Cuba before Castro - DOCUMENTARY
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- Our historical documentary series on the history of the Cold War continues with a video on the pre-revolutionary history of Cuba.
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A mistake in the video. We said that Castro was born to Cuban and Canadian parents. Should be "CANARIAN"
Canary Island are the islands taken by the Spanish in the fifteenth century to help in the voyages to America... Are nearer to Africa than Spain, and the culture of the islands is a strange mix between Spaniard and Latin American. David, good Spanish (also... very near of Cuban accent)
Hi. The image used of Rafael Trujillo at 13:17 is not his, but of his son, Ramfis Trujillo. It was an interview in 1961. You should check it. There is a dominican documental here in you tube called Ramfis Trujillo. El hijo del dictador. The video is shown there in the first minute, with the information about it.
4:22 That was Abu Ghraib in Iraq.
Wrong, too. His father was Galician
Nice one
What you forgot to mention is that most Cubans didn't benefit at all from the sugar boom after WW1 because they were de-facto slaves at the sugar fields.
There is a reason such details are considered " OH THAT ... lets leave that part out ... "
@@jameskennedy721forever leaving out the facts
"Cuba is land of Sugar and as rum is made from sugar, Cuba is also a land of Rum. Which also makes taking a toothbrush a must."
That sounds like Douglas Adams, though it probably isn't
Gustavo Octavio deCampos most struggle to get anything
Bacardi🤘
Cuba was the land of by he slave trade triangle then... and that is the arrangement the U.S. didnt like Castro ending... ijs
@@kpw84u2
The triangular trade
The triangular slave trade brought vast wealth to British ports and merchants but conditions were horrific. Slaves were moved on the ‘Middle Passage’ of the triangular trade route. Many did not survive.
www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zqv7hyc/revision/3
-Soldiers are paid to fight; the rebels aren't.
-What does that tell you?
-They could win.
Godfather?
😉😁😁😀😀
@@anonymousanonymous9370 one of my favorite movies. Presidents and senators don't have people killed! The 😉
We will not let them into the casinos! 😉 I have heard that Casro tried out for the NY Yankees Imagine if he made it!
My grandfather, John Cooke, was a Spanish-American War naval veteran, 1898-1904, but didn't
participate in the liberation of Cuba. He, instead, was on the USS Monongahela & sailed to
the Pacific where he visited Hawaii,which was annexed in 1898 & later participated in
"The Boxer Rebellion" in 1900! I'm 75 myself, so it was interesting getting this info, first hand!
Amazing! Such titanic events.
He had an interesting life , no doubt . But Hawaii was not " annexed . " It was taken over by force . The Hawaiian people had their own government , and did not want to be taken over and forced into servitude . Neither did the Phillipinos , nor the Chinese , nor the Vietnamese (when French warships sailed into their harbors with cannons firing . )
@@jameskennedy721 I think most red blooded Americans would be in favor of getting rid of Hawaii now that’s two socialist votes gone from the Senate.
Nice dude, grandpa was a running dog for US imperialism
"Liberation of Cuba" lol
~ December 31st, 1958 ~ a vacation with my parents from the cold of Omaha Nebraska, flying our small Cessna 182 Skylane to Miami. A short ride to Key West In a Hertz Ford, and across to HABANA CUBA by car ferry. HQ @ the Riviera Hotel we witnessed Batista fleeing overnight to Miami. The following Morning
January 1st, 1959 the Fidelistas had come down from the mountains & were advancing toward Habana.
Somehow, my Dad got 3 tickets on American Airlines to Miami, where we picked up our little plane & flew home to Omaha. ~ Meanwhile the Cuban revolution had begun.~ my part in history was complete.
Wow, a pivotal moment in time. Kudos to your pop for being observant and quick thinking.
I thought Batista fled to the Dominican Republic.
lol he was denied entry to the US. Good story though.
I live in Dominican Republic, we literally are besides Cuba and most of our history books just basically ignores most of the Cold War (or heck, WW 1 and most of WW 2), and I understand local story is important, especially since we had a dictatorship, thanks due USA/CIA interfering. But come one, we had a neighbor island literally next to use with a freaking Nuke, that is worth of at least mentioned
Well looks like my weekend has started .
It was interesting seeing the childhood photo of Justin Trudeau's father. Cheers from Canada.
Hahaha. Also Canadian.
I guess Justin is following at his father's footsteps.
I’ve heard this joke before about Fidel being Trudeaus father but I don’t see even the slightest likeness? Am I missing something
@@sirsurnamethefirstofhisnam7986 just Google the side by side comparison of them as young men.
Michael Fodor just two white dudes with feminine faces they’re interchangeable with half the guys in my city I don’t see a resemblance?
In Spain, Cuba was known as "the jewel of the empire". A lot of spaniards went to Cuba when the island was part of Spain, and became rich making business there. It was way better than some regions of Spain back in 1900.
@@joshuacondell1686 exactly
@@joshuacondell1686 But Cuba was wealthy, thanks to tobacco, rum, sugar, and coffee plantations.
