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[VIKINGOCUBANO]

“Para mí, todo hombre justo y generoso ha nacido en Cuba. Y hay un hombre más liberal que yo: el que entre la injusticia de su patria y las víctimas de ella, se pone del lado de las víctimas.” José Martí

"To me, every just and generous man was born in Cuba. And there is a greater liberal man than I: The one that between the injustice of his country and the victims of it, takes the side of victims. "José Martí

[MsQbanita]

Viva cuba libre caballero

[CHINA2857]

I left Cuba 18 days after my 4th birthday - I too hunger for the memories that I was robbed of - of family and friends that I never knew - although I have lived the bulk of my life in this wonderful country which I feel is my home - I also live for the morning that I can go home to mi Cuba querida.

[ShellRiver]

Beautiful video Henry Maldonado!

[cubanagitana]

I love Cuba !!! and i will forever be Cuban !!!

[intrec1]

Andy Garcia is a national treasure. He speaks for all of us.

I wish I could thank him personally for "La Ciudad Pedida"

[jlynnwm]

I hope that morning comes.

[leoo1313]

Solo Andy Garcia podia darle este tono de sentimiento y tristeza. Cada vez que lo veo las lagrimas se me salen y no puedo contenerme.

Ahora este 15 de Marzo, van a cumplirse 52 años in pisar tierra cubana.

Y muero sin verla......como quisiera, libre.

[daniaorlando]

Yo tampoco puedo escuchar y ver este video sin que se me salgan las lagrimas... para mi son 40 años... pero no pierdo la esperanza de algun dia poder volver a ver a mi Cuba.

[UncasSiboney]

While it is true that agricultural workers were among Cubas poorest people earning an average of $3 a day in 1958, an equivalent agricultural worker in the US earned only $6.80 a day with a much higher cost of living. The US at the time ranked second only to Canada. AND poor as they were my family included- There were never prouder, happier people than the Cuban Guajiro, with prospersous earth beneath their feet, the song of el sinsonte and the fragrences of the Cuban countryside.

[UncasSiboney]

4Barbudos, to make matters worse, your lack of historical knowledge is only surpassed by your ignorance of mathematics. How can 50% of Cubans have lived in bohios when only 35% of Cubans lived in the countryside? Cuba had its problems, and certainly it was not yet a developed country, but it was poised well. In 1950 the Cuban Peso was equal to the US Dollar in the world marketplace. BTW-My statistics can be verified.

[UncasSiboney]

Please don't dignify the 4idiots of the Cuban apocalypse with a heated response. Suffice in the knowledge that every one of their "statistics" is incorrect. Sugar - the largest component of Cuba's pre-castro agriculture and economy was largely owned by Cubans, in fact even the large sugar mills were over 60% Cuban owned. The US only comprised 15% of the Island's capital investments.

CCC

Viva Cuba Libre! Viva Cristo Rey!

Los gusanos ya se estan comiendo a el caballo.

[UncasSiboney]

I think we have found our own warrior-poet. Andy, Henry, Jose Marti himself must be smiling. Your montage and heart felt words have brought tears to this old soul. My father went home to his Cuba on a warm summer's night five years ago. Someday I hope to return also. All the best, always.

[yosilda]

My comment is for 4barbudos.

[mangoditreviso]

@4barbudis: Callate comunista come mierda.... Muerte a Fidel Castro y todos los comunistas! Cuba Libre!!!!!

[4Barbudos]

Will there also be a movie about the murderers in Miami ? Cuban exile TERRORISTS like Luis Posada Carriles ("South America's Bin Laden" who blew up Cubana Flight 455 in 1976), Orlando Bosch (his partner in crime), Felix Rodriguez (point man for Oliver North in Iran/Contra, trained central American death squads), Alpha 66 (Gusano = Al Qaeda), Brigade 2506, etc -- Just go to Versailles restaurant in Miami where these assassins will be sitting up front.

[yosilda]

It is quite easy to be a communist while living in a free country that allows you the freedoms to write what your heart desires. I pray you are not Cuban and hope that you are just an idiot, coward who uses a format like this to vent.

[4Barbudos]

Andy Garcia is a pathetic GUSANO who wants a return to the slavery and oppression of the dictator Batista.

In Pre-Castro Cuba, Americans owned 70 % of the arable land, 1% of the population controlled 46 % of the wealth, and 50 % of the population lived in Bohio shacks. 40 % of the population couldn't READ in Garcia's "Cuba"

Hasta la Victoria Siempre! VIVA FIDEL <3

[1gusana]

@4Barbudos

Where did you get your percentages from? A propaganda booklet from the Castro Regime?

Just like the propaganda book sold for 1 peso about Operation Pedro Pan?

