Cuba For Sale - People & Power

[@andybowman799]

Why would foreigners to Cuba buy any property in Cuba given what happened to the foreign owned properties in 1959 ?

[@redwater4778]

What happened to British assets after the war of 1776 ?

[@manjelos]

Yes, you can buy property in California but there could happen a earthquake or wildfire. In some other countries could happen civil war, or tsunami or nuclear disaster

[@PaulPaid]

There were no rightfully "foreign owned properties" in 1959. Only Vestiges of corrupt american manipulation and corporate greed. Ask Fulgencio Batista.

[@PaulPaid]

@Wilson LOL...As if capitalist leaders "live in the slums with the poor people they claim to care about". Any Homes legally purchased from a Cuban seller were Confiscated yes. As if the poor, disenfranchised owners of these "vacation" villas had no where else to go. It's called a Revolution.

[@PaulPaid]

@Wilson LOL@"sic". Spell checking (incorrectly, at that..😆😆) and name calling. Classic evidence that someone has lost a debate and has nothing tangible to contribute. You gotta love it. Viva La Revolución"

[@garysager9028]

I was walking in the old Habana area in 2016. Most of the building damage is due to leaking roofs deteriorating the structure. These are decades old leaks. I also noticed many electrical boxes without covers. There were several in ground manhole cover missing. You really had to be careful at night.

[@manjelos]

Also like in Portugal, humidity is a big problem...

[@patrickmccarron5059]

The marvels of socialism.

[@rutbrea5140]

The lives of the poor matter! But there are those who do not care, they only live for themselves and create power for themselves at the expense of the poor. This is happening all over the world. Not only in Cuba. These people want to "invest" in Cuba, but the poor will stay the same. The whole world is going through the same disaster. What a pity!

[@sbfhawk4343]

No that is not what "We want to do" So we want to reinvest in Cuba so that our families can actually enjoy the island and keep its buildings and the people living in better conditions by investing I mean in resources to keep the buildings maintaned or upkept. Jobs will be created and if possible trading with Cuba natural Resources can be used to buy some Toyotas, Hondas and laptops, Whatever it needs to keep it sustained and to keep it from falling apart. We dont care of about the political flavor it wants to keep that is up to the people. We or I just want to go in and change it and open it make it a place for all Cubans to enjoy and to be free.

[@pleasethink4789]

If you want to see a change in Cuba, then its system has to change. The government (the dictatorship) is the sole provider of everything in Cuba ranging from table salt, to healthcare, to housing,by LAW! It is inefficient at best and incapable in most cases. For example, Cuba is an island in the middle of the sea and the government cannot even supply the nation with the salt it promises to supply. Just imagine how badly they will deliver on the promises to house the poor.

[@luissmith8559]

@@sbfhawk4343 For that my friend, first you have to overthrow the dictatorship. Every penny you invest in Cuba will be stolen from you. As soon as you open the site, one of Raúl Castro's grandchildren will fall in love and they will stay with him. That has been happening for more than 30 years and it has not changed and will not change until there is a democratic country that guarantees your rights. You have to be very stupid to invest in Cuba. That is a failed state. Nor is there any guarantee, the same thing can imprison you, or plant a kilo of drugs, the military is dedicated to that.

[@aleempervaiz8789]

Luckily Cuba due to one or another reason saved its Historical and cultural heritage. Efforts should be made in closer collaboration with international institutions to preserve the same.

[@SilvanaDil]

I guess Michael Moore skipped over the slums in Cuba.

[@erickrocket]

Michael Moore is a sick person, he don't know nothing about the REAL CUBA, cuz in reality is two Cuba.

[@eliyahVivo]

on

[@Chege007]

Moore is an dying obese man , with heart problems, mobilization problems, psychological challenged

[@panchovilla7235]

CHEGE vara With all Moore cash why doesn't he go on a diet 🤔

[@dianedormal1743]

+pancho villa very true ! Maradona went a lot in cuba to desintoxication s cares ! Why not a diet care for Moore !

[@JohnStaMaria-bw7st]

that scene at the 7:00 mark. That is just documentary gold right there!!

[@ANHTUAN_ART]

The friends who helped Vietnam most were the Soviet Union, Cuba and Iraq. Cuba is under embargo, so it is extremely difficult for them. Vietnam has also gone through a period of being embargoed by the US, so it is extremely miserable because of poverty. It's great when the friendship thinks that Vietnam - Cuba is still burning red. Admire the talent, great personality of F.Castro and CHE Guevara. Thank you Cuba for its great help to Vietnam during the war and the transfer of Covid vaccine technology to Vietnam. Hope Cuba quickly stands up strong and rich.

[@FREEMAYKELOSORBO]

Cuba trades with many countries the U.S. embargo means nothing. Way many countries then America donate food & medicine to cuba why is the country still starving,communism.

[@patrickgriffin6369]

The people of Cuba DEPEND upon their government when they of course should DEPEND upon THEMSELVES .

[@todeotodeo140]

150 million people of the United States does not depend on themselves. 50 million families on food stamps. 60 million people on section 8 housing and hundreds of thousands in project government housing. All the while the US. government is 27 trillion in debt to the Rothschilds family or the federal reserve which is the same thing. 62% of US. Citizens have less then 1,000 USD in savings account at any given time. the current generation of young adults want their college debt forgiven. I don't think we have much high ground to be casting down upon them. The US. still has sanctions on that little country and punishes any other country that does business with them.