@Atlas aït Amazal The problem was that Cuba and the Philippines hadnt the same category as the spanish provinces had in the Parliament. They werent reresented. (Something like Puerto Rico today). So, they were like colonies. But Spain banned slavery at this point.
@Atlas aït Amazal Well, thats was XIX century mentality. Didnt the americans treated cubans and philiphineans worst?
Emilio Aguinaldo, the first president of The Philippines, was ashamed and regretful of helping the americans against Spain, because they treated them worse.
And Im not gonna start telling you the atrocities of the French, Belgians, Germans, British... On their colonies. Hell, even the anglos tried to starve people of Bengala back in ww2.
But I guess the spaniards are always the ruthless bad guys...
@@joshuacondell1686 Unfortunately, I dont know the answer of those two questions. Maybe trough Africa?
The 1920s portion was rushing things. The visuals on the screen were all from the 1950s, and it's premature to say this is when American organized crime became significant, because that really took off after Batista took over in 1952. American tourists in the '20s were mostly interested in liquor, which was legal in Cuba but illegal in the US during Prohibition, and this wasn't mentioned.
The U.S. also took Guam from Spain.
Good
@@NoNo-rz1fq ok, Nard
Spain stole Guam from the native....
What about Hawaii ?
@@FC-hj9ub
European colonialists were real thieves and land robbers plus with others aberrants moral behavior issues .
“Have oppressed the bell button”
I see what you did there
If one in three Cubans lived in poverty, then doesn't that mean that two in three did not?
A Cuban Las Vegas is the most accurate descriptor of Cuba 1920-1950’s
Hog wash. Cuba is larger than the entire state of Florida. One (1) hotel operated by Meyer Lansky and his mafia friends is an exaggeration for such a statement. That was a held hostage to communist propaganda statement.
@@mayito714 This is historical revisionism. The mob rule of havana is well documented
@@JohnDoe-zb5mt Well documented from the liberals' exclusive educational source on pre-Castro Cuba; The movie, "Godfather II".
@@mayito714 There are tons of books written about the mafias control of Havana. They literally wanted to make Havana a base from which they could operate, thats why there was a mob conference in cuba with several mob families. You have literally no basis for your completely ahistorical claim.
@@JohnDoe-zb5mt They owned a Casino in Havana. They paid Batista and his military rent money in order to operate there. They controlled nothing except the profits they made after paying rent. The "control" aspect is nothing more than "Pravda" style propaganda. Same military, different dictator, ran them out of town when not needed any longer. What kind of control does that show you they had? They left because they couldn't agree on the new rent arrangements.
So glad I found you! It’s like my own private history class lol I appreciate your narration style and all you put into your videos. Documentaries and written materials have been my teachers for years as I did not go to high school but have a thirst for knowledge (particularly history) Even though some comments have accused you of dumbing things down or speaking to “us” like children, I’m glad your videos are void of ego and attitude of the smartest guy in the room (even though I’m sure you often are lol) you’re a great teacher and I can tell you love to share and spread your knowledge. Blessings to you and thanks again❤️
Can you do a video on the USSR's alleged ties to the IRA/INLA, or just a general video about the Troubles in the context of the Cold War?
Not really alleged.
The IRA did receive support from the USSR because the IRA was based
@@citizenfoffie7605 It wasn't like a lot of support though and it waxed and waned quite a bit, most of the time it was just a bit of weapons shipments I think?
I know the IRA had close connections with Gaddafi's Libya .
"Politically Woke Student Movement"
Now where did I heard that?
Basically an irl chapo
They got eliminated by the Communist revolutionaries. You hate to see it.
BLM and Antifa in a nutshell, also the Democrats😂😂😂
@@pepeokatze well, America is screwed then, unless they got it right like they promise when they say "no other countries ever applicated real communism, don't worry we'll make it right this time in the US" lol
@@jaybird5885 keep baiing commie 😂😂 next you gonna be sawd :((( and then burn a few shops but thats ok since youre antifa :(((((
cuba was in such a dire state before the badly needed revolution. The conditions were terrible, while the country to this day is poor, paint is chipping and so on. You dont see people living in the streets, begging or prostituting themselves. Prostitution was one of the biggest industries in Havana prior to the socialist revolution
Prostitution still an industry in Cuba. It just changed the business card. People do sleep on the streets, and more
@@darielrodriguez6984 cuba has less hunager and homelessness percapita than the US does and cuba is a deeply economically deprived nation. The fact they were able to achieve this and be above the US says a lot about how well capitalism works for the average person
Yes, today life is so much better despite the fact that it costs a year’s salary to get across the island, the capital is dilapidated, and you can’t speak out against the regime
@@AngryCenturion576 you can tho. I think youve been watching too much youtube videos and bullshit media. There are anti communists that are in the countries "parliament" for lack of a better word and the communist party is forbidden to endorse people or participate in elections. Cuba is under illegal embargo and has been economically strangled since the revolution. If the illegal embargo didnt exist they would be a lot better off and significantly wealthier. Youre completely ignorant to the material conditions surrounding cuba and completely ignorant to the root cause of these issues. The US is the biggest exporter of terror and fascism in the world
The US was fine with a dictatorship in Cuba as long as it was one they armed and financed . The freedom and prosperity of Cuban citizens never mattered to the US government . The profits of US sugar companies and Mafia goons like Trafficante were considered - at that time - of far more importance than the freedom of a bunch of poor farmers . But that story is never explained to high school students in the US .
