As i heard of people who have bin there, it is a matter of fact, one, if not the most safe country in Latin America. It is much worser in countries like Mexico, Colombia, or Caribbean countries like Jamaica or Haiti.....But no one accuse the leaders of these nations because they are not socialistic "dictators" Just normal presidents. Wearing a plastic smile. Telling another lie. But they did not got power by revolution, but by a corrupt election campaign.
What a load of weasel word bollocks .America is being flushed down the toilet by the 1%.Cuba is still doing as well as they can considering the embargo.
lol i find it funny that some latin americans vote republican and try to be like there white counterparts. even when the majority of latin culture and the people as a whole have an african background...to those fucking republicans ur just another nigga who happens to speak spanish
So many falsehoods (mysoulo)the coke came from mexico,the busses cost money,medico if they have it or they ask friends in the U.S to send it.So you spent 10 days in Cuba as a tourist.Go more than 10 days and stay with a cuban family,make sure you bring toothpast ,soap ,ben gay,asprine and food.and anything else they need.
@nazario3105 Believe it or not Columbia is worse! The drug cartels and the violence alone dwarfs the brand of oppression the Cubans deal with. Cubans are suffering but sadly in a world full of violence and extremism they are far from being the worst. You have to factor gang warfare and drug trafficking plus the violence of coyotes (human traffickers) and sex slavery has on so many parts of South America. Cubans are oppressed by the state not by mafias & the price of drugs.
@DarkMagus1985 I agree with you .. the fact that most people fail to acknowledge is that Democracy doesnt work everywhere . Im glad it works in the USA and im proud of my country but we need to quit spending billions of dollars and lives trying to stop socialism in other countries and worry about our own..
@nazario3105 Exactly. I'm a believer of a hybrid system of socialism and capitalism. Private ownership on the majority of things but we can't allow personal pursuit of wealth and power break our environment and our fellow man. Socialism provides a safety net that is often lost by the pursuit of power. We need peace and democracy! =D
well with that 17$ a month they make they can buy a bunch of stuff. and anyways why are they so anti socialism!!?? there are PLENTY of capitalist democracys that are WAY worse than Cuba. So piss off
I agree entirely with mysoulo. Cubas poverty and lack of growth is mainly because of the US embargo. If it was still under capitalist reign, Havana would be full of casinos, prostitutes and an uneducated people. Some balance would be nice. But the journalist is of cuban/american stock so it is understandable.
I love the part of the youth complaining about police.
Have they seen the riots in France? Or whatever other country?
I've never been to Cuba, but come on, which youth isn't frustrated, nor talking about making a revolution? I just wonder how much aspirations they'd have if Castro hadn't been there all those long years...
Sad thing is, most Caribbean nations' GDP per capita out-paces Cuba by multiples. Cuba could be the most advanced nation in the Caribbean if it wasn't for Castro and wealth-destroying communism.
@MrTurdFurgeson ...and most of the Caribbean nations u speak about have an incredibly high rate of crime, including violent crime, major illegal drug problems, murder, rape, the also have illiteracy, homelessness, no medicare, expensive prescription drugs, they have to pay for an education, etc...in other words, they are just the way Cuba was under Batista.
Cuba would be the most advanced nation in the Caribbean if wasn't for THE AMERICAN EMBARGO!
This documentary states that pharmacies are understocked, then how is it that Cuba has one of the best health care system in the world and produces some of the best doctors. The only thing ruining Cuba is western influence and ideologies, everyone wants to live in "luxury" although i must say there is nothing wrong with that also
@YoungDoeezy Finally a comment that has some value. Anyone who takes the time to look the policies the U.S. had put in place will find it's the united states that has insured Cuba's struggle and Castro is the scape goat. If the exiles and the cubans really believe in what they say, grab a rifle, walk away from your current existance and fight for what you believe in with your life like they did back then or quit whinning about the revolution.
@MrDangerwarning101 Like Cuba would be the only communist utopia if it wasn't for the US? I feel for the people of Cuba and think the embargo has done nothing but make a bad situation worse for the people. Castro isn't suffering. If Cuba was free they would thrive. They are in the perfect place for a hot vacation spot. They are close to the US and could manufacture all kinds of products, they are close for low shipping costs. It's sad seeing an entire population with virtually no opportunity
@shananagans5 U are most definitely right....but as we all know most government policies are based on greed, money and power. If Americans are free to travel to Cuba we all know tourism in the state of Florida will drop considerably and the state government and business owners will FREAK OUT. Right now u can get a 1 wk all inclusive vacation from Canada to Cuba for under $600. In Florida $600 won't even get u a wk in a decent hotel and then u will still have to pay for ur flights, food & drinks.
@MrTurdFurgeson Complete failure, paid for by the U.S. and the CIA left them hanging when things got ugly. I read enough books on the Bay of Pigs to comment, I even made the effort to visit the area. If you look to Florida you will still find groups of exciles ready to fight for freedom, well fight from Miami that is, the U.S. (CIA) backing has since left the building...
And actually, doucebag doc makers from America, the majority of Cuba's foreign policy comes from The Bank of America!!!! Educate yourselves please........!!!!
The real tradgedy of this documentary is it's failure to address the fact that the first dictator (Batitista) was supported by the USA (because you love to support fascist dictators who starve the workers to death), Batitista starved over 1 million of them to death, which led to the rise of Castor. Fuckin yanks, wouldn't know your own history if it smashed you in the face.......
Unless the Cubans Revolt like they did in Egypt --Cuba will always be of sufferings economical hardship. They the "Cubans" can not depend on the outside world to free them. It's not going to happen.The Freedom for the Cuban people has to come from with in. It depend on how bad they want to be free and if they willing to die for there freedom. Remember, Freedom has a very high price.
Garbage. This documentary doesn't even pretend to show two sides. I'm certain this fellow's judgement was passed before he even entered Miami's airport. Believe me, I know there are lots of bad things about Cuba, but at the same time these are some of the happier more proud people the world has to offer. Don't confuse wages, material goods, and a lack of AC with discontent. There's a reason Castro's stayed in power this long, and let me tell you, it's not cause Cuba's a police state.
Garbage. This documentary doesn't even pretend to show two sides. I'm certain this fellow's judgement was passed before he even entered Miami's airport. Believe me, I know there are lots of bad things about Cuba, but at the same time these are some of the happier more proud people the world has to offer. Don't confuse wages, material goods, and a lack of AC with discontent. There's a reason Castro's stayed in power this long, and let me tell you, it's not cause Cuba's a police state.
@toppystunna I AM Canadian. What I saw when I was there was a country with immense pride and love for their home, and to hear how these American vultures are waiting for the fall of the Castro government makes me want to spit. It has its faults, true, but to think that the immediate dismissal of one government for another from a country that has no sense of boundary or decorum, truly frightens me. So go shove your stilted views down someone else's throat.
@BrokeredHeart cuba isent our fukn prob. why doesnt canada go help them. canada dont do shit for anyone but them selves. oh and btw canada is americas bitch
@CaptianKeyz The 2 currency system was put in place primarily because of the American embargo. When Junior Bush started tightening the noose around Cuba with more threats and sanctions the Cuban government outlawed the use of US currency in 2004 and "replaced" it with CUC, which already existed, and can only be exchanged in Cuba. This ensures that all foreign currency will be kept in Cuba and used to do foreign trade, CUC's are not accepted anywhere in the world except Cuba. Pretty smart.
After 50 years in power, someone trying to overthrow you is not "counter-revolution." The Castro regime is the establishment in Cuba. This isn't 1959 anymore.
When your country is sucking the ressources out of other countries, exploiting them and opressing them off course your gonna end up rich like the US and Europe. If you exploit your own people and pay them slave wagers like in China you can be rich too.
But for Cuba living in a world of sharks, and being a small fish, all alone without other communist countries there are gonna be hardships, no doubt.
lol too ideal, cuba is almost 30 years behind china on policy wise, the only peaceful way for them to change is become more like china and progress from there, and without armed conflicts, china is probably 4 or 5 generations away from becoming like the west, its either gonna take a lot of blood or a long long ass time for cuba to get better
3. The average monthly salary is $500 Pesos (moneda national).
4. How much money would u need per month to live if your rent, education, school supplies, medical, prescription drugs, and public transportation were free and everything else was subsidized?
5. There's a major problem when 1% of a country's population owns and controls 99% of it's wealth. This was the case in pre-Castro Cuba.
