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Auténtica y maravillosa ciudad, hermosa sofisticada. Cuervo y Sobrinos joyerías a la altura de Paris y New York

It's ironic how they show old rich White Cuban neighborhoods while playing a tune from El Barrio Jesus Maria. Most of the mansions are abandoned and falling apart. Cuba crumbles, it's citizens starve while the few have anything they wish. Don't let this happen to your country.

What most people don’t understand is that there was no need for a revolution and much less the conversion of a great advance country into a communist one. We needed a form of government for all not just the communist elite as it has been since January 1st of 1959, a total of 65 years without freedom, no progress whatsoever; and the rest of the world looking the other way, like we din’t exist. Cuba must be free, we Cubans don’t deserve to live under such precarious conditions anymore. Viva Cuba Libre, down with communism.

Havana is still beautiful in a different way, I think it’s the people, they were so welcoming when I recently visited.

Those houses werent built by them more stolen architecture so me a construction photo and ill show you a lie

Great book

Cuba is one big dump

Interesting that he doesn't show the former mansions and hotels that were "given" to the poorest people in the country after the revolution. They didn't have the money, of course, to keep up the maintenance of the properties. 50+ years post-revolution, the properties are not habitable by most countrys' standards, yet hundreds of families dwell in them. They don't have adequate access to clean drinking water, nor do they have plumbing systems to safely dispose of waste. How is this "sophistication?" Reality is far removed from the sunshine and roses picture painted here!

The cultures should never be broken by the militaries or law enforcement who work in the strategic plan to take what you have....which was a rich culture with incredible complexities and now almost ready to rise again!

Rich White Cubans remember the Old Cuba differently from literally everyone else.

Ciudad maravilla!

I’m a Santiaguero as well 😊 … is this book on Amazon ? you should go to Santiago as well that’s another city with unique houses such as Diego Velazquez one. Thanks for the info.

VIVA BATISTA!!!

Beautiful houses, but those are the one that turist can see, why didn't you show how bad it's now, very desaponted that been Cuban don't show the real Cuba now...sad

whats the song called in 1:16

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Gone with the communism. The terrible system arriving to America.

Do not understand these Cubans going back to where people are all Communist slaves.

$# Cuba owner world leader usa

Imagine what Cuba would become as the 51st State?

Beautiful Houses. Love the book. I want to buy it. However, we must not forget most of the houses were built on the back of the poor. Cuba needed a revolution. Castro killed the dream of the revolution in his first year in power. It is sad, their own people kept him in power. Cuba educated their people which is a good thing. However, their belies were empty.

Great Shit Now

Esa casa se la merece el cangrejo nieto de raul castro

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One more thing I just remembered...in the final years in Miramar I remember riding my bycicle thru streets filled w shuttered n abandoned mansions of every description w their once immaculate gardens overgrowned filled w weeds b dead shrubbery n their swimming pools empty of water except whatever rain water had accumulated in them along w weeds n all kinds of yeah...u could go in these once grand mansions...their chandeliers dirty or broken along w Windows n once I remembered I went into the library n all over the dirty marble door there were hundreds of books as well as torn pages all over the floor...it must have belonged to a lawyer or judge for they were all law books....it was as if civilization had collapsed n we were in a dark age....the only good thing I could think of was that whoever once lived in this house would not have seen the destruction of their former grand home..that memory affected me long after I left the country because I imagined that a similar fate awaited my still beautiful home at the time...I never went back there....there were also portraits n scattered photos of the former owners broken n scattered among the debris....so very sad n traumatic for a child to see.

Miramar makes even now Beverly Hills a second runner up...no wonder all important high communist party officials live in this neighborhood In the mansions they took for themselves after their true owners went into exile...Castro n the old president n new president all live here...