So put in a government of total control . A country that controls you totally . George Orwell.
@@peterb2325 more like a government that raised everybodys wages, provided free healthcare and lifted millions out of poverty. theres a reason the vast majority of cubans support their government.
@@monkey363 in what fucking planet do you live?
They were SO fine with Batista that they put an EMBARGO on weapons sales to his government at the request made by then rebel leader Fidel Castro in 1957...I'm from Cuba by the way...yeah, they were totally backing Batista, right?speaking of facts not taught in school I bet you didn't know that one...oh and please don't bring up Kennedy's statement, ofcourse he was gonna blame the rise of Batista on the former REPUBLICAN administration him being a Democrat running for president, he would knock Eisenhower for "allowing "Batista, but then abandoned the 2506 Brigade (Cuban exiles Bay of Pigs invasion) at the last minute and pulled out of the plans,thus "allowing " the regime to stay up until today...
@@rocadezona85 If you think the US govt ever cared about the average ( poor ) citizen of Cuba - from 1921 to 2021 - you need to find a history book .
Hi man, I’m a huge follower of this channel since I’m from Cuba and my family witnessed the Cold War in the flesh, some of my uncles and grandpa were directly involved in several military conflicts like The missile crisis, Nicaragua, Angola, and some more shady guerrillas in Colombia and Venezuela. Even some involvement of Cuban troops in the Syrian side during the Israeli-Arabs conflicts.
I will love to highlight with all respect some important details you missed in this video:
1. AMERICA didn’t got involved by “accident” in a war with Spain. It was an internal sabotage of the Maine armored cruiser. Spain didn’t wanted nor had the possibilities to fight against a young powerful America and win. It was just and excuse to get hands on the back then strategic Cuba. This dates back to the Monroe Doctrine, and the historical momentum lived in Cuba during the liberations wars.
2. America did not crushed or destroyed the Spanish troops. Cuban Mambí already has that part done, and in 1898, the last territories controlled or defended by Spain, were about to fell down. Actually that the only part Americans landed and didn’t allowed Cuban troops to enter. It was a real robbery. Cubans fought for more than 3 years in their 3rd campaign against spain just to be robbed by Americans with this intervention. It goes deeper but TH-cam comments can take only this much.
3. They Cuban leadership didn’t payed any roll cause this surrender ceremony took place on Paris, and Cubans were not allowed to assist. The matter was treated as a mere property sale. Cuba from spain to America.
Thank you for the feedback; We did a very high level look at early 20th Century Cuba. A whole youtube series could be done on it, to be honest, including an indepth look at the three liberation wars the Cubans fought against Spain. Given the scope of what we are doing, we don't have time to get into detail on that aspect of Cuban history.
The Cold War Thanks for your reply. Honestly I wasn’t expecting this amount of details on your videos, I’m really surprised to be honest of the amount of information you provided, and all correct. But since 1860 and around, America was trying to get hands on Cuba, and the intervention on 1898, played a major roll in the history making Castro pick the Soviet side on the Cold War. This highly influenced and indoctrinated him into a hatred state towards America during his whole life.
I think the difference in view on US involvement in Cuba against Spain comes down to popular opinion in the US vs what business and political elites wanted. Much of the 19th Century policy in the US had been based around the idea of non-involvement in foreign affairs, which was well steeped in the public mind (wars against Mexico didn't count because of Manifest Destiny and all that, after all). However, with the settling of the West largely wrapping up by that time, new avenues of expansionism were desired. But the US needed a reason so that it wouldn't cross public opinion. Humanitarianism just happened to be it, with the accidental sinking of the Maine proving a catalyst.
The Cold War You didn’t have time? Are you aiming for accuracy or not? That is not a small detail, it basically explains everything that happened afterward (meaning the American takeover of Cuba and having it as a virtual colony). Also, how are we supposed to trust everything that you do in other videos? I’m interested in Cuban history, I’ve read a lot of what happened before, during and after the Spanish American war so I’ve also noticed how you framed the “accidental” American intervention. I do not know that much about other topics that you cover in your channel so I trust that you are being very diligent in studying the source material and presenting your facts. But it all depends if you have time or not? Is that what you’re saying...?
Hi Daniel. There is no proof that the explosion of the Maine was an internal sabotage. Everything points to an accident.
Although we (in Cuba) were told since kids that the explosion was a sabotage, in the later years of Castro's life even the government accepted the accident thesis.
Fidel Castro's mother was not Canadian. She was Canarian.
What the fuck is that 🤷🏽♂️
@@feddi7693 Spanish
@@Lando-kx6so 👌🏽
Wasn't that his father and he was a bastard
Fidel Castro's mother was Cuban. His father was Galician. Check your facts.
