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Oh hellllloooooo. Have you ever visited Cuba? Do you plan to? Let me know in the comments, I wanna know!
I never leave my house.
My mom was going to but now she can’t. Good news is that they’re going to the Bahamas instead
Dont lie to me Phil
I visited Cuba with my grandpa last year. Very beautiful country though their driving is insane, its almost a death wish to try to cross a road if your not fast enough. Would love to visit there again some day.
I've been planning to but... who knows now?
Thank the X-men for stopping the Cuban missile crisis
Our forgotten hero’s 😭
Preach
To this day, I'm still mad about Darwin
LMFAO !!! THAT WAS MY FIRST THOUGHT HAHA
Lmao that one was just like "hey look the Transformers killed the dinosaurs."
US and Cuba relations are tense again
Aw sh*t, here we go again
Hahahah you used a meme???! So funny!!!! I want to kill myself because of twats who are as generic as you. Please continue on spouting memes like you are somehow funny or comedic. You unoriginal hack.
I ain’t feeling like having a actual war today, Proxy War?
@@Nitrodino7875 Are you feeling it now Mr crabs?
@@Nitrodino7875 I can't take you seriously with that pfp
@@Nitrodino7875 i got a chuckle out of it. My god man. Its not that serious. No need to get so hostile over a meme. :/ let him enjoy his meme post. Great placement.
Well Trump did say he was going to destroy Obama's Legacy.
He's just making Obama look better and better via comparison.
@John Gill except he lied abput who would pay for the wall lol.
FredrickTesla study some economy or something. The effect of one presidents actions don’t show until the next presidents term
already done Obama who and what did he ever do you haven't checked the economy is on fire remember Obama said you didn't know what kind of magical wand Trump had to bring back the economy guess he pulled out of Hillary's ass and used it
@@Ruby-jc6dc but Obama said it couldn't be done remember that smart dummy
We don't like Cuba but we're totally buddy buddy with Saudi Arabia. . . Makes sense
Saudi Arabia buying billions of weapons does make you americans frequently overlook the fact that they're responsible for 9/11, the biggest state sponsor of terrorism and the most extreme sharia state on earth.
John Gill it’s not about benefit it’s about no fucking up the people in Cuba
@John Gill The majority of terrorists involved in 9/11 were from Saudi Arabia, including Bin Laden. A significant amount of Al'Qaida's funding comes from Saudi Arabia. This is perfectly well known.
That also about covers the second point about their funding of terrorism. They did also support ISIS and Boko Haram in Iraq and Nigeria respectively and they're involved in their very own genocide against the people of Jemen. With the active assistance of the USA, naturally.
And come on, are you seriously going to argue that there is any more extreme implementation of sharia law than the one in wahhabi Saudi Arabia?
@John Gill Not what I'm talking about, loser (since we're insulting each other for no reason). What I was getting at is we say we don't like Cuba for the way it treats it's people yet we're making exceptions for Saudi Arabia for oil and/weapon deals. We shouldn't be dealing with either until they clean up their acts
OIL
Trump:
I think we need to be hard on Cuba because they support Venezuela
also Trump:
We need to be friends with Russia
We like friendship with large military power
Well Russia is a big nation with big nation powers so yeah, they kinda warrant a different approach.
friends can mean a lot of things... Improving relations with a nuclear power that if we went to war with would destroy the world. Honestly i'd rather move away from ww3 then closer.
Russia isnt USSR anymore. No socialist communist state.
@@thatcrazyguy834 especially when they have more nukes.
The United States having super tense relationships with every other country ever should be super easy, barely an inconvenience.
@Mantvydas Nenartavičius yea yea yea ^_^
okay ryan LUL
Super tense relations are TIGHT!
Cuba :imma need you to get these sanctions all the way off my back about this
@@mattattack75 well ok I'll do that
Philip, it would have been interesting to mention the relation between Cuba and the rest of the world. AFAIK Europe has no sanctions against Cuba.
Europe is also a fan of Russia. They are even working towards energy dependance upon them.