Please, use your own brain and research these facts!!!!

[mannycuba100]

@4Barbudos QUE VERGUENZA...TU DEBES SER UNOS DE LOS ESBIRROS DE LOS HIJUEPUTAS DE LOS CASTRO....NO TE PREOCUPES...QUE YA VIENE LLEGANDO Y TU SERAS EL PRIMERO EN AMANECER CON LA BOCA LLENA DE HORMIGAS....VIVA CUBA SIN LOS CASTROS....

[qbanlooner]

thanks so much fo r posting this my family came in the early 60s ..looking for peace and liberty . waiting with the thought " we will return next year it will be free: " my grandparents and mother are gone now ..never returning to the cuba they left .. but i like you andy will return one day on that beautiful morning !! thansk VIVA CUBA LIBRE !!! PA Z Y LIBERTAD A CUBA EN NOMBRE DE LA FAMILIA INFANTE >>>

[FlyingCloud55]

@qbanlooner The same thing with me this video is what i think everyday

[santiaguero1968]

All of the Cubans in the Disapora,I'm a heck of a good one when it comes to my Cuba,my culture,music etc but I have to admit that Andy Garcia is a heck of good competition.. we all LOVE Cuba and will be always in our hearts.. Thanks.

[jbshear]

I can appreciate Andy Garcia'ssense of displacement, but this is just a bit too heavy-handed.

[merryme3637]

Thank you Andy for this great video that says it all. I found it inspiring and it takes me back to my homeland. Mi patria linda, to which I pray I will one day return and see it FREE, then I will embrace it for myself and my parents and grandparents who died wishing and waiting and hoping to see her free. NUESTRA CUBA LIBRE!

[Evemarcel]

Mil gracias Andy, por el recuerdo, por tu gran corazón, por la esperanza. No está lejano el día que volveremos a una Cuba libre.

Un cubano en España.

[azalori]

Castro never was a Cuban, he has Spain blood, the blood of colonization, like now. 50 years of dictatorship. Batista besides his crimes was a real Cuban.

[UncasSiboney]

I feel your passion, but we are all Cubans, we carry the blood of Habaguanex and the rebel slave as well as the conquistadors, to deny one denies the whole. We are Native American, African, Asian, AND European. We hail from the Canaries and the Congo, Italy and Ireland, we are Arab and Jew. Once upon a time we were a land of immigrants not emigrants......

[azalori]

You stil believe that Spain discover America. My History are very diferent from your. But my passion is about democracy for Cuba. Not the Cuba under dictatorship for strangers. And when I say strangers is because I qualify thoses liars during 51 years

[UncasSiboney]

@azalori I do agree with you, you cannot "discover" something that was already discovered by the Amerindians, and perhaps others before them, but Spain did conquer America, it is the history of mankind, one group defeats and assimilates the other. I also agree with you that we were decieved by very shrewd liars. These are unfortunate truths that cannot be changed. We can only change what happens in the future.

[lonestarpete]

Thank you Andy for that inspiration. Someday We will return to where we belong...Our Cuba.

[barbyland1000]

Andy,

Some day we will be in Cuba's arms, and we will feel her freedom... we will come home again!!!!

[ajpereira69]

Very graceful description of Cuba and the trials and tribulations of the Cuban people. I am American born of Cuban parents and am proud of our people and hope that my generation and those the follow can live up to the people of Free Cuba and be living residue of a magnificent culture and fabulous island.

Alex (Miami)

[barbyland1000]

Andy, I cried when I saw this documentary. One day we will go back to our home Cuba! only when its free and democratic, otherwise it would be very bad for our souls! I am Barbara Rangel granddaughter of Col Cornelio Rojas first executed in1959 on national TV. Please see my interview on the Glenn Beck Show " The Revolutionary Holcaust or my segment on youtube under: Glen Beck-The REAL Che Guevara.

Un abrazo fuerte de una patriota que te admira!

[cubicubi2005]

Andy sali de Cuba hace 42 años y hoy he llorado mucho al ver mi Cuba y oirte ..Dios te Bendiga ..mis respeto Andy...saludos desde Miami.

[keka0406]

Tan sentidas las palabras como las del mismo Andy García al final de la película "Ciudad Perdida". No soy cubana pero igual el mensaje me toca y me arruga el corazón. Espero que a los venezolanos no nos toque vivir eso, aunque lamentablemente ya se están dando los primeros pasos.

[jlroche20]

Este video me arranca lagrimas...soy un venezolano a quien este video le figura nuestra futuro si las cosas siguen por donde van aqui...Dios nos proteja y Gracias Andy...Gracias

[yzayasbazan]

Mi mas profundo agradecimento a Andy por prestarnos su voz matizando cada palabra con un palpable genuino y profundo sentimiento. Es indiscutible que nuestro apreciable amigo "El Alcalde" te paso la antorcha.

