@miglondon The government in the Island has been making reforms that were long needed and there is some hope that things will get better, people are opening businesses, the government is giving land to farmers, people can now sell/buy houses same with cars.
In my personal opinion Cuba doesn't need a U.S like democracy because it will go from an Ok country to a BAD country, crime will rise like in Central and South America.
@miglondon hmm because who says it? I am currently studying and who knows what I have on my mind right? you certainly don't know, do you know if I will go back when I finish studying? I love my country and I know that things will get better, our leaders will make better decisions and and workers will again enjoy what they earn. I will go back to Cuba in a future and let me tell you something probably unlike you, I would give my life fighting for it.
Well Venezuela at the moment is poorer, dangerous, and more chaotic than never b4.
Carlos Rodolfo if u compare Cuba with other countries like Mexico, Chile, South Korea, Taiwan you will c a huge different, Cuba dont have any living conditions, huge state bureaus block ideas, dont supply or provide enoght goods, slow the progress or just STOP the progress. Cubans risk their lives trying to escape.
Communist and Socialist proof to be a completed failure.
@miglondon I strongly disagree with you in "Cuba dont have any living conditions" this is due to the fact that I was born in Cuba and lived there for 11 years. I am the son of a teacher and an engineer. I was never hungry I never lacked of any medical attention and i can assure to you that no other person in Cuba does. We are fed enough so we don't starve. And it is extremely rare to see a homeless person.
@miglondon I am 100% sure that we have better living conditions than the average Mexican, Colombian. Of course you probably haven't taken in mind that this countries that you mentioned are all friends of the U.S and obey their rules except Venezuela of course. We simply don't obey America's rules. Also, Cuba is not an example of failed Communism or Socialism, Cuba is an example of bad leadership and bad interpretation of Communism and Socialism.
@miglondon It is absurd to say that Cubans die trying to escape from its regime, this is because Cubans don't die trying to escape from its regime they die trying to immigrate, just like Mexicans die trying to immigrate and just like Colombians, Nicaraguans, Hondurans, Salvadorians and many more. But guess what? Cuba has a way lower quantity of people who immigrate. And this happens even though Cubans are giving advantages better than other immigrants when they reach the U.S.
@miglondon Give this other countries the advantages that are giving to my people when they reach the U.S and and they will overcome anything that they need in order to reach the U.S. Note that Cuba is only 90 miles away from the U.S. Before 1989 few people were opposed to its regime, this was because Cuba could export is goods to the Soviet Union and the Soviet nations did the same toward Cuba, but in the blink of an eye everything changed.
@quick81 go in live in Cuba....so far are not condition of living there, the society living in a constant fear and poverty. the intellectuals were the first to scream socialist with the socialist government and also the first to join to the exile because they lost their freedom to create, to ask questions, to debate and think different
they paid the price for not caving in to the world banking system. their future looks better than some of the eu contries. they can go organic with out monsanto breathing down their back like u.s. farmers .
they paid the price for not caving in to the world banking system. their future looks better than some of the eu contries. they can go organic with out monsanto breathing down their back like us farmers .
I was born in Guanabacoa. I am so grateful that I was able to leave that prison called Cuba. Fidel is a feudal Lord who owns all of Cuba. He leases and rents property to foreign investors and he lives like a King. Fidel is a mafioso capitalist. If his dictatorship didn't have an ideological foundation, he wouldn't have been able to deceive anyone.
in this was 2003, were the urban growing was about only 45% then today!!! overall cuba has grown very well, fuck usa's embargo ther behind time! long live cuba!
@wowthatpicturewacool Louis12346 is being sarcastic:) Because they want to own life. They want to own you and me. May be if we educate people of what GMOs are then they stop eating this poison. Patten on food needs to be illegal but that will not happen. So we as a people need to stop feeding them with money. Simply boycott everything GMO eat whole local food. It's a shame but I think 80% of people in the US have no Idea what GMO is
Everyone becomes dependent on someone. You would think they provide the best health care and education for it's citizens but they still suffer from the embargo. Let go the pride and up your political system to multiple parties. I'm sure the US is willing to talk. Open up the your one party system. Open yourself to open markets. It's your land no one is going to take it away from you.
