@@slyslife But it needs to be Free! So they can work and live like you! Earn a decent living,have Freedom of speech,reunion, and freely vote for their representatives like the democracy that we, Cubans enjoyed before 1959! Be an American and do not spread false narrative! Cuban people need the world to know!
🇨🇺 🇩🇴 Maximo Gómez Báez (Baní, Dominican Republic, November 18, 1836 - Havana, Cuba, June 17, 1905) was a Dominican soldier of the Ten Years War and the general in chief of the Cuban revolutionary troops in the War of Cuban Independence. (Máximo Gómez Báez; Baní, Dominican Republic, 1836 - Havana, 1905) Military leader of the Cuban independence movement. Destined for an ecclesiastical career, Máximo Gómez changed the cassock for arms when the invasion of Santo Domingo by Haiti took place in 1855. In 1865 he went to Cuba and joined the nationalist movement against Spanish colonial domination. When the first war for Cuban independence broke out, the Ten Years' War (1868-78), Gómez fought alongside Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, rising through his military experience to command the forces of Oriente province. There he implemented an effective guerrilla tactic that gave him control of the region, but instead failed in his campaign to invade the western half of the island (1875). Driven by internal dissension, he left Cuba shortly before the Peace of Zanjón was signed (1878). Taking refuge in Honduras, where he was appointed Army General, Máximo Gómez supported a new insurrection attempt in Cuba, which also failed (the Little War of 1879-80). In 1892 he reached an agreement with José Martí and Antonio Maceo to organize a new insurrection, of which Gómez would be the military chief. José Martí died at the beginning of the War of Independence (1895-98), Gómez and Maceo led the rebel offensive from the east to the west of the island (1895-96); but they were defeated by the energetic policy with which the Spanish responded under the command of General Valeriano Weyler. The death of Antonio Maceo (1896) left Gómez alone at the head of the movement, again confined to the guerrilla struggle in the eastern mountains. Despite his weak military position, he refused any compromise with the Spanish, rejecting the autonomy plan offered by the Sagasta government (1898). The intervention of the United States expelled the Spanish from Cuba in 1898 by force of arms; and the new independent Republic had in Máximo Gómez its national hero, incarnation of the revolutionary struggle. However, Gómez came into conflict with the new political leaders and with the US intervention government, and resigned from command of the Army.
I'm glad you as a Dominican placed this true data on Cuba's independence, and I pledge for you to educate most of the Dominicans that think that Gomes was the one to liberate Cuba, and that if it wasn't for him the Cubans could not have done it. As you well know Maximo Gomez was involved in trying to liberate Cuba from the Spaniards, eventually at the end he couldn't complete his agenda, of course he was not the only General involved, at the end it was the U.S. the one to remove the Spanish military ending a long struggle for independence. One las t but most important of all that you and your people should know is that Cuba was filled with Spaniards, sons and grand sons of Spaniards, most of the young where harassed by their own family in that they where not to be involved in the rebel army against their own people which where the Spaniards being that said, what ended up happening was that there where not enough men to fight off the Spaniards so therefore Cuba ( The Mambises/Rebels) had to depend on others from other countries for help. I am writing this because I am a fourth generation of Spaniards, and of real 100% Spanish blood both of my family father and mother side where all Spanish. My great grand father was a Coronel and one of the military guards who protected the Queen of Spain, he later stayed and retired in Cuba, my father made sure that I new what really happened in the war and why most of the son's of Spaniards did not fight and it was do to the harassment and betraying the Spanish, in other words you would then become a trader. I then again would like for you to spread the word to those who think one thing when it is another.
There's really no way for a digital nomad or expat to live in Havana unless you are willing to pay above NYC or SF prices for food and everyday expenses. Housing can be found cheaply but not a the level of comfort or conveniences you are used to. I was going to stay longer and study Spanish at the University of Havana but changed my mind after a week here. The food situation is horrible and at nightclubs such as Mio y Tuyo the security guards actively will tell girls you are hanging out with to stay away from the foreigners. Not the case at LM nightclub luckily, which i highly recommend :). The main plus is that central Havana was super safe other than the occasion pickpocketing. An amazing experience but really not worth all the hassle and high cost of living. For a digital nomad or expat looking to stay a longer period of time in Latin America you can get the same experience and way cheaper albeit with alot more danger involved in Colombia. (Cartagena and Cali my favs)
Have been to Cuba many times..beginning in 2016 to 2019.. i know all these places. One big thing I have noticed. A lot of young people have left. My first visit, there were people everywhere... It now seems like only 1/2 have the population still remain in old Havana from when I first visited.
@@slyslife I first went there in 2016 right after Obama signed to allow Americans to start traveling there... What happened, many people from all over Cuba started flocking to Havana because for the first time Americans were allowed to travel there.. So many people came to Havana to make extra money off U.S. tourist. There were so many people every where, Cubans. I went back almost every other month until 2019. I had so much fun, it was so lively and very different... Now, I can tell more than 1/2 of the city is dead, because most people went back to their small cities or left Cuba all together. The decline started with Trump making harder to travel there, and then Covid finished it off and now inflation.