[pedmar866]

Ya era de esperar un barbaro de Cuba y Hollywood. Gracias Andy de todo corazon. Un Cubano de Francia!

[maruchi2323]

Andy: You speak for all of us Cubanos en el exilio, gusanos, esbirros, etc... Your words touch my heart and revive all the pain that I so try to ignore.... Thank you so much for sharing your love for Cuba with us.

[katiamariagomez]

Thanks for putting this video together. I loved it!

[plomo44]

Es mucha la nostalgia que nos envarga, donde quiera que resida un cubano Cuba vive dentro de el, y como Marti ella esta en todas partes. viva Cuba Libre!!!!

[gusanomarielito]

Le doy mi apoyo y respeto a Andy Garcia por esta dedicatoria tan apacionada. Nosotros los Cubano exiliados sentimos mucho sentimiento con nuestra tierra querida porque esta esclavisada y maltratada por un regimen criminal. Que Cuba sea libre pronto, soberana, en paz y bajo Dios. Viva Cuba Libre!

[hispaneconomist]

Hermano Andy Garcia, siento tu alma de mi alma, la musica y el recuerdo. Porque no empezamos Movimiento de Annexion.

Tengo Fe que se puedan convencer !

Luisito Rodriguez-Feliu

[b1nhac64]

Viva Siempre Cuba-Libre y Su Pueblo Cubano!!

[greenkirz]

Primero que todo,no soy Cubano,pero siento un gran Aprecio por la Comunidad Cubana,tanto dentro de la Isla como los exiliados...a pesar que en mi pais "algunos" son mal vistos,debido al tema Politico,pero viendolo bien,muchos de ustedes añoran con ver otra Cuba,y estoy seguro que la tendran,Tarde o Temprano,el "Telon" se cae poco a poco,y los sintomas estan empezando a verse en mi pais Venezuela,un saludo! y un Feliz Año,Buen Video por parte de Andy Garcia es un muy buen Actor

[joaquinin0624]

por favor pueden poner el video en espanol hay muchos amigos que no saben ingles y lo quieren oir en espanol.

graciass.

[fglt]

Y así se inicia el hambre, el hambre por los recuerdos, el hambre por la familia, el hambre por la libertad. Y en todas partes yo veo a Cuba, paladeo a Cuba, siento a Cuba.

Y desplegamos nuestras alas y levantamos vuelo con el hambre de ser libres. Cuba, sus hijos esparcidos por el mundo. Y nosotros hijos e hijas de la libertad regamos el mundo con la sangre fresca y caliente del Nuevo Mundo.

[fglt]

Mi Cuba esta ahí. Cuando las palabras me fallan, me pierdo en su literatura, y temo preguntar: ¿Podrán los recuerdos mantenerme seguro, sostenerme? ¿Durarán? ¿Acaso una vida? ¿O dos? ¿O tal vez tres?

Recuerdos delineados en imágenes en blanco y negro que se mueven a través de una vieja película, postales enviadas hace mucho tiempo atrás mantenidas a salvo a fuerza de voluntad y fe.

[fglt]

Y las imágenes de la vida tan amada; Cuba esta ahí. La libertad es un gustoso plato, mejor servido caliente con coraje, y cuando busco valentía, Cuba esta ahí.

En los pasillos del poder, en los solitarios campos de guerra, en las batallas por la libertad, Cuba esta ahí. Su influencia ya no limitada por fronteras, sus ideas transcendiendo el tiempo y el espacio.

[fglt]

Ella me infunde de una emoción por la vida y un anhelo por la libertad. Ella es vida respirando en mi pecho. Cada día que veo a Cuba, cada día que siento a Cuba, cada día que degusto a Cuba. Ella ha cambiado al mundo, mi Cuba. Ella ha cambiado mi mundo, mi Cuba.

[fglt]

Y algún día ella promete, en una mañana como ninguna otra, una mañana como nunca ha habido en la historia del mundo, reclinar mi cabeza en sus hombros, una vez más en sus brazos, sus brazos alrededor de mí. Y sentiré a mi Cuba, aquí, sentiré a mi Cuba.

Y retornaré a ella en libertad, porque el camino hacia la libertad es el camino de la fe, un camino de inescapable certeza, y ese camino a casa conduce a Cuba, y nadie puede detenerlo, volveré a casa, mi hogar en Cuba. Mi Cuba Querida.

[mannycuba100]

@fglt THANKS...PRECIOSO ESTO...ALGUN DIA NOS TOCARA VOLVER,NO SE CUANDO,PERO ME GUSTARIA...