MurdermiesteR meaning? That wasn’t the question
@@marionnette6231
It is called an assertion. The op said Cuba is not sanctioned by Europe. Europe is sympathetic to communist and socialist governments. They are even willing to depend on Russia for energy. NATO is pretty much obsolete at this point.
@@MurdermiesteR if you think Russia is anywhere close to socialism after the fall of the ussr i don't know what to tell you
@@MurdermiesteR So what about Canada?
Time is funny. It can be friday in Australia, saturday in Sweden and 1960 in USA at the same time!
As a cuban american and after visiting Cuba last year, I can tell you that most of the current policies put in place by the U.S government hurt the people more than the cuban government.
Did you grow up in Cuba?
Nathan Whaley ... shhhhh don’t spoil the narrative with logic.
as a Cuban born in Cuba and having lived there, I can tell you the government hurts the people more. The embargo hurts the country economically but I am pretty sure that economic downfall began the moment Fidel started seizing people's private property.
Patricia Perez yes but ever since Obama people lives got better because they were able to start businesses
The Pepeknd ... hmmmmm, did you mean a one way flood of easy US currency being massively taxed by a long-standing ineffective government making minimal efforts to create a positive relationship between Nations or do you not understand how textbook Communism works.
The Cuban embargo is a decade away from being a senior citizen.
PHIL. Thank you SO much for doing a story on this. I'm half Cuban and my dad is always involved in the politics between us and Cuba. I literally almost shit myself when I saw the title to the video today.
Again, I want to say thank you. Love your face!!
Ahaha u see it
@@cubanandy9905 DO YOU SEE?
Damn u are fine baby mama
Wishing you and your father lots of luck with the coming administration.😃🎁😙
@@STSWB5SG1FAN thank you! It's been hard being a liberal daughter to a republican Cuban, but we definitely like to discuss the current state. I hope I'll get to see una Cuba libre in my lifetime.
Cuba had Russian missiles because we put missiles in Turkey. I really wish people would stop leaving out that part.
Or that a large part of the reason for the Cuban revolution was due to the cuban's dissatisfaction with the USA supported dictatorship that was in power at the time and had privatised most of the nation's assets so that they were owned by USA corporations. "Communism" wasn't really the issue that kept the embargoes going for 50 years, it was the butthurt of wealthy people in the USA who lost their Cuban assets that they had acquired from a corrupt dictatorship. Unfortunately the revolutionary leaders proceeded to set up another flavour of corrupt dictatorship but that is how revolutions generally go.
Remember that the USA embargo doesn't just apply to USA companies trading with Cuba but every country in the world that trades with the USA can not trade with Cuba. This is how trade policy is used as an extension to military force and an example of the economic influence and power of the USA military.
Surma Sampo that all has nothing to do with what the fuck I said. We put missiles in turkey so the Russians put missiles in Cuba. The media spins it as Cuban/Russian aggression while it was merely defensive.
@@Ranger1PresentsVirtualRealms
Lol don't point nukes at other countries, if you can't deal with those countries pointing theirs back in your direction. Sucks to suck
Inconsistent policies toward nations is embarrassing for the US. Is scaring people with the threat of communism really working in 2019?
The USA and Cuba: still a better love story than Twilight.
This is a classic, good meme sir.
@@Covid--ts5cw That's what SHE said.
@@Covid--ts5cw Hey doge, y ur madd?
@@Covid--ts5cw Ceiling Talisien is in ur comments, pushing ur buttonz.
you two have the same profile picture and it's confusing me
CIA: 0 Castro: 400-900
And not forget that Cuba had these missiles because the us had missiles in Turkey and Greece
Let's not forget the soviets murdered 10s million of their own people. It wasn't exactly unjustified.