[@mellejobs7412]

No one who saw how Cuba recovered during the special period would say this.

[@shauncameron8390]

@@mellejobs7412 Namely with Venezuelan oil, US remittances and Canadian tourism.

[@karlarevero7811]

That woman in the black shirt is a life I was born in Cuba and lived there until age 10 I would always see people from the government taking away people’s homes and money

[@brewstergisbourne3733]

Hey Karla can you believe I built a house in Cuba for my future wife? And I don;t want any part of ownership of it. It is hers for her future, and retirement, after I'm six feet under.

[@karlarevero7811]

Brewster Gisbourne well you f up because the government will take it away if they want to do you are just growing money in the air

[@chriskoop4888]

They took everything my family owned and threw my father in prison.

[@davidfoster5787]

Good luck. When she gets tired of you and wants to trade up. Seen this.

[@wanglei91]

During batista time.

[@arcamemnon9193]

8:20 She was given the room that was taken from the rich as a reward for being a fighter in the mountains. Now there are no rich people left to take stuff from so her world is crumbling around her and everyone else. I wonder what she thinks today about her involvement in the fighting that lead to Socialism and the total destruction of her own country.

[@elijahmendez4107]

Lmao, if Cuba was under american control their lives would have been destroyed a lot sooner.. just look at Puerto Rico's? Or any ghetto city in the mainland of the USA

[@jogoapp4752]

@@elijahmendez4107 Loco puertorro es MIL VECES mejor que Cuba.

[@elijahmendez4107]

@@jogoapp4752 pues, mira lo que le paso a iraq? Y luego a lybia? Y tambien en Syria? Afghanistan, Pakistan? Si quiera Cuba tuvo unos Años donde no estaba colonizado.. pero como todos los paises se vendieron al IMF - international monetary fund. Asi es como le pasan a los paises que no quieren vender sus resuersos a los negocios que han Robado todo al mundo y han matado a millions de personas indigenas.. cuba, Venezuela, son los unicos que estan tratando de no dejar que el IMF y los estados unidos que vallan alli y poner a toda la poblacion en esclavitud.. no te preocupes, en el ano que viene los estados unidos, mexico, y todos los paises en este mundo van a estar en fuego, porque cuando las corporation's mundial ya no pueden robar mas prosperidad de un estado, empiesan a matar a las gentes que Viven en eso estados, pues Matan a las personas que no se han suicidado.. nada mas mira lo que le pasaron a muchos farmers en india cuando Monsanto les viendo las Semillas y los venenos que las semillas ocupan para crecer.. muchos no podian pagar, so se suicidaron y Monsanto llego y compro todas las tierras y ahora estan haciendo billions vendiendo GMO-puro veneno a la poblaccion en india.. tenemos que juntar a toda la gente del mundo porque la nueva orden del mundo que estamos viendo en todo el mundo, va ser un infierno si no tienes billones de dinero en los bancos chuecos del mundo.

[@beatsbyjordan8730]

The crumbling of the Cuban economy is almost entirely the fault of the US.

[@danthomas6587]

Ive always wanted to go to Cuba to paint. I love the old city.

[@myrahouse2368]

This is heart breaking 🥺

[@deb5932]

Myra you are from which country?

[@rapitup45]

Cuban people are amazing I am in awe of them and their beautiful country. I can't wait to go back and see more of Cuba

[@michelzou2896]

Ice Cube81 0

[@nape1713]

if you like them now, wait till they actually get to talk to you without fear of imprisonment...

[@chico305SIGMA]

You are a communist pig traitor!!!!!

[@jeffreyc.angelopassalino4903]

@@chico305SIGMA haha george turn off the fox its fried your brain

[@luissmith8559]

@@eleven8948 Cuba is the worst country and the poorest in the world. Those whites that appear in the video are the relatives of the white racists of the communist party. They let buildings fall down for lack of maintenance and kil the black familys, for later removing the blacks from that neighborhood, and they are bringing in the white relatives of the communist party officials who work in tourism. Since blacks don't have the opportunity to work in tourism, they throw them out of their homes to shelters on the outskirts of Havana, to build hotels and bars for tourism. Then they put 5 police officers on each corner and forbid blacks from walking through the neighborhood where they were born. This is how they create the racist bourgeoisie of communist state capitalism. blacks lose the link with their community that they become privileged racist whites from one day to the next. All members of the communist party. Whites fleeing to Miami don't agree with that. That is why they hate the Democratic Party, because they are the ally of the Cuban racists.

[@kaizersolze]

6:23-7:19 Sounds like gentrification... how do we say that in Spanish? 19:20 - Keeping Cuban lands in Cuban hands? We need that in the United States!

[@sweetssweeter2734]

kaizersolze ....it does!!!!!

[@chuckwaldron6811]

Flint, Michigan?

[@DirtyInvestor87]

Yup 😂😂😂

[@algambino5508]

No sir, Cuba!