Are you suggesting Bender Bending Rodriguez time traveled fo Cuba to start a casino?
We're not NOT suggesting it... :D
@@TheColdWarTV I get it, right after killing Hitler
Good documentary, complete and detailed.
If you need the subtitles in Spanish I can help you.
Copacabana Intensifies.
I always wanted to help with that too
they should translate all their videos to spanish there is so little about this subjetect
I find it laking, that u dont talk about all the violant oppression before the revolution. The daily rapes, torture and murders. Also the crippling poverty of the masses...
Because it isnt true! Cuba was one of the best economies of the time! There were no rapes, yes there was a dictatorship but what they told you its communist propaganda, dont trust the commies please
I AM FROM LATIN AMERICA AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT THE COMMIES ARE THE WORST THING THAT THERE IS, but sadly they are everywhere
Find an actual Cuban who had to flee Castro's bullshit revolution and see what their take on "pre-revolutionary atrocities." No one has done more for the destruction of Cuba than Fidel Castro.
@@Julian_TheApostate The gusanos that fled to miami are typically white plantation owners who are pissed they didnt get to keep their apartheid system. You'd have people think its a coincidence they are basically the worst fascists you can dig up in the US, next to contra-affilliated nicaraguans and whites nostalgic for the confederacy
@@Julian_TheApostate complete nonsense. Say what you want about Cuba's substantial political repression but its standards in healthcare, home ownership, calories intake and education are much better than almost all of Latin America despite the US embargo. Keep drinking your neoliberal cool aid.
@@kevincastillomorales4858 total crap. It was a great place to be a wealthy plantation owner or American mobster or business owner. The revolution, its ills and its benefits, was a product of the dictatorship and American imperialism. Capitalist dictatorships fall because of people like you with your heads in the sand lmao.
"..significant role in battle of Caribbean"
okay you had my head in a spin for a second there lul
To say that 1 in 3 Cubans lived in poverty while Batista was President of Cuba is objectively true, but the same was in true in the United States at that time. Europe was devastated, and while Britain and European colonial powers had relatively affluent societies, their colonial populations were largely destitute. Economically Cuba compares well to most of the world at that time.
Not anymore. Since the Communists took over, Cuba has been an economic basket case. ;-)
Back then there were people in Cuba who couldn't even get healthcare because they couldn't afford it. Now people might not be rich, but they all get what they need.
When you said the American people's concerns about Cuba, was that sarcasm. I remember what my father told me about governments, the educated know what is good for the people they should not think but believe what they're told. Cuba has been an instrument of use from its beginnings with Spain, Fulgencio Batista ( U. S. government approved dictator ) to the self-righteous Fidel Castro. My father was right about the educated people aforementioned above. Freedom is a bait word.
Few words are more propagandized than "freedom".
communist
@@Abby-jl1zb No, Anarchist!
Will you do about tibet uprising and taiwan strait crisis in detail or you enough from these topics since sino soviet split episode
I visited Cuba in 2016 and the Soviet influence is quite profound there. What a beautiful country and beautiful people. The embargo is stupid as fuck in 2020
There is no embargo on any private company in Cuba.
@@matthewartiles3179 don't feed the Cuban government trolls.
After Castro's Communist revolution ,Cuba became frozen in time. People drove around in 1950s cars for years . Never heard of anybody fleeing a Western country to get to Cuba but many over the decades took desperate measures to try and flee Cuba and get to the US
Mexico, Haiti, Honduras, Nicarágua...all of them have much higher immigration to the US than Cuba. And they're all capitalist.
love the part "Esta es la guerra fria" hahahaha
Still waiting for the Worker's paradiso in Cubana...
Still waiting for capitalist paradise in Haiti
That line caught my attention also
Would you rather live in Cuba or Puerto Rico?
Silmarrillion123
You mean the two countries with the biggest suicide rate due to overwork?
Silmarrillion123
Boy that escalated quickly
Hi. The image used of Rafael Trujillo at 13:17 is not his, but of his son, Ramfis Trujillo. It was an interview in 1961. You should check it. There is a dominican documental here in you tube called Ramfis Trujillo. El hijo del dictador.
Best cold war history channel in whole of youtube
My great grandfather negotiated the Transfer of Power between the US and Cuba, and was Cuba's first foreign minister. Your depiction of Tomas Estrada de la Palma of having rigged an election does not sit with what I have been told. I was told that de la Palma was a non political scholar of blameless reputation. He was not prepared for all the corruption that ensued in after independence. He was so politically naive that he did not realize what was going on about him. At the end, he was broke, and my grandfather, who, in disgust, had resigned his two cabinet positions ( state and justice ). had to buy de la Palma a train ticket back to Cardenas. That is what I have been told. It may be that I was given a whopper, as people are wont to do, to make us look good.
When he broke out the Spanish I said, “wow ok let’s go!”
11:34 - 11:56
68 years later, bordering the same Caribbean Sea, that's the script Juan Guaidó is trying to follow on Venezuela (but failing so far): his party lost the election and he is attempting a coup supported by the US.
stfu
When your country is a starving socialist narcodictatorship, and your people have to leave their country because there is literally nothing to eat, or affordable, while your president acts like a banana dictator and living like a rich, I think every action is justified.