@@dutchflash please stop with this crap. You don't know a damn thing about Cuba. You can't travel from one part of Cuba unless you get special permission from the government of Cuba to travel within Cuba. This is the problem with the internet so much false information 🙄. The Cuban people can't just move from one place to another the Trump administration banned American cruise ships from entering Cuba, then the coronavirus pandemic started and Cuba shut down the whole country to foreign visitors and Cuba had one of the best records of fighting the coronavirus than anyother country in the world. And finally President Biden has kept most of the Trump policies towards Cuba in place to not offend the Cuban-Americans in Miami Florida. I was in Havana Cuba for 30 days in 2017 and I encounter many American tourists in Havana.
been to cuba so many of times over the years always go back iv been all over the island its a big island to explore i could not live there more than 6 months saying that great people and caltue very safe for tourist and there beaches are in the top 25 in the world, cuba has changed in the past 5 years its gotton very expensive to live in big cities for tourist, i would put on my go to list if you have not visted cuba
Caribben history 101 🇩🇴 🇨🇺 Hatuey was a Taíno chief from the island of Hispaniola or Santo Domingo, who fled to Cuba during the Spanish conquest. According to Bartolomé de Las Casas, Hatuey placated the Taíno people of Caobana into joining him. He showed them a basket of gold and jewels, saying: Here is the God that the Spanish worship. For these they fight and kill; for these they persecute us and that is why we have to throw them into the sea. The Taíno caciques in Cuba did not respond to Hatuey's message, and few joined him to fight.
I've been going to Havana for 2 month stays every 2 years since 2009 and have witnessed first-hand the changes. Especially with the introduction of cell phones. The prices have also steadily gone up and since the scamdemic and the abolishment of the CUC in 2018, the prices of the casas particulares have really skyrocketed! In 2009, a casa particular we always stay in, in downtown centro would cost us $25 CUC (USD) per night, and in 2018 it was $40 CUC. But right now the same room goes for $64 USD! The government, since the Castro regime has really dropped the ball on economics. There are now food shortages and 2 hour line ups for staples like cooking oil. Who knows where this is all going to end for Cubanos but they're a resilient group of survivors for sure...❤
love scamdemic lolol,i went to habana twice in 2015 and 16 ,28 days total and i loved it.it was cheap then but now its really expensive.its not worth it anymore,so sad.cuba is dying righ now.i have a friend in matanzas and santiago that i talk on whattsapp and one is 51 years old and she said its the worst she ever seen,its pure misery now and it will be worst soon.so so sad
Yes! Because Cubans are suffering and under a cruel dictatorship for more than 63 years! Tourists and Cubans were separated for more than 59 years with a triple currency. Cubans don't need tourist that support and promote the dictatorship. They need Freedom like it was before 1959 with the 1940 Constitution!
@@AMCUSOLDIER There was more poverty, crime and violence under Batista's regime than Castro's. That "freedom" came at a hefty price for Cubans. There were no hospitals or schools in rural areas before 1959...
@@bedoy34 You have options in the USA. That includes BLM that lighted up and destroyed many cities. I honestly invited you to try that in Cuba and you will be crush in jail for 25 years but before the beating and suffering will be unsustainable. 10 millions of Cubans live worse that a homeless in the USA. When you don't have freedom you have nothing! And nobody can handle you over a sandwich or a dollar because living in Cuba is like the Nazis concentration camps. America needs to wake up!
Yes this is the Cuba you don't see in the travel brochures. I was in Havana Cuba for 30 days in 2017. You can walk all over Havana without any harassment whatsoever and if you are an African-American everyone will assume you are just another Cuban until you start to speak.
Oh yeah, many people told me they thought I was Cuban before I spoke. I guess wearing jeans in 100 degree weather helped with that. Interestingly, people were shocked to hear that I was from the US. I will say, I don't recall meeting any other Americans (of any color) in Cuba.
@@slyslife How did u do it with an American passport? That's most interesting to hear. I heard that Cuban authorities won't stamp it as a sort of favor. Is that true? Did you have to travel there through a 3rd country?
I think the reason that you didn't see many Americans is because of the coronavirus pandemic. And remember Trump banned all American cruise ships from entering Cuba 🇨🇺. And President Biden doesn't want to offend the American-Cubans in Mami Florida so he has left Trump's policy towards Cuba mostly in place. I was in Cuba for 30 days in 2017 and I encounter many American tourists including many African-Americans.
@@benajminpadilla6360 They stamped my US passport on the way out. I don't think that it's a big deal nowadays, although technically you're supposed to keep receipts for any purchases made on the island for 5 years. If any US official asks me about it, I will ask why are there flights to Cuba from the US if we're not supposed to visit. I flew there from Mexico.
@@lewis2207 If it has stable picture quality then for sure. Plus, you wouldn't have to buy extra cameras and accessories. Just make sure to have a second phone on hand.
The Callejon de Hamel was created to promote afro-cuban culture. The founder just passed recently. You should have gone inside of the art galeries. It is so dope, you did not stay long enough in there
I love these videos....muchas gracias I am 63...i wish i could live in Cuba for the rest of my life..........i live in CANADA and i am extremely afraid of our govvvvvvvvvvvvv
Man I could walk those streets for hours just observing the architecture, scenery and people watch. Just walk the streets with a bottle of rum and enjoy the night.
Cuba and DR history 🇨🇺🇩🇴 Hatuey was a Taíno chief from the island of Hispaniola or Santo Domingo, who fled to Cuba during the Spanish conquest. According to Bartolomé de Las Casas, Hatuey placated the Taíno people of Caobana into joining him. He showed them a basket of gold and jewels, saying: Here is the God that the Spanish worship. For these they fight and kill; for these they persecute us and that is why we have to throw them into the sea. The Taíno caciques in Cuba did not respond to Hatuey's message, and few joined him to fight.