[@MultiSciGeek]

Cuba has a lot of potential and Havana looks amazing. They should let businesses come in but be careful not to mess it up and still maintain a strong social system. I think it's a good change and if it's done correctly it will be awesome :). Good luck Cuba

[@ivonotei]

I think a big part of it is because they brainwash the tourists when they vacation in Cuba

[@OfftoShambala]

Famous last words... ‘if it’s done correctly’

[@TheGabXD]

yeah...the state cannot cope with it all...but government officials surely live the good life. You will not find them living like these poor people. Fidel's socialism has been a disaster...and the poor are the ones who always pay the consequences

[@amath-dr7uk]

Fidel and his Fidelomics was a diseaster indeed

[@amath-dr7uk]

Well written..Castro was an economic diseaster for this Island..

[@tsmalls249]

Is it not the same in American capitalism?

[@zazaaziella16]

No, it is not the same. Anyone can move up in America.

[@redwater4778]

Thanks to the embargoes.

[@mrj5695]

Love seeing my beautiful dark-skinned people on the island of Cuba. Hate seeing the poverty that they live in. I hope to visit Cuba one day can't expect the government to help to sucks they got to do it on their own

[@marcomarkproductions]

they're not your people, get rid of that dictator mindset

[@randombro89]

MR J I love my beautiful white skin people I’m happy for their good fortune. How does that sound

[@brianrichards7006]

These are the growing pains of a nearly post communistic society. Of course, the elite in Cuba did not suffer after the revolution, and no doubt do not suffer at all today. The poorer people almost always suffer. It will be interesting to see what changes occur. I'd love to buy a small historic building in Havana, but I think I will wait until the dust settles. Good luck to the Cuban people. The ones I have met have been jewels.

[@DulceMiel11]

Thank you for your well wishes. As a Cuban currently exiled in Spain , I appreciate your words. Take care

[@wesleymercer7496]

Great Journalist on the job. Thank you.

[@pedrogallegos9545]

Now it's time to do some journalism on U S s Skid Rows and s******* infested San Francisco.. & Rhe MILLIONS of homeless Americans that live in the streets.. What FAKE news western media never talk about..

[@ramirocastillo2148]

Great job on this documentary...

[@johannveratudela9645]

Very good English of the Cuban office assistant.

[@robertwhatley2825]

Socialism, the eternal hypocrisy can’t survive without capitalism at some level.

[@Gasibellz]

It's capitalism that can't survive without socialism. They claim they defend free market, but when there are real problems they understand that constant intervention is necessary. Like on 2008 crisis, now with Coronavirus, the enviroment crisis, etc. That's the eternal hypocrisy.

[@yapandasoftware]

@@Gasibellz It wasn't necessary to intervene in Capitalism to allow it to thrive. Capitalism is simply put one person willing to pay to another person willing to sell. Both are free to make their own decision. How is "Socialism" free choice when you're forced to participate in it?

[@shauncameron8390]

@@Gasibellz LOL.

[@davidgill3356]

Gastibeltza1871 Nope, try again.

[@shauncameron8390]

@@Gasibellz 2008 was nothing compared to 1991.

[@kevinlau6372]

it looks like Caracas, Venezuela

[@manjelos]

Well, today are conditions in Caracas much more worst as in Cuba, there are no meds, no electricity, no water and criminality every where, despite of the biggest oil reserve..

[@joysoyo2416]

It does now. Before Obama opened embargo Venezuela was fat off the "free" food grown by enslaving Cubans.

[@joysoyo2416]

@@manjelos wahhh welcome to our world.

[@al-azizjaddie4062]

Setiously 25 USD/month salary?????

[@brandongraden5220]

When I lived in Florida,the Cubans show respect to the USA and worked very hard.They do not live off the system.

[@karolkupec2044]

brandon graden I was born under the system, if you are born to it and working as a slave for the government you do not have any other choices, work or go to jail and work for free and eat dog food, people under that system are seriously messed up and deprived. This will take generations to fix after they gain the freedom most older people will not be able to adjust. 🗽💕🙏🏼🙏🏿❤️

[@MrOjmanuel]

that lady in black shirt is from the gov, which are the only people who can show anything to people from other countries, I meant for a document film.

[@joeywho534]

I saw another film where they found the film crew after 2 days. They almost couldn’t leave to get back to the US

[@markfishman8600]

I just came back from my trip to Cuba . Beautiful country , poor , desperate people. Feel very bad about great , openhanded people.

[@annaallen7252]

Its the same in every socialist country. Some of Europe is already like that, and the rest will be like that soon, very soon.

[@redwater4778]

Ive been there twice The Cubans are doing fine.

[@manjelos]

@8alot4t Yes, it is always every one faults why socialism does not work. There is only US sanctions what not prevent Cuba to trade with all others. But if the country have only sugar, tobacco and tourism to offer but no oil or industrial products, still not enough. Other Caribbean countries are also not so rich, also without embargo...

[@tangoingthekitchen]

@@redwater4778 lol, no they don't

[@redwater4778]

@@tangoingthekitchen Are their homeless people in Cuba? Are Cubans starving? Do they have drug and alcohol problems? Are their borders open for people to use their country for free, take jobs housing and seats in schools? Could they be doing better without the US economic sanctions?

[@wesleymercer7496]

Will you show more U. S TERRITORIES? LIVING CONDITIONS, PLEASE?

[@jbhann]

Wesley Mercer ...Cuba is not a US territory.

[@christinejones9519]

The paint jobs on those vintage cars are beautiful.