@@culterwaleddy and I ask you this, what was causes of those deaths and can we look at the amount of deaths that occurred of those same causes in the USA or USA backed countries for example nearly two million people died in what is known as the Bengal famine in india when it was British colony around ww2
@@culterwaleddy unjustified.. The via helped a war monger get power so we could take their resources. America is only in the wrong. Not too mention who keeps us in check for our human rights violations for which there are fucking many. Because we sure as hell don't. So please grow a brain
@John Gill hope you like living in a radioactive crater with a third arm due to your jingoistic drives
This is a very polarizing and difficult topic for many Cubans I think. I was born in Cuba, raised in Miami, and I visit my family every so often. However, to be honest I get upset when I see non-Cubans visiting the island for the sole purpose of enjoying cigars and rum, because they are simply providing more money to the oppressive government. I go there and see the terrible living conditions of my non-communist family members, and just cry at the deteriorating condition of society, and thank my mother for taking me out of the country. When you visit as a tourist all you are seeing is what the government wants you to see, all you are hearing is what the government allows people to say. Cubans would not risk their lives in the ocean to get to America if Cuba was as "great'" as tourists say it is. When doctors make less than the equivalent of 50 US dollars a month and a bottle of cooking oil costs 2 US dollars, you realize the country is exploiting Cubans who have family abroad who can send them money. It's disgusting.
Patricia Perez thank you for putting this into words
@Dragon Gt I agree. I think something else has to be done.
my parents JUST got off a cruise about two weeks ago that was supposed to go to Cuba but then the travel ban happened again so the whole cruise had to be rerouted.. they were so pissed.
That ship was probably full of boomers that won't be voting for Trump again 😂
Oh the agony. 1st world privileged problems lol 😂
That happened to my aunt and uncle too they lost 2 grand because they had to cancel their trip.
@@Ranger1PresentsVirtualRealms the touristy parts of Havana and Santiago are pretty safe, scammers do try to mess with you but they back down pretty easily, guides have been known to chew those guys out.
Jeep_Recon_USA 1 yo i’m married and living my own life, they’re empty nesters, i don’t choose how they spend their money
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Punishing the people. It's what the Americans do.
Not all Americans want to do stuff like this. Let's not forget that Trump actually LOST the popular vote.
You may want to make that comment a bit more specific, otherwise you sound like an idiot.
@@JDeppFan2272 pop vote doesn't mean much, just saying.
Nick Miller so you don’t Believe in democracy
May I ask where you are from?
I went to Cuba a few years ago on vacation. Amazing hard working people who were friendly and gracious any time I interacted with them even with a language barrier. They are poor, but they clearly have a fierce pride in what they do have and take very good care of it. Even the poorest looking homes looked spotless with immaculate yards even out in the countryside. All the cooking I experienced always felt like home cooked meals by people who gave a shit. While I'm sure there are bad parts of it too, I never experienced it while I was there and never once felt unsafe. I'd go back in a heartbeat and very likely will soon.
Tom Anderson it’s almost like the government is sending you to the good parts of Cuba and constantly servaying you to make sure you can spread proganda how good they are
@@colinschmitt6571 or maybe, The US government is sending you only the bad parts of Cuba if not just outright lying to make sure you spread the Anti-Cuba propaganda
It’s kind of simple, if goods and services cross borders, soldiers and bombs will not.
Jeffrey Montague I’ve never heard that saying before. I like it :)
Unlike you, it’s not simple.
@True North Like Trump's.?😄
@True North Its actually a very common theory in international relations, though OP presented it in a bit simplistic manner.
Sounds more like a threat than diplomacy tbh.
Well the US has a military base in Guantánamo, maybe there is where the human rights are violated everyday..
You are the same type of person to believe that Felons should Vote.
Touch Me Harder that dosent help anyone
All of them should be executed. They dont deserve anything more than a grave in the middle of the Atlantic. They are there for a reason.
@@touchmeharder1737 Including the innocent children they put there for years. Excellent point, Sociopathic bootlicker.
@@Endoptic lmao if the child committed an act of genocide erm yes. Some kids are brainwashed and it is terrible but once they are indoctrinated that's it. You can change the mind of a reasonable person yes. But one who is most likely incest and who's parents who most likely died to a drone strike. Yes its terrible but people should be held responsible for their actions. The last photo I found of children was black and white. Into further digging it is a very small number. Call me a boot licker all you want. Let me know how many Muslim children you can press the reset button on. When you realize some kids are willing to fight because it makes others pause in hesitation let me know.
