Fidel Castro Interview With Barbara Walters

Walters reflected on some of the most memorable moments from her meetings with the former Cuban leader.

[@henryviii267]

shes trying so carefully to not say that she liked hin

[@henryviii267]

***** ya dont know what a terrorrist is do ya?

[@henryviii267]

*****​ yea and you clearly dont. Your relvative location means nothing

[@luciano5137]

true I m European but live in USA for past 16 years majority people here are dumb and uneducated as their school system sucks .....they don't teach kids shit most of Americans can't find Europe on the map or even their own states but all are loud and pretend they know everything .....rarely you 'll run into someone who is educated enough to have intelligent conversation with also I am white

[@henryviii267]

*****​​ im canadian bud, and we are the highest educated country Ans stop fucking calling me White

[@henryviii267]

Aee you stupid? Edication has nothing to do with the dollar value lmao. And have you watched his funeral? Dya see all the people wjo were crying? The only reason you hate castro is because you were taught too

[@laurants]

This is an interview about an interview...

[@imtiazmohamedjoesoef1918]

Cricket

[@imtiazmohamedjoesoef1918]

Crickets on

[@tommyticklebum7873]

Intception

[@Kenlaboss.]

Laurence Goldkamp Just you wait 20 years and they'll make an inception once again.

[@eg626]

your insight is brilliant... jackass

[@gw7624]

What she didn't realise was that she was actually interviewing Liam Neeson.

[@scratchformula9196]

Lmao i see it

[@fullmetalprism5249]

GPD W lol Cunning resemblance

[@hashimidris5869]

GPD W barf lmao

[@sdot40k]

Lol facts

[@yahushamyreedemerlives6926]

🙏🏽⚡️😩

[@eltonbrown2344]

He smashed and she has to pick her words carefully to not let it out.

[@Ditka-89]

Lmao

[@mandyramos1671]

What happens with Castro stays with Castro 😉

[@willshogren1987]

Yeah, he beat the brakes off it for sure.

[@chicoortiz1984]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@ANKET47]

Seriously, americans should be the last person on earth to talk about Castro's human rights violations.

[@Real_Question_Marked]

Anket Shetty A violation is a violation regardless of number.

[@ChrissyGurrola]

Amen.

[@craigtheschmeg3253]

Illegals go to the USA so they can experience the many cool human rights violations that racist USA has to offer.

[@jamiemalokas3693]

American drones have killed hundreds if not thousands of civilians over the last 8 years. Including American citizens. It is hard to get an exact count they have slaughtered so many.

[@joellaz9836]

Craig TheSchmeg Illegals go to USA because Americans ruined their country. Read about what America did to Guatemala in 1954. Guatemala democratically elected a man named Arbenz, who wanted to help the poor. However, Americans didn't like that because it threatened the profits an American corporation called United Fruit, so the American government had him overthrown. And guess who was there in Guatemala in 1954 to witness all of this? Che Guevara. He witnessed America's imperialism and greed. You ruin their countries then you wonder why they are fleeing to your country.

[@MAHONEYDRO]

"We rode through the mountains in his jeep, with his gun in my lap" 🤣🤣

[@elvzish]

Lol. She loved it

[@hebince44]

His clever way of impressing her

[@blasianluvschocolate397]

😁😁😁

[@raftat2818]

At that time Castro always used to have a gun , I remember when I was 10 year old , a president came to Cuba and I saw him and the other guy , I don't remember now where he comes from , they traveled Havana streets in a convertible car , both were standing, I remember Fidel with his gun, I think around 1980 Fidel didn't carry anymore a no conceal gun.

[@nokwandadubazana5216]

😂😂😂

[@isaaccabrera3719]

Fidel Castro repeatedly stated that he did not like the US version of democracy where the US imposes its will because of its might and remove democratically elected governments just because they happen to disagree with them. That is lock of respect for the people who elected those governments. The US promotes corporate interests not democracy and sends poor American Soldiers to die with the pretext of defending freedom. The truth is that those countries whom the US calls undemocratic are more democratic than they are.

[@corredor305]

Haha me cago en su revolución

[@juanguzman9031]

@@vitocorleone8323 I don't like to use whataboutism but can you tell me of any us politician who's kid do not have at least that much?

[@juanguzman9031]

@@vitocorleone8323 so communists are supposed to be poor?

[@alexstewart8097]

So i guess you are then OK with selling Cuba to the Russians like Castro did ...? You have NO IDEA of what really transpired in Cuba. NONE!

[@collinsjean2422]

Damn Fiddle that’s what a revolutionist suppose to do.

[@mattsherv1986]

I think Barbra wanted that legendary Cuban sandwich

[@chicoortiz1984]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@mrconfusion87]

Goes without saying! 🤣🤣🤣

[@Sam-ue4rv]

Such a sad day for the world.. Rest in Peace.. Comrade

[@TheJoseMedina]

Sam Escobar quite contrary, tonight we party in Miami #CubaLibre

[@TheJoseMedina]

nick bob 😂😂😂😂 educate yourself

[@tvs9978]

well said Sam.