If they open up the country to the Free market - every corporation with money - mainly in the USA will invest Billions in Cuba, effectively "taking away" the land from the local people, that's how it happens all over the world - just look at Africa, poor as anything, but "free" goverments isn't it? Where does all the minerals, oil and raw natural resources go? Back into Africa? Oh no, the Free market takes care of that. Long live Communist Cuba, everyone need not be the same.
Cuba has a higher life expectancy and lower infant mortality rate than the US. It has first world healthcare and education. Raul and Fidel Castro are the greatest leaders in the world.
Politics aside, this is a great example of resourcefulness. A large portion of this was made possible by the government's tolerance though. Will US Government be so understanding?
I am not saying the government is communist. I am saying that the behavior of the people to act outside of the state and take charge of their food supply is communist (communism being a stateless society.) There are many problems with Cuba's "socialism", but for the people of the US to throw ideological stones at them without fully understanding Cuba's history and culture is nonsense.
Actually, the greening of Cuba, the urban farms and people taking control of their food supply IS communist. Here in the US, most people do not grow or control their own food. They expect the stores to have food and trucks to ship it in. Cuba is not perfect, but neither is the United States. To judge Cuba based on US values or compare it culturally to the US is nonsense. Cuba will take care of itself. The US needs to mind its own business and clean its own house. Stop throwing stones.
It is not so simple to call it "communist," as there is state communism and anarchosyndalism, agro-communism, etc. The British planted victory gardens in the same manner into the 1950's, does that make them "communist?" Since many Cubans are also Americans, and since our cultures are so deeply linked in many ways, I find the lines you draw between both ideologies and nationalities to be lacking.
Necessity is the mother of invention. Most people do not know the extent of the oppression in Cuba. Many of my family members in Cuba will trade their farms and crops for the opportunity to go to the US. Most of us in the world take freedom for granted. Cubans cant gather, protest, vote, travel, or speak freely. All words are carefully measured and any hint of anti-Castro talk will lead to jail! In the US we are spoiled and in Cuba they are depraved. Balance is the key. Cuba Libre
Ah, the child of a Batista friend. Weren't things better when Cuba was our bitch and we raped it freely? I loved those days. P.S. Michelle Malkin is a dumb twat.
And what should they turn into? Is the US perfect? Do you know how safe it is to walk in the streets and how healthy the population is? No the system is not perfect, but believe me, I've never seen a happier more harmonized society than Cuba, poor they most certainly are - but they have evertying they need, by changing the system radically - it will stand a very good chance to be just another Haiti, look at the mess in Iraq.
I know I could walk through Havanna at 4 in the morning... However it is only safe because people are afraid of the ever visible police forces !!!
And are the Cubans really happy ??? First: They wouldn't tell an outsider whether they really are unhappy, because the suspect an agent... But if you get to know the people a bit better they will start to tell you about the every day problems they face in typical Cuban life... Tourists are treated like colonialists while Cuban people live on rations
All i hope for is the revolution brainwashing to stop and the Cuban's lives improve for the better...none of the US vs Cuban, socailism vs democracy shit..
You don't have a clue what you are talking about. You have never lived in Cuba and if you have traveled to Cuba you probably had € or £. The average Cuban earns less than 10 euros a month. People in Cuba are starving.
@icleaustria How do you know if I lived there or not? How do you know if I have not traveled there extensively? I let you know that I have also traveled Africa and S.East Asia extensively - and compared the the poorest countries in the world, Cuba is in a much better state. I know what they earn, that is not the point though - you dont see starving beggers on the streeet - what would you rather have? Another poor failed "African" Country?
Cubans earn so little and the prices in these open markets (plaza del mercado) are so high they can hardly afford to buy anything. Remember some people do not have dollars; they don't have family members living in the States.
