOONBEAM40 What are you trying to say to me?
YourOasis97 2 months ago
@YourOasis97 Sorry if I confused you ! I was trying to explain how indoctrination can send armies around the world to destroy prosperous countries and slaughter millions of their populations True! millions in just 3 countries VIETNAM, CAMBODIA ,IRAQ. alone.Most of the usa troops who kill are from the urban ghettos themselves. That;s what propaganda can do. Have a talk with Bob Dylan .lol
TheMOONBEAM40 2 months ago
@TheMOONBEAM40 I know what you're saying but why are you telling ME this? I have family in Cuba who are dying to come to the U.S. even if the U.S. is not a land of the free where dreams come true. So I have no idea if you support Castro or not. If you do, you are wasting your time with me. This documentary is also a propaganda piece, and people believing Cubans are happier now than before is a load of hogwash.
YourOasis97 2 months ago
@YourOasis97 I have family in Cuba ! Its true many Cubans would like to escape the effects of the long economic war waged against them. But that's true also of many other Latin countries Its sad that many millions of people are forced to leave their homeland because of Americas foreign policies . The latest exodus is from Iraq ! I have many Cuban friends who live in Milan + UK .They didn't arrive on rafts ETC . exit to hostile USA (not on)
TheMOONBEAM40 2 months ago
@TheMOONBEAM40 I have family there too and I do not have any questions. I'm really confused why you wanted to respond to me. You're really talking to the wrong person since I know everything you just mentioned. Maybe you're confused with someone else or do you not read what I write. I know the U.S. does not care that much is obvious.
YourOasis97 2 months ago
@vai82 Yes I've seen Sicko and he missed a lot of points and he's a liar too. Ah see, that's the trick. If your a tourist and you have dollars or work for the government you get the best treatment otherwise no. Sure, they export medicine and doctors but that does not mean they treat their own. YOUR telling me that my family is lying and every other Cuban living where I live? They are overweight cos WE maintain THEM. Otherwise, they'd die off. So tell me this, how come HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS
YourOasis97 4 months ago
@vai82 try to flee Cuba every year? How come many of them risk their lives in open water on makeshift rafts to come all the way to the U.S. like my cousin did (many die along the way)? How come there are MILLIONS of Cuban refugees in the U.S.? How come my grandfather and uncle got arrested for trying to flee the island? Someone's pulled the wool over your eyes my friend. Go check out a video on my page where a young Cuban man speaks the truth. They don't get the same services tourists do.
YourOasis97 4 months ago
@YourOasis97 What about mexicans crossing the border all the time to the US risking their lives, lots of them dying along the way?? and where are they fleeing from? MEXICO, a country that follows exactly what the US policy wants, and that suffers from a dismal class struggle, only a few are rich, and the poor, are extremely poor.
vai82 4 months ago
@vai82 "only a few are rich, and the poor, are extremely poor." Same situation in Cuba. If the embargo is ever lifted, the government will take it all and leave only crumbs for the people. People are still alive and surviving cos their families in other countries try and help them. Like the young man in my video said: "We work to survive. We have no opportunities. We think in days, not years." And in the beginning of the vid, one man yells to the camera: "Mucha hambre!" which means "very hungry"
YourOasis97 4 months ago
@YourOasis97 I thought the answer was so obvious .Because of of THE DELIBERATE POLICIES OF POLITICAL/BUSINESS ELITE in America who want to enforce their exploitative kind of government on a independent country ,Recognized by the united nations and almost the whole world except a couple of US. client states .
TheMOONBEAM40 2 months ago
@YourOasis97 I think the answers to your questions have been fully covered .Do you really believe the US establishment is concerned about Cuban life's or any other peoples ?, most victims of USA so called democracy have their life's totally shattered . Democracy is only a cover for control over the worlds natural resources . Countless American veterans as they mature from kids to men . Find it difficult to live with the crimes they have witnessed or took part in.
TheMOONBEAM40 2 months ago
@vai82 here you can see photos of the horrendous conditions the Cuban hospitals are and its patients: (dot)therealcuba(dot)com/Page10(dot)htm and a reporter reporting the truth of what it's like to be treated when your sick in Cuba: lancasteronline(dot)com/article/local/214416_Catching-a-cold-in-Cuba(dot)html Communism was never meant for the people only to be used against for the rich and powerful people's own gain. Cubans are second class citizens.
YourOasis97 4 months ago
@vai82 I meant against them*
YourOasis97 4 months ago
@vai82 I also dare u to watch this vid here on youtube about the truth of Cuban healthcare&what CUBANS NOT TOURISTS receive: /watch?v=25_RgM1jHeo&eurl=. Michael Moore is a liar, selling you a propaganda piece. If you still refuse to believe the truth than you are hopeless & I'll stop discussing this with you since you rather believe a pretty lie over the harsh truth just because it might hurt your ego to admit you & Michael Moore &others are wrong. Well,truth hurts & the Cubans are hurting more.