In El Callejón de Hamil you will see the Afro-Cuban roots, the roots of most Cuban food except for Spain and the root of Cuban music. It is said that most Cubans including the whites have a little black in them/us. El Callejón also shows you the Cubans relation to the Yoruba people of Nigeria's culture and religion that came to Cuba during the slave trade. That gave rise to spiritualism and the still misunderstood Santeria in Cuba so a mix of Catholicism and the Yoruba religion. The use of honey is due to the shortage of sugar, not by choice, lol. Cuba doesn't produce it like it used to and still exports I guess more than it keeps.
*Thank you for this recent video of Cuba in 2022. I would like to make the trip, and it seems to vary on what is or not allowed in Cuba, quite confusing. As of 2022, what currency do the Cubans use...CUP or CUC? When bringing u.s. dollars, do I exchange for CUP/CUC or do you suggest I use usd and cuban? Where to exchange $...no shortage of exchange places, atms, etc? Since food is scarce in Cuba, where do tourists go to eat? What currency is needed to buy groceries or eat at restaurants for u.s. tourists? Please answer all. Thank you, I enjoyed the video.*
The bond was because they both became independent from Spain in 1898, rather late compare to the rest of Latin America (DR gained independence from Spain in 1821). The Grito de Lares flag was the first Puerto Rica flag, inspired by the Dominican flag.
@J C The relation between Cuba and PR is that both were colonized by Spain from the island of Santo Domingo or La Española, so basically DR is their mother land. 😅 The other bond is that Puerto Ricans copied the Cuban flag after they copied the Dominican flag, which they called the grito de lares flag. Spain and Christopher Columbus showed very little interest in both island during the first period of the colonization.
Bring Euros. If you're coming from the US, you can forget about using ATMs and your credit card in Cuba. They won't work there, so cash is king for Americans in Cuba (don't know if it's your first time to Cuba)
Bro you didn’t know Spain occupied Florida? Florida wasn’t in the 13 colonies. We all learn something new everyday though. Love your videos keep it up!
The colonization of Florida By the early 1500s, Ponce de León was a top military official in the colonial government of 🇩🇴 Hispaniola, where he helped crush a rebellion of the native Taíno people. He became governor of the province of Higuey and had 3 children with a Taino women in the island of la Hispaniola or Santo Domingo He asked the Spanish Crown authorization to explore the neighboring island of Puerto Rico in 1508 and to take office as the first Governor of Puerto Rico by appointment of the Spanish crown in 1509. While Ponce de León grew quite wealthy from his plantations and mines, he faced an ongoing legal conflict with Diego Columbus, the late Christopher Columbus's son (in the Hispaniola or Santo Domingo, Alcazar de Colon, Colonial Zone) , over the right to govern Puerto Rico. After a long court battle, Columbus replaced Ponce de León as governor in 1511. Ponce de León decided to follow the advice of the sympathetic King Ferdinand and explore more of the Caribbean Sea. In 1513, Ponce de León led the first known European expedition to La Florida, which he named during his first voyage to the area. He landed somewhere along Florida's east coast, then charted the Atlantic coast down to the Florida Keys and north along the Gulf coast; historian John Reed Swanton believed that he sailed perhaps as far as Apalachee Bay on Florida's western coast.[7] Though in popular culture he was supposedly searching for the Fountain of Youth, there is no contemporary evidence to support the story, which all modern historians call a myth
2:18 Drink is called "El Negron" Translated to English is "The Big Black Guy" But it's nothing racial. It kinda means "Big Bad Ass Black Man", like a Boss.
I have visited many countries during my life.. The memories of Cuba are still vivid... I love the people and culture.. A safe country too! Viva Cuba! Viva de la revolution!
@@yurix2372 Capitalism= Poverty for many. Have you been to the Philippines, Nicaragua, Dominican Republic, etc, etc?? I have and believe me, the poverty I saw there was abhorrent.. It is true that poverty also exists in Cuba, however it's made much worse by the U.S. boot on the throat of the Cuban nation!
Please keep in mind that in each of these forts, the enslaved Africans built them and were also enslaved/held there. In all of these colonized and enslaved Spanish colonies (and that includes Cuba, PR, Mexico, Brazil, etc., the history of enslavement with regards to the forts are intentionally erased. The tour guides only tell you the stories of the pirates, but not the true stories that enslaved Africans built them and were held there. #Knowthyself
Oh, please...Ma'm..Can't you simply enjoy the video? He puts a lot of work into this. Of course, slaves helped build it. Was it only slaves or were some indentured servants of all kinds? Do you have historical documented proof for your claims? This stance of everything being tied to slavery is a narrative in and of itself. It's not always fact. Plenty of people built those cities all over Latin America.
I would love to visit Havana if it wasn't for all the red tape you have to go through as an American if you want to visit. Then there are the gringo prices to deal with. Correct me if I'm wrong.
Ladies, Sly can’t tell u this because he’s not looking but, those Cuban men are 🔥 🥵 lol especially the police/military ones, they look like ken dolls, straight out of a movie…For the men, the military ladies are 🔥 super pretty
Bro I cannot believe you left the rumba. The party was just getting started. Plus that pretty girl was headed there 😉 . Thats one of the premiere spots in the world for afro cuban rhythms . I can tell your not really into music . But thanks for the try. Just for your info Spain and Portugal occupied most of the present day United States at one time.