[@ecua2vega9]

jmed786 the dictator may of died but the dictator ideals still live on and his brother is still alive. sad that a bunch of people celebrate when a man who helped their country died. your not cuban your a traitor to your country

[@shamaneikajohnson7117]

jorge quinones Lol. Right 🔥

[@bidhana1072]

If ever they make a movie about Fidel Castro, Liam Neeson would be a perfect choice to portray him.

[@joshuajuarez9930]

@Jaden Grant You do know Hispanic's have white in them right? Us Hispanics come in all colors Black, White, and Brown Castro was a light skin Hispanic. You can obviously see that the Spanish side showed more than the Indigenous side. If I'm not mistaken his father was from Spain.

[@lamchops8261]

what

[@Celestialspirit1]

Loll yes he does look like castro when he way young

[@ChromeMan04]

@@joshuajuarez9930 he was full Spanish. Literally no indigenous blood in him.

[@truthvigilante2180]

Or Justin Trudeau

[@iwanasakyu6264]

nelson mandela was right about him

[@professorxaviour3649]

What Nelson say?

[@toontrooper4103]

@@professorxaviour3649 I don't remember exactly what he said but he was friendly with Castro and said something along the lines of "I find it funny that these countries that supported the apartheid regime are trying to warn me about Fidel Castro."

[@Masibigirigudani]

That one is a sellout

[@LeTsZaguito]

@@Masibigirigudani I believe Castro sent cuban forces to fight for africa, i haven't read about that for a while but its a part of history most people do not know

[@Chatterbox-94]

Castro had very strong relationships with numerous African countries and leaders including Mandela. He was involved in the support of numerous African civil wars.

[@alxand3rfl0w14]

With all respect but Barvara Walters looked extremely beautiful when she was young. I think thats why Fidel accepted the interview in the first place. Lol

[@craigtheschmeg3253]

Alexander, you need glasses.

[@the-seed-sower761]

+Craig TheSchmeg you do

[@kevinzamora5004]

lmao, word.

[@adriansvarela]

Haha with all respect? She was damn hot

[@marlenewchang5489]

She was in love with him . Commie whore .... just saying. 🙄

[@cogitoergosum951]

Why did it seem so "strange" to Barbara Walters that Castro treated her like a human being?

[@DmoneyS44]

@@collinmartin2566 Seems like a pretty loose way to use "usually"

[@xandacab4285]

because americans are heavily propagandized in school and media to believe any leader who opposes american hegemony is an insane, evil dictator on par with hitler

[@UnkillableJay]

Because of decades of propaganda, and probably some racism too

[@thabangmoiloa6029]

R I P. a friend of Africa. who never stop our land but helps us🐧

[@DanielRoberts420]

LOL why did he send 30,000 troops to Angola???

[@AlexNavarro99]

To repay the Soviet Union and assist the guerrilleros fighting for Communism.

[@DanielRoberts420]

Alex Navarro And how has that turned out for Angola?

[@AlexNavarro99]

No better than the United States.

[@aneesniazi7918]

Fuckin rekt.

[@infinitequality7606]

She was in love with Fidel

[@lauracortez3904]

Interview with the Cuban dictator ? ... For a moment I thought you were talking about Batista! 😂

[@Art1966]

Castro was one small little man, who survived U.S. coups, various assassination attempts, including the legendary exploding cigar affair, He out witted, outsmarted and humiliated the United States on several occasions, my personal favorite is when Carter opened the door to any Cuban refugee that wanted to come to America, Castro emptied the prisons and mental hospitals, and gave them to Jimmy Carter. He lived his way and he died his way, and in doing so won in the great war between the USA and one tiny banana republic despot. To all that are going to attack me now, I'm not defending Castro's life, just his sense of style.

[@Art1966]

Douglas that's fine, but I heard about all the assassination attempts from Alex Jones and Roger Stone. Two source I trust. I simply admire the cahonies of the man, I'm sorry if I gave you the impression that I was a supporter. Simply put, in the theater of politics, he always provided an interesting show.

[@Art1966]

and I'm glad their dead, I'm just saying (as a spectator) I enjoy the show. I do root for the good guys though.

[@loualbino5536]

And it all wouldn't have happened if Fidel and his Russian masters proceeded with their nuclear plans. If the u.s. really wanted him dead they would've accomplished it.

[@stringupthemaoist3148]

Castro pissed on America from such a height, the US thought God himself had rained on them.

[@loualbino5536]

A B He pissed on his people.

[@HowardGeldartMackie]

Whether you agree or disagree with his politics does not factor here. He was true to his beliefs and was loved by his people. My deepest condolences to the Cuban people.

[@lizchannel1434]

Howard Geldart mant of us cubans hate him. What are you talking about?

[@whyismynametaken123]

How do you feel Cuba would have turned out if the US did not intervene so much with Castro? From my limited knowledge it seems a lot of the downsides of Castro were directly correlated to US intervention (trade embargo, cia assassination attempts, media propaganda, etc..)