[maricusa4pelos]

This was deeply hearfelt and brought tears to my eyes. I came to this Country with my brother alone . he was 12 and I was 9 ,after many years our roots are deep within us We cannot forget the memories of oue beloved Cuba.

[joaquinin0624]

Dios quiera que tus palabras de I wiil come se cumplan ,ojala y surgieran miles de Andy garcia en Cuba ,el tirano nos secuestro nuestra tierra pero jamas podra secuestrar el amor por ella .

Viva Cuba Libre .

Volvermos

[campogc1]

I was born in Cuba an came here in 1961spoke fluent English at the time and didnt have a problem with school and took to the American culture fairly well, yet my parents installed the Cuban pride in me. I would go back to my beautiful country, but not to claim what we had, which was much, but to love my island and help rebuild it if the Lord gives me that strength. Im proud to be Cuban and stick to my Cuban heritage and traditions. Thank you Andy and thank you Maldo. Viva Cuba Libre!

[hippiegema]

Thank You Maldo movie and Mr. Garcia. This made sad and proud. I am an American with Cuban parents, and feel it in my blood every day. We are a strong and courageous people, and Im proud to one of them. Viva Cuba Libre!

[rjacomino1]

I am 67 years old, & I came to the US when I was 18. I feel like a true blooded American, but this documentary gives me a nostalgic feeling that is hard to discard.

Great work Andy. Long Live Freedom.

gus

[rollingst1]

That is what we real cubans are all about.

Just wonderful.

Thanks Andy.

[CR65]

Deeply profound...beautiful and soul stirring. I feel for CUBA. In reality is where my heart has always been.

[ovillegator]

I am a simple American from many generations of Americans... but I love the Cuban people and their passion for their country and their culture.

God bless Andy Garcia and Maldo and the too-many Cubans who are not free to reclaim or even freely visit the land of their blood, the heritage of their ancestors.

Until Cuba is free, America will not truly be free.

[bigassbite]

Concepts that inspired the USA founding fouthers are alive in Cuban families that lived the denial liberties, of truths,and see the propaganda that eats the soul of Latin America in this century. The question is: if the truths that USA hold dearly are just and right for us, are they not for others? If so, death to the tyrants, death to the traffickers of lies, death to opressors that turn their populations into global weapons. Life to the freedom of information, freedom from fear.

[NikkiesMommy2008]

This video made us cry because although we know that the Cuba of yesteryear is no longer. Our blood is Cuban, our customs. Our children are American but consider themselves still part of Cuba. Thank you Andy and Maldomovie...you moved inner soul that still yearns for Cuba. Thank you!

[NikkiesMommy2008]

Cubans changed Miami, it was a hick town then. We are enterprising people that have changed several cities...and that its what Andy Garcia means. Every where a Cuban Exile from the 60 change the world. See Andy Garcia made it to Hollywood...what morons are you people. Yes I am Cuban with an intensive English vocabulary. You dont know what its like to have left your mother country, seeing your elders wanting to go back. Yes then its was better than in the bahamas..get real!

[NikkiesMommy2008]

my children are american....yet they still feel like Cuban

[NikkiesMommy2008]

I too was displaced at the age of 9 (1961) US has been my home for over 49 years. Though I am more American my roots are still Cuban roots. We had no color problem we were all equal then. Pls dont compare your slavery to what was Cuba. My family was well off during Batista. We have no regrets for we live in a free society and Im exercising my 1st amendment rights to free speech. I will one day go back to Cuba..Viva Cuba Libre abajo con el tirano y los comemierdas como Ud MsRmreed. Learn spanish!

[bbsinpuntocom]

Precioso,

Not Beautifull, but Precioso!!!!, yo amo a cuba tambien!!!!!!!!!!!

[gonetexan93]

My dad is Cuban and he came to America when he was 17 and there isn't a day that goes by when he does not bring up Cuba.

Me llaman Guarija.

[WONDOCTORJ]

i love my beautifull country too----i can relate----no longer shall i be on my land and enjoy the sights and feelings---dictators stole our countries from us-------i can relate bro, i can relate---WAKE UP STUPID SHEEPLE---UNPLUG FROM THE MATRIX AND RECLAIM OUR LAND BACK FROM THE ELITE NEW WORLD ORDER DICTATORS !!!

[joepapp01]

Viva Cuba Libre! Abajo Fidel!

[nenelaz]

Answer to MsRmreed.

The way you think, which you have the right to, you don't sound like a Cuban. I am a black Cuban with a long line of black roots in my family, and I can tell you that as recent as today black people in Cuba are being the mayority being put in prison for thinking like President Obama. The white Castro-Dictatorship in Cuba is the worst opression against blacks not really understood by many people in the world for a convenience call "Green Money".