@@slyslife It is very hot there for sure. That place does get crowded and people are very close. And you have to watch your stuff in there . That drink you got looked great... refreshing ! What was it called ?
@@slyslife see the real cuba tho. That Havana isn’t what its really about. Its like a little sheltered area the government puts on display for tourists.
@@slyslife i am really glad you got To see Cuba. I have not been back since 2011 i miss it but the situation on the eastern part of the island is very bad to travel right now
Nah Sly you falling of man! You were going into the Hall of Fame as the most walking, and eating Shrimps TH-camr with great content lol!!😁 I don't know what happened?!
That's in Cayo Hueso Neighborhood, like Key West in Florida. But still you are sending the wrong message to the world. You need to speak out for the Cuban people! You are having a good time with a little money and showing that life I'm Cuba is perfect! This is like a fake movie! Show the true, be an American!
🟦🟦 🟥🟥imagizer.imageshack.com/img924/8348/aoyYgK.jpg The first Puertorican flag is now used by the independent party, created by Ramon Emiterio Betances in 1858, it was similar to the Dominican flag, but with a start in the first blue square. The second Puerto Rican flag is a copy of the Cuban flag.The flag we know today was created in 1895 in #NewYork, by a group of #Puerto Ricans who, after the Grito de Lares event, continued their fight for the rights of Puerto Ricans residing on the Island, and who were victims of the abuses of the #Spanish Government, at that time. Before the Grito de Lares revolt occurred, in 1865, the Republican Society of Cuba and Puerto Rico had been formed in #NewYork. It was basically made up of #Puerto Ricans and Cubans in exile. The Puerto Ricans were led by Ramón Emeterio Betances and the Cubans by #JoséMartí. During a meeting in NY Puertorican revolutionaries met with some Cubans
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I really like this style of video, just walking showing whats around, chatting a bit, great stuff!
Glad to hear that 👍🏿
Cuba definitely has alot of soul, by far!
Yes, indeed.
@@slyslife But it needs to be Free! So they can work and live like you! Earn a decent living,have Freedom of speech,reunion, and freely vote for their representatives like the democracy that we, Cubans enjoyed before 1959! Be an American and do not spread false narrative! Cuban people need the world to know!
🇨🇺 🇩🇴 Maximo Gómez Báez (Baní, Dominican Republic, November 18, 1836 - Havana, Cuba, June 17, 1905) was a Dominican soldier of the Ten Years War and the general in chief of the Cuban revolutionary troops in the War of Cuban Independence. (Máximo Gómez Báez; Baní, Dominican Republic, 1836 - Havana, 1905) Military leader of the Cuban independence movement. Destined for an ecclesiastical career, Máximo Gómez changed the cassock for arms when the invasion of Santo Domingo by Haiti took place in 1855. In 1865 he went to Cuba and joined the nationalist movement against Spanish colonial domination. When the first war for Cuban independence broke out, the Ten Years' War (1868-78), Gómez fought alongside Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, rising through his military experience to command the forces of Oriente province. There he implemented an effective guerrilla tactic that gave him control of the region, but instead failed in his campaign to invade the western half of the island (1875). Driven by internal dissension, he left Cuba shortly before the Peace of Zanjón was signed (1878). Taking refuge in Honduras, where he was appointed Army General, Máximo Gómez supported a new insurrection attempt in Cuba, which also failed (the Little War of 1879-80).
In 1892 he reached an agreement with José Martí and Antonio Maceo to organize a new insurrection, of which Gómez would be the military chief. José Martí died at the beginning of the War of Independence (1895-98), Gómez and Maceo led the rebel offensive from the east to the west of the island (1895-96); but they were defeated by the energetic policy with which the Spanish responded under the command of General Valeriano Weyler. The death of Antonio Maceo (1896) left Gómez alone at the head of the movement, again confined to the guerrilla struggle in the eastern mountains. Despite his weak military position, he refused any compromise with the Spanish, rejecting the autonomy plan offered by the Sagasta government (1898). The intervention of the United States expelled the Spanish from Cuba in 1898 by force of arms; and the new independent Republic had in Máximo Gómez its national hero, incarnation of the revolutionary struggle. However, Gómez came into conflict with the new political leaders and with the US intervention government, and resigned from command of the Army.
I'm glad you as a Dominican placed this true data on Cuba's independence, and I pledge for you to educate most of the Dominicans that think that Gomes was the one to liberate Cuba, and that if it wasn't for him the Cubans could not have done it. As you well know Maximo Gomez was involved in trying to liberate Cuba from the Spaniards, eventually at the end he couldn't complete his agenda, of course he was not the only General involved, at the end it was the U.S. the one to remove the Spanish military ending a long struggle for independence. One las t but most important of all that you and your people should know is that Cuba was filled with Spaniards, sons and grand sons of Spaniards, most of the young where harassed by their own family in that they where not to be involved in the rebel army against their own people which where the Spaniards being that said, what ended up happening was that there where not enough men to fight off the Spaniards so therefore Cuba ( The Mambises/Rebels) had to depend on others from other countries for help. I am writing this because I am a fourth generation of Spaniards, and of real 100% Spanish blood both of my family father and mother side where all Spanish. My great grand father was a Coronel and one of the military guards who protected the Queen of Spain, he later stayed and retired in Cuba, my father made sure that I new what really happened in the war and why most of the son's of Spaniards did not fight and it was do to the harassment and betraying the Spanish, in other words you would then become a trader. I then again would like for you to spread the word to those who think one thing when it is another.
