Cuban Revolution - Cold War DOCUMENTARY 

Should do a followup video on operation northwoods

This is a really interesting video about Cuba and I was actually waiting for this one 🇨🇺☯️ I’m looking forward to part 2 ✅

Verano means summer, not spring.

What is that music at the end of your videos?

Bro there's a mistake - REVOUTION in the video thumbnail

Cool.

So the Americans pushed Castro to become pro Soviet...interesting

A Florida neighborhood

Well the Soviets in fact were more friends with Raúl Castro. Fidels brother. Raúl was a communist and had friends on the KGB

He was neither a "haute bergeoisie" or a communist, he was an opportunist.

If you watch the earlier parts of this series, there is a lot of mentioning of the gambling and prostitution during the Batista regime (and before).

Great comment.

During the Cold War, my Mother made sure that I didn't take Spanish as a foreign language in junior high school and high school. My Mother said, "No child of mine will learn Spanish!!" Back then, the Spanish were the lowest nationality in Western Europe. 😂😂😂😂😂

@@John77Doe werent they fascists?

@@counterfan90 Correct. That held back the Spanish economy. Saturday Night Live used to do a comedy news sketch in the 1970's that Generalissimo Franco of Spain was still clinging to life. The guy lived forever ruling over Spain from 1939 to 1975. 😃😃😃😃😃😃😃

Something tells me your pronunciation of English is worse.

CIA famously considered poisoning him so as to make his beard fall out (among other barmy ideas in addition to assassination)

In April, 1959 - Castro was greeted by 100,000 youngsters in Queens, New York wearing the green-hat / beard costume marketed by Hasbro Toys. Hasbro later marketed 'mop-top' wigs to capitalize on the 'Beatles' craze.

Hello there

Agreed. I read primarily medieval and Renaissance history, but this channel has whetted my interest in this period.

*My favorite channel to watch about the Cold War period.*

Future collab maybe?

Thank you for the kind words, Stefan! I really enjoyed your video today, keep up the amazing work!

Great work! Thank you.

The comment we need

You are missing that, from day one, of the so-called Cuban revolution the Batista dictatorship, which kept Cuba and cubans enjoying a prosperous way of life until 1959, was replaced by what is known and suffered all cubans the Castro dictatorship, which has DESTROYED my, once prosperous, country. You are reproducing in English the history used and manipulated mainly by the magazine Bohemia, to wash the real horrors that Castro and his minions put in place to destroy the island and democracy in the name of Communism.

I’d suggest you to do more RESEARCH! Have you spoke to political refugees in Miami ?

​@@Anti-Comunist4ever Have you ever heard of bias?

History doesn't repeat itself, but it sure does rhyme

The U.S. falsely blamed Spain for blowing up the uss Maine in the Spanish American War.

Every time a glass cup breaks in a latin american leftist country, the USA is blamed!

@@FrauleinMuller999 every time a coup happens in Latin America, the U.S. is usually behind it.

Sandanistas ! ?

Awesome xD

Hi Mitch. I'm from Argentina (Córdoba). Why was that video so expected for you? I'm sorry. I can't name the islands as you did. I had to gather some strenght to watch that video. And I left my comment thanking Cardozo for such meticulous job and local authorities for allowing the existence of the cemetery. Greetings from Córdoba, Argentina.

Don't forget that a few years later, Castro will give political asylum to some FLQ members.

fidel castro's son actualy become canada's prime minister.

when you rely on corruption and nepotism it can backfire very quickly

Great videos 💯

This is a fact & a half...🎯😃👍

Cubans?