When venezuelans in Spain told me stories about their country, its like fucking hell on Earth. Venezuelan people need help, and Maduro must be overthrown, so democracy can be restored again in the country.
@@counterfan90 sure... democracy...
My mom is from Cuba. She was visiting. Her nephews asked how was Cuba before the revolution? She didn't paint a very nice picture of her life.
David, will you do an episode on the Angolan 🇦🇴 Civil War? I’m really interesting in learning about that! 🙂
Absolutely, although it is still a ways off in the chronology. Angola is a fascinating subject in the Cold War, and really, one of the best examples of how the proxy wars were fought.
The Cold War Cool! 😎 Although, I have to ask, why are some of your videos seemingly NOT in chronological order? 🤔
We don't maintain a strict chronology, but do try to keep within touching distance of an advancing timeline...For us to jump ahead into the 70s at this point wouldn't make sense as we haven't even passed the Cuban Missile Crisis, for example
The Cold War 👍
You know I saw what you did there. Still watch every episode and love the show and I’ve changed my view the narration isn’t like you’re speaking to us like children more just trying to find a way to appeal to as many audiences as possible and I can also respect the fact you’re probably one of the only people that can be talking about as serious and sometimes horrible things of history that you do yet find ways to crack the whackest puns of all time.
Here come the puns
Here come the puns
I think this was this video's introduction was the best one you 've made so far!
Bro, your pronunciation skills are insane lad! How many languages do you know mate? Just talent, pure talent
You said Cuba was doing well, but you should have said that _Havana_ was doing well. The rest of the country, and especially the countryside, was in terrible conditions. Most of the population couldn't even read.
Wrong. Cuba has one of the highest literacy rates
@@justinparker7902 Yeah. Higher than 70% even though the elder generations were born during the colonial era
THIS COMENTATOR IS REPEATING THE SAME TEXT
LIKE A MAGNETOPHONE.
GO TO THE ONU,AND ANY
OTHER POLITICAL AND ECO
NOMIC INSTITUTION AND SEE THAT CUBA WAS IN ALL OF THEM ,FIRST,SECOND OR THIRD. IN THE 50S CUBA WAS
RICHER THAN SPAIN,PORTUGAL OR ITALY.
IN THEP 50S JUST A HANDGULL OF CUBAN DESI
REF TO BUY FIAT,RENAULT
PEUGEOT OR EVEN MERCEDES. V W ,WAS AL
MOST A TOY ,A KID 4
WLHEL CART. GASOLINE,
33 CENTS A GALON.
GASOLINE OPRATOR AND ATTNDANT HATED THOSE
SMALL CAR OWNERS BECAUSE THEY SAW THEN
AS ECOMIC MEANING.
KEDS AND CONVERSE SHOES
WERE USED BY POOR PEOPLE
WHO USUALLY DID NOT WASH THEIR FEET EVERYDAY
IN CONSEQUENCE ,ODOR WAS UNBEARABLE.
THERE WAS A CUBAN THAT
YOU AND OTHET MILLIONS
DO NOT WANT TO KNOW.
YOU LIKE PRESENT CUBA.
ENJOY IT
Absolutely, the only people who were doing well were the rich farmers who scammed every poor Cuban, pretty much makes half the people during the Cuban migration to Florida.
Cuba had a literacy rate of 77 percent, and slowly growing as almost every child was attending school. Cuba was also the fifth richest country in the Americas. What the hell are you talking about.
I'm 22 years old so I can tell you you're not getting old, 'mad bank' is just a bizarre phrase.
Great video as usual btw
Some Americans are quite defensive in the comments. Hearing Uncle Sam be one of the bad guys breaks their illusion.
They refuse to accept that US foreign policy either directly or indirectly contributed the rise of authoritarians in Latin America and the Middle East
By the way , a video on Mission Critical would be nice! Anyways loved the video , and I learnt something about the Cold War that I never knew before everytime I watch your videos. Keep up the good work!
I can imagine that tony Montana was thriving in the criminal underworld before Castro took over and would later release him amongst other criminals alongside the refugees fleeing cuba to the United states to make himself look good.
Actually it was the Santos Traficante family from Tampa that had strong influence in Cuba..
You guys have been incredibly fair and even handed through the series so far, a lot of work no doubt. All my grandparents fled their native homes in Cuba after the revolution, and had been unwilling to talk leaving just one, my abuela Lina. As you guys play out the timeline I hope to use what you’re disseminating to help me ask an informative interview. PEOPLE, your family has lived through massive events in their own time. Gain their first hand accounts, and record a conversation.
For the people talking about Cuba being good before the revolution. Yes, for the very rich is was great. However, there were also people who couldn't even afford things like healthcare and other necessities. After the revolution, the poor who previously had nothing, had everything they needed provided to them. Living standards for regular people improved. And now Cuba helps poor people in other countries by sending doctors and in the 1970s and 80s even sent soldiers to help with liberation movements in Africa. And Cuba made all these achievements with an embargo by the US and constant attacks from the CIA. So yes, Fidel Castro was a hero who made the world a better place.