As a child I use to spend 6 months in Havana in the Miramar neighborhood (winter) n 6 months (summer) in my parents beautiful sugar plantation in CAMAGUEY province....to say it was a beautiful happy life is an understatement...as a child I led a life in which the days were filled,while in the plantation w riding horses,swimming in the ocean...plantation had own wild private beach,or playing w my brother in our own 30 acres set aside by my parents as our own private playground complete w running Brook,caves full of bats,unspoiled land w lots of wonders that as children we would dream up...there are no poisonous animals in Cuba so no worry there but now as I remember I can't believe we had such freedoms to roam in our horses exploring...later on I found out cowboys were always on the lookout for our safety yet I never saw them...the bluest skies n the perfect temperature was always the rule...when the sugarcane season would end n hundreds of acres of empty cut sugarcane was all that was left we coulnt wait to watch the spectacle to come....many guests n friends n family would come that day to watch as night arrived to see in the distance from the verandas of the house on a hill overlooking a flat valley n in the distance the shoreline n ocean bathed by the moon in all of nature's glory...then as if in cue hundreds of men on either side of these empty fields would set the whole land on fire...I cannot but say it would start slow n in 20 minutes hundreds n hundreds of acres of land were engulfed by waves of giant fires each racing toward each other to meet in the middle n then burn each other out...it was a spectacle beyond words...lighting up the night as day as if the whole world was on fire...hundreds of feet tall flames swirling n unison embracing each other in their short life n the guests in awe mesmerized by the spectacle watching something that as city folks they never see...afterwards we had to go to bed but the grownups stayed up all night eating n drinking as the party spilled into the lawn in which pink flamingos my father brought as part of the show made noises protesting the raucus of laughter n voices exclaiming wonder at the impressive show...fresh roasted pig n fresh fruit n fresh milk or anything available right off the trees in large beautiful set tables w white linen that never ran out of food was the norm...the plantation had still not been connected to the power grid so there was a power plant...painted green I remember...in its own house that would start automatically whenever a light switch was turned on....I estimated now to have been the size of a car or larger...quiet n in the darkness of the night all around us the house was lit like a Christmas tree n the area around it...it was like a bright island in a sea of darkness...all this I took for granted n thought nothing of it being incredible but it was...after this occasion the rest of the summer became quiet n our world of wonders was all ours again...people still visited but nothing like what I described...there were bullfights n rodeos n once I remember my father n my brother n I went to a bullfight n after the inevitable sad end of the bull the matador cut off the ears of the poor dead beasts n offered them to me....I learned it was a great honor but I was sick to my stomach...those bloody black hairy ears cut out of its head are fresh in my mind decades after...by the way I didn't take them n my father of course did n politely excused my disgust....but it was disgusting. All too soon summer season was over n we all went to a nearby town (our family,tons of luggage n whatever we take back as souvenirs) in our two Willis jeeps...one red n one green...that would takes us to the train station n our cabins for the ride back to Havana n a more orderly,disciplined lifestyle which nonetheless was incredible w new things to do n learn obligatory in our position....dance lessons,going to swim club,tennis....I only liked the swimming n school...after school came tutors,n so on n on...by the way when I say school it wasn't like any school in the sense of the word...it was private,we wore uniforms n besides learning all u learn in a school there were a million other things I won't describe to u now.. After all that happened n the destruction of our world I can honestly say that whenever I'm down those memories make me realize that for a short time I lived the life few can imagine and as tears roll down my eyes I thank God he let me be borned into a world so rich n beautiful no matter what happens I have but to close my eyes n feel the joy n happiness as few have experienced.. As for Miramar n it's elegance,beauty n refinement ....that's another incredible tale to tell...I hope I live to see Cuba free n prosperous one day...n then all the ghosts of that long dead world can be at peace.....n the suffering of the living ended n free to bring back the laughter n happiness missing since long ago.

Is very sad that they don't talk about the gloriosos Dias in Havana, Cuba any more,....why????

Thank you for sharing your story.

Muy interesante video.

Todo muy bonito, pero los hermanitos Castro (Fidel y Raúl) han destruido La Habana.

Beautiful piece of work - thanks for sharing!

Muy linda la Habana y aún hasta losaños 61-64 habían casas en Miramar que estaban maravillosas. ...