[@IvanKovalevkiyothebarbarian]

lol no cuban likes him

[@hawkerwalks5219]

Yeah that's why all of the Miami Cubans that escaped from him have been partying all weekend

[@jackiebradleyjr.2072]

The fuck are you deranged? Are you some colin kaepernick inspired imbecile?

[@rmt2171]

Lisa Howard was the first woman to interview Castro. She had several interviews with him. Up close and very personal too.

[@antoan7464]

And Che

[@Lucy-xl3jc]

👍

[@LeBrow420]

Still a better love story than Twilight

[@thegamingpigeon3216]

I will say this about Castro: the more I studied up on him and learned about him, the more I truly believe that there is one thing that sets him apart from almost every other dictator: he stuck to his principles and he was doing it from a place of caring. Human rights abuses (of which there are numerous) aside, I honestly believe he wanted to do good. He wanted to do what was best for Cuba, and when he stood up to the U.S., the resultant backlash and propaganda against him forever altered how the west would think of him so it's very hard in the states to get a true grasp of who he was. Again, this is not to say he was perfect or his regime was all rainbows and butterflies. The man had unspeakable things done to dissidents, committed scores of human rights abuses and violations and, well, let's just say there's a reason there was and still is an exodus of Cubans from Cuba into the United States and surrounding Caribbean countries. But in my humble opinion, when you put it all together and place it on a scale of good vs evil, I think in the grand scheme of things he's a lot closer to the good side than many many many many other dictators are.

[@jplb96]

There are certainly some abuses but are they're overwhelmingly exaggerated. For example, the so called 'concentration camps for gay people's were in fact civil alternatives to conscription as the machismo military refused to allow LGBT people to serve but that was reversed in the early 90s and they were allowed into the army. The one place in particular that had abuses was found and shut down very quickly following numerous complaints. People are allowed to leave Cuba, it's the US who prohibited people from going to Cuba. If people want to leave they aren't stopped. The bay of pigs prisoners were not abused and of all people to suffer you'd think it would be them. Nearly 1200 were sent back in exchange for humanitarian supplies despite being responsible for killing 2000 people. I think as many people died on the ship containers on the way over as were executed.

[@christopher9727]

No hope in going to the past come to the loving savior today Seek his Holy Spirit in prayer today he can give you peace confort and guidance today Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Come to Jesus Christ today Jesus Christ is only way to heaven Repent and follow him today seek his heart Jesus Christ can fill the emptiness he can fill the void Heaven and hell is real cone to the loving savior today Today is the day of salvation tomorrow might be to late come to the loving savior today John 3:16-21 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God. Mark 1.15 15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel. 2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. Hebrews 11:6 6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. Jesus

[@user-ql8xc3zj7z]

“World leaders” not just dictators. Because people forget changing their leaders does not wash away their war and past crimes. In ways there are so many contradictions and hypocrisy within the west. Not just the “commies”

[@musicaquecalma4134]

thegamingpigeon3216, What good did the scoundrel Fidel Castro do to Cuba and the people? NEVER BEFORE were the Cuban people more HANDMADE, trampled, silenced, robbed and repressed than after that hypocrite put his dirty hands on Cuba!!!!! Fidel Castro was a first-class orator and had extraordinary charisma, which enabled him to deceive first the Cubans and, later, international opinion. He destroyed EVERYTHING he could get his hands on: the Constitution and with it, freedom; the systems of education, health, agriculture, fishing, livestock, hydraulics, construction, transportation, railways...etc, etc, etc, etc. Enough blaming the US!!! That was his PRETEXT to cover up the DISASTER that he and his communist system produced.

[@phucdo6085]

Imagine if a North Korean or even Russian reporter ask for an interview with Obama would they get the same treatment as Walters got from Castro?

[@tracer740]

Of course. Why not?

[@phucdo6085]

Try to find an interview that Obama had done with press from a foreign country where the interviewer gets a tour with a gun in their lap

[@phucdo6085]

Liche Christ or rather just find an one to one interview Obama or any President had done with press from a rival country

[@BladePocok]

@@phucdo6085 rival /=/ enemy

[@cellocovers3982]

"I really liked him, but when I started thinking about all my biases which I haven't really thought about at all, I just believe whatever I'm told to believe you see, then wait a minute! I didn't like him anymore" - Walters

[@Yalbou]

She is a hack and over rated

[@jamesflores97]

I honestly think Barbara gave up that 🤩🤩🤩🤩. I don't blame Castro, Barbara looks good then and now.

[@mandyramos1671]

You don’t kiss and tell 😉

[@holaforistas]

Admirable lady. The world would be a better place if there were more journalists like her.

[@JItalia217]

I hear you. Absolutely loved her.

[@christopher9727]

Don't follow the worldly trends follow Jesus Christ today There is no security or hope with out Jesus Christ in this world come and repent of all sins today Today is the day of salvation come to the loving savior Today repent and do not go to hell Come to Jesus Christ today Jesus Christ is only way to heaven Repent and follow him today seek his heart Jesus Christ can fill the emptiness he can fill the void Heaven and hell is real cone to the loving savior today Today is the day of salvation tomorrow might be to late come to the loving savior today John 3:16-21 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God. Mark 1.15 15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel. 2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. Hebrews 11:6 6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. Jesus

[@Chatterbox-94]

She was a phenomenal journalist. A pioneer who covered some of the most iconic events of the 20th century.