YourOasis97 4 months ago
@YourOasis97 alright, go ahead and call me an idiot, that's what adults do when having a discussion, but anyway... I guess you would have preferred it that Batista never went away, as if he had provided the best conditions for Cuban people... only a chosen few had the power to accumulate wealth, the majority of the people lived in inhumane conditions.
vai82 4 months ago
@vai82 You know nothing of Cuba. Every president has their faults but at least Batista didn't go off on a murderous rampage, and let people prosper and come and go as they please. trust me, Fidel's regime is 10 times worse. Are you serious? How thick can you be? You're testing my patience. Hawaii is an island and Cuba can produce fruit. Your argument is stupid.The reason it can't anymore is because Fidel destroyed the land! There's nothing to grow there anymore.Shows how much you know about Cuba
YourOasis97 4 months ago
@vai82 Maybe not an idiot, but very ignorant do not give opinion if you ignore the facts. Batista was a bad president, that's why we have the revolution, it was not fidel's revolution a lot of cubans fought to overthrow
Batista,like com. Huber Matos,but after he took power, he killed or jailled everyone who opposed his opinion. Now Cuba went back 50 years under castros'regime.A once young and prosper nation,is a desaster where cubans die every trying to scape rather than live there.No freedom!
mambo66mama 4 months ago
I don't doubt that the situation in Cuba is very precarious but it is because of USA's embargo which is a cruel policy upon Cubans who have no fault at whatever regime they may live by. Why do you think they don't see fruit in Cuba? it's an island, it's not supposed to grow fruits, as it happens in Hawaii, everything is imported.
vai82 4 months ago
@vai82 Precarious? It's a hellhole! Even if the U.S. lifted it's embargo the people will still flee the island cos Castro's regime will never change. He doesn't give a shit about it's people. I know about Mexicans. I met one who came here illegally and told me her story. I live in Miami friend, capital of the Hispanics in the U.S. so I know all the horror stories Latinos go through. Stop assuming just cos we criticize and demonize Cuba and communism does not mean we think U.S. = paradise.
YourOasis97 4 months ago
@vai82 But for now, the U.S. is the only land they think they can prosper, the one who will accept them, and to a certain extent they can prosper here (for now). The U.S. to them is a paradise compared to that hellhole (although the U.S. is becoming more fascistic everyday but that's beside the point). I'm sorry for calling you an idiot but Cuba's history is personal to me. And it saddens me that people would rather believe a fairytale than the truth. Only Cubans know the real history.
YourOasis97 4 months ago
USA has had allies that were mass murderers and still they didn't enforce an embargo on their governments, the US government looks the other way as long as the other countries do whatever the US tells them to do.
vai82 4 months ago
@vai82 The only MISTAKE they made was wanting to be independent of exploitation by stooges of the rapacious multinationals , like so many other countries .That's why so much effort has been made to ensure they fail. To discourage others that want real independence to control their own natural resources . The misuse of the word DEMOCRACY is a callous cover for so much death + destruction suffered by countless men women and children. Genghis khan was an amateur in comparison.
TheMOONBEAM40 2 months ago
This video is made by a communist and all the people in at are communist as well . Batista was a way way better leader than Fidel , did u know that Cuban money was worth more than USA money during Batista , during Batista cubans had moder cars were allowed anywhere in Cuba and most importantly during Batista cubans had food. Fidel has taken everything away and people live miserably and people that believe in this video are idiots
megagonet 5 months ago
Batista wasn't any better,but there's more Cubans in Florida than Cuba because of Fidel, people who think of him as a hero are a bunch of dim-wits who cannot think for themselves and listen to their favorite slapstick hollywood actor instead. Fuck yourselves.
Heathenlegions 7 months ago
Batista was a great man. he was not corrupt and was a fair and honest leader.
33guyfawkes 7 months ago
@33guyfawkes are you mentaly retarded? because if not your comment is enough to prove otherwise! do you even know who batista was? do you know what he did? if you did you would know how false and ridiculous this comment is!
hellom12345 6 months ago
@33guyfawkes you must be on crack
vai82 5 months ago
As far i hate communism, Castro and Che was right to overthrow criminal thug Batista out of his country. Even Senator JFK spoke against his rule as Cuba turns into a police state rather than a true democracy. But Castro and Che Guevara are no better. They lectured about cruel dictators but they even turned into into an authoritarianism dictatorship and done the same thing as Batista is. The US government needs to admit that authoritarianism and police state is the enemy of the list as well.
publicmario17 7 months ago
Solamente en mi humilde opinion como Nacido en es Bella Isla, me parece que este video definitivamente esta hecho por un Comunista ya que la historia sigue dandonos la razon de que Castro siempre ha sido el peor dictador que haiga gobernado tan bella isla
MrManny2166 7 months ago
@MrManny2166 como se nota que te fuiste de Cuba cuando no puedes ni escribir bien, no es "haiga", es "haya".