@@mannyrodriguez5453 I agree with everything you said.
Wow Havana definitely looks rustic. I think it has some charm. I hope to visit one time. Glad you showing it.
go in habana,you will never regret it,i went twice and its amazing.safest place in the world lol
There's really no way for a digital nomad or expat to live in Havana unless you are willing to pay above NYC or SF prices for food and everyday expenses. Housing can be found cheaply but not a the level of comfort or conveniences you are used to. I was going to stay longer and study Spanish at the University of Havana but changed my mind after a week here. The food situation is horrible and at nightclubs such as Mio y Tuyo the security guards actively will tell girls you are hanging out with to stay away from the foreigners. Not the case at LM nightclub luckily, which i highly recommend :). The main plus is that central Havana was super safe other than the occasion pickpocketing. An amazing experience but really not worth all the hassle and high cost of living. For a digital nomad or expat looking to stay a longer period of time in Latin America you can get the same experience and way cheaper albeit with alot more danger involved in Colombia. (Cartagena and Cali my favs)
Went in sept for first time and had an absolutely fantastic time
I just dig how you interact with the people too brother you trying to say more to keep the convo going
Gud stuff
I try not to take too much of their time, but I hear what you're saying. Thanks 👍🏿
Have been to Cuba many times..beginning in 2016 to 2019.. i know all these places. One big thing I have noticed. A lot of young people have left. My first visit, there were people everywhere... It now seems like only 1/2 have the population still remain in old Havana from when I first visited.
This has more to do with the coronavirus and the Trump administration stopped Cruise Ships going to Cuba 🇨🇺 🙄.
Interesting point🤔
@@markrush2319 Yes it seems like a lot less tourist. That's a shame because the locals need the tourism dollars.
@@slyslife I first went there in 2016 right after Obama signed to allow Americans to start traveling there... What happened, many people from all over Cuba started flocking to Havana because for the first time Americans were allowed to travel there.. So many people came to Havana to make extra money off U.S. tourist. There were so many people every where, Cubans. I went back almost every other month until 2019. I had so much fun, it was so lively and very different... Now, I can tell more than 1/2 of the city is dead, because most people went back to their small cities or left Cuba all together. The decline started with Trump making harder to travel there, and then Covid finished it off and now inflation.
@@dutchflash please stop with this crap. You don't know a damn thing about Cuba. You can't travel from one part of Cuba unless you get special permission from the government of Cuba to travel within Cuba. This is the problem with the internet so much false information 🙄. The Cuban people can't just move from one place to another the Trump administration banned American cruise ships from entering Cuba, then the coronavirus pandemic started and Cuba shut down the whole country to foreign visitors and Cuba had one of the best records of fighting the coronavirus than anyother country in the world. And finally President Biden has kept most of the Trump policies towards Cuba in place to not offend the Cuban-Americans in Miami Florida. I was in Havana Cuba for 30 days in 2017 and I encounter many American tourists in Havana.
been to cuba so many of times over the years always go back iv been all over the island its a big island to explore i could not live there more than 6 months saying that great people and caltue very safe for tourist and there beaches are in the top 25 in the world, cuba has changed in the past 5 years its gotton very expensive to live in big cities for tourist, i would put on my go to list if you have not visted cuba
Definitely on the list! how much would you say on average ( i know everyones different) what a solo man could expect to spendfor a 1 month stay?
Puerto Rico and Cuba have a lot history together.
Yeah, I've heard their history goes waaaay back
Caribben history 101
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Hatuey was a Taíno chief from the island of Hispaniola or Santo Domingo, who fled to Cuba during the Spanish conquest. According to Bartolomé de Las Casas, Hatuey placated the Taíno people of Caobana into joining him. He showed them a basket of gold and jewels, saying: Here is the God that the Spanish worship. For these they fight and kill; for these they persecute us and that is why we have to throw them into the sea. The Taíno caciques in Cuba did not respond to Hatuey's message, and few joined him to fight.
There's a saying about Cuba and Puerto Rico
"Of one bird the two wings"
I've been going to Havana for 2 month stays every 2 years since 2009 and have witnessed first-hand the changes. Especially with the introduction of cell phones. The prices have also steadily gone up and since the scamdemic and the abolishment of the CUC in 2018, the prices of the casas particulares have really skyrocketed! In 2009, a casa particular we always stay in, in downtown centro would cost us $25 CUC (USD) per night, and in 2018 it was $40 CUC. But right now the same room goes for $64 USD! The government, since the Castro regime has really dropped the ball on economics. There are now food shortages and 2 hour line ups for staples like cooking oil. Who knows where this is all going to end for Cubanos but they're a resilient group of survivors for sure...❤
love scamdemic lolol,i went to habana twice in 2015 and 16 ,28 days total and i loved it.it was cheap then but now its really expensive.its not worth it anymore,so sad.cuba is dying righ now.i have a friend in matanzas and santiago that i talk on whattsapp and one is 51 years old and she said its the worst she ever seen,its pure misery now and it will be worst soon.so so sad
@@richardblais7445 Yes, it's very sad. Is the next path for Cuba just like Haiti? ¡Viva la Cuba! 🇨🇺
@@wl5609 )-; hope not,it will continue like it always did...slavery and no money )-; ,but no crime at least...
Yes! Because Cubans are suffering and under a cruel dictatorship for more than 63 years! Tourists and Cubans were separated for more than 59 years with a triple currency. Cubans don't need tourist that support and promote the dictatorship. They need Freedom like it was before 1959 with the 1940 Constitution!