[@amadeus004]

Lmao no she wasn’t. She was another scummy Hollywood elite 😂 look at how she acted towards Corey Feldman

[@cynthiasonier5142]

Castro was friends with Pierre Trudeau in the 70s. Conservatives in Canada say that Fidel Castro is Justin's father to smear him but we're like "...and how would that NOT make him even more badass?"

[@barryallen8887]

Fr fr

[@wildcardartsent]

This aged beautifully 😂

[@Joylibelle]

Barbara Walters was not the first American journalist who interviewed Fidel Castro. Lisa Howard, who was also an ABC journalist, interviewed him in early 1963.

[@nasarullahbashir259]

Herbert Matthews also interviewed him while he was in Sierra Maestra striving to make the Revolution.

[@peacelover2767]

Lisa also had an affair with him. She also interviewed Che Guevara

[@AnnaLexi]

*_A 5 hour interview & they ran the whole thing in Cuba TV?!! Wow!! That’s unheard of today for TV interviews.._*

[@13SLUGGS]

Having the courage to be this type of journalist should be unforgettable for viewers.

[@robertgoggin4314]

just realized that thats my dad in one of the first shots with barbra shaking hands with fidel in front of air plane he is the last one on the right .I'll get them some credit where its due the back up crew that got it done when the other crews equipment failed.Jack clark-camera man and my dad Robert(bob)goggin -audio/lighting.

[@ikaros21]

Like him or not, good or evil, this man was larger than life!

[@Markdfadf]

"Like him or not, good or evil, that Hitler was larger than life!"

[@Saif-tg2et]

@@Markdfadfcomparing castro to hitler is insanity

[@musicaquecalma4134]

@ikaros21Fidel Castro, the scoundrel and hypocrite who DESTROYED Cuba and ENSLAVED 11 million Cubans. There are still people who believe in his speeches full of false data, lies and manipulations. Naive people who still believe that this hypocrite helped free the Cuban people, when the reality was VERY different. Never have the Cuban people been more MANAGED, trampled, humiliated and repressed than after the Revolution!!!! And yes, it was a Revolution, but for the WORSE. There are 64 years of torture and suffering for 11 million people FORCED to live in the aberrant communist system!!!!!

[@23kingwill]

Barbara got that work right after that first interview in Cuba

[@billyjenkins3672]

Also loved by people in his country and world wide. There's 2 sides to every story, wish the media tell the complete truth JUST ONCE!

[@abnerp3270]

Billy Jenkins u ever lived in Cuba?

[@spaghettigod43]

Billy Jenkins Kim Jung Un is also loved by his people

[@chancurtis7801]

Then why are there Cubans fleeing to America?

[@billyjenkins3672]

It’s people In Cuba loves the guy. Yes, I’ve been there. Hell, it’s more people hate Trump then they do Castro😂😂

[@nicolasmartinez795]

@@chancurtis7801 Because the embargo that the US has put on Cuba for decades that has crippled their economy. Which all countries in the UN besides the US and Israel of course believe is inhumane and should end.

[@michaelcharlesthearchangel]

Thank you, Barbara Walters. La Legenda interviewing El Legendo. Rest in peace.

[@kristinam.p.5058]

Clearly Fidel didn’t destroy your family. Otherwise you wouldn’t call him a legend.

[@ricfax]

He was a brutal POS. Now, he's a dead POS. I hope one day Cubans will escape from under the boot of his successors.

[@EndlarStudios]

To meet someone-great or evil in you're opinion-it's still a never forgettable moment

[@tongtutong9579]

I didn't realize barbarra is hot before when shes not old

[@tvs9978]

everyone was hot hen they were young. she needed a better bra though

[@craigtheschmeg3253]

Mindless limp dicks think Barbara was hot. That's funny and sad at the same time.

[@williammorales7248]

Pedro Albizu Campos

[@cheguevara4957]

Lisa Howard was the first female journalist to interview Fidel in the sixties, not this one. She also interviewed Che Guevara

[@johnnyballenatl]

Barbara in her "20 Years At ABC" special said that her sit-down with Castro was aired worldwide in several languages; but Stateside audiences didn't care less (a "Barnaby Jones" rerun crushed them in the ratings).

[@Come8In8Peace]

A once saw a documentary where i saw him speak, very wise, respectfull and honarable man.

[@PoppyChio]

rest in power, salute. I thank him for his hand in the demolishing of Apartheid, I owe My freedom to hin.

[@LS-ei9ml]

Poppy Tshiololi and i (latin american) owe him the liberation of my mind and some of his policies that were adopted by the now government of my country, making it a better place with more equality. When usa put so much effot in portraying someone as a devil, then that person is probably good, with the exception of hitler, he was a devil and everyone knows it.

