Communist Cuba: The Early Days Of Castro | Flashback | NBC News

As the U.S. Reopens diplomatic relations with Cuba, a rare and exclusive look back at life on the ground in Cuba during the height of Castro's revolution.
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Communist Cuba: The Early Days Of Castro | Flashback | NBC News

[@TimStruckmeier]

To describe this 1969 clip as being from the "early days of Castro" is pretty much of a stretch to say the least. Castro had already been in power for more than 10 years at that time.

[@coimbralaw]

So what?

[@TimStruckmeier]

@@coimbralaw So words matter, that’s what.

[@rumpraisin]

Considering Castro was the was the leader of Cuba from 1959 to 2008 then 1969 was a realatively early time of a long period of his reign over of Cuba.

[@TimStruckmeier]

@@rumpraisin The quote from the description was “early days of Castro”. If you want to consider 10 years after he took power as early, that’s up to you. I still say that’s a stretch.

[@celinahughes5575]

They should interview these same people and see how their lives turned out!!!!!!

[@Derek032789]

Seems like Marjorie Moore's life turned out to be successful, though it's hard to know how she truly felt about the way things turned out in Cuba politically. Here's the source: scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0864-34662004000300018

[@jeffgriscoa8131]

@@Derek032789 kzbin.info/www/bejne/eKrVnqiumtykpaM but not these Cubans!

[@edwinmalachy]

Americans as propaganda stooges

[@bingusbadingus9486]

It was more than just Americans, you know.

[@TheInstitution]

Of course the rich kids would love 'equality'. That's the irony.

[@shingouki6392]

Would you rather they sat on their precious trust fund and reinvigorate the cycle that persecutes those socio-economically beneath them ? At least theyre making an effort to understand - even if they truly wouldnt be able to. You forget both Castro and Guevara were both from wealth..

[@TheInstitution]

@@shingouki6392 You were top of your class, weren't you?!

[@edisonwong1295]

@@TheInstitution Cuba what time Would have freedom?

[@edisonwong1295]

@@TheInstitution I Feel communist county not freedom the CCP Not suitable for human survival.

[@periodicart444]

Bourgeois who leave their world of comfort to help those less fortunate, I see no problem here

[@LaminarSound]

Fast forward 50 years and absolutely nothing has changed.

[@motmuri4462]

They changed

[@CHASU941]

"ES FÁCIL Y CÓMODO SER COMUNISTA EN UN PAÍS LIBRE, LO DIFÍCIL ES SER LIBRE EN UN PAÍS COMUNISTA"

[@masdavis236]

Bunch of bong heads if you ask me 🙄🤣

[@israelitehua2427]

When other people outside the US say Americans are stupid, this is who they’re talking about.

[@yurifrommw215]

Thankyou! IKR?

[@LaminarSound]

Hahahahahahaha yes!!! Bingo.

[@fatimap5107]

huh , Cubans ?

[@wanglei91]

Americans are always in illusions.

[@azulmora9777]

Okay, capitalist🤣

[@trustyshellback]

Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa (Mario Vargas Llosa), ganador del premio Nobel de Literatura durante 2010, aseveró que el socialismo es un infierno. 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇 "El sacrificio de los cubanos, de los venezolanos, de los nicaragüenses ha servido para mostrarnos muy de cerca en nuestro propio territorio la verdadera cara del socialismo, que no es el paraíso traído a la tierra sino la tierra convertida en un infierno." 🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷 🇺🇸 Marc J. Metivier 🇺🇸

[@jadonclifton]

This is creepy af

[@nemoest0]

Sounds like the same policies as the National endowment for democracy today. Spreading benevolent regime change to needy countries.

[@cr8zystar282]

It always works at first 😆

[@HeadgeHunter]

Yup. Until the government wastes all their money.

[@michealbay1290]

2:24 dude's weeded out lol

[@rumpraisin]

Those 500 foreign students visiting Cuba should have gone to Czechoslovakia to see how the Czechs were doing after being invaded by communist USSR.

[@daman1999]

Young Castro looks like Mahmud amadinijad

[@oddasey9769]

beautiful people

[@ursula.m8265]

Didn't do good for the majority of the people.