6. EVERY country has unhappy, dissatisfied citizens, just look at the USA! Almost everyone is pissed!!
@nicpetnic True, BUT money CAN buy anything anywhere at anytime...u just have to pay the price. And believe it or not, EVERYTHING is available in Cuba for the "right" price...this i've personally witnessed.
This documentary is very biased and quite negative towards Cuba and it's system. It's also racked with falsehoods and fails to address the root of Cuban suffering which is the American embargo.
FEW POINTS:
1. Coca Cola IS available in Cuba. I was there just 10 days ago and i enjoyed that cold refreshing beverage almost every day.
2. The anti-Castro movement based in Miami are European-Cubans that RAPED that country for many decades & benefitted from the suffering of the non-european Cubans.
@legorret1 You're sure i'm a Communist? Do u also know what i had for Breakfast this morning? Maybe u can also tell me the winning numbers for the lottery. Pleeeeease Obi-Wan, tell me more about myself. lol
@mysoulo hmm strange i was there 3 weeks ago and stayed week and half but i couldnt find a bottle of coke and visited many bars and restaurants and they even told me that they didnt even want it because its us made...
@MacawSonny Wow! "they even told me that they didnt even want it because its us made..." THIS i've NEVER heard before...matter of fact, i've never heard any "Anti-American" sentiment. Where did u stay?
I've bought Coca Cola, Sprite and Fanta Orange in the following places: Playas del Este, Santa Maria del Mar, Havana city various locations, Camaguey, Santa Lucia, Guaimaro, Varadero, Las Tunas, Matanzas and Cienfuegos. All imported from Mexico. I just got back from Cuba this morning.
@mysoulo strange that more people couldnt get any coke there... i guess your a very important person and they imported it specially for you or you just full of shit and never bin there just trying to get some attention or soemthing
@MacawSonny Coca Cola, Sprite and Fanta are all imported from Mexico into Cuba. I gave u a list of locations where i bought it and yet this wasn't good enough for ur IGNORANT ASS! If you've ever been in any of those locations u would've been able to buy these beverages. Your childish response is indicative of an immature Putz that hates being proven wrong.
To be precise: the bar next to the Mercado at Playa del Este outside Havana. El Rumba outside Caracol in Santa Lucia, all the airports, etc.
@mysoulo hahaha loser telling everybody and everywhere you bin in cuba drink coke had a good time while in reality your just 12 yrs old and still wet your pants now and then and never bin out of your blue blooded incest town hahahah so sad when people try to make youtube friends and got a need for comments to cheerup there lifes omfg your such a sad little puber......
@MacawSonny Your poor grammar is a clear indication of your maturity level and your pre-pubescent age. If u were semi-literate you could've read my various posts and see that i have made no attempt towards seeking friendship of any kind. I leave that to lonely knaves like yourself.
Most people here leave social and political comments, however u are only fixated on cold beverages. I assume this is due to your severe lack of intellect. Now be gone with your imbecilic self.
@mysoulo hahaha well bad grammar or not you did understand what i wrote and thats the point of communicating isnt it.. ? and replying with ''GO FUCK YOURSELF''because other people also had problems finding some beverages thats a clear indication of your maturity level hahaha your a fag and live in a fantasy world thinking you went everywhere and know everything lol your a sad little guy with no friends and spending all your time on youtube being a wiseguy hahahaha your shit and you prob know it
@MacawSonny I understand you because i have experience working with Mentally Challenged children.
Actually, the "GO FUCK YOURSELF" statement was a direct response to YOUR condescending statement "i guess your a very important person and they imported it specially for you or you just full of shit ". U play with fire and u gonna get burnt little boy. Be careful now or u gonna continue to get burned. lol.
If i'm a "sad little guy" then i guess ur a "sad little guy" 2, as ur on youtube same as me
@mysoulo hahahaha well have fun in your own little sick and twisted fantasy world with you coca cola buddy its obvious to me you make everything up and enjoy the attention you get from it wich is pretty gay but hey sure there r more people that have fantasies about drinking coke in countries dont dont have and want them and i bet next to your experience with mentally ill people your a pilot and a biljonair 2 right ??? hahaha have fun with whatever your using but one day you will have to wake up
@MacawSonny U do realize that the more u write the more illiterate and dysfunctional u sound? So keep on writing little boy ur just making yourself look more and more stupid. lol
Allowing more and more trade and interaction between Cuba and the U.S. is the way to open the door (I beleive). When the door is cracked and the flow starts to put more pressure, it will swing wide open. Doing the opposite has not worked in 50 years. We have had liberal trade policies toward communist countries before. Yugoslavia for example.
the economy is in shambles in whole latin america because of the IMF thanks to the U.S. and corrupt goverments in other countries who support this model don't be biased I don't support the comunist model because obviously it doesn't work too.
@MirageScience Communism does not work, but neither does true Capitalism....just look at the recent economic crisis that devastated the world....except Canada. Capitalism with a mix of Socialism is what works best....like in Malta, Canada, UK and other European countries.
@mysoulo are you fucking blind to the what is causing the problems in the world? Canada's health care has gotten worse and worse sense its socialization. The Euro is fucking collapsing like the dollar, and the U.S. who has many many social security programs for either the elderly or lower economic class has an every falling currency because they can only pay for their programs by printing more money.
@xplosivelilly I have a Cuban friend. He lives in Cuba and likes it just fine. Not everyone thinks a BMW and a 1000 sq/m mansion equals success. Mother Teresa had not a penny to her name her entire life, yet she is one of the most successful people to have lived.
Well it is obviously, that this documentary wan't to bring forth a really dark and negative image of Cuba, Fidel Castro, but most of all Communism ( socialism , or whatever they call it )
Cuba might not be a good place to live as he repeats, but for god sake,it is a poor country just like so many others where IT IS worser, and because its a communist regime and it turn its back to USA, or should i say Imperialism, dosn't mean that Cuba is as closed and dead as North Korea.
Well it is obviously, that this documentary wan't to bring forth a really dark and negative image of Cuba, Fidel Castro, but most of all Communism ( socialism , or whatever they call it )
Cuba might not be a good place to live as he repeats, but for god sake,it is a poor country just like so many others where IT IS worser, and because its a communist regime and it turn its back to USA, or should i say Imperialism, dosn't mean that Cuba is as closed and dead as North Korea.
@BlacKoffee1 well i dont find them too bad they have the highest rate of literacy of any country in north america and produce more doctors on average then probably most of the countries in the world
what a load of bullsh*t. So, he wants a better Cuba etc and for that the embargo will have to end... I'll accept that. But, the Castro brothers somehow are the barrier stopping the US from ending the embargo? Are you on drugs?
Let's be serious. The reason Cuba is in such rough shape is because of us, or should I say U.S. We put the embargo on them, we are the ones funding the Cuban american supporters of the Batista dictatorship in Miami. We are the ones who supported that dictatorship.
I really would have liked it if the reporter would have told us exactly about Cuba's economic history. You know, pointed out exact economic policies that have/are hampering growth and how the US blockade has/is effecting Cuba's economy. A lot of the problems that Cuba has is found in many other countries that are capitalist and democratic. I mean just look at some of Cuba's neighbors.
I am not being pro or ani anything, but I like to have all the facts when analyzing things like this.
A lot of shit talkers. Maybe they are on drugs themselves? This is real life shit and not only effects their country, but many other countries but most importantly, many individuals in a negative way.
Obeying Holy law, personal relation ship with God, growing spiritually, is the ONLY way to escape JUDGEMENTY DAY. If u don’t have any of this you going to HELL.
at least Cuba isn't crime ridden, full of gangs and overcrowded prisons where the people have to walk the streets in fear like we do here in North America
@pele17 claro que no te enteras, a los comunistoides como tú les organizan la visita,los llevan a los lugares tranquilos y apacibles,les muestran una escuela modelo, un hospital como el CIMEX,los llevan a comer al Aljibe,etc etc, así que deja la muela y hablame en español, a los comunistas no se les permite hablar el idioma del imperialismo,tu sabes,por aquello del diversionismo ideológico;-)
This dude is a fucking idiot. He should visit the rest of Latin America and realize the problem of poverty in Latin America isn't just in Cuba and that the socialist system isn't the only cause.
I´m from Mexico, I just came back from Cuba (take a look at my videos), and that's not the Airport Terminal that I arrived/departure.... it's to sad to see that the fly's from the US arrive at this horrible terminal.
@boodistGeek No you can get special permission if you have family or if you are doing a volunteer mission. And it is much more difficult to travel to North Korea than it is to Cuba and much more dangerous.