[@fullmetalprism5249]

Poppy Tshiololi Africa will not forget his contribution to eliminating colonialism and apartheid

[@youngham87]

Hotep sister. Yes he helped the Congo South Africa the native African Cubans and many others globally trul a great ancestor!!

[@emiliomunox4504]

Poppy Tshiololi Do not be ignorant, Fidel Castro was a racist and a perverse. The prison population in Cuba is almost 100% Black and the majority of the Cuban soldiers who died in Africa were Black and poor, no Black Cuban citizen, has had any I am in the government for 61 years. I am black and I am discriminated against in my own country. Castro was a manipulative, murderous and perverse.Castro is burning in Hell

[@papichulo4171]

L S Weird thing is, the corporate think tanks in USA are trying to make Hitler look as if he was a socialist or that he wasn’t as bad as socialists 🤔

[@scottopeka2928]

RIP TO A LEGEND!! YOU A REAL ONE BARBRA!!!

[@Zoptec]

Rip Barbara Walters. May your legacy as a journalist live on forever!

[@barryallen8887]

Rip

[@MsThebeMoon]

I'll never forget Walter's interview with Castro while they were in the boat. They had an interesting and unforgettable chemistry ... I thought for years that those two had a "thang" for each other.

[@Lauraguerrero203]

Thebe Bashaleebee as she said Barbara “ I sat next to him in the Jeep with his gun on her lap” 😆 something definitely going on !

[@TheSololobo]

The fact that he had to negotiate with his own country's media meant that he was beholden to his countries laws just like anybody else, and the fact that he didn't take offense to getting paid 5 dallars as a driver and took it as a joke means that he was level headed, not like our elected president who seems to be on his period constantly.

[@ROZAYG]

true

[@morganmadison366]

What a lying communist you are.

[@TheSololobo]

@@morganmadison366 Oh come on, you could've done better than that, have another go at it. I have since changed my views thank god, I don't know what the hell I was thinking hehe.

[@morganmadison366]

@@TheSololobo Have you ever lived in a communist country? My family did. I'm glad you changed your mind. You might want to read "The Black Book of Communism."

[@TheSololobo]

@@morganmadison366 Imma look into it, thanks

[@fidelcastro4022]

Good interviews 🇮🇳🇨🇺😍

[@milascave2]

I spent a month in Cuba in 2001, and I was surprised, not only at the range of opinions people had about Fidel Castro, ut how easily they expressed criticism of him, even to strangers. Some folks said that he is "A very good president" or "He is like a chicken soup with three chickens,--strong." Others did not care for him at all. In the town of Trinidad, I was approached by one of the older men who sell coins with the face of Che Guevara on them for much more then they are worth. Having encountered this many times. I told the guy saying "Che, Cho" "No! No Che!" At this point, another guy slid up next to me and softly said "No Che. Y no, Fidel." And he made a throat-cutting motion with his finger. I really did not know what to say.

[@ninata7868]

Were the people happy?

[@cubanbeast20]

Fidel was a criminal who promised the cuban people he was going to reinstall our old constitution who was voted in freedom and he never did then if u complaint or riot u will be sent to jail for many years cuba is worse right now after 63 years of communist people are starting to wake up PEOPLE COMMUNISM IS NOT GOOD THIS IS LIKE HITLER OR STALLIN ONLY TOURIST PEOPLE CAN HAVE FUN IN CUBA NOT THE NATIONAL CUBANS FIDEL WAS THE ONKY ONE WHO COULD EST FISH SHRIMP AND W.E FOOD HE WANTED NOT US WE HAD TO EST W.E CAME IN AND MOST OF THE TIMES IT WASNT ENOUGH FOR THE PEOPLE

[@dougnieves3805]

As a Cuban I can tell you , we were raised in a secluded island with no access to the outside world , a lot of Cuban have poor interpersonal skills , I don’t mean this in a bad way , but yes

[@musicaquecalma4134]

milascave, NEVER BEFORE was the Cuban people more HANDMADE, trampled, silenced, robbed and repressed than after the hypocritical Fidel IMPOSED the socialist-communist system in Cuba!!!!! Fidel Castro was a first-class orator and had extraordinary charisma, which enabled him to deceive first the Cubans and, later, international opinion. He destroyed EVERYTHING he could get his hands on: the Constitution and with it, freedom; the systems of education, health, agriculture, fishing, livestock, hydraulics, construction, transportation, railways...etc, etc, etc, etc. The socialist-communist system is the WORST thing that can happen to a country and its people!!!! Communism is living oppressed, WITHOUT freedom, WITHOUT rights, WITHOUT future!!

[@millionworkneh1754]

He is one of few politicians who has given his life for his own people. No one can accuse him of corruption which is a disease where our own democratically elected officially are not immune at all. His soldiers died in many parts of the world as a freedom fighters. He supports a freedom fighters of Africa who were fighting with the west colonizers including Apartheid of South Africa. Millions of common people appreciate his support for ordinary population of the world. The way he did politics in his own land is controversial, because America is shared the responsibility for his policy shift. When he visit US after his victory against Batista, the US foolishly ignored him so he became friend of Soviet Union. US equally responsible for 1 million death in Ethiopia by the military government because again, US gave cold shoulder to the military government of that time when the new government seeks America's help. Guess what ?... they turned their face to the former Soviet union.