@@AMCUSOLDIER There was more poverty, crime and violence under Batista's regime than Castro's. That "freedom" came at a hefty price for Cubans. There were no hospitals or schools in rural areas before 1959...
Brother you are living the life!
I'm trying 🙏🏿
REAL TALK!
Hola Sly, just got back from Cuba, last Sunday 10th.......enjoying your video, reminiscing,,,,,,,,,,enjoy....
This has been very interesting. Hard to believe how bleak life in Cuba is…
you should see the homeless and poverty in the USA
And, made more bleak by the U.S. having it's boot on the throat of the Cuban government!! The thing is, the U.S. wants socialism to fail!
@@bedoy34 You have options in the USA. That includes BLM that lighted up and destroyed many cities. I honestly invited you to try that in Cuba and you will be crush in jail for 25 years but before the beating and suffering will be unsustainable. 10 millions of Cubans live worse that a homeless in the USA. When you don't have freedom you have nothing! And nobody can handle you over a sandwich or a dollar because living in Cuba is like the Nazis concentration camps. America needs to wake up!
Yes this is the Cuba you don't see in the travel brochures. I was in Havana Cuba for 30 days in 2017. You can walk all over Havana without any harassment whatsoever and if you are an African-American everyone will assume you are just another Cuban until you start to speak.
Oh yeah, many people told me they thought I was Cuban before I spoke. I guess wearing jeans in 100 degree weather helped with that. Interestingly, people were shocked to hear that I was from the US. I will say, I don't recall meeting any other Americans (of any color) in Cuba.
@@slyslife How did u do it with an American passport? That's most interesting to hear. I heard that Cuban authorities won't stamp it as a sort of favor. Is that true? Did you have to travel there through a 3rd country?
I think the reason that you didn't see many Americans is because of the coronavirus pandemic. And remember Trump banned all American cruise ships from entering Cuba 🇨🇺. And President Biden doesn't want to offend the American-Cubans in Mami Florida so he has left Trump's policy towards Cuba mostly in place. I was in Cuba for 30 days in 2017 and I encounter many American tourists including many African-Americans.
@@benajminpadilla6360 You can catch a flight from Miami. 1 hour flight 🍻
@@benajminpadilla6360 They stamped my US passport on the way out. I don't think that it's a big deal nowadays, although technically you're supposed to keep receipts for any purchases made on the island for 5 years. If any US official asks me about it, I will ask why are there flights to Cuba from the US if we're not supposed to visit. I flew there from Mexico.
I’m new to your channel love the videos
I’ve seen a few videos of this place due to its connection with Afro-Cuban Rumba. Glad you got to spotlight it, Sly.
Thanks. If you go just bring an extra face towel and a portable fan.
@@slyslife Will do, will do. Man, every country you’ve been to for the last few months has been amazing.
Great video !
First time seeing this much of Cuba. The camera is really good. What kind of camera you use?
Would like to know as well
It's called "Osmo Pocket 2." It's a really good camera
@@slyslife what’s your opinion on doing these street vlogs with an iPhone? Recommended?
@@lewis2207 If it has stable picture quality then for sure. Plus, you wouldn't have to buy extra cameras and accessories. Just make sure to have a second phone on hand.
The Callejon de Hamel was created to promote afro-cuban culture. The founder just passed recently. You should have gone inside of the art galeries. It is so dope, you did not stay long enough in there
Enjoyed it, Sly. Keep it up.
The Prado hotel rooftop has the most incredible views, great cocktails
Really cool video subscribed ! keep it up buddy
Love the video, did you try la Fabrica de Arte? It s a great place for the night, music and cool people,
regards from Montevideo Uruguay
Thanks and I didn't go there this trip, but I've heard it's a cool spot.
I love these videos....muchas gracias
I am 63...i wish i could live in Cuba for the rest of my life..........i live in CANADA and i am extremely afraid of our govvvvvvvvvvvvv
Man I could walk those streets for hours just observing the architecture, scenery and people watch. Just walk the streets with a bottle of rum and enjoy the night.
Nice video bro. Love your work Sly.
Cuba and DR history
🇨🇺🇩🇴 Hatuey was a Taíno chief from the island of Hispaniola or Santo Domingo, who fled to Cuba during the Spanish conquest. According to Bartolomé de Las Casas, Hatuey placated the Taíno people of Caobana into joining him. He showed them a basket of gold and jewels, saying: Here is the God that the Spanish worship. For these they fight and kill; for these they persecute us and that is why we have to throw them into the sea. The Taíno caciques in Cuba did not respond to Hatuey's message, and few joined him to fight.
In El Callejón de Hamil you will see the Afro-Cuban roots, the roots of most Cuban food except for Spain and the root of Cuban music. It is said that most Cubans including the whites have a little black in them/us.
El Callejón also shows you the Cubans relation to the Yoruba people of Nigeria's culture and religion that came to Cuba during the slave trade. That gave rise to spiritualism and the still misunderstood Santeria in Cuba so a mix of Catholicism and the Yoruba religion.
The use of honey is due to the shortage of sugar, not by choice, lol. Cuba doesn't produce it like it used to and still exports I guess more than it keeps.