@icleaustria No I do realise this, it's the terrible shame of Communism - and I hope for the sake of Cuba that their goverment will embrace a different economic policy in the future, perhaps a Chinese model with more freedom for it's citizens.
@icleaustria Point taken about the beggers - but what happens to them in jail? They dont get fed? The point is still that the poor man in Cuba is still better of than the poorest in the 50 poorest countries of the world. By giving these people a democracy like in Iraq will ultimately only lead to collapse and chaos for a generation.
Beautiful video... shows the reality of the city. what is surprise is how the country survive the years of special period.. i was one of them, i saw my mon, grandmother starve. I ate broil plantain 3 times a year... time was hard...
i don't know what you are talking about! you are obviously too ignorant to be expressing an opinion. Club sandwiches and BLT salad ? give me a break.. isn't that junk food?..i guess in the U.S they don't know the difference and you've been perhaps staying at a stable if you have been eating grass because there is plenty within the city and the country side is abundant with agricultural production. maybe you should eat your TV dinner and stay where you are.
Amigos de youtube, en estos momentos el blog GENERACION Y, hecho por cubanos desde Cuba, esta siendo saboteado por el castrismo, Yoani Sanchez, su creadora, hace 4 dias no escribe y no se sabe que pasa con ella, apoyemosla en youtube buscando "generacion Y "en el buscador y comentando sobre este sabotaje. Aparece en youtube una entrevista con yoani, hagamos comentarios para apoyar a esta muchacha tan valiente y la libertad de Cuba en ese video y en cualquier foro.VIVA CUBA LIBRE!!!
The topic is organic farming, in which respect Cuba is clearly miles ahead of the "developed" world. But this short documentary also demolishes many of the rightwing myths about the Cuban Revolution (look no further than YouTube for examples of Cuban exile propaganda).
Cubans are well-fed, independent, dignified and friendly towards foreigners. Their government is flexible and pragmatic, eg religious freedom, private enterprise.
I would like to know how they replaced ammonium nitrate and other petroleum and gas synthesized fertilizers. Ultimately, composted food scraps will not do it.
That topic is admittedly more involved than a twenty three minute video is intended to present.
Intercropping: planting complementary plants that help fix nitrogen to crop plants
green and animal manure: green manure is usually from crops such as alfalfa and other pulses that are high in nutrients that are planted one growing season before the crop for veggies, the green manure is then tilled into the crop
shading: shading keeps in moisture and makes nitrogen fixing microbes happy
US monoculture crops have a high yield per acre, but farms can be sustained indefinitely without commercial fertilizers. In part the soil is teaming with microorganisms in Cuba unlike the US where pesticides kills everything including naturally occuring nitrogen fixing bacteria and other crtters. We harvest over 50 gallons of worm castings from a small patch of our garden every year.
It is quite interesting this documental,but lamentally is old fashion in this moment, because everybody knows the problem in cuba in spite of having a good education. this kind of history is worn out. you should talk about another aspects and another topics. the world now is so turbulent and crazy, so many killed people etc, however Cuban people have not suffered this problem. Cuba is a big inercia and does not move in the time, but I think it is necesary.
so go to Cuba
miglondon 1 month ago
@miglondon The government in the Island has been making reforms that were long needed and there is some hope that things will get better, people are opening businesses, the government is giving land to farmers, people can now sell/buy houses same with cars.
In my personal opinion Cuba doesn't need a U.S like democracy because it will go from an Ok country to a BAD country, crime will rise like in Central and South America.
and many other reasons.
rodolfitocarlos420 1 month ago
@miglondon hmm because who says it? I am currently studying and who knows what I have on my mind right? you certainly don't know, do you know if I will go back when I finish studying? I love my country and I know that things will get better, our leaders will make better decisions and and workers will again enjoy what they earn. I will go back to Cuba in a future and let me tell you something probably unlike you, I would give my life fighting for it.
rodolfitocarlos420 1 month ago
Well Venezuela at the moment is poorer, dangerous, and more chaotic than never b4.