[@cindymeadows2518]

Million Workneh

[@millionworkneh1754]

Douglas I can tell from your rant, you would have been the worst if you were in his shoes. Thanks God you're limited to your own rant...not more. History is written not immatured emotionals.

[@millionworkneh1754]

Douglas hahaha lol. It reminds me about people with no reasoning capacity defend themselves with mocking and insulting. Guns belch out smoke.

[@ghdh166.]

Facts are his country or ideaoligy was flawed, he needed a superpower to prop his government up. The second the Soviet Union was out of the picture, the whole Shame fell apart. He created evil, destroyed families, murdered opposition and lead his people into famine, with all the best intentions!

[@jacyborreaux919]

Lol! You gotta be kidding! He had the best of the best you moron!

[@eddysplosion]

in these mainstream media interviews I always feel like I'm watching the hunger games interviews

[@bugsbunny1571]

I'm sure her interview with Fidel had a happy ending lol

[@Come8In8Peace]

He had a long life, thats blessed

[@devonthompson9949]

Castro is not a dictator he is a revolutionist

[@h.m.6258]

Devon Thompson exactly

[@corredor305]

49 years and countless innocent deaths is dictatorship you sack of shit

[@abelphilosophy4835]

Nonsense. He was an evolutionist

[@arielmatinez]

He was a murderer! Rest in hell!

[@revelaitons3959]

@@corredor305 Yeah, countless, as in you don't want to count them, because there aren't that many. The Cuban Revolution was one of the least bloody revolutions, way less violent than the American Revolution, and I say they didn't execute enough. Too many gusanos got to escape to Florida and whine for a thousand years about "Castro took my slave plantation, waahhh" There is democracy in Cuba, and it's government serves the people more than America's ever could.

[@Pveal79]

this is an interview about an interviewer getting interviewed about a past interview

[@revelaitons3959]

1:27 She called him "A bear of a man" what is this, True Allegiance?

[@roguenation]

Comandante en Jefe Fidel Castro Ruz was the greatest Marxist of the contemporary era. For more than a half century, basing himself on integrating the universal truth of Marxism-Leninism with the concrete practice of revolution, he inherited, defended, and developed Marxism-Leninism in the protracted struggle against class enemies at home and abroad, both inside and outside the Party, and wrote a most brilliant chapter in the history of the movement of proletarian revolution.

[@buckeye4x4]

Keep drinking that Kool-Aid.

[@fightttttt]

Castro wasn't even a marxist until after the revolution he even famously said he isn't a socialist until Che and America not dealing with him forced him to be to export to Russia. O hail a guy that doesn't host elections and locks up political decent. LOL

[@roguenation]

Derek Bao In the sharp struggle of the past decades, the undauntable Cuban people, under the staunch leadership of their revolutionary leader Comandante en Jefe Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz, were not in the least awed by the U.S. imperialists' war provocations and political pressure. The Cuban people, firmly adhering to principles and united as one, waged blow-for-blow struggles against U.S. imperialism, hit hard at U.S. intervention and war provocations, and finally forced the U.S. Government to agree to relax the embargo. In the face of the powerful pressure exerted by the imperialist reactionary forces, the Cuban people have demonstrated the dignity of progressive mankind, displayed a fearless revolutionary spirit and defended the honor of a socialist country. The Cuban people is worthy of the name of a great people; Comandante en Jefe Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz is worthy of being called a staunch Marxist-Leninist revolutionary fighter!

[@musicaquecalma4134]

roquenation, You do not know what you say!!! Fidel Castro YES! He was a dictator and manipulated the world with his LIES. And since 1959 itself, it began to take over Cuba, to take EVERYTHING from EVERYONE. Fidel, together with Che, worked in the first two years of the damned Revolution, on laws about land, money, banks, factories, industries, education, health, the economy... in short, etc What happened? ? EVERYTHING, absolutely everything, belongs to the two Castro families and the senior leadership of the communist military, who grew old as ministers and who are the heads of all powers in the country, and heads of all civil and military organizations. Then, Fidel FILLED the people with unjust and absurd laws to completely bind them. He imposed ruthless repression against anyone who dared to express a contrary opinion. Laws that have meant that the people have NO freedom, no progress, nor their own decision... they are a slave people, trampled, fearful, abused and raped by the communist government. Many times, in his long speeches (4 to 6 hours with the people FORCED to be in the sun, without water, standing, without food) he said things, which were later written as laws (he governed for 15 YEARS without a constitution, only with his words).

[@b4byd09]

Just cause someone is a nice person doesn't mean he is gonna betray his beliefs and men for you. He was a soldier that was his first give away for how brutal he can be if he needs to.

[@unknownunknowns]

Unlike other dictators, he didn't put a picture or statue of himself is something new to me.