*Thank you for this recent video of Cuba in 2022. I would like to make the trip, and it seems to vary on what is or not allowed in Cuba, quite confusing. As of 2022, what currency do the Cubans use...CUP or CUC? When bringing u.s. dollars, do I exchange for CUP/CUC or do you suggest I use usd and cuban? Where to exchange $...no shortage of exchange places, atms, etc? Since food is scarce in Cuba, where do tourists go to eat? What currency is needed to buy groceries or eat at restaurants for u.s. tourists? Please answer all. Thank you, I enjoyed the video.*
Yes there was once a big bond among both Islands and in fact Puerto Rico’s flag was inspired by Cubas flag! 🇨🇺 🇵🇷
Yup...I learned that when I was in PR
There still is a bond between both islands . Plus many marriages and relationships between Cubans, Ricans and Dominicans
@@7sonero7 relations between haitians & domis 🇭🇹🇩🇴
The bond was because they both became independent from Spain in 1898, rather late compare to the rest of Latin America (DR gained independence from Spain in 1821). The Grito de Lares flag was the first Puerto Rica flag, inspired by the Dominican flag.
@J C The relation between Cuba and PR is that both were colonized by Spain from the island of Santo Domingo or La Española, so basically DR is their mother land. 😅
The other bond is that Puerto Ricans copied the Cuban flag after they copied the Dominican flag, which they called the grito de lares flag. Spain and Christopher Columbus showed very little interest in both island during the first period of the colonization.
Sly maybe you should invest in a water proof pouch, so you can throw your equipment in so the weather doesn't slow you down. Maybe a military poncho.
That's a great view of Havana and the malecon from the moro!
Oh yeah!
Minute 1:20 Santeria or Vudu.
Traveling to Cuba in Sept. Thank you for these videos!
Anytime 👌🏿
Bring Euros. If you're coming from the US, you can forget about using ATMs and your credit card in Cuba. They won't work there, so cash is king for Americans in Cuba (don't know if it's your first time to Cuba)
How much are your estimated expenses and for how long?
Bro you didn’t know Spain occupied Florida? Florida wasn’t in the 13 colonies. We all learn something new everyday though. Love your videos keep it up!
Nope.. Learning as I go though😅. Thanks for the support 💪🏿
The colonization of Florida
By the early 1500s, Ponce de León was a top military official in the colonial government of 🇩🇴 Hispaniola, where he helped crush a rebellion of the native Taíno people. He became governor of the province of Higuey and had 3 children with a Taino women in the island of la Hispaniola or Santo Domingo He asked the Spanish Crown authorization to explore the neighboring island of Puerto Rico in 1508 and to take office as the first Governor of Puerto Rico by appointment of the Spanish crown in 1509. While Ponce de León grew quite wealthy from his plantations and mines, he faced an ongoing legal conflict with Diego Columbus, the late Christopher Columbus's son (in the Hispaniola or Santo Domingo, Alcazar de Colon, Colonial Zone) , over the right to govern Puerto Rico. After a long court battle, Columbus replaced Ponce de León as governor in 1511. Ponce de León decided to follow the advice of the sympathetic King Ferdinand and explore more of the Caribbean Sea.
In 1513, Ponce de León led the first known European expedition to La Florida, which he named during his first voyage to the area. He landed somewhere along Florida's east coast, then charted the Atlantic coast down to the Florida Keys and north along the Gulf coast; historian John Reed Swanton believed that he sailed perhaps as far as Apalachee Bay on Florida's western coast.[7] Though in popular culture he was supposedly searching for the Fountain of Youth, there is no contemporary evidence to support the story, which all modern historians call a myth
Great stabilization
sly u need to inform prices in cuba like that drink or tuk tuk ride. cheers from Toronto.
2:18 Drink is called "El Negron"
Translated to English is "The Big Black Guy"
But it's nothing racial. It kinda means "Big Bad Ass Black Man", like a Boss.
Check out the art factory
It depresses me more than Miami. Different dystopia. No people walking around Hialeah 🤣
Thanks for the video. One path led to infrastructure scarcely maintained. SMH
Can you put a list of where you went in this video
I’m definitely gonna visit these places
Cuba has great potential if the right government gets into office
So true
What does potential mean? What is government?
What is your idea of the right government
If you get robbed, you will never find the robber. Never..
Welcome back to Colombia!
Yo! 😂.. Glad to be back
I have visited many countries during my life.. The memories of Cuba are still vivid... I love the people and culture.. A safe country too! Viva Cuba! Viva de la revolution!
Eeeww
Revolution no bueno; communist revolution= poverty
PATRIA Y VIDA !
@@yurix2372 Capitalism= Poverty for many. Have you been to the Philippines, Nicaragua, Dominican Republic, etc, etc?? I have and believe me, the poverty I saw there was abhorrent.. It is true that poverty also exists in Cuba, however it's made much worse by the U.S. boot on the throat of the Cuban nation!
Spain once controlled the whole gulf coast
You learn something new everyday
Contrpl the entire Latin America, not just the gulf coast 😂
@@lidiagarcia7311 yeah but he was talking about the United States, it’s obvious they dominated the Caribbean and central and South America. 🙂
Please keep in mind that in each of these forts, the enslaved Africans built them and were also enslaved/held there. In all of these colonized and enslaved Spanish colonies (and that includes Cuba, PR, Mexico, Brazil, etc., the history of enslavement with regards to the forts are intentionally erased. The tour guides only tell you the stories of the pirates, but not the true stories that enslaved Africans built them and were held there. #Knowthyself
Thanks for the added info 💪🏿
Oh, please...Ma'm..Can't you simply enjoy the video? He puts a lot of work into this. Of course, slaves helped build it. Was it only slaves or were some indentured servants of all kinds? Do you have historical documented proof for your claims? This stance of everything being tied to slavery is a narrative in and of itself. It's not always fact. Plenty of people built those cities all over Latin America.