Carlos Rodolfo if u compare Cuba with other countries like Mexico, Chile, South Korea, Taiwan you will c a huge different, Cuba dont have any living conditions, huge state bureaus block ideas, dont supply or provide enoght goods, slow the progress or just STOP the progress. Cubans risk their lives trying to escape.
Communist and Socialist proof to be a completed failure.
miglondon 1 month ago
@miglondon I strongly disagree with you in "Cuba dont have any living conditions" this is due to the fact that I was born in Cuba and lived there for 11 years. I am the son of a teacher and an engineer. I was never hungry I never lacked of any medical attention and i can assure to you that no other person in Cuba does. We are fed enough so we don't starve. And it is extremely rare to see a homeless person.
rodolfitocarlos420 1 month ago
@miglondon I am 100% sure that we have better living conditions than the average Mexican, Colombian. Of course you probably haven't taken in mind that this countries that you mentioned are all friends of the U.S and obey their rules except Venezuela of course. We simply don't obey America's rules. Also, Cuba is not an example of failed Communism or Socialism, Cuba is an example of bad leadership and bad interpretation of Communism and Socialism.
rodolfitocarlos420 1 month ago
@miglondon It is absurd to say that Cubans die trying to escape from its regime, this is because Cubans don't die trying to escape from its regime they die trying to immigrate, just like Mexicans die trying to immigrate and just like Colombians, Nicaraguans, Hondurans, Salvadorians and many more. But guess what? Cuba has a way lower quantity of people who immigrate. And this happens even though Cubans are giving advantages better than other immigrants when they reach the U.S.
rodolfitocarlos420 1 month ago
@miglondon Give this other countries the advantages that are giving to my people when they reach the U.S and and they will overcome anything that they need in order to reach the U.S. Note that Cuba is only 90 miles away from the U.S. Before 1989 few people were opposed to its regime, this was because Cuba could export is goods to the Soviet Union and the Soviet nations did the same toward Cuba, but in the blink of an eye everything changed.
rodolfitocarlos420 1 month ago
@quick81 go in live in Cuba....so far are not condition of living there, the society living in a constant fear and poverty. the intellectuals were the first to scream socialist with the socialist government and also the first to join to the exile because they lost their freedom to create, to ask questions, to debate and think different
miglondon 5 months ago
@miglondon go live in a 3rd world capitalist country and tell me which one you prefer if your poor.
rodolfitocarlos420 1 month ago
@rodolfitocarlos420 Well i have been living in Venezuela and Colombia so far better than Venezuela
miglondon 1 month ago
@miglondon i mean so far better than cuba
miglondon 1 month ago
@miglondon So far better than Cuba? oh really? tell me how?
rodolfitocarlos420 1 month ago
@rodolfitocarlos420
also
If the Cars come from goverment Bureau?
Comnputers, new advance Technology, New Medical Research?
are thanks for the pursuit of individual glory.
those ideas didnt come from State Bureaus
miglondon 1 month ago
@rodolfitocarlos420 Venezuela is changing and i asked about cuba not venezuela
rodolfitocarlos420 1 month ago
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miglondon 1 month ago
"growing your own food is anti culture" can you believe what comes out of the mouths of bureaucrats
hobieslug45 7 months ago
they paid the price for not caving in to the world banking system. their future looks better than some of the eu contries. they can go organic with out monsanto breathing down their back like u.s. farmers .
hobieslug45 7 months ago
they paid the price for not caving in to the world banking system. their future looks better than some of the eu contries. they can go organic with out monsanto breathing down their back like us farmers .
hobieslug45 7 months ago
The best harvest is made by the most thankful hands. Imagine how much they loved this produce?