[@irisiris2075]

Stefan Unson he wasn't a dictator. Cuba has an assembly of over 600 people plus the president. 52% are woman, and 18% are ages 18-25. They have a better democracy than both Canada and America

[@Maria-fg3xj]

iris are you fucking serious?! Its all bullshit!! Us Cuban citizens don't get a choice how are you people blind!!!!

[@ceccisal914]

Sorry to disappoint Barbara's fans but she was not the first American Journalist to interview Fidel. It was Lisa Howard in 1962. Great interview!! She also travel with him around. She ask lots of great questions about Russia. Check it out

[@AllenMQuinn]

Considering all the rumours that she's close to death, she looks and seems just fine in this interview.

[@Anthonywb]

She passed today.

[@F_And]

1:45 She almost says "I loved him"

[@khentiamentiu5450]

she wasn't the once American reporter to interview so that's a lie, it was Lisa Howard.

[@anuragrawal338]

Just saw a video about this on Adrian gray comedy channel and the next Recomdation was this

[@tapsofosiris3110]

Imagine paying the supreme dictator of a country five bucks for an interview... LMAO. Castro was a legend for accepting.

[@alejosssdo]

ya see that's the thing. he was never a dictator, that's why people loved him

[@adamtajyar]

@@alejosssdo so you call taking power in a military coup d’état with out any elections and ruling for almost 5 decades with an iron fist not being a dictator?

[@alejosssdo]

@@adamtajyar yes because the entire process never depended on him. he was a re-elected official that merely did what the local councils around cuba told him to. he fought against the cult of personality that many gave him, and kept cuba safe

[@alejosssdo]

@@adamtajyar what do you mean by "iron fist"?

[@mrconfusion87]

She paid him in other ways I bet! 🤣🤣🤣

[@mss627]

Calling Barbara Walters a journalist is like calling Ronald McDonald a Sous Chef.

[@cellocovers3982]

We need an interview about this interview about an interview!

[@al-xshro9975]

Someone would have to interview the gentleman interviewing Barbara . Lol

[@bxchicc7799]

Love Barbara Walters. Been watching her since i was a kid. Love her interviews

[@grandmalovesmebest]

i loved the interview w fidel and babs. she said nixon just visited china do you think hr will visit cuba? castro said no. i know he wont. babs asked why and fidel said "bc he wont be invited!" priceless.

[@davidm9843]

Did ABC seriously forget that Lisa Howard interviewed Castro in 1963 while working for ABC? Barbara Walters was not the first.

[@joseljulianify]

Lisa Howard interviewed Castro first and it's said that she also slept with him. Castro was a real player

[@robertgoggin4314]

My dad has told many of stories of being on the backup camera crew that was there with barbra walters in cuba and the main crews film equipment failed and if it wasn't for my dad and his camera crew partner that interview wouldn't have even have been able to be aired.

[@tmt6746]

I wish I was in her place, talk to Castro for hours and understand the mentality of this unique man ...

[@wil9089]

How do they not have freedom of the press? It literally said the Cuban Television stationed aired all 5 hours of the interview of an American critiquing Castro!

[@MultiSciGeek]

How long was this interview? Like they were driving and traveling and all so how long was it? (not the edited version)

[@chriszuniga4106]

Castro is the stuff legends are made of. It's rare that you have a leader that himself led a revolution and personally led his troops and fought with them on the front line. He's a brutal dictator that ruthlessly suppressed opposition. At the same time he made a lot of aspects of life better for a lot of it's citizens. Others..not so much.

[@Revengex19999]

facts his story is legendary

[@Socrates1944]

Castro lifted his people from poverty to a much better standard of living!

[@TheGalacticEffectMusic]

@@Socrates1944 This is not true. The standard of living in Cuba has dramatically declined in the last 60 years. Batista was a horrible fascist leader, but Castro became a symbol of repression and an echo of stalinistic sorta communism that led to the destruction of the island. My family Is from there. Because they disagreed with ‘communism’ they were brutalized in prison. Workers get paid way less in Cuba then America. Their labor is exploited for the sake of the ‘state’ Medicine is actually very hard to come by contrary to most beliefs. The centralized government acts like an exploitive corporation, human trafficking their doctors to open up shops in Europe, all to profit while everyone else starved

[@liarperez]

@@Socrates1944 I am cuban and I had to flee Cuba due to the miserable country that piece of garbage created for all regular citizens while he and his family enjoyed and still are enjoying the most lavish pleasures and travels. He has been the worst Cuba has even known so far. Believe me!!

[@bobby1019]

gusanos get what they deserve

[@YoYo-ni4vt]

7:20 its funny how the media decides who your enemy is. lol

[@YoelAndMari]

He grilled lobsters for Barbara, while its illegal to do the same in Cuba for many Cubans.

[@mrconfusion87]

And he "grilled" her as well!