Enslaved Africans sold by other Africans, that was a big business back them.
The enslaved were in the field, the forts had military people to fight off invaders.
So true but it's like that in a lot of countries where the slaves were sent. The world has a shameful 😔 past
Una ciudad estacionada en el tiempo.¡ Qué horrible!
Best way to travel Sly in that heat
I second this statement
@@slyslife where is your next port of call. Mexico maybe
I would have gotten a little more intel on the Congo from the sista.Hopefully you got her info, that could be a contact. Seemed like a nice lady.
I've been trying to get there
They Say December through March is the best time to visit weather-wise.
I would love to visit Havana if it wasn't for all the red tape you have to go through as an American if you want to visit. Then there are the gringo prices to deal with. Correct me if I'm wrong.
Cuba and Puerto Rico are still family. Son de un pajaro las dos alas.
Ladies, Sly can’t tell u this because he’s not looking but, those Cuban men are 🔥 🥵 lol especially the police/military ones, they look like ken dolls, straight out of a movie…For the men, the military ladies are 🔥 super pretty
I have to visit there
It's eye-opening
What was name of that place you went to
Bro I cannot believe you left the rumba. The party was just getting started. Plus that pretty girl was headed there 😉 . Thats one of the premiere spots in the world for afro cuban rhythms . I can tell your not really into music . But thanks for the try. Just for your info Spain and Portugal occupied most of the present day United States at one time.
Thanks for the info. I'm learning about history as I travel. Also, more people would've meant more heat - I'll pass on that 😅
@@slyslife It is very hot there for sure. That place does get crowded and people are very close. And you have to watch your stuff in there . That drink you got looked great... refreshing ! What was it called ?
It was good that he skipped the Santeria or vudu ritual that was about to start. Nothing good can come out of that, just look at Haiti.
Go to the real hoods like el cerro
Wrong channel.. I don't do hoods..L7
@@slyslife see the real cuba tho. That Havana isn’t what its really about. Its like a little sheltered area the government puts on display for tourists.
I know. This is just my first trip to get my feet wet. Plus, I already left Cuba. I'll explore more next time.
@@slyslife i am really glad you got
To see Cuba. I have not been back since 2011 i miss it but the situation on the eastern part of the island is very bad to travel right now
hope you will have a cuban cigar your
How can you love it? The place is ruined
There are some pretty girls
Sly at first I thought the bartender was calling you big black guy! 😂
😂😂... I knew someone would think that
I see you my congolese sister ❤️
Nah Sly you falling of man! You were going into the Hall of Fame as the most walking, and eating Shrimps TH-camr with great content lol!!😁 I don't know what happened?!
Come visit Congo 🇨🇩♥️
Yo! I'll try to make my way out there 👍🏿
That's in Cayo Hueso Neighborhood, like Key West in Florida. But still you are sending the wrong message to the world. You need to speak out for the Cuban people! You are having a good time with a little money and showing that life I'm Cuba is perfect! This is like a fake movie! Show the true, be an American!
Q jodido se ve todo viejo ruinas las casas y los puertos dan pena😔
Ayy did you get that number
Lol I didn't get it
CASA RIPOFF - DO not stay at Casa Antigua in Vedado Calle 28 # 258 (owned by Marta and Horacio ) - they ripped me off big time 20 years ago !
Cuban drivers drive like crazy .
Santeria
Never heard of this place 🤔
@@slyslife its not a place ..its some sort of religion a voodoo religion which most Cubans practice.
# Donttraveltocuba
Are the police mean to Black American men?
Congo will claim something.arawak is looking you. "Arawak para wak."
Hmm ok
You do what you go yo do , to get around specially there hot
For sure
Dude u speak Spanish nice. Enjoy Latin America brother
Thanks... Still practicing those "rr"
Looks a little like a Morro in Puerto Rico
100%. I said that in the video, but cut it out.
@@slyslife but since I'm Puerto Rican I favor P.R.
Looks like all morros throughout the entire continent, starting from the first one built, Morro San Felipe, Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.
Sly gottah lil bit of fame goin on now hahaha
Just a 👌🏿
Travels around the world, to lazy to walk up 5 sets of stairs Lul
good luck finding fruit salad.
but, yes, it was too hot......mucho color......
good video bro how do you do to go to cuba i live in miami what do i need to do i need any visa ?
Hey bro are you on Instagram?
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🟥🟥imagizer.imageshack.com/img924/8348/aoyYgK.jpg The first Puertorican flag is now used by the independent party, created by Ramon Emiterio Betances in 1858, it was similar to the Dominican flag, but with a start in the first blue square. The second Puerto Rican flag is a copy of the Cuban flag.The flag we know today was created in 1895 in #NewYork, by a group of #Puerto Ricans who, after the Grito de Lares event, continued their fight for the rights of Puerto Ricans residing on the Island, and who were victims of the abuses of the #Spanish Government, at that time. Before the Grito de Lares revolt occurred, in 1865, the Republican Society of Cuba and Puerto Rico had been formed in #NewYork. It was basically made up of #Puerto Ricans and Cubans in exile. The Puerto Ricans were led by Ramón Emeterio Betances and the Cubans by #JoséMartí. During a meeting in NY Puertorican revolutionaries met with some Cubans