Vanguard, I'm disappointed. All of your other documentaries I've seen so far are fantastic, but this one is horribly biased. Show a scene of someone disagreeing with you, cut away and say "Yeah, right"? This episode also shows a failure to understand basic economics, ignores the effects of the US trade embargo, and passes off the wildly unsustainable luxuries we enjoy in the west as "basic necessities". Also, like police don't question punks who look "unusual" in your own damn country?
maybe the cubans' should be mad at UN and USA for the embargo which causes them their hardships..... usa pulled that crap with iraq in the food for oil program which causes the deaths of around 500,000 children... economic terrorism by government and world government
so biased.... they only have chicken? consider the fact that u get it for FREE! FREE education, FREE healthcare, guaranteed accommodation... and consider just for a second, that the embargo is not just cuba's fault but maybe also the fault of the countries that keep it under embargo due to ideological differences...
and as far as repression & political prisoners go, try and read some eyewitness accounts of being an anarchist or communist in America. not to say that cuba is a 100% all good but..
USA backed-up Batista=> 1 medicine school, Fidel=> 21 "free for everyone" medicine school (even for foreign countries students (im goin Cuba for MA too))
Batista=> baby-death %6, Fidel=> %.0.6
Batista=> people who know how to read-write around %70, Fidel=> %100
Batista=> 20 hospitals, Fidel=> 200 "free for everyone" hospitals.
FIDEL => No hunger, No unemployment, No homeless people... According to UNICEF malnutrition rate is %0
Wow. What'ta big tyranny that Revolution did. Ignorants...
The Cuban American National Association is a terrorist organization isn't it? Weren't they supporters of Luis Posada Carriles? He bombed a Cubanairliner in 1976. Why not do a documentary on the terrorists the Cuban American (Mafia) expatriots have sent out to harrass and kill Cubans? Cuba's communist healthcare system is at about the same level of quality as that of the United States. Vanguard has proven itself Right Wing Propaganda. Review Cuban life under Jewish Mafia and Batista.
In the opening title sequences the correspondent mentions assassination attempts against Castro and flashes a picture of Kennedy. Absolute propaganda. It was the Eisenhower administration and Ike's chemical murderer Sidney Gottlieb who initiated those plans. Kennedy has always been blamed entirely for it.
For American Liberals, Communist Cuba will NEVER be wrong and will NEVER be criticized because all Cuban's problems are evil American's fault.
It is funny to see that American "free thinkers" choose to be indoctrinated by Castro just like American conservatives who are indoctrinated by neocon bullshit.
The cuban people are a proud people. This video does little to highlight their victories. Its literacy rate, life expectancy and other measures of lifestyle were lightyears ahead of other countries in the so called "third world". The revolution failed, but not because it was socialism- it was because socialism never took off. Castro was too hard-headed in his pursuit of sugar for growth and eventually he became a slave to Soviet interests that ran counter to Cuban ones.
Look at how things like health care run when its government controlled; theres an excellent example of government controlled health care here. Imagine a doctors office like the ice cream stand where people wait 3 hours for basic services. Thats the future of America with Obamas healthcare. I know some will say I'm wrong, but EVERY country with gov't controlled healtcare has people dying of cancer and other diseases that could be treated, but they have to wait 6 months to a year to be seen.
Yea ignorant voters and the fact that corporations bank roll election campaigns and have the cash flow to harrass politians with thousands of lobbyists on a daily basis. No matter who u vote for, politians don't bite the hand that feeds them and you and I both know the american citizen isn't attached to that hand.
I dont dispute that there is political repression in cuban. But if the speaker of this mockumentary really wants to make it easier for cubans, why dont he ask his government to stop blocking the country?
One last thing, that Jorge guy claiming he wants to buy his "dream home" in Havana, is the most superficial thing to say. The suburban houses of Havana were the biggest detriment to Cuban society, leading them to look to apartment and multiple-dwelling residences. Bringing the phony American Dream to this island will destroy it. Commenting on how there's no AC or that you have to drink in order to digest living in Havana. Pretentious bullshit! Vanguard, I am thoroughly disappointed.
it is a double-edged sword for the Cubans - they see the life of possibility that immigrant Cubans to Miami have, but it could mean the downfall of the entire social structure. The captialist way of life in the 1940s was killing their country, with more foreign inhabitants and stockholders than actual Cuban investors. This was what the revolution was for, to act against the damages caused by the ever growing foreign market, and giving it right back to the people themselves.
@BrokeredHeart Noone forced them to sell their land, they sold it to the foreigns because they were shortsighted and greedy.
If you REALLY want to bring up the "more foreign inhabitants" bullshit, check out California, essentially the Greece of America. I would say that Americans there are outnumbered by foreign invaders, and would win medals for understatement and redundancy at the same time!
@BrokeredHeart The problem wasn't "capitalism" its hilarious seeing all these socialists comment on how capitalism is evil like they know what they are talking about. Capitalism is the free exchange of goods, where is the evil there? Everyone is so obsessed with others making a profit from them, if you think they charge to much, in capitalism you go to someone else!
The problem is corrupt governments and people violating others natural rights, that and people making stupid choices.
@Hashishin13 we aren't living in a pure capitalistic government its more of a fascistic capitalist country. To use your example if a pharmacutical company is changing too much if I change what I buy most likely won't cost too much cheaper because those companies are in league with each other to a point. If I try to get cheaper drugs from another country i.e. doing what one would do in a pure capitalistic country I could go to jail for it.
@Hashishin13 Those laws are finances by the very companies raping my wallet with their prices. It's like that across the board with every industry. Yes, capitialism works for those who are executives of major companies. And you can't deny that you can't argue that it's fact. Our government is own by these companies and have done their bidding for decades democrat and republican.
@PyroHaven07 This isn't capitalism this is a hybrid between socialism and fascism. The very basis of capitalism is a level playing field with government as the impartial arbiter. It is true that the US citizens have allowed their government to go to shit, but it isn't capitalism at fault, its lazy ignorant voters.
This video is one sided? Is the destruction of Havana one sided? Just look at the living conditions of the average cuban and please STOP blaming the embargo. That is such an old cliche.
This is upright the most one-sided documentary ever, i couldnt go on without saying that.. I will admit that Cuba is in terrible shape economically, but if you take this documentary seriously you ought to study a bit of history and understand why this is the case.
The reporter is acting as though so many of those problems are unique to Cub and in fact most of it is totally unrelated.. Sweltering humidity??? Cuba is in the tropics!!! His bias is clear and his claims are sophomoric.
I too, thought this was very one-sided. Aren't the economic issues in Cuban mostly due to the US embargo, and not the Cuban government? I've seen other documentaries that spoke fairly highly of the Cuba. Another thing that got to me was he immediately discredited the kids from the University speaking about the good things in Cuba, by saying they were just saying that so they wouldn't get in trouble. IMO, all that needs to be done is lifting the embargo, then things will start getting better.
@ektrules actually no, the Cuba before Fidel was one of the most economically strong country in the western world, it was even called the "Caribbean Riviera" i do agree with the fact that the documentary is very one-sided but the truth is that it is the governments fault. Fidel sent soldiers to every home and took the gold and money of all families. no right to private property etc. however because the government took it all it is as rich as they come, but due to corruption the people are not
@navyseal004 But, there was no embargo before Fidel. Also, if things were so great before Fidel, why was there a revolution? They have no private property because they are communist; it's just a different way of doing things (not inherently bad). Considering we heavily trade with China, the embargo with Cuba just seems silly. If the embargo was lifted, I think things would start changing there; economically and politically.
this is some of the poorest reporting I have ever seen. It's mentioned in the comments below that the narrator is one-sided, definitely, but then he doesn't even let the people speak for themselves, or present any compelling personalities and stories. He refutes without merit what the Cubans say, for example the man talking about food prices, or the students at the university (who are guarded to talk sincerely because they're in a secured place). If you dont respect your subject, dont film them.
This is not just a very one-sided depiction of Cuba, it is also full of outright factual errors (or lies, I don't know if he just spoke without bothering to check, or if he is activly speading lies) to the point where I don't even know where to start. One example. Cuba does not refuse to import Coke, the US does not allow them to buy it. So they buy it from Mexican bottlers, and thus, Coke is plentiful. Tu Cola is just slightly cheaper. But Refresco Nacionale is my drink of preference.
That was one arrogant a-hole in this story. He is a cuban in Miami and he says that his family gave up their house and now wants it back? He says this and it is not even clear whether the people living in that beach house, which was traded, even wants to sell it back. Then he walks by other big houses and says he wants to buy those. What about the people living there? That kind of arrogance is why we are hated.