[tatocono27]

@nenelaz How did you and your family feel when Batista was in power. With the same privilage as a white? Thanks.

[remoazul26]

I debated whether to reply or not. At the end, you are not worth it !!! LOL Have a nice life

[nenelaz]

A very strong and powerful message to all the only English speaking people in the u.s. that in one way or another that cares and are not much aware of the real reality of the missery and lack of liberty and most important

"Freedom" wich the country where I was born "Cuba" longs for more than 50 years under the opression and dictatorship of a small group of vandals who practically owns our land.

[MsRmreed]

Nice ideas..but he remembers a white Cube..just as tho a Missisisspian remembers how nice it was when Blacsk were subservient..slaves, etc.,etc.

[remoazul26]

Great video. Little to add to what was already written so eloquently by others. I also hurt by what has happened and long for the day when this nightmare is over. Again, superb job and our thanks to you and Andy Garcia......

[442210]

Touching. But I wonder how the statement about Cuba changing the world could be exemplified. Maybe I don't know enough about it's history but I can't recall anything that Cuba has done except stumble through the years unnoticed for anything.

It will be interesting to see how many Cuban ex patriots return there should the regime fall to the people.

I honestly hope for the best for those Cubans who remember Cuba the way Senor Garcia obviously remembers it.

[maldomovie]

Luis Walter Alvarez, Nobel Prize-winning physicist Aida de Acosta, first female to fly a powered aircraft Nilo Cruz, playwright, Pulitzer Prize for Drama Oscar Hijuelos, Pulitzer Prize for fiction Andy Garcia, Academy Award-nominated actor Cameron Diaz, actress Desi Arnaz, actor producer Teller, magician of Penn and Teller Jon Sununu White House Chief of Staff and governor of New Hampshire Gloria Estefan, Grammy and Academy Award, singer Soledad O'Brien, CNN anchor HUNDREDS MORE ON WIKEPEDIA

[demiamisoy]

@maldomovie thx for share the video and thx Andy for speak for us, GRANDE ANDY!

[acmeseed]

I came when I was 14 that was 40 years ago, I won't go back to living there, but I will never forget my native country.

[NikkiesMommy2008]

There is a contingency plan just in case that happens watch the news and see how many Cubans will leave to claim what was once rightfully theirs. That they get it is another thing. The banks will loose a lot of money and it will mayhem in the streets of Miami. You dont know what it is to be a Cuban and be repatriated at the age of 9 to an unknow country to start your life anew not speaking the language or know how to get around. Its sad what we went thru, but we live to see a free Cuba.

[UncasSiboney]

Surely you jest. Another history lesson? For better or worse try these: Spanish launching platform for the conquest of the New World (basis why the key sits on our coat of arms). Bear in mind, this occurred over a century before the British Empire first laid claims in the Americas. The first country to cry for Independence from the Spanish boot (Hatuey) and the last to receive it (300 years of valiant struggle).

[UncasSiboney]

Let me continue: "Spanish-American war" 1898 Launches the United States onto the world stage as a world power, commencing the American Century. Something a little more current perhaps?: "Missles of October", largest sea exodus since Moses parted the Red Sea, longest modern dictatorship, freedom after half a century of dictatorship, 201? Really, I can go on for hours, I'm Cuban. :)

[altops]

@442210 The question is ; Were will Cuban ex patriots will go to after the Fidel like socialism o apparatus is fully erected here in America?

[blanquilagorda]

Thank you Mr. Andy Garcia, for your wonderful story for sharing these thoughts with the world. All other cultures and countries should take example of the passion we have for our land and its people, perhaps in doing so the world we see less violence & hatred and see more love for its fellow human beings!

[aweiky]

that Cuba before 1959 is gone ...GET OVER IT...NOW the mindset and quality of the people is totally different

[blueviolet77]

Cuba, Siempre te recordaremos. La perla brillante del mar, nunca te olvido.

[TheOCEANVIEW15]

Thank you, Henry and Andy. Viva Cuba Libre!

[blondmeca]

I was there and watched when Andy premiered Cachao Uno mas and was very impressed by his genuine passion for Cuba and its music . I admire him and all his work. and how hi never lets us forget

[Alfistigirl]

My heart feels so much pain watching this movie. I feel the pain of all the Cuban people that have had to flee and leave family and friends and all their hard work behind. My parents are Cuban and I was born in MIami. I dream every day to discover the beauty of whatever is left there. I pray that I live long enough to do that. Love you Andy Garcia! And I love Cuba as much as you do! Thank you for making this movie.