[@joosepjohanson6857]

Bullshit I was there and I saw up close

[@algambino5508]

Yep bullshit as they dont have the sources to do it corrextly

[@TarmacSkin]

LoL… They are horrible when you see them up close. They are like Frankenstein …

[@r.a.3984]

But cmon government give you apartment for free in my country no one will give you apartment no matter what condition... I’m wondering why they don’t clean and paint this apartments they live in long time so...

[@DulceMiel11]

They do clean. But they can't paint or fix anything, you have to get a permit for that and it is extremely expensive and average Cubans can't afford. And if you get caught painting or fixing your building without the permit you will get a big fine (again, that the average Cuban can never afford) or you can even be put in jail

[@jamescampbell9533]

Money dummie. They have none. Communism at its finest.

[@jennygibbons1258]

NO MONEY !! That's it 😟 😨 What don't you understand ?

[@shaneduggan7901]

Numbskull

[@lindashelton4364]

Like they can go to Home Depot and have a gallon of Valspar mixed. These people have nothing at all

[@johntaylor-johnston2861]

As a frequent visitor to Cuba I'm circumspect. How much of your report is hype, or fake news. The country is opening up. At least real-estate is being preserved and not sold out like in Jamaica.Things are getting better.

[@Davidlp70]

They complain about the failures of their system but still seem ready to fiercely defend it. And before you blame the US embargo, Cuba trades with 140 nations.

[@GD30.06]

💯💯💯💯💯💯

[@petergilkes4391]

Just not the big one right next door.

[@jackcoolidge8123]

Iran has much better living standarda

[@oracle8192]

It's actually very hard to trade with those nations for cuba. For example ships that want to land in a Cuban harbor are then banned from us harbors for 6 months. Which incentivises trading companies to avoid cuba. Another example would be oil. They received much oil from venezuela but stopped after sanctions were put on both nation. Now they suffer from fuel shortages.

[@rasalghul3963]

@@oracle8192 sounds like the revolution failed lol. Castro lived like a king while everyone else was starving

[@RmnGnzlz]

I like that you showed the citizens calling the government lady on her bs. And the first she did was tell them to shut up lol.

[@corazoncubano5372]

Eight bedrooms and five bathrooms? Here we go. That should be turned into housing for the Cuban people not sold.

[@OfftoShambala]

Good for at least 16 people, but they can squeeze in another ten pretty easily. That is the promise of slavery ... oh, I mean communism

[@LowellBDennyIII]

I visited Cuba twice before all this. 1992 [for a month] and 2001 [for three weeks], and I never, ever heard the word "slum" used. It seems "slum" is a capitalist designation to indicate housing targeted for gentrification for a better class of people.

[@OfftoShambala]

Lowell Denny well the entire place is a slum so it s one disintegrated neighborhood one right after the other... there is no differentiation

[@sunspotst7697]

What do you expect to see palaces? The cuban people had sanctions for more than 50 years so they really don't have much.

[@ТыцПыц-д1б]

ussr assisted by Cuba 62-91

[@onetwothree4148]

Only the US had an embargo on Cuba, and even at that the US still permits millions of dollars of food to be exported to Cuba (the only think the US exports anyway). Cuba has been free to trade with every other country, but outside of being a tropical paradise tourist destination, Cuba has no economy and was illegal for individuals to produce wealth to buy things from other countries. Only the government could make profit and buy things, that is why they fell into abject poverty after the USSR stopped giving them millions of dollars a year

[@samuelmickelson1771]

@ one two three I think you need to educate yourself on how the embargo works

[@GREENLALI]

It doesn't matter what country your in every government just want money

[@algambino5508]

Thats your excuse for how poor the country is?

[@shaunedwards4893]

Send Pelosi and Mitch to Cuba

[@Chrisfeb68]

Cuba looks like it was better off before the revolution.

[@jhayjhay2052]

Cubans are great in car restoration they are very good mechanics

[@tombimashri8149]

And Doctors too

[@robvangelderen2359]

What happens if you would like to pension in Cuba right now in 2020. Is that possible and can you keep your own money and integrate in that society. Please discuss here with me.

[@FranciscoBravoCabrera]