It's like a saudi guy saying he wants to buy America, after leaving 50 years ago.
This reporter clearly has a one sided view of things. Why didn't he talk about the previous history of Cuba before the Revolution which led to the reasons why Cubans distrust the USA? Also, if a few dozen teenagers or young adults get together in a park late at night, even in the USA do you think that would raise suspicion and people watching what's going on? Just my opinion...continued.
I'm an American student who studied at the University of Havana from March-May 2009. I must applaud Vanguard for an extremely accurate representation of Habana. I've walked the Malecon with the Cubans by night and studied under a notable communist by day. Speaking with many of the youth, I saw a great sense of discontentment economically, but also a pride in being CUBAN. Regardless of the political or economic state of the country, they have an inexplicable spirit that is the essence of Cuba.
In the USA we have a similar system. Only difference is in USA we know the amount taken away from us and its name, the IRS(taxes). These taxes go to pay free education from 1st grade to the 12th and for other social services like food stamps and financial aid for college students like myself. Again, its not free..the government just takes away the money that belongs to them in exchange for services. In Cuba that price for service is too much and leads to corruption and ends in Castro's pocket.
@elloco575 yeah, and in USA we have the power to vote, and vote out the shit heads that tax us too much. also, my financial aid comes from a private loan, not the gov't, we have that choice here, unlike in cuba, china, etc.. the public option is what makes places like the USA so great, and what makes places like cuba really really poor
Education and Health in Cuba is not really "free". The GDP of Cuba per capita is around $9,500 yearly and a cuban doctor (who went to University for several years) barely makes around $250 us dollar yearly. That basically means that the government gets $9,250 us dollar yearly per person to provide services. That's where "free" education and other services come from, the government takes away their money without them knowing.
As to a revolution to make things better, whether Cuba or Mexico, that won't happen as long as they can siphon off their malcontents to America...Cuba has made THEMSELVES America's enemy, not vice-versa!
There is no reason these Third World cesspools can't shape up, but as long as they can just dump off their impetus for change onto America, they won't!
Also look up the Mariel Boatlifts: Cuba emptied their PRISONS into America! Why should America be the penal colony for these ingrates?
@4yall - the Truth? you can't be serious. The reason Havana is falling into disrepair is because the newer generation is chasing the capitalist mirage. That young student who could contribute so much to his field is going to become a waiter, only so he can make more tips to buy more stuff that he couldn't possibly afford. The government sanctions work to various parts of the city and they have no one to step up. They want to keep their nationality AND live like kings, but they cannot have both.
As i heard of people who have bin there, it is a matter of fact, one, if not the most safe country in Latin America. It is much worser in countries like Mexico, Colombia, or Caribbean countries like Jamaica or Haiti.....But no one accuse the leaders of these nations because they are not socialistic "dictators" Just normal presidents. Wearing a plastic smile. Telling another lie. But they did not got power by revolution, but by a corrupt election campaign.
So who is truely the victim..And why!?
BlacKoffee1 1 month ago
One of the best healthcare systems in the world and it's so bad...
DryhedUryne 1 month ago in playlist Season 3
Damn, this guy is laying it on a little thick isn't he....
ArchNME 1 month ago
Geez why don't the CIA kill Raul Castro.
3520xdxd 2 months ago in playlist Season 3
What a load of weasel word bollocks .America is being flushed down the toilet by the 1%.Cuba is still doing as well as they can considering the embargo.
kingharryannis 3 months ago
lol i find it funny that some latin americans vote republican and try to be like there white counterparts. even when the majority of latin culture and the people as a whole have an african background...to those fucking republicans ur just another nigga who happens to speak spanish
blackjin21 5 months ago
So many falsehoods (mysoulo)the coke came from mexico,the busses cost money,medico if they have it or they ask friends in the U.S to send it.So you spent 10 days in Cuba as a tourist.Go more than 10 days and stay with a cuban family,make sure you bring toothpast ,soap ,ben gay,asprine and food.and anything else they need.
BEJUCAL 5 months ago
I'm sure Cuba is the worst country to live in in Latin America .... Not even close .....
nazario3105 6 months ago
@nazario3105 Believe it or not Columbia is worse! The drug cartels and the violence alone dwarfs the brand of oppression the Cubans deal with. Cubans are suffering but sadly in a world full of violence and extremism they are far from being the worst. You have to factor gang warfare and drug trafficking plus the violence of coyotes (human traffickers) and sex slavery has on so many parts of South America. Cubans are oppressed by the state not by mafias & the price of drugs.
DarkMagus1985 5 months ago
@DarkMagus1985 I agree with you .. the fact that most people fail to acknowledge is that Democracy doesnt work everywhere . Im glad it works in the USA and im proud of my country but we need to quit spending billions of dollars and lives trying to stop socialism in other countries and worry about our own..
nazario3105 5 months ago
@nazario3105 Exactly. I'm a believer of a hybrid system of socialism and capitalism. Private ownership on the majority of things but we can't allow personal pursuit of wealth and power break our environment and our fellow man. Socialism provides a safety net that is often lost by the pursuit of power. We need peace and democracy! =D
DarkMagus1985 5 months ago
Why the big deal about Coke? The big deal for me is that they can't get one of those beautiful deep south whiskies in Cuba. Bad luck dudes.
bennopia 6 months ago
1:54 che... lol
zigzagman1969 7 months ago
well with that 17$ a month they make they can buy a bunch of stuff. and anyways why are they so anti socialism!!?? there are PLENTY of capitalist democracys that are WAY worse than Cuba. So piss off
Zaharkl 7 months ago
communism ideology resembles Islam complete control and no choice.
TheMikesyd 8 months ago
I agree entirely with mysoulo. Cubas poverty and lack of growth is mainly because of the US embargo. If it was still under capitalist reign, Havana would be full of casinos, prostitutes and an uneducated people. Some balance would be nice. But the journalist is of cuban/american stock so it is understandable.
nadiarolwal 8 months ago
21:04 did I just see a corvette?
MrBangass 9 months ago
I love the part of the youth complaining about police.
Have they seen the riots in France? Or whatever other country?
I've never been to Cuba, but come on, which youth isn't frustrated, nor talking about making a revolution? I just wonder how much aspirations they'd have if Castro hadn't been there all those long years...
galasax 9 months ago
Sad thing is, most Caribbean nations' GDP per capita out-paces Cuba by multiples. Cuba could be the most advanced nation in the Caribbean if it wasn't for Castro and wealth-destroying communism.
MrTurdFurgeson 9 months ago
@MrTurdFurgeson ...and most of the Caribbean nations u speak about have an incredibly high rate of crime, including violent crime, major illegal drug problems, murder, rape, the also have illiteracy, homelessness, no medicare, expensive prescription drugs, they have to pay for an education, etc...in other words, they are just the way Cuba was under Batista.
Cuba would be the most advanced nation in the Caribbean if wasn't for THE AMERICAN EMBARGO!
mysoulo 8 months ago
This documentary states that pharmacies are understocked, then how is it that Cuba has one of the best health care system in the world and produces some of the best doctors. The only thing ruining Cuba is western influence and ideologies, everyone wants to live in "luxury" although i must say there is nothing wrong with that also
coolieyute 9 months ago
Lol if communism worked here, why are they liberalizing the economy....
MrMegaWolfeman 9 months ago
Cuba won t be better if its more open to the rest of the world.
But it would be a fast holiday place for the U.S.
i think if demograpyi will be there:
94% will get poorer and didnt get anythink for life(no icecream anymore)
3% will start a pron carier and make some little bucks (for ice)
3% will gain much profit from it, but i doubt that this person is born in Cuba.
i was there 12 month ago, 12hours flight and i wanna go there again , i never seen a place with more "chilled" people like there
veryhighskilled2 10 months ago
"A Revolution (...) where the line for ice cream isnt three hours long"
Viva la ice cream revolution!
This really IS worse than fox news.
DrJenniferGardner 10 months ago
very beautiful and useful documentary!
peteionian 10 months ago
This is some BS propaganda. Fortunatly i dont think the exilecuban dramaqueen seems too convincing.
You clearly see a lots of problems in cuba? Maybe you should document on how USA have been trying to make cubans miserable for more than 50 years
YoungDoeezy 10 months ago
@YoungDoeezy Finally a comment that has some value. Anyone who takes the time to look the policies the U.S. had put in place will find it's the united states that has insured Cuba's struggle and Castro is the scape goat. If the exiles and the cubans really believe in what they say, grab a rifle, walk away from your current existance and fight for what you believe in with your life like they did back then or quit whinning about the revolution.