vai82 5 months ago
the only cubans that were happy before castro were the rich and the usa mafia, after the revolution the coloured and mixed races got education and health care something that was rare for them before, castro saw their pain and suffering and wanted to help, lets face it cuba was mostly a den for the mafia the ones that fleed were the ones that knew their live was going to go down hill fast as they were doing well, and yes ive been and lived their,love the place even though all are dowing it hard
321ruthie1 7 months ago 3
@321ruthie1 you are so right, I can't believe people are saying that during Batista's rule everything was ok, and their only argument is stuff like "during Batista people had modern cars", well, if Cuba is in so dire straits is because of the embargo, which is a ridiculous and cruel imposition. So they may not have new cars or fancy stuff but they have their dignity intact.
vai82 5 months ago
@vai82 Their dignity? Oh don't make me laugh. How is it dignified to steal in order to survive and do illegal business? How is it dignified to starve and be treated less than an ant would be treated?
YourOasis97 4 months ago
i mean i dnt believe a country can REALLY b communist BUT! at least he dnt need america telling him how 2 run his country cuz he can do it on his own! america hates fidel they've tried 2 assasinate him 7fucking times ! he must b doin suttin right
fantasy5201 9 months ago
Any Cuban against Fidel, live in the the nice cozy tin shack Batista gave you. Oh wait, he didn't even give you that. Fidel spread wealth to the people, to the point where he gave up his own land for the people! Then, on top of that, he risked his own life, alongside 300 volunteers, to fight the American backed Fulgnacio Batista's 10,000 man army. And how many of you have actually been to Cuba? It's beautiful really. Like the Empire state building on a sunny day.
TheDimitriPetrov 10 months ago
@TheDimitriPetrov You are able to say that because you are not Cuban, you have never had familly members executed, imprisoned, exiled or beaten by government-sponsored mobs. You travel to Cuba as a tourist and are treated as such. Cubans are deprived of all essentials. Castro aligned himself with the former bastard Soviet Union and he sold our country to the stinking Russians. You recount what Castro's propaganda feeds you without knowing the facts. Castro is the Joseph Stalin of Latin America.
lrodria1 9 months ago
@lrodria1 So you were therew when Batista ruled? When he executed, by AMERICAN record 20,000 people? By AMERICAN records, Fidel only executed 4,000? It seem the capitalist system you so dearly love is against you.
TheDimitriPetrov 9 months ago
@TheDimitriPetrov I was not there to witness Batista's crimes and dictatorship, though my brother then 16 fought against him as did most young people of the time. Batista usurped a democratically elected government with the support of powerful American interests. Fidel Castro was one of many who took arms against Batista. Young Cuban leaders such as Frank Pais, Jose Anronio Hechevarria and many others wanted to rid Cuba of Batista and return the country to its citizens not a communist regime...
lrodria1 9 months ago
@TheDimitriPetrov ... Castro betrayed the revolution and gave our country away to the Soviet Union. I WAS there to witness the effect of his "agrarian reform" (a law intended to "spread the wealth" but instead an excuse to steal properties that Cubans worked and sweated for); I was there when Castro implemented his food ration card, which turned Cubans into beggars; I was there whe he executed and imprisoned by the thousands and when he prohibited partcipation of citizens in catholic churches...
lrodria1 9 months ago
@TheDimitriPetrov ..I was also there when Castro, a lunatic, dared Nikita Krushchev to fire nuclear weapons against the U.S.; also there when my father was interned in a UMAP concentration camp for peacefully stating he did not support communism or Castro. There to be ostracised in school by communist fanatics who renounced freedom and religion and as sheep obeyed a deranged leader full of hatred. I remember Mariel, the rafters and all of the other victims of Castro...
lrodria1 9 months ago
@TheDimitriPetrov .in comparison to Castro, Batista was a small inconvenience. For you to compare Cuba to the "Empire Estate on a sunny day" shows your ignorance of history and your lack of compassion for the 2 million Cuban exiles who pray for a reunited, free Cuba. Today, 12 vmillion Cubans wait for the Castro brothers to die so a new Cuba can rise from the ashes. Thousands of dissidents such as Dr. Oscar Elias Biscet , Antunez and others demonstrate peacefully and suffer. Cuba will be free.
lrodria1 9 months ago
@lrodria1 I wasn't physically there, but I remember that on the Bay of pigs invasion, over half the population VOLUNTEERED their services not Cuba, but to Fidel himself. And he did not give away Cuba. Remember what happened when the soviet Union collapsed? Remember what happened to the economy, after the U.S. embargo?
TheDimitriPetrov 9 months ago
@TheDimitriPetrov Castro's legacy will be similar to Joseph Stalin's. At Stalin's funeral, millions cried and felt a sense of loss. Just days later, the whole mood changed and the Soviet hierarchy began to dismiss him as a tyrant. Today, we know about the millions of Russians Stalin executed or starved in Siberia. Castro's funeral will be the same. Weeks later Cubans will rejoice in their new found freedom after over half a century of dictatorship. Call Castro for what he is- a tyrant.
lrodria1 9 months ago
@lrodria1 It was nothing short of miracle Cuna survived as Cuba. Fidel's dedication and compassion for his people, while appeared either foolish or harsh, he did what he believed was best for the people. And he never dared Nikita to do anything rash. He dared him to stand up for Cuba as he did against Batista. If the Bay of pigs had succeded, Cuba would be a commonwealth. Not even it's own country. Just a colony for America. Would you like that?