[@IAmKdizzle]

Legendary interview! RIP Barb ❤

[@henryviii267]

cansomeone link me to any of the interviews

[@nightstrike90]

I always pictured him with a deeper voice tbh

[@knowtheunknown4183]

He was one charming MF!💯

[@eb9172]

Go to Cuba then schmuck

[@aileniss]

@@eb9172 ong

[@mimiwins1]

did he say "icontic interview" instead of iconic

[@gsingh5617]

Revolution never dies🇨🇺

[@katara2021]

it's not, there are still communist countries and political parties present.

[@corredor305]

me cago en tú revolución 💩💩💩

[@adambennett3468]

Enjoy your breadlines i'm gonna go to Mcdonalds

[@J1mmymadeit]

adam bennett free bread sounds a lot better than a cheeseburger that costs 30 dollars and will take a good 5 years off your lifespan

[@danielcervantes4762]

I don’t consider one dictator replacing another dictator a revolution

[@jimmyrodasmolestina979]

Barbara Walters fell in love with Fidel Castro

[@zninz5368]

he was born with that militant suit on. PAPI RIP

[@oscar5211]

Hero !

[@eb9172]

Another brainless person

[@eb9172]

@@oscar5211 hero? To who? Not to the Cubans. Maybe to an ignorant person like you

[@joesantana9593]

Y'all think he hit ??

[@colincrothers4836]

Lmao for sure there's a story abt him hooking up with a CIA agent sent to kill him. Prolly isnt true but I hope it is

[@LeonWagg]

@@colincrothers4836 The story that he had sex with a girl the CIA sent to kill him is actually true lol her name Marita Lorenz. She was pretty much in love with Fidel and his charm.

[@mrconfusion87]

Most definitely! I doubt Barbara Walters would have gotten to ask the harder questions without that happening!

[@nathylsnipesakayipes7252]

Salute from your Winston-Salem, NC family... 1st Southern Chapter of The Black Panther Party (1969)💯💯 #Yipesceo

[@francescahamilton6856]

Wonderful Barbara Walters. Castro was a huge Hero of mine in the 1960's. When I was young, I was rebel & a Revolutionary. If I had been born Cuban, I would have joined his Band of Freedom Fighters.

[@eduardoros993]

He let her interview him because he was in love with her.

[@speedstackingboy305]

Only reason

[@colesteele3594]

Barbara Waters was something before color photography.

[@blaketrickey5676]

I was in Cuba in 2006 and there were big billboards all over Havana that depicted Fidel Castro with various slogans on them.

[@ODWGKTAA]

castro smashed

[@mrconfusion87]

Every hole in her body! 🤣🤣🤣

[@marymvc]

I want to get an icontic interview! What does icontic mean again? LOL smh

[@dissdad8744]

Why do they hide the original interview?

[@monicajimenez6710]

Geeat interview thanks for share

[@maxamedcade7813]

he's good man I think his country realise him

[@Dzmo15]

Maxamed Cade no he isnt you fucking MORON

[@lizchannel1434]

Maxamed Cade we hated him

[@samd8914]

He has good things and bad things. The Cubans that fled hate him. Cubans that love him stayed and are appreciative of the good he has done. Campared to other Spanish countries, Cuba has done well. No one starves. Healthcare for all. The very wealthy that did not want to share their wealth fled. He wanted to make things more equal and thus helping millions of Cuban people. He did what he felt was right.

[@kambuibomani231]

lisette rojas if you mean we as you then yeah maybe so

[@ChrissyGurrola]

He did some mazing things for Cuba. The regime was not perfect. But more humane than most.

[@mariasoniarodriguez1997]

Fidel Castro all the values of the revolution will be alive in the good Cubans.

[@samd8914]

I believe so.

[@LyingPrauses]

FlamethrowerPortableNo2 laaaaaaaaaaaaaaame

[@blizardsnowz]

Communist pig

[@user-uz5ko8sv2f]

I was recently in Havana and the part where she says you don’t see his pictures plastered everywhere, that’s still true all these years later.

[@sneakingfox5887]

Where's the full interview

[@BAP3221]

0:57 Damn she looked old in 1977. I would expect her to look like the cryptkeeper today

[@jrphillip1458]

RIP FIDEL CASTRO you are my hero

[@ChrissyGurrola]

mine too

[@craigtheschmeg3253]

Jr Phillip and Chrissy Gurrola --- Let me guess, you two turds are white liberal worms.

[@MsThebeMoon]

Except liberals don't usually like dictators like repugnicant regressives. I recall that your asswipe elect in chief seems to praise those types.

[@908lion]

how is someone who killed innocents your hero?

[@ChrissyGurrola]

He didn't. Batista killed poor people protesting for change. People were starving under Batistas regime of which Castro overthrew. No one starved in Fidel's regime. He did turn tyrannical, he is no Jesus Christ. But did not compromise resources of the island for capitalist gain. People dont starve in Cuba from ingenuity they learned how to grow food when rations didnt cut it and dont get taxed to fish. How is that worse than the poverty and environmental (which really blankets over anything else) issues at home?

[@mullahomar494]

Looks like barb and castro had a thing in that thumbnail 😂

[@jdeb9151]

Where can I watch that interview ???