MrDangerwarning101 10 months ago
@MrDangerwarning101 Like Cuba would be the only communist utopia if it wasn't for the US? I feel for the people of Cuba and think the embargo has done nothing but make a bad situation worse for the people. Castro isn't suffering. If Cuba was free they would thrive. They are in the perfect place for a hot vacation spot. They are close to the US and could manufacture all kinds of products, they are close for low shipping costs. It's sad seeing an entire population with virtually no opportunity
shananagans5 9 months ago
@shananagans5 U are most definitely right....but as we all know most government policies are based on greed, money and power. If Americans are free to travel to Cuba we all know tourism in the state of Florida will drop considerably and the state government and business owners will FREAK OUT. Right now u can get a 1 wk all inclusive vacation from Canada to Cuba for under $600. In Florida $600 won't even get u a wk in a decent hotel and then u will still have to pay for ur flights, food & drinks.
mysoulo 8 months ago
@MrDangerwarning101
You know the Cubans did that? Bay of Pigs ring a bell?
MrTurdFurgeson 9 months ago
@MrTurdFurgeson Complete failure, paid for by the U.S. and the CIA left them hanging when things got ugly. I read enough books on the Bay of Pigs to comment, I even made the effort to visit the area. If you look to Florida you will still find groups of exciles ready to fight for freedom, well fight from Miami that is, the U.S. (CIA) backing has since left the building...
MrDangerwarning101 9 months ago
ke pobre los cubanos tan
97cubano 10 months ago
And actually, doucebag doc makers from America, the majority of Cuba's foreign policy comes from The Bank of America!!!! Educate yourselves please........!!!!
JonnyCashmore 10 months ago
The real tradgedy of this documentary is it's failure to address the fact that the first dictator (Batitista) was supported by the USA (because you love to support fascist dictators who starve the workers to death), Batitista starved over 1 million of them to death, which led to the rise of Castor. Fuckin yanks, wouldn't know your own history if it smashed you in the face.......
JonnyCashmore 10 months ago
Unless the Cubans Revolt like they did in Egypt --Cuba will always be of sufferings economical hardship. They the "Cubans" can not depend on the outside world to free them. It's not going to happen.The Freedom for the Cuban people has to come from with in. It depend on how bad they want to be free and if they willing to die for there freedom. Remember, Freedom has a very high price.
edwardoalvarez22 11 months ago
Castro and his brother should be castrated and linched asap! They should be shot!
aceshigh8881 11 months ago
@aceshigh8881
You should be anal raped by a cactus, and hanged with your own guts after our Canadian revolution!
juuwtuup 11 months ago
@aceshigh8881 Sounds like ur either one of those Cuban "exiles" living in Florida or ur the descendent of one.
mysoulo 8 months ago
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Garbage. This documentary doesn't even pretend to show two sides. I'm certain this fellow's judgement was passed before he even entered Miami's airport. Believe me, I know there are lots of bad things about Cuba, but at the same time these are some of the happier more proud people the world has to offer. Don't confuse wages, material goods, and a lack of AC with discontent. There's a reason Castro's stayed in power this long, and let me tell you, it's not cause Cuba's a police state.
snoride00 1 year ago
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snoride00 1 year ago
Garbage. This documentary doesn't even pretend to show two sides. I'm certain this fellow's judgement was passed before he even entered Miami's airport. Believe me, I know there are lots of bad things about Cuba, but at the same time these are some of the happier more proud people the world has to offer. Don't confuse wages, material goods, and a lack of AC with discontent. There's a reason Castro's stayed in power this long, and let me tell you, it's not cause Cuba's a police state.
snoride00 1 year ago
I loved this documentary.Great job.
wilfredotour2 1 year ago
@toppystunna
The Cuban revolution will live 1000 times longer than me, im 18 and i plan on living to my 70's :)
MopacMurtaza 1 year ago
@toppystunna I AM Canadian. What I saw when I was there was a country with immense pride and love for their home, and to hear how these American vultures are waiting for the fall of the Castro government makes me want to spit. It has its faults, true, but to think that the immediate dismissal of one government for another from a country that has no sense of boundary or decorum, truly frightens me. So go shove your stilted views down someone else's throat.
BrokeredHeart 1 year ago 4
@BrokeredHeart cuba isent our fukn prob. why doesnt canada go help them. canada dont do shit for anyone but them selves. oh and btw canada is americas bitch
abk4202020 8 hours ago
Why do they pay their people in monopoly money? What is the reason behind the internal currency?
CaptianKeyz 1 year ago
@CaptianKeyz The 2 currency system was put in place primarily because of the American embargo. When Junior Bush started tightening the noose around Cuba with more threats and sanctions the Cuban government outlawed the use of US currency in 2004 and "replaced" it with CUC, which already existed, and can only be exchanged in Cuba. This ensures that all foreign currency will be kept in Cuba and used to do foreign trade, CUC's are not accepted anywhere in the world except Cuba. Pretty smart.
mysoulo 8 months ago
La vida parece dificil, pero hay un beneficio, las mujeres parecen bonitas!
RadioFreeWisconsin 1 year ago
After 50 years in power, someone trying to overthrow you is not "counter-revolution." The Castro regime is the establishment in Cuba. This isn't 1959 anymore.
RadioFreeWisconsin 1 year ago
What a tainted reportage.
Viva La Revolución :)
When your country is sucking the ressources out of other countries, exploiting them and opressing them off course your gonna end up rich like the US and Europe. If you exploit your own people and pay them slave wagers like in China you can be rich too.
But for Cuba living in a world of sharks, and being a small fish, all alone without other communist countries there are gonna be hardships, no doubt.
I will die before i see the revolution die :)
MopacMurtaza 1 year ago
I hate these fk commercials
flagship21 1 year ago
Matt Koval theme music. :)
robertchase01 1 year ago
nice use of garageband loops....very professional
KATOMATE01 1 year ago
lol too ideal, cuba is almost 30 years behind china on policy wise, the only peaceful way for them to change is become more like china and progress from there, and without armed conflicts, china is probably 4 or 5 generations away from becoming like the west, its either gonna take a lot of blood or a long long ass time for cuba to get better
dawnofwinter1 1 year ago
haaha he found a bunch of pot heads
ammarhio 1 year ago
many of the problems may disappear if America would stop screwing them over with their hostility's
cjhmmp 1 year ago
Current TV is funded by who?
"Make Cuba look bad" seems the command to the journalists.
Makes me wonder if there's any truth to rumors that Current TV has connections to American intelligence.
anomalish 1 year ago
I can give Julian my last laptop... :)
daradaniyal 1 year ago
how does red vs blue have to do with vangard
CanadianBear47 1 year ago
why doesnt current post full episodes of their shows? i used to look forward to watching the new vanguard doc and infomania.
pinattar 1 year ago
3. The average monthly salary is $500 Pesos (moneda national).
4. How much money would u need per month to live if your rent, education, school supplies, medical, prescription drugs, and public transportation were free and everything else was subsidized?
5. There's a major problem when 1% of a country's population owns and controls 99% of it's wealth. This was the case in pre-Castro Cuba.
6. EVERY country has unhappy, dissatisfied citizens, just look at the USA! Almost everyone is pissed!!
mysoulo 1 year ago 17
@mysoulo
Money means nothing if it can't buy you anything.
nicpetnic 8 months ago
@nicpetnic True, BUT money CAN buy anything anywhere at anytime...u just have to pay the price. And believe it or not, EVERYTHING is available in Cuba for the "right" price...this i've personally witnessed.
mysoulo 8 months ago
This documentary is very biased and quite negative towards Cuba and it's system. It's also racked with falsehoods and fails to address the root of Cuban suffering which is the American embargo.
FEW POINTS:
1. Coca Cola IS available in Cuba. I was there just 10 days ago and i enjoyed that cold refreshing beverage almost every day.
2. The anti-Castro movement based in Miami are European-Cubans that RAPED that country for many decades & benefitted from the suffering of the non-european Cubans.
mysoulo 1 year ago 11
@mysoulo This documentary is not biased ! he tell the truth ! i'm sure that you are a communist !
legorret1 8 months ago
@legorret1 You're sure i'm a Communist? Do u also know what i had for Breakfast this morning? Maybe u can also tell me the winning numbers for the lottery. Pleeeeease Obi-Wan, tell me more about myself. lol
mysoulo 8 months ago
@mysoulo hmm strange i was there 3 weeks ago and stayed week and half but i couldnt find a bottle of coke and visited many bars and restaurants and they even told me that they didnt even want it because its us made...