Hello!Yes! being there....OOOOH GOD!! Charlie G./Miami Fla

LANSKY, BATISTA Y EL BAJO MUNDO DE LA MAFIA NORTEAMERICANA EN CUBA DESDE 1934 HASTA 1958 El período histórico de 1934 a 1958 fue quizás el más prolífero en Cuba para que se manifestaran en grado extremo la corrupción político-administrativa, en este sentido, históricamente apelamos a una enseñanza basada en aquellas características del período que resaltan lo económico y lo político, en tanto lo social lo dejamos ver como el agravamiento de las condiciones de vida del pueblo, el predominio del juego, la prostitución y otros vicios, solo quedándonos en las ramas, sin descender a la raíz, siguiendo esta dirección se hace necesario, ilustrarle al estudiante que estos flagelos que afectaban la sociedad cubana, lo heredamos en mayor medida de la neometrópoli impuesta por la fuerza a partir 1902, flagelos dañinos, en una muy mala versión cubanizada, de todo un bajo mundo de corrupción, crímenes, extorsión, chantajes, contrabandos y vicios, propios de una sociedad norteamericana como la de entonces. Estos males se convirtieron en centro de atención de líderes populares que con una elevada cuota de honestidad se pronunciaron a favor de un adecentamiento público, como fue el caso de Eduardo R. Chibás. El presente artículo tiene el propósito de reflejar como entre 1934 y 1958, La Habana fue convertida en un colosal imperio de la mafia norteamericana, uno de los más importantes del mundo en su tiempo, con el consentimiento de una selecta élite de funcionarios de los gobiernos de turnos, para el lavado de dinero ilegal desde Estados Unidos, el procesamiento de diamantes y oro llegados de contrabando y una red de casinos, famosos hoteles, cabarets y restaurantes. Palabras Claves: Corrupción política-administrativa, Crimen organizado, Capo, Familia criminal. LANSKY, BATISTA AND THE UNDERWORLD OF THE AMERICAN MAFIA IN CUBA FROM 1934 TO 1958. Summary: The historical period from 1934 to 1958 was perhaps the most prolific in Cuba to be manifested in the extreme political and administrative corruption in this regard, we appeal to historically-based instruction in those period features that highlight the economic and political social as we left to see how the worsening of living conditions of the people, the prevalence of gambling, prostitution and other vices, just staying in the branches, without descending to the root, following this direction is necessary to enlighten student these scourges affecting Cuban society we inherited more from the neometropoli imposed by force from 1902, damaging scourges, in a very bad version Cubanised, an entire underworld of corruption, crime, extortion, blackmail, contraband and services typical of an American society as it was then. These evils became the focus of popular leaders with a high share of honesty in favor of a public cleaned up, as was the case of Edward R. Chibas. This article is intended to reflect as between 1934 and 1958, Havana was turned into a colossal empire of the U.S. Mafia, one of the largest in the world in its time, with the consent of a select elite of government officials shift for laundering illegal money from the U.S., processing of diamonds and gold smuggling arrivals and a network of casinos, famous hotels, cabarets and restaurants. Keywords: political-administrative corruption, organized crime, Capo, Family criminal. Introducción Cuando se analiza el contexto internacional norteamericano de 1934 a 1958, específicamente en como fue evolucionando el mundo del crimen organizado, nos percatamos que un gran por ciento de los negocios, jefes de industrias, funcionarios del gobierno fueron en gran medida los responsables y víctimas de la fuerza que futuramente tomaría la ola del pandillerismo en los EE. UU, hasta la trasformación del mundo gángsteril, en “respetadas” familias de la Mafia, el origen de este flagelo social tuvo su gestación, en los barrios marginales de New York, Brooklyn y otras ciudades que en su periferia alojaron a cientos de inmigrantes de distintas nacionalidades que luego se dedicarían a realizar estos trabajos, así surgieron líderes que no necesariamente eran de origen estadounidenses, sino más bien, hijos de estos inmigrantes aunque nacidos en los EE. UU. Si se hace un análisis histórico de los principales jefes de las hampas mafiosas en el territorio norteamericano, encontramos diversos orígenes, como italianos en su mayoría, judíos y en menor por ciento norteamericanos nativos. El origen de estos grupos, como ya habíamos planteado, se debía en gran medida a la fuerte ola de inmigración que fue objeto la nación norteamericana, y sobre todo a la vida marginal que presentaban esto inmigrantes en sus zonas de residencias, elemento que conduce a muchos jóvenes a integrarse en grupúsculos y pandillas para realizar actividades ilícitas como el robo, el asalto, la extorsión, el contrabando, entre otras para poder sobrevivir en el complejo sistema social capitalista norteamericano en ese momento histórico. En este sentido la evolución de estos grupos gansteriles, mediante las actividades antes mencionadas, ahora con gran predominio del ingrediente del asesinato para hacerse más temibles, por el predominio del poder y el control de las distintas zonas de operaciones, elemento que venía a amplificar con altavoces el toque de terror y de inestabilidad, propio