Cuba: Havana residents struggle with crumbling houses
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 ส.ค. 2024
- Cuba's government wants to revive the tourism sector with glossy new hotels.
But families in the capital are living in ageing, dilapidated buildings.
Inflation, the US blockade and mismanagement of the economy mean many people are forced to choose between having food on the table or a roof over their heads.
Al Jazeera’s Teresa Bo reports from Havana, Cuba.
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Such magnificent buildings of an earlier prosperous era! Sad to see all these people trying to survive under such dangerous conditions.
keep in mind that there are no homeless people in Cuba , everyone has a house , its not perfect but its better than living on the road , people also have access to free healthcare and free bus and train transit and gasoline is almost free , overall Havana is still ranked one of the greatest cities in the world , just like Tokyo or Moscow or Chicago or LA or Berlin
@@sinabagherisarvestani8924 oh wow free transportation too. Thanks for the updates!
Dangerous condition forced upon Cuba by that murderous nation the USA!
Completamente falso. It’s all a disaster inept horrific regime
@@lilyoquendo3485 so you think the rich capitalist countries don’t have abject poverty, homelessness and in the case of the sanction forcing USA, they don’t even have the great health outcomes like Cuba! In the USA you have to sell your home to get medical treatment, people suffer, need two jobs to put food on the table, and here you are attacking Cuba yet it’s the USA who has tried to kill the late Castro over 600 times and destabilise Cuba! Like they did to other countries who do not kowtow with USA narrative!
End the blockade! Hands off Cuba!
Its not a bockade they can trade freely with most of the world. Their problem is thier government
@@belisarius2776 Really genius?
As a Cuban look at the Cuban constitution look up the penal code anything a Cuban citizen does to better his life gets him 10 to 25 years in prison . It’s not the USA embargo that’s killing us it’s the communist embargo on us that’s killing us . Yes I’m a Cuban
@@kman5768 holy yapper
I'm sure the tourists wanted to see the historic buildings of Old Havana. They should have put a priority on restoring those neibourhoods.
Sad situation 😢
And where should the tourists stay while in Cuba? lol
@@MrSupernova111 they would stay in the modern hotels. Tourists like to see historical buildings and culture but they don't have to stay there.
Actually the Cuban government did put a priority on restoring Vieja Habana. You should study a little before exposing yourself as clueless.
@@dougiesherwin9591 I was responding to what I saw in the video. But I hope trying to insult someone on the Internet has made your miserable little life better.
@@aspiring... Your ignorance is astounding. Congrats.
With the 70+ years old regime it will never improve. The old regime need to go before people can live in peace.
no mention of the american embargo or does that not fit your narrative?
babylon american embargo needs to go!
@@janesmith1008 American embargo, but Cubas biggest trading partners all are Nato countries. Other socialist countries dont even try to aid Cuba, because its a waste of money, so the regime should either change or remain being just the cheap supply of agricultural products and rum for Europe.
I mean look at the houses of the communist leaders there. Cubas situation is only so bad, because as always the communist elite ironically exploits the working class.
@@fidelcatsro6948 Cuba struggles, because they receive no money and free resources from the USSR. There are enough countries and businesses who arent affected by the embargo, but unfortunately they dont sell anything under market price, so the communist elite has to choose between their golden steaks or a acceptable life for the working class, but yeah golden steaks seem to be very seductive.
keep in mind that there are no homeless people in Cuba , everyone has a house , its not perfect but its better than living on the road , people also have access to free healthcare and free bus and train transit and gasoline is almost free , overall Havana is still ranked one of the greatest cities in the world , just like Tokyo or Moscow or Chicago or LA or Berlin
The people of Cuba are ranked one of the happiest people in the world after India and south Africa
Cuba was so much better before communism.. It's not perfect, but much better than this.. and Cuba can trade with whoever they want, just not the US
Before Communism it was a Ditatorship backed by Usa that was know for its cassinos and Whr houses... Plz do yourself a favor and look it up how they lived and how they were treated...
So much better???? When slavery was legal and the government was run by bandits and US mobsters?? When there were almost no hospitals in the countryside?? Cuba was a semifeudal colony of the US and a monoculture exporting mostly sugar. Cuba isnt great now but it was a lot worse before 1959
@@tonttu7979
5th wealthiest country in the Americas pre-Revolution = a lot worse?