MacawSonny 8 months ago
@MacawSonny Wow! "they even told me that they didnt even want it because its us made..." THIS i've NEVER heard before...matter of fact, i've never heard any "Anti-American" sentiment. Where did u stay?
I've bought Coca Cola, Sprite and Fanta Orange in the following places: Playas del Este, Santa Maria del Mar, Havana city various locations, Camaguey, Santa Lucia, Guaimaro, Varadero, Las Tunas, Matanzas and Cienfuegos. All imported from Mexico. I just got back from Cuba this morning.
mysoulo 8 months ago
@mysoulo strange that more people couldnt get any coke there... i guess your a very important person and they imported it specially for you or you just full of shit and never bin there just trying to get some attention or soemthing
MacawSonny 7 months ago
@MacawSonny Coca Cola, Sprite and Fanta are all imported from Mexico into Cuba. I gave u a list of locations where i bought it and yet this wasn't good enough for ur IGNORANT ASS! If you've ever been in any of those locations u would've been able to buy these beverages. Your childish response is indicative of an immature Putz that hates being proven wrong.
To be precise: the bar next to the Mercado at Playa del Este outside Havana. El Rumba outside Caracol in Santa Lucia, all the airports, etc.
mysoulo 7 months ago
@MacawSonny ps. GO FUCK YOURSELF!
mysoulo 7 months ago
@mysoulo hahaha loser telling everybody and everywhere you bin in cuba drink coke had a good time while in reality your just 12 yrs old and still wet your pants now and then and never bin out of your blue blooded incest town hahahah so sad when people try to make youtube friends and got a need for comments to cheerup there lifes omfg your such a sad little puber......
MacawSonny 7 months ago
@MacawSonny Your poor grammar is a clear indication of your maturity level and your pre-pubescent age. If u were semi-literate you could've read my various posts and see that i have made no attempt towards seeking friendship of any kind. I leave that to lonely knaves like yourself.
Most people here leave social and political comments, however u are only fixated on cold beverages. I assume this is due to your severe lack of intellect. Now be gone with your imbecilic self.
mysoulo 7 months ago
@mysoulo hahaha well bad grammar or not you did understand what i wrote and thats the point of communicating isnt it.. ? and replying with ''GO FUCK YOURSELF''because other people also had problems finding some beverages thats a clear indication of your maturity level hahaha your a fag and live in a fantasy world thinking you went everywhere and know everything lol your a sad little guy with no friends and spending all your time on youtube being a wiseguy hahahaha your shit and you prob know it
MacawSonny 7 months ago
@MacawSonny I understand you because i have experience working with Mentally Challenged children.
Actually, the "GO FUCK YOURSELF" statement was a direct response to YOUR condescending statement "i guess your a very important person and they imported it specially for you or you just full of shit ". U play with fire and u gonna get burnt little boy. Be careful now or u gonna continue to get burned. lol.
If i'm a "sad little guy" then i guess ur a "sad little guy" 2, as ur on youtube same as me
mysoulo 7 months ago
@mysoulo hahahaha well have fun in your own little sick and twisted fantasy world with you coca cola buddy its obvious to me you make everything up and enjoy the attention you get from it wich is pretty gay but hey sure there r more people that have fantasies about drinking coke in countries dont dont have and want them and i bet next to your experience with mentally ill people your a pilot and a biljonair 2 right ??? hahaha have fun with whatever your using but one day you will have to wake up
MacawSonny 7 months ago
@MacawSonny U do realize that the more u write the more illiterate and dysfunctional u sound? So keep on writing little boy ur just making yourself look more and more stupid. lol
ps. Have a Coke and a smile. :)
mysoulo 7 months ago
@MacawSonny
Same here I was there for a week and couldn't find coca cola anywhere either .
They had come other knock off that tasted like . but called something else .
jacksimi 7 months ago
Why does he refer the skaters as emos? They aren't depressed lol
melikeit23 1 year ago
Allowing more and more trade and interaction between Cuba and the U.S. is the way to open the door (I beleive). When the door is cracked and the flow starts to put more pressure, it will swing wide open. Doing the opposite has not worked in 50 years. We have had liberal trade policies toward communist countries before. Yugoslavia for example.
flyguyinmotion 1 year ago
In Malta we have free schools and university, and free hospitals and free healthcare clinics ;)
brandongalea 1 year ago
That sucks
zachrfields 1 year ago
the economy is in shambles in whole latin america because of the IMF thanks to the U.S. and corrupt goverments in other countries who support this model don't be biased I don't support the comunist model because obviously it doesn't work too.
cantonaorey 1 year ago
Fidel said not long ago that the Cuban model of communism no longer works for them.
MirageScience 1 year ago 4
@MirageScience Communism does not work, but neither does true Capitalism....just look at the recent economic crisis that devastated the world....except Canada. Capitalism with a mix of Socialism is what works best....like in Malta, Canada, UK and other European countries.
mysoulo 8 months ago
@mysoulo are you fucking blind to the what is causing the problems in the world? Canada's health care has gotten worse and worse sense its socialization. The Euro is fucking collapsing like the dollar, and the U.S. who has many many social security programs for either the elderly or lower economic class has an every falling currency because they can only pay for their programs by printing more money.
MirageScience 8 months ago
Dang, Cuban chicks are hot!!!
dragonmemories 1 year ago
This is completely biased, these people didn't even leave havana, and if they did, they would've been robbed.
CSW, that's us, spent months out there, and got what the real Cuba is about, stay up and you'll get the real story, this is only Havana!
CouchSurfingWorld 1 year ago
It's funny so many pple defending cuba..but i'm 100% sure none of u wud want to live there...lol
xplosivelilly 1 year ago
@xplosivelilly I have a Cuban friend. He lives in Cuba and likes it just fine. Not everyone thinks a BMW and a 1000 sq/m mansion equals success. Mother Teresa had not a penny to her name her entire life, yet she is one of the most successful people to have lived.
JonnyCashmore 10 months ago
Well it is obviously, that this documentary wan't to bring forth a really dark and negative image of Cuba, Fidel Castro, but most of all Communism ( socialism , or whatever they call it )
Cuba might not be a good place to live as he repeats, but for god sake,it is a poor country just like so many others where IT IS worser, and because its a communist regime and it turn its back to USA, or should i say Imperialism, dosn't mean that Cuba is as closed and dead as North Korea.
BlacKoffee1 1 year ago
Well it is obviously, that this documentary wan't to bring forth a really dark and negative image of Cuba, Fidel Castro, but most of all Communism ( socialism , or whatever they call it )
Cuba might not be a good place to live as he repeats, but for god sake,it is a poor country just like so many others where IT IS worser, and because its a communist regime and it turn its back to USA, or should i say Imperialism, dosn't mean that Cuba is as closed and dead as North Korea.
BlacKoffee1 1 year ago
@BlacKoffee1 well i dont find them too bad they have the highest rate of literacy of any country in north america and produce more doctors on average then probably most of the countries in the world
biofan45 1 year ago
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BlacKoffee1 1 year ago
what a load of bullsh*t. So, he wants a better Cuba etc and for that the embargo will have to end... I'll accept that. But, the Castro brothers somehow are the barrier stopping the US from ending the embargo? Are you on drugs?
Let's be serious. The reason Cuba is in such rough shape is because of us, or should I say U.S. We put the embargo on them, we are the ones funding the Cuban american supporters of the Batista dictatorship in Miami. We are the ones who supported that dictatorship.
bertrandriviere 1 year ago
I really would have liked it if the reporter would have told us exactly about Cuba's economic history. You know, pointed out exact economic policies that have/are hampering growth and how the US blockade has/is effecting Cuba's economy. A lot of the problems that Cuba has is found in many other countries that are capitalist and democratic. I mean just look at some of Cuba's neighbors.
I am not being pro or ani anything, but I like to have all the facts when analyzing things like this.
GGLebo23 1 year ago
A lot of shit talkers. Maybe they are on drugs themselves? This is real life shit and not only effects their country, but many other countries but most importantly, many individuals in a negative way.
Supernaught16 1 year ago
Obeying Holy law, personal relation ship with God, growing spiritually, is the ONLY way to escape JUDGEMENTY DAY. If u don’t have any of this you going to HELL.