Check your facts and verify per-capita income. Top three in Latin America. Net intake of European Immigrants. Dont be a Clown.
If Batista never took over, Cuba would have been pretty successful by itself. Therefore I would have lived and worked in Havana,Cuba where I was born and my family came from. I would have visited NYC where my father's father visited back in the 1920s.
You americans have very strange definitions on who's white and who's not.
As a graduate student studying Latin American history, these kind of videos infuriate me. per usual, when it comes to latin american history, US historical narratives are misleading or incomplete. this video fails to provide more important context on the historical role of the US in latin america as a whole and Cuba in particular. in other parts it omits key information. i can’t even begin to list them.
Please do
@@JamesGibbons currently focusing on my oral exams this month but will try to get to it afterwards.
@@JamesGibbons Exactly. Get ready for the woke argument.
Another great documentary, fascinating to learn about the history of a country halfway across the globe.
Side note: Does anyone know the ending music? It sounds part motivating, part sombre.
Edit: the music is *Heroes will fall*
@Águila701 neither. I'm from Malaysia :) fun fact: 30% of Malaysian population are ethnically chinese. Edit: Where are you from?
六月四日 天安门广场大屠杀
@@MarkWTK i thoguht malaysia was a islamic country?
DOCUMENTARY FULL OF LIES --COMMUNISTS DESTROY MOST BEAUTIFUL PROSPEROUS COUNTRY ---CUBA
As I understand, the direct objective of the war, for most politicians who initially supported it, was establishing an American empire. In that light, it's not weird at all that the Cubans weren't present in their own peace resolution. It wasn't a liberation-it was a handover.
So they named their movement 'the movement'
thats some critical ass thinking.
It was called the 26 of july movement after a failed coup led by castro
So “The Movement” is A Movement ?
@@Mana-xd2tp yes it was a movement named the movement.
@@atmshuvo44 Remember the band called The Band?
Do one about Puerto Rico! 🇵🇷
Just curious what the source is for the Canadian relation of his ancestry. Sited around the 13:00 min. Mark. Would really appreciate it, thanks
It's a mistake is our script, actually that didn't get picked up until you pointed it out! Fidel's mother was from the Canary Islands, making her a "Canarian". Our apologies for the error!
It's because he's Justin Trudeau's father.
Kalen Wilson lol no
The Cold War is ok happens
“our hero batista” what?? do you even know what you’re talking about? that man murdered/executed over twenty thousand people for simply intervening with him.
Yeah. Fidel never executed no one... Cuba must be utopia now right? The people are truly free... Why else would they emigrate then? No mass migration during Batista right? Cuban revolution is truly a complete failure..!!! At least for its own people!!!
Since when the US needed an excuse to invade or declare war ?
A rather notorious record for such young country.
No hate, just pointing a fact.
Pearl Harbor
TLDW: It was America's fault. Nobody at all surprised.
*Insert surprised Pikachu face*
@@adamradziwill Cuba was fu***up by the US before the USSR.
@@adamradziwill We are so lucky. It's so much better to be poor or dead in dictature.
@@adamradziwill It's still 1953 inside your head, isn't it?😂😂😂
Cuba: becomes communist in the late 50s with the US right next door
US: reacts with hostility
Cuba: suprised pikachu face
Nice video
It’s really cool how David said “esta es la guerra fria”
note the first intervention at 5:48 was short and sweet and not the extended Wilsonian occupation.
ahhhhhhh im loving this tropico vibe intro :D :D :D :D
Imagine a world in which the United States just minded their own damn business
As unsavory as US involvement in international affairs has been in many cases, a world with a totally isolationinst US would be far bloodier and unstable. Sad but true.
@@kchall5 which country could match America's bloodshed?
@@stefanlangenhoven78 Without America's global deterrence, plenty. War between Western Europe and the USSR would have been a sure thing. And let's not forget about China, either.
@@kchall5 Ah yes, China, the country that hasn't been to war in decades and has overthrown 0 governments compared to America's multiple dozen coups.
@@KomradeKlonopin Ah yes, China, the country that has border disputes with 17 of its neighbors and is currently economically colonizing the rest of the world.
Hum. You should have mention the participation of Castro in protest in Colombia when the assasination of presidential candidate Gaitán. He was there invated as a member of a university organization.
You make a video about Turkey before 1960 coup, can you also make a video about what happened during and after the coup?
As a Cuban who moved country at an early age I find this informative
Cuba is not Spanish because they didn't get independence from Spain
Sounds a lot like Puerto Rico except for any sense of freedom lol very well made documentary
Didn't know there was a lot of freedom in any impoverished island nations?
@@TheTenthLeper puerto rico is american territory...
Puerto Rico sufferes so much more under a capitalist system. Even though PR has a much much smaller population then Cuba during events such as natural disasters PR sufferes 10 times the amounts of deaths and thats because the Cuban government actually takes care of its people
US.... Land of democracy... but not for others.
Let's blame the Maine on Spain!