Very good work...much done on one topic, much left out. I would start by saying that on the last frame a man said to the presenter: "The Cuban Revolution is commencing now...there will be revolution here for a long time, that I can assure you!" Well...in his words I hear the frustration of a man from a family that was betrayed by communism, by Cuba's tropical style "socialism" because earlier in the documentary we found out that his mother was one of the women who actually fought for the Revolution in the Sierra Maestra Mountains. That was the Revolution against the dictatorship of Fulgencio Battista...which triumphed...the other Revolution was against Fidel Castro, who usurped the first revolution and sold out to the Soviets and turned what should have been Democratic Participatory Nationalism into Communism...now, fifty seven years later there is going to be another revolution? I don't think so! What Cuba needs to do is what Silvio Rodriguez, the great Cuban poet and singer has been saying for the last few years: "Cuba needs to drop the 'R' from Revolution and start its 'Evolution." Only then...with FREEDOM...can the country survive. If Cuba doesn't change their dictatorial regime, their police state, their persecutions, free the political prisoners, allow the free expression of ideas, if Cuba doesn't do this, nothing there will be worth anything because the people aren't worth anything to the government. Freedom, Liberty and prosperity need to replace the all-powerful State! Cuba, after all, was not a country that even needed a cultural, Maoist-style revolution. The great patriots that fought with Fidel, who Fidel eliminated, i.e. Che Guevara, Camilo Cienfuegos, Eloy Gutierrez Menoyo, Huber Matos, and many, many, more, did not fight so that "children could have milk!" That's preposterous! Cuba had a standard of living comparable with Southern Europe in the 1950's and children drank milk...and they didn't fight and die for a health care system, look up the stats and you will find that Cuba in the 1950's had a health care system also compatible to many European countries as well the same for education. So...the slogans of the Revolution, that they have advanced health care for all Cubans, that they provide free education for all Cubans, is all rubbish! That existed before...what Cuba did not do before was to use doctors, teachers and University professors as propaganda agents all over the once communist world an now as money makers in capitalist countries, where they are "sent" on "Internationalist" missions, but in truth, they are there to get paid in hard currency, something that the Cuban government is permanently hungry for. But not to make better the lives of the people, but to provide luxury yachts, planes and foreign chalets to the "sons, grandsons and daughters" of the "dear leaders." (to be read: the Castro family, i.e. the feudal lords) Please do not be so quick to contradict, first learn the facts, I suggest that you research international statistics from the organizations that keep such and view, view as many old films and documentaries of Cuba, especially Havana, as you possibly can, so that you can "see" how things were and how people lived. I will close with one final fact, a fact that can easily be verified here in Europe or in America: In the 1950's, Havana was elected among the five most beautiful and important cities in the world, i.e. New York, Paris, London, Havana and Buenos Aires... Thinks you that Havana can now be on an international list? Perhaps a list of one: The only City that in fifty seven years has gone backward in time to the Middle Ages. Why? Because of communism.

[@ogkush972]

going back to capitalism

[@carlosed5740]

very nice, good choice

[@bluemountaindrivepae]

Russians cut down on the free oil and aid.

[@mikebrabant4170]

@@bluemountaindrivepae USA sanctions at work!

[@Baasicstuff]

With all the propaganda in this video, you really broke it down. Amazing how they can destroy their country and then still blame America for the short comings. They live in a country that uses envy to control its people, the people even blame the USA. The people here have always had their hands out, and now like a dog trained with food, when the foods is gone they will starve. So sad, good people, that have been taught nothing but to spend the spoils of the old empire. All the Kings Gold is Gone NOW

[@Baasicstuff]

@JFresco It takes really smart people to build a nation and an average IQ in the population to understand the benefit of what the smart people come up with. They live in countries where being rich, smart or just having things makes you somehow bad, or you need to share, share it all! Most in the country are not intelligent enough to understand the basic concept, of cooperation; they've been taught to envy.

[@darrelnordyke3625]

I have seen nothing that would encourage me to go to Cuba.

[@elijahmendez4107]

Well if you got nothing to offer cuba, then dont go..

[@danieloriley4122]

People need a goal to reach or they get stagnant and complacent!

[@kerrysammy3277]

If only the US will end the embargo, and take its knee off cuba`s neck. This embargo does not suffer the leaders of the government, but rather the ordinary folk who become increasingly resentful and defiant towards the US. Meanwhile, other countries are interested in making Cuba survive and develop. As can be seen, by the numerous airlines that land at Jose Marti airport. It is not about socialism or communism. I believe the US wanted to rule and control Cuba, like Puerto Rico.

[@katerinac706]

I totally agree with you

[@patrickmccarron5059]

The embargo is not the problem. Socialism is the problem.

[@patrickmccarron5059]

Socialism = Big Government takes care of the individual instead of the individual taking care of themself. Individual gives up their rights and property for a government to take care of them. The proper role of government is to provide services and infrastructure for the collective, not the lazy individual.

[@lowcabbie]

Cuba has many resources unfortunately they don't use them. Cuba is very large country compared to other islands. And yet they don't use their land to farm animals and crops. Use the ocean to fish. The government there doesn't know how to survive without imports. They need the help from Germany Russia spain....etc. But in reality they don't. So if they have shortage of meat milk chicken...etc. its the governments fault. All Cuba cares about is allowing foreign countries to take advantage of their land with fancy resorts that take all the food and throw most of it in the trash. You can blame Cuba for this. Not USA.

[@lowcabbie]

BTW I'm Canadian. I've been to Cuba dozens of times. And the people are lazy also.

[@jogoapp4752]

Ayy cubiches, cuando aprenderán!!!

[@dfaro4582]

You can’t give people houses for free. People must work and pay bills, rents, mortgages, etc.

[@manjelos]

Well, if they would have some money, check the average salary in Cuba. People does not need mortgages and rents. They could collect the money and renovate buy them self, but, they can not even earn enough money to buy material for it...

[@samuelmickelson1771]

Why tho

[@1miary]

Wow, an actually fair documentary. GJ Al Jazeera.

[@angryreader8857]

andy00 I have rarely come across an unfair documentary from them

[@FranciscoBravoCabrera]

A fair documentary? So sorry, but you are not very well informed of things that happen in communist countries...or should I say country as Cuba is practically the only one...to be fair, the documentary would have had to explain, albeit briefly, that in Cuba, prior to the Revolution, there was no housing crisis, that the houses didn't fall on top of people and that those mansions that they've cut up and converted into tenement slums, all belonged to people, they had rightful owners and the properties were stolen by the Revolution. Che Guevara had no right to plan or to create an economy in Cuba and his "new man" is actually a "rafter" a "balsero" that crossed the Florida Straits on a raft to find FREEDOM in America! Not one of those government planners has been elected by the people of Cuba. No one knows what the people of Cuba really want because they are ruled by a "King" who has left his little brother on the throne and whose family run the island. It would have been a fair documentary if it had begun by saying that the people of Cuba have been suffering a dictatorship since 1959 and that none of the so-called leaders were elected. Then we could judge the fairness...