TheCrystalStormz 11 months ago
I was born in Guanabacoa. I am so grateful that I was able to leave that prison called Cuba. Fidel is a feudal Lord who owns all of Cuba. He leases and rents property to foreign investors and he lives like a King. Fidel is a mafioso capitalist. If his dictatorship didn't have an ideological foundation, he wouldn't have been able to deceive anyone.
icleaustria 1 year ago
fuck fidel viva posadacarrilesssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
MrGuanabacoa09 1 year ago
the revolution is good......but not for the imperialism,,,,,!!!!!!! Imperialism is the cancer of this planet!!!!!!!
proyectoguerrock 1 year ago 3
@proyectoguerrock fuck the revolution fuck castro viva usa
MrGuanabacoa09 1 year ago
Long live Cuba!
chsn09 1 year ago 3
@chsn09 fuck castro long live for usa
MrGuanabacoa09 1 year ago
@MrGuanabacoa09 Whatever
chsn09 1 year ago
We could learn a trick or two from those urban allotment gardens.
Here in the Netherlands we have "volkstuintjes" (basically allotment gardens) but we should really try to make the shift towards urban gardening.
AmersfoortTristan 1 year ago 4
in this was 2003, were the urban growing was about only 45% then today!!! overall cuba has grown very well, fuck usa's embargo ther behind time! long live cuba!
RedGunBullets 2 years ago 4
we need to move monsanto there , for the greater good
louis12346 2 years ago
@louis12346 whyy the fuck? monsanto ruins individual farmers. wipes them out and genetically modifies everything they grow.
wowthatpicturewacool 1 year ago 2
@wowthatpicturewacool Louis12346 is being sarcastic:) Because they want to own life. They want to own you and me. May be if we educate people of what GMOs are then they stop eating this poison. Patten on food needs to be illegal but that will not happen. So we as a people need to stop feeding them with money. Simply boycott everything GMO eat whole local food. It's a shame but I think 80% of people in the US have no Idea what GMO is
moneyend111 1 year ago
Long Live Cuba, long live a different Society.
Quick81 2 years ago 15
@Quick81 long live for usa fuck castro and the fuckin revolution
MrGuanabacoa09 1 year ago
viva la cuba
baron454 2 years ago 5
Everyone becomes dependent on someone. You would think they provide the best health care and education for it's citizens but they still suffer from the embargo. Let go the pride and up your political system to multiple parties. I'm sure the US is willing to talk. Open up the your one party system. Open yourself to open markets. It's your land no one is going to take it away from you.
koolmanlou 2 years ago
If they open up the country to the Free market - every corporation with money - mainly in the USA will invest Billions in Cuba, effectively "taking away" the land from the local people, that's how it happens all over the world - just look at Africa, poor as anything, but "free" goverments isn't it? Where does all the minerals, oil and raw natural resources go? Back into Africa? Oh no, the Free market takes care of that. Long live Communist Cuba, everyone need not be the same.
Quick81 2 years ago 5
man there is less diabetics in cuba than in the usa
vexingvampira 2 years ago
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--- Nelson Mandela
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--- Jean Paul Sartre
4Barbudos 2 years ago
Cuba has a higher life expectancy and lower infant mortality rate than the US. It has first world healthcare and education. Raul and Fidel Castro are the greatest leaders in the world.
BoxingApe 2 years ago
aghhrrr...shut up man what can you possibly know! This is what you know about Cuba
Cigars
Cigars
uhh..Raul and Fidel
shut up!
thebesternestoever 2 years ago
very nice..thank you.....tRINIDAD
undrcover4eva 2 years ago
en cuba no hay nada
el agua llega un dia y 3 no
BIG1sunlink101 3 years ago
todo esto no esiste todo se jodio no hay ni agua
obellono91 3 years ago
Long Live Cuba!
malaysianews 3 years ago
Politics aside, this is a great example of resourcefulness. A large portion of this was made possible by the government's tolerance though. Will US Government be so understanding?
lcbaudar 3 years ago
I am not saying the government is communist. I am saying that the behavior of the people to act outside of the state and take charge of their food supply is communist (communism being a stateless society.) There are many problems with Cuba's "socialism", but for the people of the US to throw ideological stones at them without fully understanding Cuba's history and culture is nonsense.