TheDimitriPetrov 9 months ago
@TheDimitriPetrov I have no idea where you are from nor is it important to me. Your collection of ideas on Cuba are simply a collage of Castro-communist propaganda. Cubans rebeled against Castro from the first day onwards. First in Havana, then other cities and eventually in the Escambray Mountains. For you to say that the veterans of Bay of Pigs intended to turn Cuba into a commonwealth is lunacy. I know some of those men, now old, then in their teens. They fought for freedom and democracy...
lrodria1 9 months ago
@TheDimitriPetrov Check your history, Castro did ask Kruschev to fire nuclear missiles on the United States. And why are you so hung up on Batista? That dictator died in the early '70s! Castro is still here, stifling a nation and impeding free thought. I look forward to a Cuba where every political party will be represented in free elections. Let the people decide at the ballot box and not under the threat of a gun. Cubans are hard working people and they will reclaim peace for their country.
lrodria1 9 months ago
@lrodria1 When I said bay of pigs, I meant the 4,000 US marine invading marine force waiting offshore for the mercanarys ( american hired) to take the beachhead. And obviously they havn't rebeled very well. And bck when Castro took office, he was elected. And no, Castro never asked for nukes, he actually told Nikita not to. He wanted SAM sites to prevent another invasion. And by the way, it was proven that over half the things said about Stalin were utter rumors that evolved into one mass lie.
TheDimitriPetrov 9 months ago
@TheDimitriPetrov.. Mercenaries? You are probably referring to the ones Castro sent to Angola, Congo, Viet Nam or thoughout Central and South America to augment anarchist guerrila movements. Castro elected to office? Are you dillussional? Defending Stalin too? I imagine you also support Hitler, Mussolini and Mao Tse Tung. As I told you before friend, you are not Cuban, you do not understand our problem. Concentrate on the issues facing your country and have a good life.
lrodria1 9 months ago
@lrodria1 Americans hired mercanaries to support Operation 40 members. Then the main force would invde the heartland. Primary missions: Kill Castro, Annex Cuba. Cuba would always be free of America as long as it was in Fidel's hands. And it sounds to me you only believe what you like, not the real truth. I am a historian of my own accord, I WILL know things like playa giron. By the way, look up fidel castro(silvio rodriguez playa giron) right here on youtube.
TheDimitriPetrov 9 months ago
@TheDimitriPetrov Again, you are mixing apples and oranges. Cuban exiles accepted U.S. assistance in their attempt to free their homeland. If you know Cubans, they are very nationalistic and would never allow the U.S. or any other nation to turn their country into a colony. The men who fought communism and died as heroes in Playa Giron were attempting to return democracy to their country. As far Silvio Rodriguez is concerned, he is nothing but Castro's apologistic parrot. Off track again Petrov.
lrodria1 9 months ago
@lrodria1 I am not off track, in fact, these all come from Cuban records. If they were fighting communism, which Fidel is not, they would have foght Fidel, not America. And by the way, read the comments. So many believers and supporters. If you hate Castro, I bet you hate Nelson Mandela too, huh? Just remember while middle classes thrived, what happened to the poor? The rich got richer and the poor were even more poor.
TheDimitriPetrov 9 months ago
@TheDimitriPetrov Nelson Mandela stood against an apartheid system and today his nation is thriving. That is a wonderful thing. For him to support Fidel Castro, who has imposed a similar apartheid system in Cuba is shameful. Why do you bother writing back? You are getting all of your information from communist propaganda and your mind is made up. Travel to Cuba, live as a Cuban, not as a tourist, come back in a year and tell me about your experience. The grass is always greener on the other side
lrodria1 9 months ago
@lrodria1 So you want more people living homless, parents having to pay for education and healthcare, unreasonable taxes? To have no way to medically help those who cant walk, but treat a child with a cold? As far as I'm concerned, anyone against this, is agianst it because he doesn't care about the poor. Only what benefits him. Like Capitalism.
TheDimitriPetrov 9 months ago
@TheDimitriPetrov A roof over my head, education for kids (paid by the government through high school and scholarships for good grades), healthcare and taxes are things all Americans deal with. Benefits for the poor? Social security, Medicaid, Medicare, welfare, etc., are all guaranteed in this great nation. No other country has it as good. You are an American and yet you "love" US enemies Fidel Castro and Che? We have a word to describe that in this country, is called treason. Shame on you pal.
lrodria1 9 months ago
@lrodria1 Fidel gave you all these, your forgeting Trujillo and Machado and Batista. These "men" oppressed the poor so much that 70 years later, your country is still recovering. And to support these men is a back hand slap to any real cuban. In my counrty, that is called treason. Shame on you pal.