[@Heydelcepero]

This "documentary" is very very unfair to the Cuban people -those that are not allowed to speak in front of a camera and fear to face repression (or as the government called "consequences" ) for doing so. You're obviously not very well informed about Cuba. There're a bunch of Cubans here, including me, as us anything.

[@Borat911]

Havana is the world's most beautiful and romantic slum city

[@EdAdventure501]

Is Luis Rodriguez and Felix Sanchez brothers?

[@crissan5035]

Que viva la revolucion!

[@brindlebriar]

Working hard under bad ideas is like trying to fill a bucket that has holes in the bottom. The social structure is unsound, so anything built upon it is build inefficiently and badly. In short, it's a huge waste of human effort. The incentive structure is backwards. The basic morality is missing, as well as basic concepts of how prosperity is generated, which leads us full circle, back to the value of right ideas. Under capitalism, people with good ideas get paid more than people who do hard labor, because the good ideas are more valuable than the hard labor. The contribution to society of the very smart people, is to organize efficient structures for labor, so that labor generates wealth. When you socialize, you drive away or dis-incentivize those few very smart people. They either leave, or don't bother putting in the effort, perhaps choosing instead to live as minimalists, spend their days playing chess, getting food from a government check. That's wasted potential, but they are not allowed to make use of their potential, because it will make people unequal in wealth. Why do people need to be equal in wealth? The poor are much better off with rich people. The more rich people there are, the better off the poor become. ...until they decide to kill the rich people and take their wealth, in the hopes that this will make them wealthy. That's killing the goose that lays the golden egg. Killing them was the mother of bad ideas. The outcomes of Socialism in all countries is the best proof of this concept of the relative value of good ideas over hard work. Socialism is a fundamentally flawed idea, both morally and in terms of practical, factual comprehension of what builds wealth. Now look. They've been living in a country of slowly crumbling buildings probably since the revolution, and the life-span of the buildings, absent maintenance, is now finally running out. Killing the smart people permanently lowers the average IQ of the remaining population. That's, unfortunately, not easily correctable. The people will be paying for that 'sin' of their forebears indefinitely. However, fortunately, all it takes is for the few very smart people to be allowed to set up the systems, and countries of laborers can become very wealthy. They've just got to get rid of this stupid idea of entitlement to equity of outcome. That's never going to work. It actually _can't_ work.

[@katerinac706]

One of the reasons of the poverty in Cuba is the US embargo against the Cuban economy. I have been to a few Caribbean islands, and Cuba was the safest one! All so called democratic countries like the Bahamas, DR, Jamaica etc. are more dangerous. Besides, Cuba provides a free medical care and education to all the citizens.

[@FREEMAYKELOSORBO]

Cubs trades with other countries forget the U.S. embargo the socialist prefer that Cubans struggle can’t control them with a full stomach.

[@PS-hv7on]

So a communist country requires the support of a capitalist country in order to survive? Are you delusional or just stupid?

[@shauncameron8390]

@@PS-hv7on Marx actually admitted that communism needed capitalism to prop it up.

[@skhosanamathiyane]

Cuba kept on moving forward although it was blocked by Americans, however i hope one day it will be better place i love you Cuba,,,,,,,,South Africa

[@frankb.2419]

But I'd bet that ( I've seen myself when visiting Cuba) the Cuban Communist Party members live in big houses in a leafy suburb of Havana like Miramar or Vedado.

[@katerinac706]

Cuba needs more entrepreneurs like Hugo.

[@deb5932]

Katerina you are from which country?

[@katerinac706]

@@deb5932 USA

[@deb5932]

@@katerinac706 very good. You are from which state?

[@masaharumorimoto4761]

Excellent work Al Jazeera!!

[@Auoroseme]

I guess Cuba must be having the highest number of historical buildings in the world.

[@ivansalcedo5231]

One OnOne They're not historical. They're just old.

[@adminuser5810]

you meant the highest volume of rubble in the world.

[@Ķųțťþ]

Corruption seeping back into Cuba.. tragic

[@amandahorner1735]

Look, lets be honest, in every city in the world there will be those who like to "work moves" as we say in Belfast. Always someone who think they are smart and work around the system. Cubans are no different - but it is when they are doing it to keep others down then they need to be dealt with - just like Batista

[@Ķųțťþ]

Definitely, but it should be cubans "working moves" rather than foreigners picking winners and losers. We see the exploitation foreign investment has caused in all of latin america.

[@gloriaofford4474]

Housing though bad in some places, food stipend, free healthcare, and schools. There are obvious problems aggravated by "punishment" when Cuba turned against capitalism. /foreigners ....am I on onto the right facts? The question is ...would the poor become poorer, and without the current benefits? The wealthy once ruled Supreme, it is frightening what government can do when it doesn't care about it's working poor.