@@shauncameron8390 GDP =/= well off population. Slavery was legal and it was a semi feudal colonial system. A country can be wealthy on paper while 90% of its population is starving just as long as a few people are hyper rich
@@tonttu7979
90% of Cubans under Batista didn't starve and Cuba attracted a decent amount of Jamaican migrants.
1:21 when I lived in Cuba there was a section of the balcony we couldn’t go on because it was crumbling and at any moment anyone standing in that area of the belcony could fall and die. Unfortunately someone did die and it was never fixed. It’s still getting worse to this day! And there are people who live there 😢
I thought Raul Castro was modernizing the economy.
And... how do the "Authorities'" houses look like?
Don't worry about them, they have the best of everything.
palaces
Millionaires communist millionaires
"Que no siga corriendo la sangre por querer pensar diferente, quién les dijo que Cuba es de ustedes si mi Cuba es de toda mi gente’”. Patria y vida.
I recall an article I read some years ago which stated that everyday almost 2 houses in Havana fall down
They've been crumbling since the 1960s and they still haven't repaired them.
keep in mind that there are no homeless people in Cuba , everyone has a house , its not perfect but its better than living on the road , people also have access to free healthcare and free bus and train transit and gasoline is almost free , overall Havana is still ranked one of the greatest cities in the world , just like Tokyo or Moscow or Chicago or LA or Berlin
The people of Cuba are ranked one of the happiest people in the world after India and south Africa
@@sinabagherisarvestani8924those people are not happy. If the place is so good why can’t they restore those crumbling buildings? Free housing yes but free crumbling house with no bathrooms... are you not seeing that?
@@infinitesoul8941 you can't demolish heritage homes , many of the buildings are heritage buildings so they take a long time to repair , its not as easy as it looks , repairing a heritage home from the 1940's is not easy , it takes a lot of money and time , a lot of the heritage buildings have been converted into 5 star hotels so it takes time but there has been progress
@@sinabagherisarvestani8924
Most are not heritage homes.
My people 😢, I pray for my people Viva Cuba 🇨🇺
keep in mind that there are no homeless people in Cuba , everyone has a house , its not perfect but its better than living on the road , people also have access to free healthcare and free bus and train transit and gasoline is almost free , overall Havana is still ranked one of the greatest cities in the world , just like Tokyo or Moscow or Chicago or LA or Berlin
The people of Cuba are ranked one of the happiest people in the world after India and south Africa
May Allah make it easier for all Cubans ameen
To get poorer?
Ameen
@@globetrotter5751 you don't know the power of Allah, he will make them poor and then bless them with gold rain.
@@globetrotter5751 No to get stronger and not to take orders from the US!
@@kman5768 laughing my head off 🤣 😂 😆 😅
The system didn’t really failed, it was the sanctions that the US imposed, and forced its allies to impose, that is the major cause for this calamity.
Nov 2022. 185 member states sign on to UN resolution to end the US economic embargo of Cuba. Two countries abstain, Ukraine and Brazil. Two countries vote no, Israel and the United States.
The socialism system is the really culprit of the cuban situation, the economy does not run properly in a socialist country, it doesn't provides the right incentives to companies or workers, most of the cuban workforce is state employed and the salaries are really low, less than 40 dollars/month, they need to steal in order to meet their basic needs, mainly food that's scarce right now.... that's the truth.... greetings from Havana pal.
@@eddydominguez1568 maybe I’m slow, can you explain how the communist government failed? How can they afford free house, education and health care not cant afford to fix those houses
Yes it did.
@@infinitesoul8941
Free house but no utilities or maintenance. Free education but no jobs and an economy dependent on "charity" from other countries. Free healthcare but no supplies or even doctors as they're rented out abroad like a temp agency with the government keeping 90% of their earnings.
Are the residents permitted to renovate the property where they live? In E. Germany, no one was allowed to renovate lest they be considered a Bourgeoisie radical.
No, they are not allowed to do so, unfortunately.