TheDimitriPetrov 9 months ago
@lrodria1 Fidel gave you all these, your forgeting Trujillo and Machado and Batista. These "men" oppressed the poor so much that 70 years later, your country is still recovering. And to support these men is a back hand slap to any real cuban. In my counrty, that is called treason. Shame on you pal. And the grass is greener thing? look at Cubal from 1902 to 1959. Look at the poor. The biggest exploit of human rights.
TheDimitriPetrov 9 months ago 2
@TheDimitriPetrov Are you mentally unstable or just naive? Machado was outsted in 1933; Batista in 1959; Trujillo? He was Dominican not a Cuban dictator, Sherlock. What do those historical figures have to do with 2011? Fidel and Raul Castro are the dictators in place and naive idiots like you swallow their propaganda and offend those who have been victimized by their dictatorial regime. Enjoy your $20 Che t-shirt and Motorcycle Diary video and have a nice life. I am done talking to you.
lrodria1 9 months ago
@lrodria1 If it wasn't for Fidel. men like this would rule all of the surrounding areas. I like how you casually mock those who oppose you by the way. You seem to reflect the characteristic you seem to hate so much. This causes me to wonder who really is being propaganded, me, the so called niave idiot, or you, the self guided, cocky, selfish one who believes only what he hears. "History will absolve me"
TheDimitriPetrov 9 months ago 2
@lrodria1 You think its fine to treat the poor like dogs, but that is your moral. However, I won't stand for it.
TheDimitriPetrov 9 months ago
@lrodria1 everyone in the usa gets education health care etc, but before castro the poor didnt :(
321ruthie1 7 months ago
@lrodria1 50 countries invaded last 50 yrs by USA. Hundreds of dictators installed S Amer+ around the world .Mao Tse tung a great man who freed his country from centuries of exploitation by colonial powers .China is now a world power! Stalin freed the people from serfdom of the Romanov aristoc," who were supported by all the capitalist states 1918/20 Destroyed the Nazi armies who wanted a colonial empire like the "Western Colonizers . US UK FRA ITALY SPAIN PORTUGAL etc etc
TheMOONBEAM40 2 months ago
@lrodria1 Free elections in USA ? Free press ? A nasty joke ! Republican or Democrat ? 2 capitalist parties ! backed by billionaire press/media barons True alternatives. IE socialist/liberal are destroyed by the non-stop propaganda .Populist stooges/placemen are backed with $millions to keep the status-quo. You don't have to be a psychologist to recognize 2 Ignoramuses like Bush and Reagan were. ! Last 30yrs the wealth gap as increased dramatically.
TheMOONBEAM40 2 months ago
@lrodria1 By the way, This "doctor" never specifies what government should rule. Anarchy is one of the rarest but deadliest disceases to infect polotics. And one more thing, if Castro was so bad, why did the people rebel against Batista, but never Fidel? If he was so terrible, the proletariet would have fought.
TheDimitriPetrov 9 months ago
How long do we have to hear the same old story of Batista, the ugly Americans and blah, blah, blah? Cuba is a political and economic failure because a psychopath with little love for his people has destroyed the fabric of Cuban life in an effort to stay in power! Castro is no different than Stalin, Hitler or Mussolini, the only difference is we have had to swallow this dead beat for 52 years! Go away and die somewhere, let Cubans live in peace and prosperity. Enough already!
ryanrful 11 months ago
RiftRaft123 :from what my parents tell me back in the 50's(when i was born-1957)they were in a mixed neighborhood, my father worked for Pan-am airlines and we lived VERY WELL. my dad had a nice car,motorcycle,we had a nice t.v. refrigerator,here in Miami if you're a black Cuban you are Cuban FIRST. oye mi negro. if YOU are Cuban youknow how it is. if you're black American whole other story,negro Americanos estan de pinga.they are TOTALLY differant than a black Cubano
use2slam2 1 year ago
HARRY BELAFONTE YOU RACIST FUCK ! MY PARENTS ARE BLACK CUBANS AS I AM. WE ESCAPED CUBA BACK IN 1961, WHERE THE HELL DO YOU GET OFF SAYING THERE WAS BLATANT RACISM? BACK WHEN BLACKS HERE HAD TO USE A DIFFERANT TOILET OR WATER FOUNTAIN AND WERE GETTING LYNCHED MY PARENTS COULD GO WHEREVER THEY PLEASED EVEN TO ANY HAVANA NIGHT CLUB(AND NOT AS THE HELP)BEACHES/SCHOOLS HERE WERE SEGREGATED IN THE 50'S AND 60'S NOT IN CUBA. BELAFONTE YOU'RE JUST A COMMUNIST LOVING FOOL !!!
use2slam2 1 year ago
@use2slam2 hahahahaha u are like the only black cuban who I heard think that. I'm from Miami and everyone there praises Fidel for liberating the country from the power of the white cubans and the Italian mobs. Maybe you got you facts wrong or something. I don't think they had segregated facilities, probably because they couldn't afford it but I heard there was a lot of racism.