nothingnothing0 3 years ago
Actually, the greening of Cuba, the urban farms and people taking control of their food supply IS communist. Here in the US, most people do not grow or control their own food. They expect the stores to have food and trucks to ship it in. Cuba is not perfect, but neither is the United States. To judge Cuba based on US values or compare it culturally to the US is nonsense. Cuba will take care of itself. The US needs to mind its own business and clean its own house. Stop throwing stones.
nothingnothing0 3 years ago 2
It is not so simple to call it "communist," as there is state communism and anarchosyndalism, agro-communism, etc. The British planted victory gardens in the same manner into the 1950's, does that make them "communist?" Since many Cubans are also Americans, and since our cultures are so deeply linked in many ways, I find the lines you draw between both ideologies and nationalities to be lacking.
KoroOutbreak 3 years ago
All people in the Americas are Americans. That does NOT mean that there are no significant differences among them.
nothingnothing0 3 years ago
Necessity is the mother of invention. Most people do not know the extent of the oppression in Cuba. Many of my family members in Cuba will trade their farms and crops for the opportunity to go to the US. Most of us in the world take freedom for granted. Cubans cant gather, protest, vote, travel, or speak freely. All words are carefully measured and any hint of anti-Castro talk will lead to jail! In the US we are spoiled and in Cuba they are depraved. Balance is the key. Cuba Libre
IndependantCuban 3 years ago
Ah, the child of a Batista friend. Weren't things better when Cuba was our bitch and we raped it freely? I loved those days. P.S. Michelle Malkin is a dumb twat.
KoroOutbreak 3 years ago
I bet you think batista was a great guy
Ullbritt 2 years ago
And what should they turn into? Is the US perfect? Do you know how safe it is to walk in the streets and how healthy the population is? No the system is not perfect, but believe me, I've never seen a happier more harmonized society than Cuba, poor they most certainly are - but they have evertying they need, by changing the system radically - it will stand a very good chance to be just another Haiti, look at the mess in Iraq.
Quick81 2 years ago 21
I know I could walk through Havanna at 4 in the morning... However it is only safe because people are afraid of the ever visible police forces !!!
And are the Cubans really happy ??? First: They wouldn't tell an outsider whether they really are unhappy, because the suspect an agent... But if you get to know the people a bit better they will start to tell you about the every day problems they face in typical Cuban life... Tourists are treated like colonialists while Cuban people live on rations
NaturalBornHedonist 2 years ago
All i hope for is the revolution brainwashing to stop and the Cuban's lives improve for the better...none of the US vs Cuban, socailism vs democracy shit..
xplosivelilly 2 years ago
@Quick81
You don't have a clue what you are talking about. You have never lived in Cuba and if you have traveled to Cuba you probably had € or £. The average Cuban earns less than 10 euros a month. People in Cuba are starving.
icleaustria 1 year ago
@icleaustria How do you know if I lived there or not? How do you know if I have not traveled there extensively? I let you know that I have also traveled Africa and S.East Asia extensively - and compared the the poorest countries in the world, Cuba is in a much better state. I know what they earn, that is not the point though - you dont see starving beggers on the streeet - what would you rather have? Another poor failed "African" Country?
Quick81 1 year ago
@Quick81
Cubans earn so little and the prices in these open markets (plaza del mercado) are so high they can hardly afford to buy anything. Remember some people do not have dollars; they don't have family members living in the States.
icleaustria 1 year ago
@icleaustria No I do realise this, it's the terrible shame of Communism - and I hope for the sake of Cuba that their goverment will embrace a different economic policy in the future, perhaps a Chinese model with more freedom for it's citizens.