Godcomingwithsword 1 year ago
Cuba trades with every other country in the world the US embargo is not the reason for their poverty! its the regimes!
virusjkl 1 year ago
at least Cuba isn't crime ridden, full of gangs and overcrowded prisons where the people have to walk the streets in fear like we do here in North America
pele17 1 year ago
@pele17 its worse than that,in Cuba you will be killed for a bike,or your cap,if you know what I mean?
Vikingotropical 1 year ago
@Vikingotropical Ive been there 3 times and I kno for a FACT its not like that at all you lying scum
pele17 1 year ago
@pele17 claro que no te enteras, a los comunistoides como tú les organizan la visita,los llevan a los lugares tranquilos y apacibles,les muestran una escuela modelo, un hospital como el CIMEX,los llevan a comer al Aljibe,etc etc, así que deja la muela y hablame en español, a los comunistas no se les permite hablar el idioma del imperialismo,tu sabes,por aquello del diversionismo ideológico;-)
Vikingotropical 1 year ago
@Vikingotropical Not true!
mysoulo 8 months ago
This dude is a fucking idiot. He should visit the rest of Latin America and realize the problem of poverty in Latin America isn't just in Cuba and that the socialist system isn't the only cause.
rhythmicspeech 1 year ago
I´m from Mexico, I just came back from Cuba (take a look at my videos), and that's not the Airport Terminal that I arrived/departure.... it's to sad to see that the fly's from the US arrive at this horrible terminal.
pacoworld 1 year ago
A revolution where you are forced to consume and by coca cola
ragatso666 1 year ago
Alas, here in the so-called 'Land of the Free' we are allowed to visit North Korea, but travel to Cuba violates the Trading With the Enemy Act.
boodistGeek 1 year ago
@boodistGeek No you can get special permission if you have family or if you are doing a volunteer mission. And it is much more difficult to travel to North Korea than it is to Cuba and much more dangerous.
rhythmicspeech 1 year ago
Vanguard, I'm disappointed. All of your other documentaries I've seen so far are fantastic, but this one is horribly biased. Show a scene of someone disagreeing with you, cut away and say "Yeah, right"? This episode also shows a failure to understand basic economics, ignores the effects of the US trade embargo, and passes off the wildly unsustainable luxuries we enjoy in the west as "basic necessities". Also, like police don't question punks who look "unusual" in your own damn country?
shokrone 1 year ago
American Embargo on Cuba has alot to do with this so the real Problem starts some where else
jamil316 1 year ago 4
maybe the cubans' should be mad at UN and USA for the embargo which causes them their hardships..... usa pulled that crap with iraq in the food for oil program which causes the deaths of around 500,000 children... economic terrorism by government and world government
TheBossing09 1 year ago 4
cuba is free... usa is not, it is the new nazi germany
TheBossing09 1 year ago
so biased.... they only have chicken? consider the fact that u get it for FREE! FREE education, FREE healthcare, guaranteed accommodation... and consider just for a second, that the embargo is not just cuba's fault but maybe also the fault of the countries that keep it under embargo due to ideological differences...
and as far as repression & political prisoners go, try and read some eyewitness accounts of being an anarchist or communist in America. not to say that cuba is a 100% all good but..
tanayko 1 year ago 2
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USA backed-up Batista=> 1 medicine school, Fidel=> 21 "free for everyone" medicine school (even for foreign countries students (im goin Cuba for MA too))
Batista=> baby-death %6, Fidel=> %.0.6
Batista=> people who know how to read-write around %70, Fidel=> %100
Batista=> 20 hospitals, Fidel=> 200 "free for everyone" hospitals.
FIDEL => No hunger, No unemployment, No homeless people... According to UNICEF malnutrition rate is %0
Wow. What'ta big tyranny that Revolution did. Ignorants...
Atalay 1 year ago
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ema93 1 year ago
The Cuban American National Association is a terrorist organization isn't it? Weren't they supporters of Luis Posada Carriles? He bombed a Cubanairliner in 1976. Why not do a documentary on the terrorists the Cuban American (Mafia) expatriots have sent out to harrass and kill Cubans? Cuba's communist healthcare system is at about the same level of quality as that of the United States. Vanguard has proven itself Right Wing Propaganda. Review Cuban life under Jewish Mafia and Batista.
kassandrasduplex 1 year ago 2
In the opening title sequences the correspondent mentions assassination attempts against Castro and flashes a picture of Kennedy. Absolute propaganda. It was the Eisenhower administration and Ike's chemical murderer Sidney Gottlieb who initiated those plans. Kennedy has always been blamed entirely for it.
kassandrasduplex 1 year ago
lol
For American Liberals, Communist Cuba will NEVER be wrong and will NEVER be criticized because all Cuban's problems are evil American's fault.
It is funny to see that American "free thinkers" choose to be indoctrinated by Castro just like American conservatives who are indoctrinated by neocon bullshit.
inferno0020 1 year ago
Cuba is not the last remaining Communist state in the Western Hemisphere... (as in the description for this video).
3OH5MIYAYO 1 year ago
The cuban people are a proud people. This video does little to highlight their victories. Its literacy rate, life expectancy and other measures of lifestyle were lightyears ahead of other countries in the so called "third world". The revolution failed, but not because it was socialism- it was because socialism never took off. Castro was too hard-headed in his pursuit of sugar for growth and eventually he became a slave to Soviet interests that ran counter to Cuban ones.
jonr7007 1 year ago 3
Socialist state* Also cuba is not a dictatorship its a grassroots democracy.
cary123 1 year ago
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Atalay 1 year ago
any1 know the song at the begining???
Matson2010 1 year ago
@Matson2010
The song at the beginning is a remix of "Bbelieve me" by Fort Minor.
Good luck, bud :P
smettiuss 1 year ago
Look at how things like health care run when its government controlled; theres an excellent example of government controlled health care here. Imagine a doctors office like the ice cream stand where people wait 3 hours for basic services. Thats the future of America with Obamas healthcare. I know some will say I'm wrong, but EVERY country with gov't controlled healtcare has people dying of cancer and other diseases that could be treated, but they have to wait 6 months to a year to be seen.
boogiechillen123 1 year ago
WTH this seemed interesting but this guy totally has no clue of the REAL CUBA and the reasons WHY its in the situation that its in.
cholorockabilly 1 year ago
This has been flagged as spam show
even worse than fox news.
vitormoura 1 year ago
Yea ignorant voters and the fact that corporations bank roll election campaigns and have the cash flow to harrass politians with thousands of lobbyists on a daily basis. No matter who u vote for, politians don't bite the hand that feeds them and you and I both know the american citizen isn't attached to that hand.
PyroHaven07 1 year ago
I dont dispute that there is political repression in cuban. But if the speaker of this mockumentary really wants to make it easier for cubans, why dont he ask his government to stop blocking the country?
bailattelo 1 year ago
cuba isnt communist. ...technically.
scm867 1 year ago
Pretty sure the average cuban makes more than $17, this seems like propaganda. Their GDP per capita is around $5000-$6000 a year
GGRSC 1 year ago
One last thing, that Jorge guy claiming he wants to buy his "dream home" in Havana, is the most superficial thing to say. The suburban houses of Havana were the biggest detriment to Cuban society, leading them to look to apartment and multiple-dwelling residences. Bringing the phony American Dream to this island will destroy it. Commenting on how there's no AC or that you have to drink in order to digest living in Havana. Pretentious bullshit! Vanguard, I am thoroughly disappointed.
BrokeredHeart 1 year ago 23
@BrokeredHeart
it is good to buy a house in cuba. it is so cheap!
malecon77 1 year ago
it is a double-edged sword for the Cubans - they see the life of possibility that immigrant Cubans to Miami have, but it could mean the downfall of the entire social structure. The captialist way of life in the 1940s was killing their country, with more foreign inhabitants and stockholders than actual Cuban investors. This was what the revolution was for, to act against the damages caused by the ever growing foreign market, and giving it right back to the people themselves.
BrokeredHeart 1 year ago
@BrokeredHeart Noone forced them to sell their land, they sold it to the foreigns because they were shortsighted and greedy.
If you REALLY want to bring up the "more foreign inhabitants" bullshit, check out California, essentially the Greece of America. I would say that Americans there are outnumbered by foreign invaders, and would win medals for understatement and redundancy at the same time!
EPGAH 1 year ago
@BrokeredHeart The problem wasn't "capitalism" its hilarious seeing all these socialists comment on how capitalism is evil like they know what they are talking about. Capitalism is the free exchange of goods, where is the evil there? Everyone is so obsessed with others making a profit from them, if you think they charge to much, in capitalism you go to someone else!