I may not have agreed with everything Obama said, but man I sure miss having a president that could speak in coherent sentences.
@@JG-fg1ye what kind of crack are you smoking? You described trump but want to blame Obama? 🤣🤣
Im cuban and I dont think the embargo efficient, is only gonna create a bigger economic crisis and eventually more cubans are gonna leave (almost all of us have family in US) If Trump is so against migration like he says he should let Cuba trade with US and the private sector will grow. The problem is that cubans living in the exile have suffered so much for generations they want to see the communist system fall (i agree and believe me I want the same thing) but the embargo doesn't work, for 60 years they have lived in poverty and isolation, the island cannot maintain itself. The embargo keeps the people poor and keeps the government in power.
exactly
@Dragon Dimosthenis The Bush Administration had even more tight regulations against Cuba thans what Trumps has put in place - that was for 8 years, Guess what, The Castro's were ruling before Bush came in to the white house and they were still ruling when Bush went out. This is not the first President to support the Embargo with no change to show from the Cuban Communist Government. In fact more changes and freedoms were seen when Obama opened relations to Cuba than in the last few decades..
@@OrbelisAlmeida so?
@Dragon Dimosthenis erwthsh krisews..oneirokseis exeis me ton trump h oxi akoma?
@@OrbelisAlmeida What business can we do with Cuba if they have nothing to offer?
im sick of all these tensions being raised with all these countries.
Call me Cuba because my missile is ready to launch uwu
Bahaha
OwO
*Nuzzles against your launch codes*
The Narrator somethings we think should stay in our heads
Victor Olesso **notices your mid-range nuclear missiles** OwO whats this?
You forgot one important detail during the Cuba missile crisis. A young X-men team lead by Prof X along with Magneto played a vital role in averting the dangerous standoff. Those heroes shall not be forgotten
Dear Philipe. I just want you to know that it makes me cry to be able to watch your videos again. I've been in basic combat training for the past 4 months due to injury, but I'm in AIT now. I used to watch your videos religiously, and I'm so fucking happy I can watch you again
Where's my violent threat papi?
no threats on the weekends
DID YOU NOT LIKE THIS VIDEO 😐
Nah let’s ignore history and keep making the same mistakes because we’re all insane 😭
I'm from Cuba. I was living there when Obama went to Cuba. Everything that DeFranco talked I can confirm is accurate. The embargo hasn't helped the people in Cuba. Is the perfect excuse for the Cuban government to justify all problems there. We started to see improvement when Obama did the change. Trump is making everything worst now for us that we leave here and still have family there. Like my case where I have to wait two year more to have my wife with me here.
Speaking of Venezuela, I wonder what's happening there. The crisis is becoming more and more forgotten like the Ukrainian crisis.
True but at least Trump gave Guns to the Ukrainians.
Trump got bored with Venezuela so we’re not involved anymore. Or less overtly involved anyway. I’m sure CIA still doing their thing
I’m Cuban, saw a little too much criticism of the u.s. details of what the Cuban government did are a major part of the story of why Cuban struggle. 1 political party, and getting thrown in jail for criticizing the state is an easy problem for people to identify and objectively speak about, but for some reason with Cuba people focus on the U.S. sanctions?!
PREACH, why didn't Obama call out the fact that women are being beaten out in the streets simply for being against the government
Adela Ramos no one did exempt for Cuban, the rest of the world just treats what used to be a 1st world country like an experiment to prove SoCiAlIsm WeRkZ
Thanks for shedding light on this issue for others. - 1st generation Cuban american
America and another country not getting along? the heck you say!! ;P
mikebarr1 We’ve neglected Patagonia. When are we gonna piss of Patagonia?
War criminal Bolton trying to escalate with countries that ideologically oppose the USA? No way!
More countries & people around the world rely on US aide than any other country, objectively. Like it or not, we are doing more good than harm to other states. It’s our own country that we are destroying.