[makinista]

Que bonito es recordar yo naci en el 1962 y puedo vivir en mi imaginacion todo esto... Pero tambien no vivo en ese letargo porque en realidad entiendo que este lindo sentimiento pertenece a un tiempo pasado algo que nunca va a volver. Que mas quisiera yo que fuera de otro modo pero estoy seguro que muchos que todavia viven en Cuba extrañan muchas cosas de su juventud que pertencen al PASADO!

[TDOASM]

Absolutely wonderful. Thank you! PLEASE, PLEASE TELL US THE NAME OF THE MUSIC USED IN THIS VIDEO. Thank you!

[printman52]

regresaremos un dia libre pero sin amo espiritu libre cuba nos espera a todos " VIVA CUBA LIBRE"

[qban77]

Que cheo esta eso, por dios!!!!!!

[claypoint2]

Too bad that someone deleted my comment, which was posted 3 days ago. I said that I liked the images very much and was deeply moved by some of the text, especially the part that spoke of the hunger for memories and family. But I also said that Andy's tone turned too melodramatic; for me, this detracted from the power of the video. Por favor, cubanos, don't exercise censorship like those who continue to oppress our people in Cuba!!!

[jacquer17]

Clay are you from Cuba or your parents Cubans?

[Sleoadamme]

I have made cuban friends and now i call them family they were in a very media front political asylum and after making it to las vegas nv to follow the art in their heart, they took me in as one of them im Mexican american and very proud to share my culture with them and they share cuba with me , God Bless you cubanos and cuba

[AriaDivina]

Dios bendiga a Cuba, el Señor Jesús, Señor y Salvador nos la guarde y nos la devuelva-abatida, pero ¡LIBRE!

[therehabdeals]

This is my first comment for any video on U-Tube and you deserve it 100% Andy. Thanks for always being there...

[ifiterre]

Spoken from the heart. When all is said and done, love and freedom will prevail. Thank you Andy.

[mmpmatos]

Hi Andy! I could feel your emotion! but unfortunatly I couldn't understand every words...I'm brasilian woman, But I know that you're a very Cuban Man! and that you are a man who dreans one day with the freedom cuba! I pray for it!

If some one can translate it to portuguese, I will feel me glad, or, write in inglish, because I can read it better than listen it. congratulations maldomovie for the post.

[ssm91465]

Gracias Andy por este video,me has hecho llorar,hoy en dia soy una abuela y vine con los ninos de Pedro Pan,y ni un segundo de mi vida he olvidado a mi patria,puedo cerrar los ojos y en mi memoria puedo caminar por la Habana ., no la olvido ni la olvidare.

[empslaw]

WOW!

[truewords09]

Thank YOU Andy

[adrxxi]

Otro guajiro del Perico que se siente orgulloso de su tierra y que tambien volvera a una Cuba libre....Abajo los comunistas y verdugos de la libertad

QUE VIVA CUBA LIBRRE COÑOOOO

[Yayabo1]

Once again Andy García does it for the cause of the FREE cubans, against tyranny and totalitarism. He did it with music productions, with a movie "The Lost City", and now with this emotional narration...I will go to Bejucal with El Alcalde, with Cachao, en un carro de hojas secas....

Andy is in my "guerrilla"!!!! Unvanquished,

El Guajiro de Perico & Gusano de "La Conga"

[custinguis]

Con lagrimas de nostalgia les agradezco este retorno a mi infancia y mi país. May we, as brothers return one day to this beauiful country only superficially tarnished. As brothers, wash away the blemish and bring back the luster of its spirit for future days of hope.

[rjoseph222]

Gracias Henry por tu trabajo.

Gracias Andy, por involucrarte en este proyecto. Que Dios los bendiga a los dos. Gracias

[jipp929]

I pray that I never have these painful feelings of longing for my country . . . the USA. Most people never seem to see this type of thing coming and then it is all too late. Looks like we will be following unless we do something.

[AriaDivina]

jipp929, I pray you never have these longings either. I was conceived in Cuba, born here, went back there a few times to see my family and my heritage as an adult, after growing up watching the videos of what it was like before that demon. Make no mistake my friend that is where we're headed here-FAST. We must STAND UP against what the gov. is doing, pray for the USA and pray that the nation repents and turns back to the Lord God who made it great. One nation UNDER GOD. God bless the USA.

[JFRosado]

Thank you Andy, I hope to share that morning with you soon... Beautiful...

[kinggging]

You two are a blast royal palm breeze. I could smell it as i had been to Cuba . After Cuban ancesters financed G.Washington Battle of Yorktown against English tyranny 1781 we must suffer tyranny from within.. It is darkest before dawn. Gratitude is a attitude from this American Cuban. I feel you pain .Abrazos.

[enredado100]

La realidad cubana

[bypfhmt]

What a wonderful video that brought back memories that will never die. Gracias Andy por tu narracion y gracias Henry por tu produccion.