I remember studying about Cuba 🇨🇺 only from the movement with castro
Up to the the 1960s
According to the far left the Castro regime should be praised because it brought universal health care and raised literacy rates, Ignoring their one party dictatorship, elimination of free speech and democracy, and basically turning Cuba into a prison. Yet by that logic they should also be praising Pinochet, since Chile now has the highest standards of living in Latin America. And unlike Castro, Pinochet allowed Chile to return to democracy.
Gusano
PINOCHET KILLED MORE PEOPLE THAN CASTRO YOU WORM ALL DICTATORSHIPS ARE EVIL
Doesn’t Chile have a lot of social unrest due in part to the legacy of Pinochet?
Also you can praise specific policies of different regimes but still despise them, for instance Cromwell’s England, clearly not the best place to be, but we can clearly see that Cromwell’s New model army was a superior form of military rather than a levy system supplemented by men at arms.
America turned Cuba into a prison you nonce. Histories most strict and illegal blockade and continuous terrorist attacks on Cuba sponsored by the United states turned it into a prison. There are of course many reasons to criticize the Castro government but just imagine if the United states had been under the same conditions, what sort of government do you think it would have? I mean look at what it's got now without all that.
All you American cultists are hopelessly ignorant
He starts by saying , Cuba was communist Country, wrong , Cuba is still a Communist country.
I apologize if someone said something already, I like the rum and coke in the background, but where did they get the odd shaped bottle and why isn't it glass? lol.
I have to say I was expecting way worse from an american channel. Like "we muricans saved Cuba and brought democracy to Cuba", but it was actually pretty accurate. HOWEVER.
America was not "drag" into a war with Spain. It was part of the geopolitical situation of its time. European Colonial powers controlled the world and USA wanted its piece of the cake before it was too late, and who better to aim at than at a dying empire? (Just like France and UK did with the Ottomans few years later) The american goverment tried to buy Cuba several times to Spain, and Spain always refused. So the american press began a campaign against Spain to turn the public opinion in favour of an intervention. Still, many were not convinced. So the USA did what they did many times throughout history, play the victim role to "legitimize" the war, as it happened few years later with the Lusitania, and then with Pearl Harbor. According to many historians USA exploded its own ship in the harbor to blame the Spanish. And thanks to this, Cuba and The Philippines were USA-controlled for decades and Puerto Rico remain american to this day.
Also, about the Cuban revolution. I recommend Michael Parenti's speech.
Great video. I hope to see the video on Castro's take over of Cuba soon. My compliments to all those who made this video a reality.
I'd advise you to check out the work of Humberto Fontova, a cuban-american who has dedicated much of his life to this subject.
Very cool. Thanks
Atrocities greatly exaggerated?! The Spanish were brutal after decades of revolts. The Spanish established concentration camps to snuff out the support of the guerrilla soldiers. Campesinos (whose humble homes were burnt to the ground) and immigrants to Cuba alike were placed in these miserable camps where they all died. Those are facts. Not greatly exaggerated.
I wish this video covered all the violence and racism that took place during Batistas time in power.
Me too.
--Miami Native
They should cover it, how ever if they did they would need to cover how it existed long after he was gone.
@@vukman2665 Black cubans are educated at the same level as white cubans. Where else in the world does that happen?
As good as I find this channel, I find the continual off-angle shots so very annoying. Please address the viewer!
Great channel friend,Glad you collabed with sergei,that's how I found you
I'm retired from the US Merchant Marine. Back in my youth I recall old-timers from WW2 and the 1950's telling me that Cuba has the most beautiful women in the Caribbean. The few I have met, I would have to agree.
You're from the country that has embargoed Cuba for decades and you are here to objectify their women. Get lost.
@@janne4518 he is saying that they are cute, stop victimizing yourself,
@@franav7652 How am I victimizing myself? We are talking about a nation of people and their history here and if you have no other input than "their women are beautiful" just keep it to yourself
@@janne4518 he is sharing with us an anecdote , stop victimizing cuban women
That is what you get when races mix...
This and a video on the Bandung declaration, and there is your segway to the third party in the cold war.
My grandfather went to Cuba shortly after the Spanish American War. He was hoping to settle there, but didn't like what he saw then.
I doubt he would like what he would see there today..! Forget prosperity. The lack of Freedom, the lack of Human rights and the overwhelming despair of its people!
@@gregrodriguez714 yes, there are parts of Havana that are bad, but there are parts of Chicago, Cleveland and Atlanta that are bad. But just look at some of the TH-cam videos (made by Europeans) of Santiago de Cuba and the people seem very happy, and the city looks clean.
Some people do not realize, some people may forget, that Cuba is a tourism destination for the entire world EXCEPT the United States. Is their economy the best in the world? Not by a long shot. But from what I see, the people for the most part are happy. Shall we argue over happiness?
What people in the US do not realize is that reporters from other countries come to the US, only to document the homeliness and poverty, only to take back to thier home country to show, and say, "Look what is happening in the United States of America, the world's richest country".