@@yourfairyGodgod That is not true.
@@yourfairyGodgod That is absolutely true. The USA supports 73% of the worlds dictatorships financially. Without the USA, countries like Brunei absolutely wouldn't be capable of brutally oppressing their people, establishing extreme sharia law, etc.
You absolutely are doing more good than harm to other states. Hundreds of millions of citizens on the other hand are suffering because you are directly and/or indirectly involved in their brutal oppression.
It's the whole world you are destryoing. Get out of your 8 wars, regular coups against democratically elected governments and stop propping up brutal dictators just because the're expected to be more loyal to you.
Why would any country care what the US says about "arbitrary detentions" when we imprison more than any other country, for largely "arbitrary" reasons.
Hi Phil, I’m from Cuba, and I have family there still. In my personal experience, these sanctions not only hurt the cuban population, but also feed the imperialism narrative that they constantly feed to the people of Cuba. The US embargo and any other sanctions are used to explain/blame for food and other product shortages. Also I believe these actions taken by Trump serve him to gain favor in Florida, since the majority of the cuban population there is republican and they are in favor of strong measures against the cuban government, regardless of the consequences to the population. Thank you for making this video.
Interesting. I wonder why Cuban people support tighter measures against their own people
Preach!
Corbin, people from Florida have reasons to support sanctions. They are mostly older generations, who fled cuba as children with their parents at the start of the revolution. Wouldn’t you hate a government that made you or your parents flee their country, that took their homes and businesses away? Then you have the people who left in the exodus of the 80s, the Mariel. Those people were not allowed to return for years, it destroyed families. They have reason to hate the government. But policies like this don’t affect the government in the way they expect. The people are the ones that suffer.
@@GlogloMunster Agreed. Short sighted Cuban people... *sighs*
Not bad Phil, I think you could've done more with this topic IMO. Didn't mention the Cuban Lobby (Rubio) nor the new Cuban Constitution of 2018 and each's effects on the situation/tensions. 7/10
Oh boi, Russia and China are bettering their relations, Cuba's and America beginning to tense up...
Do I hear a Soviet Union 2: Electric Boogaloo?
USA: *embargos intensify*
Rest of the world: *silent*
USA:*put's missiles in Europe again*
Russia: Ah shit here we go again
I think the Obama administration had the right idea. We can't change the Cuban government overnight. If keeping harsh sanctions and embargoes didn't make Cuba do anything different in the almost two decades following the dissolution of the USSR, then maybe changing our approach to them is the right thing to do. Obama realized that the best approach to dealing with a very disagreeable regime is not to say "Don't do these bad things or we'll hurt you!" and instead to say "Do these good things and we will help you".
I really hope the next president reinstates Obama-era diplomacy with Cuba and expands it, including removing the embargo (with help from Congress).
I also the same approach needs to be taken towards Iran. Especially because if we don't give them a good reason to trust us soon, they could start developing nukes.
Obama: We need to relax restrictions to help the Cuban people
Trump: cigar man bad
Yeah, that work so well.
Hmm, the audio seems a bit "muffled" and "constrained."
Must be a new mic.
We definitely need more global politcal news deep dives like this! I never see anything about this sort of thing aside from your RUclips channel.