@@barcaboy8672 If the residents can’t leagalky repair their homes they’re bound to continue collapsing. Government…, heck, NO committee can foresee everything that will need repair. That’s why predictive maintenance is is multibillion dollar business.
@@barcaboy8672 Bullshit, you pathetic liar.
With a $15-$20 a month income and virtually all materials needed to repair/replace anything unavailable...how much renovation can happen ???
The problem is all of this because US embargo..if the embargo would lift everything will OK...But USA a cruel supporter of Cronea Capitalism will not do this..
Man you spent 7,8 years in one of the medical universities in Cuba (Sancti Spiritus, Cienfuegos or Villa Clara), yet you are unaware of the real problem. Yes it's true that US embargo is one of the reasons but the major factor is the stubbornness of the successors of Fidel Castro.
Isn't it hilarious to watch them renovate the government buildings and hotels but don't provide any assistance to the grief-stricken public. People are struggling to get the basic necessities of life. U know why do they do so? Because they want the public to suffer to strengthen their stronghold. Kuch dimagh se bhi soch liya karo bhai.
Yeah typical non cuban trying to tell us it ain’t our governments fault lmaooo
Best Wishes Cuba😊
That's a shame, Cuba has some of the most beautiful architecture in the world. Too bad they didn't prioritize, maintaining what they have...
Had,70 years ago.
The brutal US embargo is utterly shameful. It serves no purpose except to prop up long-failed American foreign policy mistakes and harm the people of Cuba.
@@AndyGarcia-ns3iwyou talk utter b/s, mate I have worked with many Cuban doctors, and I know what the sanctions has done, as it did to Iran, where they were unable to even import medicines and vital equipment for paediatric ICU! Cuba still has far better health outcomes than the USA with its poor infant and maternal mortality indices!
@@AndyGarcia-ns3iwwhy are people having to sell their homes to get health care in the capitalist USA?, or have 2-3 jobs to put food on the table? Why are 4 million children in the UK in abject poverty, rise in homelessness’s death due to welfare cuts, and rise in the use of foodbanks in my country the UK run by greedy capitalist and it’s meant to be the fifth largest economy? There is no sanctions on the USA and Uk yet we see such grinding poverty, with fuel and food poverty!
@@AndyGarcia-ns3iwlastly how do you explain that it’s the capitalist USA who has been in perpetual war to steal resources from other countries or plot coups upon coup of countries who don’t kowtow its narrative! They have been in perpetual war since WWII, and have created nothing but misery and huge refugee crises, it needs wars to keep its capitalistic greed going!
They can trade with china the eu most of the world...its thier government that destroyed cuba...venezuela cuba north korea...same story
@@AndyGarcia-ns3iw Go fly a kite dude!
If you want to truly help the Cuban people, go to Cuba, support the local businesses and help the average Cuban with things like toothpaste, soap, aspirin and a few USD. You should stay at a AirBnd which are owned by Cuban people, not the government.
Havana is a very safe and beautiful place and as an American you will be treated as family.
That’s the power of sanctions and embargo pay attention when you’re government says they’re applying them
keep in mind that there are no homeless people in Cuba , everyone has a house , its not perfect but its better than living on the road , people also have access to free healthcare and free bus and train transit and gasoline is almost free , overall Havana is still ranked one of the greatest cities in the world , just like Tokyo or Moscow or Chicago or LA or Berlin
The people of Cuba are ranked one of the happiest people in the world after India and south Africa
Nope, that's the power of comunism.
No private property = residents get no maintenance.
@@sinabagherisarvestani8924
Yet the 400 000 Cubans fleeing to the US much rather put up with homelessness than the state-imposed squalid living conditions.
Thanks,
Cuba is one of a few extant Marxist-Leninist one-party socialist states, in which the role of the vanguard Communist Party is enshrined in the Constitution. Cuba has an authoritarian regime where political opposition is not permitted.
I wonder if that has anything to do with their progress
interesting how you left out the american embargo you d*mb f**K
Since the USSR isn't aiding their system anymore, they slowly fall apart. Many people blame the US, but it isn't the USAs fault, that Cuba cant compete on the world market. Cubas biggest trading partner is the EU and its neighbours, socialist states like China dont do anything, because Cuba isn't profitable for them.