[MessedUpIAm]

I could not stop crying from the loss of a country I was born into yet never got the opportunity to fully experience since the age of 5. Only to hear stories from family of its white beaches

and memories long past. This video not only shows loss but offers hope. Thank you;)

[ssm91465]

Indiscutiblemente, no creo que haya otro exilio que tras dos (o tres ) generaciones, todavia sientan anoranza por volver or ir por primera ver. Un exilio donde los hijos, nietos y biznietos hablan espanol, comen comida Cubana, y se refieren como "Cubanos". Un exilio que estan en un pais formado por immigrantes que lo primero que hacen es integrarse lo antes posible perdiendo sus costumbres y su idiomas, los Cubanos lo mantienen. Es admirable ver una cultura tan arraigada a lo suyo.

[TDOASM]

Excellent!! Thank you for keeping the memories alive. Loved it! Could you please provide the name of the music used in the video? Thank you.

[mraphel]

Excellent production, Henry Maldonado. Thank you so much to you and Andy Garcia for echoing the feelings of so, so many of us.

[mbalbis]

Thank you, Andy. It felt good to cry, once more, for our Cuba! Those like us, who once knew her FREE, will NEVER forget her.

[nomepreguntesmas]

Andy you've brought tears to my eyes and life to so many memories I hold forever in my heart.. the little bit of soil someone brought me back once, the smells of the earth, the color of the sky, the beauty that God granted to Cuba...

I hear you!

Caiños de otra cubana...

[MiamiAbu]

Muy triste. Bien hecho el video. Una insignificante correccion: WRITTE-N BY en lugar de WRITTE-R BY.

[kubeek422]

I was quite taken back by this heartfelt, gut wrenching narration. it brought me to tears. Only Cubans know the anguish of being condemned to live in exile for over half a century without any real hope of ever returning. Oh I know eventually there will be a change. No one lives forever. Not even the Castro brothers. My only hope is that I will live long enough to see it before my time is up.

[mannyxg]

Gracias Andres.  Con todo mi corazon.

[enasully]

The saying "good things come in small packages" couldn't be truer of this moving short video. Andy Garcia's voice is salve to the scars and the longing for old memories we bear in our hearts. Mil gracias!

[lizzette100]

Nada me ha emocionado tanto y llegado al alma de cubano exiliado ,como este videoclip ,donde sus imagenes y la exepcional narracion de Andy Garcia,te llevan a una Cuba vivida y perdida,que todos quisieramos recuperar.Mis respetos para el senor Garcia.

[Violet53]

I am moved to tears... this video exceptionally narrated by Andy Garcia, explains what each and every Cuban in exile feels... there is a longing for our roots, our people, our culture. And, even though we love and are thankful for this nation, there will always be a part of us that is missing.

[alanisguarantee]

Andy Garcia great actor and a true Cuban!! Who never forgot hes roots like some of us out there. never forget where you came from!! Viva cuba libre!!

[lasvegascubancuisine]

Truly AMAZING...How in just five minutes I was transported to the pain and nostalgia of all we've lost. Thank you to the creators of this video and Andy Garcia for this gift. It's bitter sweet but its vital to keep Cuba present in our lives and in the lives our future generations. THANK YOU! THANK YOU!! THANK YOU!!!

[ileanacuba]

Like none other..Andy once again delivers, but this time he delivers our pain, our pain of not to having our Cuba!! How much more can we take?? Our grandparents died wishing and hoping to go back, our parents are dying in their eternal wish to going back to our Bella Isla, we will be next...how much more can we take??? Oh God how many prayers are out there for a FREE CUBA!!

[ileanacuba]

Like none other..Andy once again delivers, but this time he delivers our pain, our pain of not to having our Cuba!! How much more can we take?? Our grandparents died wishing and hoping to go back, our parents are dying in their eternal wish to going back to our Bella Isla, we will be next...how much more can we take??? Oh God how many prayers are out there for a FREE CUBA!!

[jvforgiven]

Living in the states now for close to fifty yrs I've often wonder what it would have been like to live in the old country with my people,my blood. Of course that will never happen, but videos and narrations as such do bring me closer to those core feelings that I long for.

Thank you Guys

[insuranz]

Este videoclip es excelent, Andy ha hecho un trabajo excelente que solo puede ser igualado y si acaso superado por el texto original escrito por Henry Maldonado. Gracias a ambos y al equipo que trabajó en su realización.

[estevanevich15]

ttt

[estevanevich15]

La narración y la voz de Andy García es impecable, así como las imágenes elegidas, pero lo que hace excpecional este testimonio es el sentimiento.

Gracias Andy por este regalo.

[Leonnidik]

Your movie speaks to all of us non Cubans also. Russian,Zchec, Poles,etc.