The problem is corrupt governments and people violating others natural rights, that and people making stupid choices.
Hashishin13 1 year ago
@Hashishin13 we aren't living in a pure capitalistic government its more of a fascistic capitalist country. To use your example if a pharmacutical company is changing too much if I change what I buy most likely won't cost too much cheaper because those companies are in league with each other to a point. If I try to get cheaper drugs from another country i.e. doing what one would do in a pure capitalistic country I could go to jail for it.
PyroHaven07 1 year ago
@Hashishin13 Those laws are finances by the very companies raping my wallet with their prices. It's like that across the board with every industry. Yes, capitialism works for those who are executives of major companies. And you can't deny that you can't argue that it's fact. Our government is own by these companies and have done their bidding for decades democrat and republican.
PyroHaven07 1 year ago
@PyroHaven07 This isn't capitalism this is a hybrid between socialism and fascism. The very basis of capitalism is a level playing field with government as the impartial arbiter. It is true that the US citizens have allowed their government to go to shit, but it isn't capitalism at fault, its lazy ignorant voters.
Hashishin13 1 year ago
This video is one sided? Is the destruction of Havana one sided? Just look at the living conditions of the average cuban and please STOP blaming the embargo. That is such an old cliche.
jblet 1 year ago
shame on you vanguard....this is so one sided,like when cnn reporting about palestin
teamsleepnine 1 year ago
What's the string music that plays at the end of this video?
dogout43 1 year ago
This is upright the most one-sided documentary ever, i couldnt go on without saying that.. I will admit that Cuba is in terrible shape economically, but if you take this documentary seriously you ought to study a bit of history and understand why this is the case.
truchito 1 year ago 3
The reporter is acting as though so many of those problems are unique to Cub and in fact most of it is totally unrelated.. Sweltering humidity??? Cuba is in the tropics!!! His bias is clear and his claims are sophomoric.
InsaneNuYawka 1 year ago 17
@InsaneNuYawka There is in fact a lot of humidity in Cuba.
wilfredotour2 1 year ago
I too, thought this was very one-sided. Aren't the economic issues in Cuban mostly due to the US embargo, and not the Cuban government? I've seen other documentaries that spoke fairly highly of the Cuba. Another thing that got to me was he immediately discredited the kids from the University speaking about the good things in Cuba, by saying they were just saying that so they wouldn't get in trouble. IMO, all that needs to be done is lifting the embargo, then things will start getting better.
ektrules 1 year ago 4
@ektrules actually no, the Cuba before Fidel was one of the most economically strong country in the western world, it was even called the "Caribbean Riviera" i do agree with the fact that the documentary is very one-sided but the truth is that it is the governments fault. Fidel sent soldiers to every home and took the gold and money of all families. no right to private property etc. however because the government took it all it is as rich as they come, but due to corruption the people are not
navyseal004 1 year ago
@navyseal004 But, there was no embargo before Fidel. Also, if things were so great before Fidel, why was there a revolution? They have no private property because they are communist; it's just a different way of doing things (not inherently bad). Considering we heavily trade with China, the embargo with Cuba just seems silly. If the embargo was lifted, I think things would start changing there; economically and politically.
ektrules 1 year ago
Some of those Cuban Girls are cute as Hell!!
airhab 1 year ago 3
this is some of the poorest reporting I have ever seen. It's mentioned in the comments below that the narrator is one-sided, definitely, but then he doesn't even let the people speak for themselves, or present any compelling personalities and stories. He refutes without merit what the Cubans say, for example the man talking about food prices, or the students at the university (who are guarded to talk sincerely because they're in a secured place). If you dont respect your subject, dont film them.
pizzicatoiv 1 year ago
lol 19:59, the dude was rappin the interveiw.
tehpizzaman 1 year ago
This is not just a very one-sided depiction of Cuba, it is also full of outright factual errors (or lies, I don't know if he just spoke without bothering to check, or if he is activly speading lies) to the point where I don't even know where to start. One example. Cuba does not refuse to import Coke, the US does not allow them to buy it. So they buy it from Mexican bottlers, and thus, Coke is plentiful. Tu Cola is just slightly cheaper. But Refresco Nacionale is my drink of preference.
RuleBritannia52 1 year ago 4
That was one arrogant a-hole in this story. He is a cuban in Miami and he says that his family gave up their house and now wants it back? He says this and it is not even clear whether the people living in that beach house, which was traded, even wants to sell it back. Then he walks by other big houses and says he wants to buy those. What about the people living there? That kind of arrogance is why we are hated.
It's like a saudi guy saying he wants to buy America, after leaving 50 years ago.
203207ab 1 year ago 4
This reporter clearly has a one sided view of things. Why didn't he talk about the previous history of Cuba before the Revolution which led to the reasons why Cubans distrust the USA? Also, if a few dozen teenagers or young adults get together in a park late at night, even in the USA do you think that would raise suspicion and people watching what's going on? Just my opinion...continued.
203207ab 1 year ago
Cuba: Communism Fail
mbenson2790 1 year ago
damn...and i thought the philippines sucked
fleek164 1 year ago
@fleek164 Trust me Cuba is way better then the Philippines.
airhab 1 year ago
go to washington DC...rich politicians and very poor communities...not much different
GeorgeCarlin69 1 year ago 3
I'm an American student who studied at the University of Havana from March-May 2009. I must applaud Vanguard for an extremely accurate representation of Habana. I've walked the Malecon with the Cubans by night and studied under a notable communist by day. Speaking with many of the youth, I saw a great sense of discontentment economically, but also a pride in being CUBAN. Regardless of the political or economic state of the country, they have an inexplicable spirit that is the essence of Cuba.
newbiegurl90 1 year ago 3
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bertyboy21 1 year ago
In the USA we have a similar system. Only difference is in USA we know the amount taken away from us and its name, the IRS(taxes). These taxes go to pay free education from 1st grade to the 12th and for other social services like food stamps and financial aid for college students like myself. Again, its not free..the government just takes away the money that belongs to them in exchange for services. In Cuba that price for service is too much and leads to corruption and ends in Castro's pocket.
elloco575 1 year ago
@elloco575 yeah, and in USA we have the power to vote, and vote out the shit heads that tax us too much. also, my financial aid comes from a private loan, not the gov't, we have that choice here, unlike in cuba, china, etc.. the public option is what makes places like the USA so great, and what makes places like cuba really really poor
mbenson2790 1 year ago
Education and Health in Cuba is not really "free". The GDP of Cuba per capita is around $9,500 yearly and a cuban doctor (who went to University for several years) barely makes around $250 us dollar yearly. That basically means that the government gets $9,250 us dollar yearly per person to provide services. That's where "free" education and other services come from, the government takes away their money without them knowing.
elloco575 1 year ago
As to a revolution to make things better, whether Cuba or Mexico, that won't happen as long as they can siphon off their malcontents to America...Cuba has made THEMSELVES America's enemy, not vice-versa!
There is no reason these Third World cesspools can't shape up, but as long as they can just dump off their impetus for change onto America, they won't!
Also look up the Mariel Boatlifts: Cuba emptied their PRISONS into America! Why should America be the penal colony for these ingrates?
EPGAH 1 year ago
@EPGAH Your ignorance knows no bounds
airhab 1 year ago
Great take.
Congratulations my friends
MrCarlosPanama 1 year ago 2
Ah I wasn't a tourist I lived there for two years
meleszenawi1111 1 year ago 2
Jorge, A job well done. Some editorial notes:
1-The Embargo, Blockade, are Fidelian terms to blame the U.S. for his failure.
2-Castro has the right to trade with the entire world Minus the U.S. who he has branded his enemy for 100yrs.
3- If castro's rev. is a triumph, why does he need his enemy the US to survive?
4-I don't know of any US naval blockade preventing the world entry into the port of havana bringing goods.
Qbendanny 1 year ago 2
Very very good.This is EXACTLY the way it is in Cuba.
Laverdadduele1 1 year ago 4
sad to see that this documentary is one of the few that is not biased and leans towards truth... very sad. Glad that it as at least one more.
4yall 1 year ago
@4yall - the Truth? you can't be serious. The reason Havana is falling into disrepair is because the newer generation is chasing the capitalist mirage. That young student who could contribute so much to his field is going to become a waiter, only so he can make more tips to buy more stuff that he couldn't possibly afford. The government sanctions work to various parts of the city and they have no one to step up. They want to keep their nationality AND live like kings, but they cannot have both.
BrokeredHeart 1 year ago