de una sociedad capitalista con un marcado desequilibrio social y económico. No fueron pocas, ni menos tristemente relevantes las figuras que despuntaron en este mundo del crimen organizado antes, durante y después del período que se pretende estudiar, por solo mencionar algunos, tales son los casos de Louis Buchalter (1897-1944), Alphonse Gabriel Capone (1899-1947), Albert Anastasia (1902-1957), Vito Genovese (1897-1969), Frank Costello (1891-1973), Carlos Gambino (1902-1976), Carmine Galante (1910-1979), Meyer Lansky (1902-1983), Paul Castellano (1915-1985), John Gotti -Último Padrino-(1940-2002), Charles Majuri (1940- ), Giovanni Brusca (1957- ) y otros no menos importante como Charles “Lucky” Luciano con repercusión internacional que junto a Meyer Lansky como creador de la mayor parte del sistema financiero de lavado de dinero de la Mafia, constituyeron unos de los principales referentes del crimen organizado judeo-norteamericano durante el siglo XX. Cuba por su nueva historia neocolonial, comenzada a partir de 1902, no escaparía a la influencia negativa del monopolio del crimen, el juego y demás elementos de carácter negativo asociado, para los años 1934 al 1958, como ya habíamos planteado, Cuba se convertía en un colosal imperio de la mafia norteamericana, uno de los más importantes del mundo en su tiempo, con el consentimiento de una selecta élite de funcionarios de los gobiernos de turnos, para el lavado de dinero ilegal desde Estados Unidos, pues muchos de los personajes importantes de la época y del gobierno, pagaban a gánsteres cubanos para su protección, para el control de sus negocios, para la extorsión, para asesinar a líderes progresistas, sindicalistas y otros que manifestaran oposición a los interese oligárquicos burgueses, siguiendo esta última idea, no es difícil entender el porqué, del fracaso del lucha del movimiento cívico político encausado por Eduardo R. Chibás frente al Partido Ortodoxo en el período de 1947 a 1951, constituía una misión imposible para el momento histórico que le tocó a líder, hacer cumplir la aspiración de un adecentamiento público, es por lo tanto entendible, los altos niveles de corrupción que predominaba en una élite de funcionarios de los distintos gobiernos, estos sabían lo que implicaba desprenderse de esa corrupción, la pérdida que constituía hacer a un lado el jugoso negocio de corrupción fomentado por la mafia norteamericana, por tanto pretender abandonar la buena vida, la presencia en hoteles de lujo, en casinos importantes, las grandes apuestas, etc, no se contemplaban entre las aspiraciones de ninguno de esos politiqueros, que ya habían saboreado y enseñado a saborear el bouquet del excelente vino Made in USA, y registrado por la Mafia norteamericana. En este sentido no es de olvidar que una de las características de los gobiernos de 1906 hasta 1958, fue la instauración, fomento y proliferación de los juegos, las malversaciones, el robo de fondos públicos, la prostitución, la presencia de grupos gansteriles al servicio de funcionarios de las distintas gobernaciones, sobre esta base no es difícil explicar porqué jugaba el cubano de entonces, pues la estructura monoproductora de su economía, el desempleo, la estrechez y penurias en las grandes masas de la población constituían un acicate poderoso para buscar alivio en la esperanza de un sorteo. 1 No es de esconder entonces que fuera el propio estado el facilitador e impulsor de tales vicios, pues veía en el juego un gran aliado político para desviar la atención del pueblo de los grandes problemas existentes y de sus posible grandes soluciones, todo esto se acentuaría en el período de 1934 a 1958, y pasarían a convertirse en elementos que garantizarían la adquisición de otros ingresos en esa élite corrupta, que dejaría el germen contaminante a las distintas gobernaciones posteriores. Una figura importante del mundo del hampa de la mafia norteamericana que se establecería en Cuba en este período de 34 al 58, para colmo de males, va a ser Meyer Lansky, nombre con el que fue conocido en todo el mundo del hampa mafiosa, pero su verdadero nombre era Meyer Suchowljanski, Meyer, conocido además como el financiero de la Mafia, pronto comenzaría a controlar el negocio en EE. UU, desde Cuba en tanto se dedicaría a implementar y desarrollarlos en la Isla con el consentimiento, del tristemente célebre dictador Fulgencio Batista

y ahora todo acabado, no lo cuidaron y los menajes tan especiales y bellos se los robaron de a poco... q pesar por los dueños originales q les robaron TODO

Hermosa ciudad hermosa cultura.hermano mexicano y cubano

Hermosa ciudad hermosa cultura.hermano mexicano y cubano

Y ahora todo en ruinas,que lastima.

Great documentary! and for more great houses of Havana you can have a look at cubahomesdirect punto com

Great Book Thank You.

Thanks so much for the memories of the Greatness of Cuba. Andres

gorgeous - of an era past, unfortunately

Recuerdo mucho los carnavales, las carrozass, la musica, la alegria, entre serpentinas y confeti, las bellas comparsas, todo bellisimo y de gran disfrute, hasta que llego el comunismo, o deberia decir la dinastiia de los Castros.y llego con eso la tristeza, la falta de todo, los abusos ,etc.....

Gracias por compartir este maravilloso video!

Y vino Castro y todo lo destruyo

Qué atractivo señor. Parece encantador. Me gusta.