In the end their former colonial master Spain is doing more for Cuba than communist countries, they are their largest partner after all.
Not to mention the US embargo...
keep in mind that there are no homeless people in Cuba , everyone has a house , its not perfect but its better than living on the road , people also have access to free healthcare and free bus and train transit and gasoline is almost free , overall Havana is still ranked one of the greatest cities in the world , just like Tokyo or Moscow or Chicago or LA or Berlin
The people of Cuba are ranked one of the happiest people in the world after India and south Africa
Then you need to study all the things USA did to them. USA is know worldwide for its Industry Sabotages. Any chance they have to disrupt or destroy an "Enemy" they take it. Look what they did to Japan Chip Making industry in the 2000s.
Can only blame US and Israel at this point for always voting against, to lift the embargo.
It's not the embargo that should be blame, it's the Cuban government failed system and policies that should be blame. Cuba trades with all countries on earth, including the USA, for the last 30 years the Cuban government has been buying the food it needs, cereals, vegetables, fruits, meats, poultry, etc., to supply their all-inclusive hotels chains on the Island from the US.
they havent made any real effort to better the lives of the cubans
The only embargo in Cuba is the ones the Castros placed against the Cuban people in 1959.
If its not the fault of the Embargo why they keep it?
USA is smart. They target with direct and covert ways to destroy or subvert any Communist/Socialist contry, when they get weak, they make a Coup. After that they sell off Any/All national assets for Private American Companies and leave the contry to their corporations.
Look ANC Look well. This is what you admire!!! Certainly not how the ANC elite live😂😂😂
Insane 😮😢😮😢😮😢
Yeah somewhere they forgot plausible deniability is negligence
Praying for them!
keep in mind that there are no homeless people in Cuba , everyone has a house , its not perfect but its better than living on the road , people also have access to free healthcare and free bus and train transit and gasoline is almost free , overall Havana is still ranked one of the greatest cities in the world , just like Tokyo or Moscow or Chicago or LA or Berlin
The people of Cuba are ranked one of the happiest people in the world after India and south Africa
Algiers is the Havana of north Africa.
Very sad 😭😭😭😭😭😭
While the president looks like he lives off american fast food.
Cuba has the highest doctors-to-population ratio. I think it's a good idea to turn those new hotel buildings into medical tourism buildings and start from there. Imagine the number of Americans who are going to avail of such cheap medical treatment.
False ask any Cuban
medical tourism buildings ???? are you ok ?
A large majority of Cuban doctors dont even know how to read an X-ray for a broken bone .
@@FREEMAYKELOSORBO then how did they become doctors? Didn’t they do a bachelor of science in medicine? Or do they have different curriculums? I am Jamaican and there are many Cuban nurses and doctors here who are very good at their job so I’m curious to know.
@@infinitesoul8941 most doctors have been taught by philosophers not actual medical doctors over 75% that come to America can’t continue their practice in America because of their lack of experience. My cousins husband was a doctor in Cuba they immigrated to America he had to work at Winn Dixie to support his family he’s now in the trucking business. There are doctors who worked in strictly communist hospitals who are more experienced than their counterparts.
This has been going on for decades
Los Viejos Cubanos tienen q sufrir x q bastante q apollaron ese Regimen n Espicialmente los Afrocubano q le crelleron a Fidel q El hera su Papa ok
Govt of Cuba is the absolute worse..
when they go to the mainland, I wonder how many go to Florida. And of the people who go to Florida, I wonder how many of their family members vote Republican/Voted for Trump. How ironic, no?
High security..
Wow
Balcony collapse is one of the great untold stories of 21st century
Blame the US. Nobody else
Poverty all worldwide...govt pls eradicate asap
Earthquakes, hurricanes and republican Yankees..
and Cuban Military goberment ,, lazy and corrupt
It looks like earthquake or war ridden country. Shameful how the govt invests in tourism and not its people.
Blame their government not the US
Why Cuba people not going rusha
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What the US has done to Cuba 🇨🇺 is absolutely disgusting. I thought things would change after Obama visited the country but I was wrong.
Nice try...nobody believes that....its thier own communist mismangement.
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WHAT YOU SEE IN CUBA IS THE FUTURE OF THE WORLD!!!