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I am Canadian and lived in Cuba for more than 15 years and only left because of Covid. I would have stayed there, ONLY because that is where my Cuban wife is and remains. This kind of subterfuge only works to worsen the economic and political repression that the average Cuban suffers day to day with their endless struggles to have enough food to feed themselves and their children. As a small example I was very sick one day, about 10 years ago and went to the Medical Clinic and was told in no uncertain terms to go find some medicine in the town I lived in because they had none. This is only one small example of the many many terrible things that occur there on a day to day basis. Yo soy Canadiense y yo he vivido en Cuba ms que 15 años y la unica razon que yo salio de Cuba fue porque viene la Covidonga. Quisiera quedarme alla porque mi Esposa Cubana est en Cuba y a este dí se queda en nuestra Casa, en Cuba. Esas mentiras solamente solamente va a causar sus situaciones quedarse terrible. Todos los Cubanos estn viviendo con condiciones HORRIBLES sin comidas, sin medecinas, sin casi todas las cosas que son necesarios para vivir correctamente y saludamente. Esas familias son sufriendo dia por dia momento por momento. Un ejamplo pequeño fue un día yo estaba muy enfermo y fui a hablar con el doctor y el me dijo.. no hay medecinas, busca la medecina que necesita en el barrio. Dale pa tra! Ese es solo un ejamplo de todas las cosas horribles que ellos estn sufriendo momento a momento, como ya he dicho. El internet es LLENO con la gente que crean que saben, pero sin vivir en Cuba... calle te tu boca.

Upper class people rarely suffer like the middle-class and lower-class... Fidel not only seized American owned property and businesses, he seized small Cuban owned grocery stores, hardware stores, etc. owned by Cuban nationals. Even small mom and pop shops in small and rural towns. Ever been to Cuba? You cannot even buy common nails or screws... Why? Because there are no hardware stores..! Schools are run down. Hospitals and clinics don't even have basic medicine to distribute to people... Cuba is a broken country..! And who are the upper-class in Cuba today? Government officials and their families! Today more than ever the Cuban people have no hope for a better life or even a future..!

@@gregrodriguez714 End the US Blockade of Cuba.

@@gregrodriguez714 isn't there a US blockade of Cuba? THat would hamper development over the decades. If USA played nice decades ago, and did not support Batista on his coup, Cuba might be a very different place today.

True. In latin america i feel lile this topic always either approached with extreme bias towards, or against. Either they almost religiously worship castro's ensemble and revolution, or they absolutely loath it

@@FrauleinMuller999 it's not difficult to loath communism...

@@tecuci76 oh yeah much better liberalism right xd

@@marcgarrigosmane166 i was born in a communist country and i know what it means, so jeah, much better liberalism

@@tecuci76 there has never been a communist country, only countries with communist aesthetics

they deserved it

@@ollieyang4613 Comrade edgelord be edging 😂

​@@sdsantos89 your uncle's deserved it

I assume because slavery was abolished by the Spanish in 1886.

@@masterplokoon8803 I really hate people like you that think because something is on paper, that means it doesn't happen anymore. You know america says they abolished slavery right? But what is its prison system and what does it allow companies to do overseas or in Latin america?

@@masterplokoon8803 "abolished" Just like slavery in the usa still exists under the 13th amendment. Wonder why the usa has 25% of the global prison pooulation?

and now the Cuban people live under Communism...which is just another form of slavery.

@@Fr0sty4242 if thats the case then why doesnt cuba have another revolution? They brought down a dictator that was backed and armed by the us government. Surely they could do it again if they are so oppressed. Im sure the usa would gladly back any revolutionary coup. Ask yourself that. Meanwhile tent cities are growing in the usa. There doesnt seem to be tent cities in cuba

Yeah right

It is capitalist greed that drives capitalism and US foreign policy. The Cuban revolution proves that socialist revolution is both necessary and possible.

every time communism has arisen it was not the result of students who read marx protesting, or "intellectual professors" somehow taking control of government. its always been the blowback for extreme authoritarianism, poverty and, most of the time, colonialism. of course, that sort of shatters the narrative, making it appear as if the dog bit first, when in reality it had been repeatedly kicked for decades if not centuries.