[@Moabd19]

Just came back from cuba , lovely people happy , ofcourse i saw poverty , but i saw a country with a lot of potencial , also heard that Young ppl are leaving the country , i hope that the country progresses

[@Johnnyturbo88]

You cant just leave cuba... its communist you can get a Visa to work or for school but no one is aloud to jst leave and start a life in a new country.. very strict I have many cuban friends who I cant even visit me in Canada I have tried its nearly impossible..

[@lindashelton4364]

The young people left years ago, and now they're the old people that live here in America. And no, the country will never progress.

[@mfernandez5743]

Let’s hope the government doesn’t expropriate Hugo’s properties.

[@ernestoybarra7333]

Cuba needs Michael Moore Sean Penn and Bernie Sanders I'm sure they will bring back Cuba to the good old days of Fidel Castro.

[@IslenoGutierrez]

Ernesto Ybarra There was no good old days of Castro. He ruined the island and caused a large population of Cubans to flee and never return.

[@mayraperez3626]

No more communists in the poor Cuba!! Bernie Sanders and all this sheet 😈out of Cuba!! They need bee free🙏🙏💔

[@lindashelton4364]

and Ben Affleck and his Cuban girlfriend

[@ernestoybarra7333]

@@lindashelton4364 Sorry Benny is plowing Cuban bush isn't he?

[@stardustdreamfactory1947]

When I think of 'original occupants' I think of the people who lived there pre revolution and not the people who wandered in afterwards.

[@soulquarian69]

Stardust Dream Factory Like colonialism? Like Israel? How far in the past can we go? It's been 60 years. The current generation has nothing to do with the former elitist exiles who benefitted from Batista & the Mafia. That same generation that spawned the "Ted Cruzes" of the world. May that generation stay in the past & better yet, may it stay in the Alt-Right U.S of A

[@onetwothree4148]

Colonialism? Like USSR colonialism? Fidel Castro claimed to win 100% of the vote. I bet.

[@clarencewhite8134]

DONT WORRY I MIGHT BUY IT.

[@vkim5]

Wouldn’t travel there again, ever!

[@dfaro4582]

vkim5 why? Can you explain your experience?

[@puppetken]

Please explain your reasons as I went for over a month and seen really sad situations.

[@waffleMAN-ml8so]

Good don’t add to the problem

[@thefakeguitarplayer4124]

At 8:25 the old lady fought for the Revolution.

[@luisvilla799]

850k in Cuba na thats ridiculous

[@bdeas]

They are going to wind up an underclass in their own country. If the government cared they would make developers give 10% of the apartments to the people.

[@shauncameron8390]

What developers?

[@aleli5105]

Brave journalists to go and see these houses and the truth about how many people live in Cuba. @ min 7:00.

[@chowmikki]

Great video by Al Jazeera

[@adrianajimenez4342]

I love love Cuban food!!!! Xo

[@cubananitabell8141]

Great report, thanks !

[@antoineroquentin2852]

Should I bring jordans to cuba

[@jorgeponce5512]

Only Michael.

[@mfrank3518]

Renting an apartment for one dollar a month. My apartment is 25% of my monthly income.

[@abhijittripathi1385]

But you only get paid a maximum of 25 dollars a month. What are your views on that?

[@bennettstephenson9090]

i still. love. cuba . Its. a great. nation with. wonderful. people. one day i will visit. their

[@DulceMiel11]

Bennett Stephenson Do go there! Despite all the hardships we face we carry a lot of joy and love connecting with other people, including foreigners. I am a Cuban living in Spain now and very grateful for everything here but Cuba is the most beautiful place in the world, despite the hardship and pain. If you get a chance to visit, do so..you will be welcomed and won't regret going :) Love and light to you.

[@ТыцПыц-д1б]

Viva Cuba! 🇷🇺

[@randyscott3386]

I went there a few years ago on a cultural tour . The poverty is overwhelming . More than once I myself and others on the tour came very close to being robbed in broad daylight . It's a beautiful country but they need a free market economy .

[@revolutionarydrew5312]

america can lift the sanctions off from cuba and the free market is a scam.

[@shauncameron8390]

@@revolutionarydrew5312 Cuba can liberalize the economy and ditch the central planning.

[@briggsmaleakah]

Corruption

[@mahesh5913]

Cuba is great country

[@keineahnung5793]

Go live there

[@shauncameron8390]

Only if you're part of the ruling party.

[@mrc6301]

gave up, turn the music off.

[@3deeguy]

Some people want to blame Cuban poverty on the American embargo. Raul Castro doesn't share his limo or rent out rooms in his mansion. The reason for Cuban poverty is 'communism'.

[@jfm562]

3deeguy exactly.

[@chriskoop4888]

Yes that is true. Most liberal socialist leftists living in the United States are pushing that lie. Socialism and communism do not work anywhere. I just people wake up to that fact before it is too late.

[@elijahmendez4107]

Lmao, you talk about Castro but please tell us about the great work the queen Elizabeth has done?? Or how about the pope has helped all the native americans loose their lands all over the world ?? Or how about all the rich people in america who have made billions from the raping and pillaging of the world resources ?

[@elijahmendez4107]

@@chriskoop4888 lol you must understand why socialism, capitalism, feudalism, all those isms where created by jesuits for jesuits.. if you think other countries dont have a say in what a country does, I would suggest you read the book "adventures of an economic hitman"..