No not really.
its what our leaders want for us but we have yet to get there and we can resist and fight them along the. way my friend
May Allah grant Cuba relief from there suffering bijahi nabi mostapha s, a, w from senegal
Cuba is the poorest country I have visited.
In 1959, Cuba was the most advanced country in Latin America, today, today, even Haiti is better off. The very few Cubans who can afford it, travel to Haiti to buy clothes, shoes, meds, etc. What does that tell you about the situation?
Mostly all countries have poor places not just Cuba even here in the US wake up folks
Change your lifestyles
@@spellerlittlewing
But Cuba as a whole is poor.
Embargo destroyed them.. by an immoral tyrant.
If you mean the Castros are the inmoral tyrants who have destroyed the Country & the Cuban people, I wholeheartly agree.
yes immoral tyrant leadership of US
Who went by the name of Fidel Castro.
Socialism at its best 😂.
Embargos at it's best
@@GrumpyCat8000 - Idiocy & propaganda at its best.
By the way how is your Homeless and Healthcare? Still no Free Healthcare? Still having huge homeless crisis? Wait i though USA was Rich...
@@danielkjm we have homeless because liberals offshored our labor. If we get labor back, and industry back, then people could get jobs and make money. Also lower the taxes. People can have more money.
no mention of embargo
There is no embargo that's a lie
The embargo is hoax, the Cuban government buys millions of dollars in food from the USA every year, they also trade freely with every other country on earth.
Do you mean the embargo the Castros have placed against the Cuban people for 64 years & counting?
They literally mention the embargo at 0:37. Maybe you should actually watch the video before you comment.
All we have is our savior now. Prayers to us.
And our hands to FIGHT
Keep your sky daddy to yourself
Lol. Typical America.
BOOOGGGSSSSHHHH DESERVEEE... i wonder why US did not do this embargo to laos and vietnam and china
We are decoupling from China...its coming
American Boycott is to Blame !
LOL @ that broken record. Funny how that "boycott" only affects the people & not the leaders who want for nothing, live on the lap of luxury in mansions with yatches, etc & have amassed unfathomable fortunes while the people lack the most bare necessities of life. Only morons believe that old lie.
yep but you notice how they left that out of their 'reporting'?
Capitalist propaganda
Right. Why don't you move to Cuba the?
Also known as objective reality 😆
@@Huia87
No. Just communist delusions passed off as such.
I'm sure the Chinese will help Cuba to rise again!!!!
Fidel Castro bet on the wrong horse during the cold war
🤔
Himself?
naaah its the american tyranny causing it all
Money its the great corruptor. With enough money you can convince a men to sell off his own children.
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Keep reminding them that it takes all of us and flutter their special gifts that they can contribute
keep in mind that there are no homeless people in Cuba , everyone has a house , its not perfect but its better than living on the road , people also have access to free healthcare and free bus and train transit and gasoline is almost free , overall Havana is still ranked one of the greatest cities in the world , just like Tokyo or Moscow or Chicago or LA or Berlin
The people of Cuba are ranked one of the happiest people in the world after India and south Africa
你认为如果加拿大人口有一天变成了大多数无欧人的移民人口，加拿大还能属于叫加拿大吗？
yes! Canadatistan
currency manipulation in perfection cuba need to join a different economy system
Perhaps BRICS
Glory be to Allah and praise be to Him. I seek protection of Allah and I beseech Him to give me His bounties generously.🤲🤲🤲
keep in mind that there are no homeless people in Cuba , everyone has a house , its not perfect but its better than living on the road , people also have access to free healthcare and free bus and train transit and gasoline is almost free , overall Havana is still ranked one of the greatest cities in the world , just like Tokyo or Moscow or Chicago or LA or Berlin
The people of Cuba are ranked one of the happiest people in the world after India and south Africa
Communism at work
Yeah, disaster communism for the bottom & capitalism for the top; the reverse of the US.
American tyranny in force
Red Scare Propaganda At Work.
THERE IS NO US EMBARGO!!!
Agreed. Not when the US is one of Cuba's top three trading partners.
US and Israel always downvote on Cuba!
@@fidelcatsro6948 cuba allways downvotes the usa