RiftRaft123 1 year ago
@RiftRaft123 Absolutely true , I have relatives who are born and bred Cubans, All highly educated Multi- linguist One family member was seconded to a medical research facility in USA True !! He was offered a position with a 6 figure salary . He turned it down rather than leave his homeland ! Did you know the Cubans created a vaccine for meningitis (not certain what strain) Usa blocked the worldwide marketing of it .That's also true !! How many lives lost ?
TheMOONBEAM40 2 months ago
@use2slam2 Is that the reason the great singer NAT KING COAL had to use the servants entrance in the National Hotel where he was appearing , before Batista fled the Island . Belafonte is a truly great man who is loved world wide . He has never been a American lackey He tells it .Like it is .
TheMOONBEAM40 2 months ago
@TheMOONBEAM40 damn,you on my case yet you racist fuck you spelled Nat King Cole- Nat King COAL. damn if you white i understand but if you a Spic like me,shame on you,lol i'm 55 and came to the U.S. in 1961 my parents are mixed (as i)they told me how it was,niggas here using differant toilets-not in Cuba go spread your Liberal shit somewhere else Rosie O'Donnell wanna be lol p.s. you do know that Batista was "colored" el tenia un poco de Africa,aprende !
use2slam2 2 months ago
@use2slam2 You sound like a really infamous product of American society . A intolerant IGNORANT REDNECK ! Take a shower ! Check your blood pressure ! ITS ONLY A SPELLING MISTAKE !! Lighten up . DONT DIE IGNORANT.
TheMOONBEAM40 2 months ago
@TheMOONBEAM40 oye comemierda,soy mas Cubano que la asucar sapingo! redneck you way off. you come across as a Castro sympathizer. like i said before go join your useless Lib friends sean penn,michael moore,susan sarandon,etc. lets see how well you and YOUR family can live in 20bucks a month maricon !
use2slam2 2 months ago
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The Castro Mafia thugs brainwashed and paid to spread the lies of communist propaganda an ideological nazi machine. The Communist-Mafia Castro family implanted a bloody totalitarian and oppressive regime crafted by the nazi-bolsheviks ideologues. A scientific slavery modern system where cuban citizens became the cog wheels of the elite; and who have intentionally destroyed the soul, progress and virtues of the cuban people. All the ROBOLUTION did was to replace it for a WORST dictator.
suria49 1 year ago
The Castro Mafia thugs brainwashed and paid to spread the lies of communist propaganda an ideological nazi machine. The Communist-Mafia Castro family implanted a bloody totalitarian and oppressive regime crafted by the nazi-bolsheviks ideologues. A scientific slavery modern system where cuban citizens became the cog wheels of the elite; and who have intentionally destroyed the soul, progress and virtues of the cuban people. All the ROBOLUTION did was to replace it for a WORST dictator
suria49 1 year ago
@suria49 What a crazy hate filled guy you are ! ( Hate is something you poison yourself with in the belief that you are hurting others !!
TheMOONBEAM40 2 months ago
Yes, it went from bad to worse. You can't know what it's like unless you've been there and have family members still living there depending on you to help them survive.
YourOasis97 1 year ago
Fidel Castro started off just like Obama with good intention but the road to Hell was made with good intention.So ,be careful went you vote. Remember,Cuba
edwardoalvarez22 1 year ago 2
melba asesina!
di cuantos soldados enfermos murieron en el asalto al hospital Saturnino Lora ,pasados a cuchilla por ti!
MrDANIELDMARTINRIOS 1 year ago
harry belafonte is a disgrace and a traitor.
cgboomer 1 year ago
@cgboomer
The host of this video...he can't hardly hide how much he like Castro and his hooligans who destroy Cuba.
KAIROA 1 year ago
Es interesante que los que salieron de Cuba en 1959 siempre tiene una actitude semejante. Completamente anti-Castro. Por supuesto seria asi. Esta gente recogio su dinero, compraron boletos y salieron porque se dieron cuenta de que Castro venia. La cosa mas graciosa es que esta misma gente(con dinero) critique a la gente que se quedo(los pobres) en Cuba. Nadie quiere mencionar que habia riqueza en la Habana durante la epoca de Batista, pero el resto del pais estaba hecho un desastre.
rfmullig 1 year ago
@rfmullig Mas interesante aun, es el caso de los que nacieron del 1960 en adelante y despues emigraron de Cuba debido a la esclavitud impuesta por el sistema Castrista. Para poder hablar sobre Cuba hay que haber vivido en ese sistema donde toda persona que se cansa de oir la cantaleleta comunista es ostigada, mandada a prision o forzada al destierro. Castro destruyo nuestra sociedad, separo a nuestras familias, nos robo lo que teniamos y todavia hay que soportar la ignorancia de sus seguidores.
ryanrful 1 year ago 2
ESO ES CIERTO, EL PAIS TERMINO EN UN DESASTRE POR CAUSA DE FIDEL CASTRO
45donaldo 1 year ago 2
ES CIERTO QUE IBA AL DESASTRE Y TERMINO EN DESASTRE CON UNA DICTADURA QUE HA DESTRUIDO EL PAIS Y LA MORAL DEL PUEBLO. dE UN DICTADORZUELO SE PASO A LA DICTADURA MAS FEROZ DE LA HISTORIA AMERICANA POR UN HOMBRE QUE HIZO DE UN PAIS SU FINCA PARTICULAR.