@@RobertWilliams-mb9jb Robert, what you don't seem to realize is that the Cuban people have absolutely no freedom. They do not care about US or European tourism to their island. They live on an island where they themselves have no opportunities to better themselves or their families, no matter how hard they work. They prefer to get on a makeshift raft, risk their lives and travel to anywhere in the world other than their own island in search of freedom. Do you still wonder why??? You are free to express your opinion, can you even imagine not being able to do so???
@@RobertWilliams-mb9jb Do people from Chicago, Cleveland and Atlanta jump onto a makeshift raft, risk their lives on treacherous seas simply to make it to freedom??? Live in Cuba. Live under a true totalitarian government. Then you may give your opinion, albeit under the threat of that government's laws... Good luck!
@@gregrodriguez714 sorry to disagree. I reside in Costa Rica and have Cuban friends who tell me another story. Some have even returned to Cuba. Personally I would enjoy going to Cuba to see for myself. But I am a US Citizen and cannot travel there due US guidelines. But I see many things on TH-cam that are very interesting. For instance, there are Cuban-Americans investing in the historic districts of Havana with money and sweat. And for instance, their architect team, a couple both work for the government at a $25 a month salary, but consult on the side. There are two economies in cuba.
And yes, the 1950's cars one sees on television, as if they are the only cars in Cuba. Sheer propaganda. Watch TH-cam videos and you will see modern cars from Asia and Europe. Someone has to have money to pay for those cars.
By your surname I can guess you are a Cuban American. So I understand your perspective. All I can say if a government is so tyrannical, the people can rise up and overthrow the government. The Cuban people have survived 70 years under this regime. In fact the borders could be opened with trade. The US, standing alone in the world has chosen not to be a trading partner. Incidentally just this morning I read where an Austrailan oil company is negotiating with Cuba to drill for oil.
After all the comments on here. No matter what your intentions or beliefs. It's the Cuban people still living on the island that are suffering. Shame on everyone who doesn't side with the average Cuban citizen struggling to survive on a daily basis. And they have recourse either... Stop thinking that you better for the Cubans and allow them to choose for themselves what is actually better for themselves..!!! Please!
end the embargo american, u claim to control ur own government so end the embargo tomoroow
Well, I could definitely stand to learn more about Cuban history post-independence. I know hardly anything from the period before Castro. Thank you for this video!
Stay well out there everybody, and God bless you, friends. ✝️ :)
please do not retcon the word 'Woke' into history, it's a 2010's expression that does not apply
David Burton I believe it was an attempt at humor
@@marklafleur6695 *Horror
The Spanish beat playing the background in the intro is what ? Please I neeed the name of the song
Great video! One small rectification: the guy who is shown to be 'Rafael Trujillo' is actually his son Ramfis, who was part of the regime
As we are not all from the USA, thus we do not remember the SS Maine.
USS Maine. It's a U.S. Navy ship.
This video does not adequately describe the history of the US-Cuba relationship because it ignores the most crucial aspect - that its national interest, and therefore its actions, reflected the interests of American capitalists. The omission of this makes this video only useful as an index of historical events, without any explanation as to why any of these events occurred at all. At times, this primitive analysis veers into the absurd, such as when the narrator claims that the US invaded Cuba because of "an accident and yellow journalism" instead of the result of the United States exerting its interests, displaying its dominance over a rival and diminishing empire, the Spanish Empire.
The Monroe Doctrine defined the landmasses and peoples whose exclusive right of exploitation would be preserved for American capitalists, and the doctrine called for the restriction of other imperial powers within that sphere. This, and therefore the underlying interests of American capital, is what provoked the American war with Cuba, and it is what provoked the American blockade of Cuba decades later. By overthrowing the direct rule of imperialism, the Cuban Revolution provoked a hostile reaction from United States, which forced Cuba to find a new ally - the USSR. The fact that Cuba is not in the American sphere of dominance is what has maintained the embargo for 60 years. The embargo is an attempt by the United States to force Cuba to collapse back into an imperial subject. All of this is unintelligible to someone who interprets history as a series of events without considering the reasons that determine them.
If you're looking for it, information of the purely descriptive kind should be sought after on Wikipedia, and videos like this should be ignored since Wikipedia does a much more thorough job.
thnx
Can you make a Video about my country(Myanmar) during Cold war.
This is spot on.. great Documentary
Sloppy editing. (Magoon’s name continued to appear under Gomez’s picture). You should do better.
Americans ruining Cuba: *Crickets*
Castro ruining Cuba: We must intervene!!!
As if Castro was a saint.
I was so satisfied how Cubans in Miami reacted to his death.
Americans didn't ruin Cuba. In fact, Cuba had the strongest economy and highest standard of living it would ever have under de facto American rule.
Cuba would be better with USA becouse of Missmanegment of economy in Castro regime but I think Cuba would go in bright times
@@nytenjin Strongest economy doesn't make it good. There were people who couldn't even afford healthcare or a place to live.
@@nytenjin Yeah for the Plantation owners not the average Cuban.
That background music made me dance salsa within seconds
CUBA LIBRE!! 🇨🇺🇨🇺🇨🇺