[@bennett2874]

It had the highest rates of education and the lowest poverty itw and the US never helped with a embargo

[@thepracticalinvestor2386]

@@bennett2874 if the country is sooo great, why aren’t I seeing people making floating devices out of old jeeps and picnic tables and sailing from Miami to Havanna?

[@bennett2874]

@@thepracticalinvestor2386 Same people who fled were the same people who were practically aristocrats, had their big houses, big businesses etc all taken away by the government and also a lot had faced trials for war crimes etc from the previous government.

[@thepracticalinvestor2386]

@@bennett2874 say that to the 2.4 million Cubans living in America. That number is increasing everyday. Seems like the “communist paradise” known as Cuba just simply doesn’t exist. If it was a thing, why don’t they allow their people to leave?

[@beatsbyjordan8730]

@@thepracticalinvestor2386 When you hear descendants of cuban refugees say they "lost everything" They mainly mean their slaves.

[@motmuri4462]

I don’t understand why Cuba and Cubans are how they are now

[@nightmuffin937]

8:20 She's beautiful

[@valerofam]

Too bad she is brain washed 😟😥

[@ermellino3578]

@@valerofam shut up western propaganda sheep

[@BB-kt5eb]

Er Mellino The wealth and inequality you whine about is no better under communism because the ruling elite live like billionaires while the rest of the people live in total poverty and stand in line for hours just to get very little food. At least in the west, the vast majority of people enjoy far superior living standards.

[@yurifrommw215]

She’s young and dumb too 😂 or more like gullible

[@fmj-j2327]

I want to move to Cuba 🇨🇺

[@jeffgriscoa8131]

Bye! kzbin.info/www/bejne/eKrVnqiumtykpaM

[@coletrain6545]

Disturbing

[@gustavoemannueldeangolasil243]

Like can If trick with ideology and leadeship of communist party of cuba? When Same he leave your own people in misery.

[@occultusskull]

Now make one videos called: *The CURRENT Castro Communist Revolution* and drive around Cuba and record it all, then air it and make a propaganda piece like this one so we can compare. lmaoooo 🤢🤡🤣

[@ermellino3578]

It's so beautiful to see that rich woman whine about how her richness was taken away

[@BB-kt5eb]

Er Mellino Why should the government take her wealth away?

[@ermellino3578]

@@BB-kt5eb redistribution my friend

[@BB-kt5eb]

Er Mellino It’s called stealing. Her wealth was rightfully hers. No one has the right to take it. If she wants to give it away, that’s fine, but seizing it by force and redistributing it when it was lawfully obtained us never okay.

[@BB-kt5eb]

And how has that worked out for Cuba and every other communist nation in earth? Not a single one of them has achieved 1st world average living standards, but EVERY nation that has achieved 1st world status has free markets... That means communism is a failure.

[@ermellino3578]

@@BB-kt5eb it's easy to call communism a failure when everytime there's an attempt at it the USA starts staging coups in the name of "democracy" (see Chile, 1973 or Bolivia, 2019 or Venezuela...and so forth)

[@omg4u2]

Long live Castro! Rest in peace king!

[@edwinmalachy]

Really? "King"?🙄

[@jeffgriscoa8131]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/eKrVnqiumtykpaM these Cubans say a different story!

[@jackbriggs3110]

LONG LIVE THE CUBAN LEFT WING REVOLUTION. VIVA FIDEL AND MY HERO CHE GUEVARA. CUBA SI, AMERIKKKA NO.

[@jackbriggs3110]

@John smith WAKE UP CAPITALIST STOOGE FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF AMERIKKKA.

[@yurifrommw215]

jack briggs you clearly don’t know your history you just believe lies without any specific source and question the evidence. It’s like you are an AI. Only programmed to do one thing lol 😂

[@sensacionsombria5125]

go live in a farm then

[@ozielgram3373]

As a Cuban born in 1975 who lived during Castro's era I find this comment very disturbing. You have no idea what you are saying.

[@brucemarsico6]

Jack....do you have wet dreams about fidel and che? I think that you do....please, try to diverse your sexual interests to people who are alive....not dead.