45donaldo 1 year ago
Yes, the government before 1959 was not the greatest, but if people only knew what was gonna come next, I think they would've chosen to leave things the way they were. I mean, at least they had the freedom to go to the streets and protest against the government before 1959.
DonJuan071991 1 year ago
Batista, very strong leader! infact he is still life and active.
Batista made it sure that if he going to lose the battle he followers will fight against to the people of Cuba with any other ways.
So he was right, the fight still going on to Cuban peoples. Batista s idiological partner USA and other partners still fighting to Cuban peoples...
Obama , trying hard to proof his self that have no problem to follow the strong leader Batista... Go Obama, you can make it mate....
TheCanniball74 1 year ago
La sangre de esos pobre Cubanos que defendieron la libertad a costo de sus vidas y el resto del pueblo cubano que a sufrido tantos anos.... todo eso lo vas a pagar tu y el resto de los desgraciados comunistas. La libertad del humano es los mas importante en la vida. Y es lo que le han robado al pais de Cuba! Pero todo en la vida se paga y lo tuyo viene. Pero Dios ve todo y lo de ustedes los comunistas mencionado viene caminando!
issabella369 1 year ago
Estela Bravo.. puta comunista! Que clase de mierda eres como persona. Max Lesnick, Alfredo Guevara, Baudilio Castellanos, Harry Belafonte merecen todos que les quiten todo lo que tienen y los tiren en el medio del infierno. Lesnick que lastima que no te han matado en Miami. Si yo no tuviera que ir presa yo te tiro el tiro. Lesnick eres un hipocrita.
issabella369 1 year ago
Yes Batista was another piece of shit, but a little of freedom the CUBAN people had. We were looking for better reforms, but not to be slaves of the communism. The Castro's dictatorship show the real claws afterwards. Starting with lies about false promises, that was his first steps. Blame USA for everything. Sale his soul to URSS. And become a big trafficant of drugs around the America continent.
azalori 1 year ago 2
@azalori You are full of shit Castro didnt sell his soul to the urss Cuba has had a USA blockade on it since Castro became president The usa tried to financially cripple Cuba but tough luck for the usa Cuba has survived !! ( As hard as it has been for Cuba they still stand strong ) The usa is needs to get over itself and lift that criminal blockade on Cuba lol as for the drug trafficeing from Cuba? lol thats just a blantant LIE shows how much you know ......NOTHING
ZEITGEISTism 1 year ago
@ZEITGEISTism Castro's Regimen need to step down and lift that criminal blockade with the inoffensive people for over 52 years. Can you see the Eastern Europe communism block is down. After more 60 years of destruction never went nowhere. Lately you are eating whole lot of shit. Wake up!!
azalori 1 year ago
@azalori
Eastern european communist countries (and Russia) are not geographically on the bloody doorstep of the USA as Cuba is ! the USA needs to lift its blockade on Cuba Then watch how life improves for the cubans The USA are the ones responsible for the economic suffering of the cubans NOT CASTRO the majority of cubans are with Castro (also despite the usa Cuba is one of the most advanced countries in medicine and of a very high standard and health care in Cuba is FREE FOR ALL
ZEITGEISTism 1 year ago
@ZEITGEISTism Have you ever been to a Cuban hospital? If the majority of Cubans are with Castro, how come there are more than two million Cubans living in exile and millions of others that would leave Cuba if given a choice? Yes the embargo is outdated and hurts the Cuban people, but don't forget that the biggest problem in Cuba is Fidel Castro and his one party system of government. The lack of freedom and free enterprise robs Cuban citizens of its zest for life.
sufergal283 1 year ago 4
@sufergal283
Yes for ur information i have been to a Cuban hospital & the standard of health care is amongst the HIGHEST in the world ! The only people who left Cuba were the rich & middle classes Yes some want to leave Cuba but NOT because of Castros govt because of the bloody usa embargo thats hellbent on strangling Cuba economically & has been for DECADES! (so dont minimise that FACT as tho its a small side effect ) When Cubans do leave ? the usa blames it on Castro lol the hypocrisy !
ZEITGEISTism 1 year ago
@ZEITGEISTism ,,you are so incorrect. Cubans do not have medicines. We have to send my family from aspirins to ben-gay, rolaids, strips to test your sugar (diabetes), we have to send clothes, shoes,. My uncle went in the hiospital and we had to send sheets, money for my aunt to make him chicken soup and take it to the hospital. Cuba has the biggest discrimination i have ever seen. not in race but in nationality. If you are cuban there are some many restrictions put on u by your own country.
vicnegrin 1 year ago
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@vicnegrin
Im sorry but You are a LIAR I have been in hospital in Cuba AND what you are saying ?....is criminal shame on you !