I know cubans, they are strong willed and very united,like an extended family sharing one pulsating pain. Cuba will rise,those in the exile community and there will embrace like Mr.Garcia in this movie and rebuild the foundation that was once the envy of all Latin America and the world.

[cav1140]

If you are Cuban there is nothing in the universe to compare, if you are not, there are not enough words to make you understand the feeling. Andy Gardia is the best to explain all that is within our hearts and souls. My husband and I have been here since 1962 and have not returned waiting for the Castro regime to end. Perhaps we will die without seeing our homeland once again. We were however given the wonderful opportunity to come to the United States of America with our parents. God bless

[perfectionpresident]

I don't remember Cuba, I left too young, but I see her every day in my parent's eyes. I can't feel Varadero's sand in between my toes walking in her beaches, but I feel her salt in my face every time I walk on the streets of Key West. My passport does not make me Cuban, my heart does. Andy Garcia has always shown that fire in his heart that our abuelos told us about. They taught me "La Bayamesa" before I learned the Star Spangled. Thank you for giving me something to show my kids.

[insuranz]

Your comment is almost as moving as the entire clip, thanks for sharing with us, I can almost hope my grown children will identify with you.

[KAIROA]

I miss Cuba too, since the day I arrived to Ohio, from Havana in 1957 ...I never went back.

I want to add with sadness, Cuba is a lost cause...finito, kaput. I do remember Cuba the way it was.

To me is like...GONE WITH THE WIIND.

To me is very sad to write like this, but it is true....too many years pass by without a good leader to lead a contra-revolution.

[UncasSiboney]

I have also lost the faith from time to time. It is easy to get lost when you walk into the desert alone, but the path back is clear. The seeds that were spread have born fruit, Cuba does not need a "contra revolution", she needs a new harvest. Never give up, even as the pyre is lit beneath your feet (Hatuey).

[palacio51]

Wow....left Cuba in 1966, I was 14 yrs. old

from Pinar del Rio, I dreamed about the day

when Cuba will be Free again, the day when

they will play Cuban Music on the radio, the day

when we could watch the sunrise in Vinales and

the sunset in Varadero !! boy, what a glorious

day it would be !! I miss Cuba a lot ....

[Osvaldofigueruelo]

Thank you for this video. Wonderful!!

Soy cubano. Me emociona este video, y he hecho radio y anuncios para television, así como obras para iglesias, y se con seguridad que se me hubiera cortado la voz narrando este video.

Saludos.

[tfcastillo1959]

Andy is a great narrator and actor, but he can't fake the true emotion in the tone of the words he is reading! I can't help escape this effect either, despite having left at only two months of age...being Cuban is part of my identity, part of the inheritance my parents left to me and an important gift to pass on to my children. I can only hope that in my lifetime, my Cuba will become a free nation...si Dios lo permite!

[maldomovie]

I edited the video, and I can tell you that the emotions from Andy are genuine and heartfelt..I can hear it in the track, and his words in between takes...

[tfcastillo1959]

Andy did an excellent job with "The Lost City" in relating how the Castro revolution tore apart the families living in those times. I only know that many had been waiting with "hope and change" and saw none of the former and too much of the latter. That is why I worry about what is going on in this country and what the consequences might be...que Dios nos ampare!

[pbilbao]

Yo me identificaria mas con este videoclip si Andy lo narrara en español, que creo que lo sabe hablar aunque con acento americanizado (es lógico).

[maldomovie]

Estoy de acuerdo, pero este video fue producido para explicar a los de habla-ingles, como nos sentimos nosotros...a ellos les hace dificil entender lo tanto que uno quiere a su tierra...algo que sabemos nosotros demasidao bien.....

[pbilbao]

Sigo pensando que los de habla inglesa (americanos, canadienses, ingleses, etc) les importa poco Cuba y lo que representa ya que ellos historicamente no han perdido sus paises ni lo perderan, como puede ocurrir con algunos de paises latinoamericanos que lo pueden perder por culpa de los descerebrados que los gobiernan. Te felicito por el videoclip, pero no estaria mal que lo repitiera en español.

[hijoling]

November 1961 my brother and I boarded a Pan American flight along with many other young teens who were leaving the island without their parents....

Not knowing what fate awaited us in this new and strange country which we knew only from watching TV shows.

Have not returned 48 years later....But that longing to smell the aroma Cuba still lingers!

This video brings back memories and it makes me proud to be a Cuban.... And an American!!

[maldomovie]

Thank you for your kind words...some may find it hard to understand that after 48 years, your soul still longs for tu tierra querida, and there is something special, unique about Cuba, she doesn't give up tugging at your heart and pulling you home...

[rjlerer]

amen to that. Estamos juntos.