Now, Cuba it's no more Castro's era

They'll never learn. For all the complaining from the US right and left about China, Iran and Russia they still continue to stick their unwanted noses in Latin America's business with the short lived Bolivian coup and another failed attempt in Venezuela as the most recent episodes

Incompetent and brutal right-wing dictatorships Inspire left wing insurgencies that upon succeeding often become left-wing dictatorships that apologist for the old regime use as retroactive justification Such a brutal cycle that could be prevented by sensible reforms

If anything, the lessons the US learned are about strategy on repressing revolutions and fucking over socialist countries. Sipporting puppet right wing dictatorships is their modus operandi, the US Empire can't survive without it

The only thing that stopped the Reds from taking over the Philippines was Ronald Reagan's Ulsa Massa where Ronald Reagan even armed the Knights of Columbus and made them a rightwing death squad. Under Corazon Aquino, El Partido was collecting the Revolutionary Tax in the provinces and the NPA units moved into Metro Manila and started attacking government agents and installations. Sparrow Units would run up to traffic cops and shoot them in the head point blank and then disappear into the crowd. I lived through it. The general public made a hero out of Balweg, a renegade Roman Catholic Priest with two wives who hid in the Cordillera Mountain range among the Indios. I lived through it. Remember, Balweg, "The Armor of God"??? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

FEM was technically a facist according to western view. And if it was left wing, The Philippines would probably suffer the same fate as Cuba. The latter's economy affected not because of trade embargo but because of mismanagement and socialist principles. Right now Marcos' son, Bong Bong is currently The President of The Philippines but again, he's not the same as his father but remains progressive.

@@flip1sba Congratulations on knowing the middle name of Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos, 10th President of the Philippines. I think you are forgetting the clan relationship, which the Cubans did not have. Fidel Ramos is the 2nd cousin of Ferdinand Marcos. Marcos appointed family members to high positions falsely believing in the Ilocano clan system. In 1972, Marcos appointed Fidel Ramos, Chief of the Philippine Constabulary. Ultimately, Fidel Ramos betrayed Marcos, barricading himself inside Camp Crame along with Enrile and a small contingent of mutinous Philippine military. 😃😃😃😃😃😃

@@flip1sba if its not the trade embargo affecting cubas operation, why have one in the first place? It would definately be a better 'gotcha' moment if the usa let cuban socialism fail on its own...but they know it wont.

@@mikeyorkav4039 At least, own up to the fact that plenty of Cubans left, nay, ESCAPED batista’s Cuba. You’d think that Castro invented “Making Cuba less hospitable”.

No

Thank you!

Great ideas, also include dominican republic under trujillo

Think they covered Park (at least his coup) in the SK video.

Nicolae is an interesting dictator, creating a communist version of the handmaid's tale

The problem with revolutionaries who seize control of countries is that they interpret resistance or opposition as internal threats against their revolution, prompting them to become dictators to preserve what they fought for.

It’s unfortunate that most revolutions are failures. Not in the sense that they weren’t able to remove one group from power, but that they themselves became the same thing they swore to destroy

That's actually the point. French revolutionary, radical, and member of the Committee of Public Safety Anton Danton in 1794 said before being executed for treason against the Committee that in revolutions, its children shall devour its parents...

Cuba is not a dictatorship

@@terrorgaming459 Why don't you go there and live in my old neighborhood? I'll pay for the ticket, ask for residency and stay there, they'd be happy to oblige you. You can go to our great hospitals and study anything you want for free, our hospitals are just like you see them in the photos (unless you have to go to the filthy hospitals Cubans are allowed to go to) and our schools do not indoctrinate our children (unless your parents are reactionary communists that renounced their "bourgeois" relatives in the 1960s for having more than one car).

Patria y Vida

Now that Castro is gone, I think Cuba has a chance to be a great place again.

@@nobodyherepal3292 because Castro lived, Cuba is one of the greatest places on Earth

@@BubbyBoldThat’s why thousands risk their lives to float to Florida 😂. The mental gymnastics people do….

You love a man who was a brutal murderer - His favorite executioner, Ernesto "Che" Guevara, personally murdered approximately 30,000 Cubans himself on Fidel's direct orders. Che's favorite method of killing was a bullet to the back of the head. Meh...there were blind morons who loved Stalin, too.

Please

The US made over 600 assassination attempts on him.

Embargo is not a blockade

@@Nathan-jh1ho yes it is

Ya, they don’t much sense anymore. Castro is gone. I’d love to start making friends with Cuba now.

@@nobodyherepal3292 I mean they never made much sense, even if you think Castro was bad you don't make other people starve for it.

That's TrueMan...

Not sure what was so great about Truman. The Cold War started under his regime.