ZEITGEISTism 1 year ago
@sufergal283 god you are so stupid thar is not a one part system
machetezone 5 months ago
@ZEITGEISTism You got that right, amigo! Healthcare in Cuba is FREE FOR ALL! That's one thing the greedy, money-hungry dog-eat-dog USA cannot claim to its credit! You could criticize Castro and the Socialist system in Cuba all you want...at least they are more humanitarian than the US will ever claim to be; the EU (European Union) has many social programs as well, including free healthcare---NO PEOPLE! The US is NOT the best system in the world! Grin and bear it....carajo cono!!!
ursa41 1 year ago
@ursa41
YES Cuba is way ahead of the USA in healthcare since Castro has been in power VIVA CUBA and I hope bloody Obama lifts the trade embargo on Cuba SOON if he doesnt his a bastard just as bad as Bush and all the other USA presidents
ZEITGEISTism 1 year ago
@ZEITGEISTism
mamma mia, wake up stop dreaming!!
Americanissima 1 year ago
@Americanissima
mamma mia ? what are you a bloody abba fan ? stop dreaming ? lol im wide awake to the FACTS so you stop dreaming I presume by your cybername your an american Ever heard the term YANKY GO HOME ? .......most countries (and there are MANY ) That the usa has fucked up all say the same ......so go!
ZEITGEISTism 1 year ago
@ZEITGEISTism
You're in Switzerland, clueless fool! What are you--a revolutionary wannabe ? :)
What do YOU know about the realities of the life under Cuban dictatorship? Take off your rose-colores glasses and your Che Guevara T-shirt. So you were a tourist in Cuba, eh? Talk to the folks who risked their lives to get out!
LOL. I repeat: you're either delusional, or dreaming.
And so again, I say: WAKE UP STOP DREAMING :)
Americanissima 1 year ago
@Americanissima
Shut up you pathetic racist ! How dare you assume im naive because im swiss lol the arrogance ! what a moron ! For your information I was raised in 8 countries ( world travelled amigo ) you dont know shit about me You Imbecile But learn and know this ..Dont " ASSUME " anything about anyone or anything ..EVER ( Idiot !)
ps
YOU WAKE UP you are embarrassing in your IGNORANCE
ZEITGEISTism 1 year ago
@ZEITGEISTism
LOL---you are pathetic! You assume that I am American, and then you spout hate speech to all Americans! UM, hello, can you say HYPOCRITE?! You are nothing but a wanne be, my love. God help you.
Americanissima 1 year ago
@Americanissima
Wrong ! I dont spout hate speech to .." all americans" ... btw define .."americans " ? ..Cubans are AMERICANS too you imbecile ! AMERICANS ..are north americans , central americans & south americans DUH its one continent (you twit ) I dont spout hate speech to usa american people if thats what you mean by... " all americans " JUST the USA GOVTS CRAP
ps
my bad , after all ......." talk sense to a fool and they will call you foolish "
(Euripides)
Foolish me
ZEITGEISTism 1 year ago
@Americanissima Cuba .Its such a safe place for people Not like Miami or other other US cities .. kids slaughtering teachers + pupils poverty alongside obscene wealth . 30.000 HOMICIDES annually Millions with no healthcare etc Cuba is under attack by a ruthless enemy . Of course because of CIA destabilizing efforts . Counter measures must be in effect . Unfortunately certain liberties are curtailed until the external threat is removed. Enjoy its hospitality is excellent
TheMOONBEAM40 2 months ago
Lesnick cont. Si te han tratado de matar en Miami, porque no te fuiste a Cuba? Alla podias seguro hacer tus peliculas de propaganda mierdera. No entiendo, si aquello es el paraiso, por que vives todavia bajo un sistema democratico como el de USA? Por que no renuncias a tu ciudadania americana y a todos tus derechos como americano y pides tu pasaporte cubano? A que nunca mencionas el embargo de Israel hacia Cuba? Y que hay de la amistad de Fidel con Arafat? Fucking hypocrite KIKE!
proudcuban74 1 year ago
Lesnick, ahora entiendo porque Hitler quizo exterminar tu raza. Eres un perfecto hipocrita hijo de puta. Vives en USA lleno de dinero y apoyas un sistema totalitario que no te afecta. Los verdaderos comunistas y fidelistas deberian vivir en Cuba, sufriendo lo que sufre y sobrevive el pueblo cubano dia a dia. Por que tu y tu hija no se mudan a La Habana y le entregan todo el dinero a los Castros? No decia tu hija que "se sentia mas segura en las calles de La Habana que en LA"? Verdad que no?
proudcuban74 1 year ago
@proudcuban74 Ask Castro's dictatorship what him done with the University in Cuba, after that he take over.
azalori 1 year ago
@azalori Gave all Cubans the right to an education regardless of color .When the great Nat KING COLE was appearing at the Intern