Quick81 1 year ago
@Quick81
Traveling as a tourist is one thing and living there is another. Beggers are arrested on the spot; thus, you don't see beggers on the street.
icleaustria 1 year ago
@icleaustria Point taken about the beggers - but what happens to them in jail? They dont get fed? The point is still that the poor man in Cuba is still better of than the poorest in the 50 poorest countries of the world. By giving these people a democracy like in Iraq will ultimately only lead to collapse and chaos for a generation.
Quick81 1 year ago
Beautiful video... shows the reality of the city. what is surprise is how the country survive the years of special period.. i was one of them, i saw my mon, grandmother starve. I ate broil plantain 3 times a year... time was hard...
mverdecia11 9 months ago in playlist Gardening and Farming
i don't know what you are talking about! you are obviously too ignorant to be expressing an opinion. Club sandwiches and BLT salad ? give me a break.. isn't that junk food?..i guess in the U.S they don't know the difference and you've been perhaps staying at a stable if you have been eating grass because there is plenty within the city and the country side is abundant with agricultural production. maybe you should eat your TV dinner and stay where you are.
sednaocean 3 years ago 4
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Amigos de youtube, en estos momentos el blog GENERACION Y, hecho por cubanos desde Cuba, esta siendo saboteado por el castrismo, Yoani Sanchez, su creadora, hace 4 dias no escribe y no se sabe que pasa con ella, apoyemosla en youtube buscando "generacion Y "en el buscador y comentando sobre este sabotaje. Aparece en youtube una entrevista con yoani, hagamos comentarios para apoyar a esta muchacha tan valiente y la libertad de Cuba en ese video y en cualquier foro.VIVA CUBA LIBRE!!!
iyamiami 3 years ago
Excellent video - thanks!
The topic is organic farming, in which respect Cuba is clearly miles ahead of the "developed" world. But this short documentary also demolishes many of the rightwing myths about the Cuban Revolution (look no further than YouTube for examples of Cuban exile propaganda).
Cubans are well-fed, independent, dignified and friendly towards foreigners. Their government is flexible and pragmatic, eg religious freedom, private enterprise.
Un otro mundo es posible!
londonscot1 3 years ago 2
I would like to know how they replaced ammonium nitrate and other petroleum and gas synthesized fertilizers. Ultimately, composted food scraps will not do it.
That topic is admittedly more involved than a twenty three minute video is intended to present.
789mark 4 years ago
organic farming is more productive than farming with synthetic fertilizers.
steinross 4 years ago 2
Thanks, but that does not answer my question
789mark 4 years ago
Intercropping: planting complementary plants that help fix nitrogen to crop plants
green and animal manure: green manure is usually from crops such as alfalfa and other pulses that are high in nutrients that are planted one growing season before the crop for veggies, the green manure is then tilled into the crop
shading: shading keeps in moisture and makes nitrogen fixing microbes happy
iborojev 3 years ago 2
US monoculture crops have a high yield per acre, but farms can be sustained indefinitely without commercial fertilizers. In part the soil is teaming with microorganisms in Cuba unlike the US where pesticides kills everything including naturally occuring nitrogen fixing bacteria and other crtters. We harvest over 50 gallons of worm castings from a small patch of our garden every year.
peterinbrat 2 years ago 3
With wheat & grain prices going bonkers Cuba would be smart to keep the veggies sprouting in the city and we'd be smart to follow suit.
CraftyZanTub 4 years ago 4
Cuba: the only country with sustainable development acording to the U.N.
Sovietrafa 4 years ago 5
thankyou for the video. This has made me more aware.
htrfdes 4 years ago 4
It is quite interesting this documental,but lamentally is old fashion in this moment, because everybody knows the problem in cuba in spite of having a good education. this kind of history is worn out. you should talk about another aspects and another topics. the world now is so turbulent and crazy, so many killed people etc, however Cuban people have not suffered this problem. Cuba is a big inercia and does not move in the time, but I think it is necesary.
malecon77 4 years ago
ceers i love cuba
TheGodfarther101 4 years ago 4
Amazing,i've alwats been drawn to Cuba.
Thanks once again.
razelma 4 years ago 2