[@anabellepalacios8489]

Because all building has been abandoned for long time

[@seaor2k122]

This has all the makings of generational poverty for these people. Feel sorry for their kids.

[@EdwardGraveline]

To think all our youth want to live like this. Crazy.

[@arturbychkov6267]

I think that everyone supports the Cuban Revolution, but not everyone likes what has happened after... Of course the situation in Cuba was different during theSoviet era, but 25 years past since then, and Cuba needs changes... First of all, as an economist I suggest to give all the government owned industries and farm lands to people, by forming cooperatives... I'm sure the situation with the food shortages will change... Many people were criticizing Fidel Castro, saying that he is a billioner, I have to say that it is not true, he and at least some of his family members (his kids) are poor just like the rest of Cubans, trust me he is nothing like any other great dictators... I feel sorry for him, because he wanted to change his country but failed...

[@acp597]

Please forget my skepticism but I have read from different sources (including former agents testimony) that the Castro dictators are in fact loaded with cash in foreign bank accounts. From where is your source of information and how exactly do you know that Fidel Castro (or his estate) is poor and has no money? Are you perhaps a sympathizer or personal friend?

[@martinemjt]

billionnaire, no. millionnaire,yes. no need to worry the next leader is probably russian.

[@shauncameron8390]

No. Castro was like every other revolutionary turned dictator. He used the poor to empower and enrich himself and his henchmen.

[@rdtcarlos]

The documentary is impressive for it’s precision. But, the main reason you left it and is of great importance is that thE ORIGEN OF THE EMBARGO is that Fidel and the Cuban goverment Nacionalized, Exprópiate and took away property of national and foreign owners!

[@jameskiffin502]

they might live in slums in some parts of havana but they still live in better housing than some of there south american neighbours in favelas & shanty towns in brazil honduras peru venezuala etc or slums in africa

[@ivansalcedo5231]

James Kiffin Cuba is no where near South America. It's near Miami just to get you an idea. And it's super close to Mexicos Caribbean coast. (Cuba is a Caribbean island). And no, Cuba is one of the most poor countries in all of Latin America. (:

[@jameskiffin502]

i did not say it was near south america .i know where it is but it is still better off than some sth american countries

[@lucioagelvis2134]

no

[@jameskiffin502]

yes it is lucio

[@corazoncubano5372]

This is very true. Just take a look at the social and economic conditions in neighboring countries.

[@mfernandez5743]

60 years of the revolution

[@rasalghul3963]

Lol.. 60 years of failure. Castro family is rich though 😂😂😂

[@Hyggfjhf]

I'm planning to retire there in Cuba.

[@algambino5508]

Ofcourse with dollars you should ok

[@amandahorner1735]

Viva Cuba, I love that the guy Nicholas Sanchez says at the end of this documentary - The Revolutions is just getting started, Well said Nicholas and good luck to everyone in Cuba, things will slowly get much better, Never give up, Never give in, remember your forefathers and your history

[@nape1713]

uy... im so sorrrry señora... bot we cang wait to forrrrget

[@amandahorner1735]

@@nape1713 lo siento eschuar, pero por favor, siéntete orgulloso de tu herencia

[@ArtFreeman]

In the US people live in their cars and cardboard tents. Hence the problem is not just in Cuba but in the US and many other countries

[@joedias7946]

Is there freedom in Qatar? No body talks about the slaves from Asia who built Qatar.

[@jesuschristsaves392]

Dear God🙏 in heaven, I come to you in the name of Jesus. I acknowledge to You that I am a sinner, and I am sorry for my sins and the life that I have lived; I need your forgiveness. I believe that your only begotten Son Jesus Christ shed His precious blood on the cross at Calvary and died for my sins, and I am now willing to turn from my sin. You said in the bible that if we confess the Lord our God and believe in our hearts that God raised Jesus from the dead, we shall be saved. Right now I confess Jesus as my Lord. With my heart, I believe that God raised Jesus from the dead. This very moment I accept Jesus Christ as my own personal Savior and according to His Word, right now I am saved. Amen.

[@abhijittripathi1385]

At 4:39 bro didnt even bother to wear a shirt for the interview and can be seen in a wife beater lol. Thug life

[@adminuser5810]

"casual" the white ones are the ones with the nice apartment and the blacks are the ones in the deteriorated. the white woman is the one with the good job.

[@jesuschristsaves392]

🙏“Padre, sé que he violado tus leyes y mis pecados me han separado de ti. Realmente lo siento, y ahora quiero alejarme de mi vida pecaminosa pasada hacia ti. Perdóname y ayúdame a evitar volver a pecar. Creo que su hijo, Jesucristo, murió por mis pecados, resucitó de entre los muertos, está vivo y escucha mi oración. Invito a Jesús a convertirse en el Señor de mi vida, a gobernar y reinar en mi corazón desde este día en adelante. Por favor envía tu Espíritu Santo para ayudarme a obedecerte y hacer tu voluntad por el resto de mi vida. En el nombre de Jesús oro, Amén "

[@aleethelfa9880]

The CUBAN REVOLUTION is not the problem..it is the growth of it's REVOLUTION.Changes must be provided to Eliminate poverty in any System.

[@debeeadams]

Gentrification in Cuba ... que lastima 🤦🏾‍♀️

[@tamz-b1h]

As soon as she mentioned the microbrewery I knew what time it was.