Wall of text incoming : As a Cuban balsero aka rafter I have a very unique perspective on this issue. I came to the US at the age of 4 and have become a US citizen since. I've been back a total of 3 times to visit my family and my wife's. The true reality of the situation is that the Cuban people have been brainwashed by their government. It sounds out of this world but it's true. The problem has NEVER been the fault of the US government or its embargo tactics. The Cuban government has always been the one that has oppressed its people. The embargo certainly doesn't help nor will it ever help the people in Cuba but neither have the tactics that Obama implamanted. In my eyes the tactics were toooooo soft. A better move would have been to lift the embargo but not give any support to Cuba or open any kind of political stance. Let the people fight for their freedom. The Cuban government was the one that broke relations with the US when it HARMED the US diplomats at the embassy. Even the Canadian diplomats got some of that ultrasound high frequency crap blasted to them and Canada has been friends with Cuba for a while. So you see it's never been the fault of outside countries, it's always been the Cuban government. I have family that says that at times they don't have bread to eat or it's very hard to find certain types of foods. Shits sooooo bad that they say they are going through a second "periodo especial" or special period. During the collapse of the USSR they had the first special period. People literally died from starvation because the Cuban government didn't have any resources to feed its people. You couldn't even buy food if you had the money, which you wouldn't have if you were not connected with government officials. Dude, the experts in this video don't know the REAL fuckin truth about shit. The Castro regime and the Cuban government are EXACTLY like the Nazi party. They kill and have oppressed the people of Cuba and keep things under cover. There are not enough words to explain how CRAZY SHIT IS OVER THERE.
Here is my take.
I am an American citizen so long as the destination country is open to accepting American tourism then I should be free to travel anywhere in the world and spend my money that I earned.
Exactly. It's wrong to constrict and dictate where American citizens can and cannot travel, and perhaps unconstitional? Freedom of movement and all.
Phil, thank you so much for speaking about my country. I am fully Cuban, it's good that people get more information about it, regardless, it is a beautiful country to visit. Thank you :)
I feel like not mentioning the American-backed, Batista-led Cuban military coup of 1952 ignores a significant amount of context as to how Cuba ended up where it is.
Here's something I don't remember getting a lot of press, but (in my opinion) an important action by the Obama administration regarding Cuban citizens. In January of 2017 (weeks before Obama left office) Obama announced an end to the 20-year-old "wet foot, dry foot" policy that allowed most Cuban migrants who reach U.S. soil to stay and become legal permanent residents after one year. I remember finding it unnerving that his administration would open up relations with the Cuban government, and before the Cuban people experience any meaningful improvement in their quality of life (or lack thereof), Obama decided to end the decades old policy designed to protect the Cuban citizens fleeing a dictatorial regime. Just wanted to add this bit of information to the conversation. It didn't make the headlines, however it was reported. Curious what others think. www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/01/12/obama-ends-wet-foot-dry-foot-policy-cubans/96505172/
I think people make out Cuban-American relationship to be too straight forward. As a Canadian, it always amazes me how many Americans don't know all the events of the Missle Crisis and the overall history dating back to pre-revolution Cuba and what caused it. It's something I really encourage everyone to look into (who put up the first missiles and where, why the revolution happened). You also have to look at all of the USA's allies and their relationship with Cuba. I'm not trying to defend anyone's politics, it's just very interesting. When it comes to the really big players, it's mostly just the USA with this tense relationship. Not speaking on anyone's government or politics, but I love the country and the people so that's where my biases lay. But honestly, a lot of non-Americans I know don't want to see an Americanized Cuba, self-included.
Was so disappointed when my cruise to Cuba was 4 days away and the Trump administration banned cruises to the country. Vegas was the second best vacation luckily. Hope to visit the country soon!
Aw, the poor priviledged boy lost his fancy cruise to a suffering country.
Maybe be disappointed for the people who have to endure this, not your cruise.
@@Hallowed_Ground Chill Corbin. Just because your mom named you that doesnt mean you cant change it! Everything will be okay I promise!
@@TheBurtDude LOL okay, "Burt"
Phil, you should have stated that the reason USSR was putting nukes in Cuba was to counter our putting nukes in Turkey.
USA view of itself: USA IS ALWAYS IN THE RIGHT/CORRECT AND NEVER HYPOCRITICAL
Rest of the world: oh dear... They're throwing their toys ( army and bombs ) out the cot.
lol why'd u credit the person who uploaded the movie clips to youtube. it's not like they're the ones who're gonna sue you. "yeah he had a clip of the movie Hotel Rwanda. but wait, that I UPLOADED TO RUclips"
I mean you cant sue someone for putting a clip of someones video in your own video. People make a big deal if you dont credit the uploader, even if its not their content
Cuba didn't establish relations with the USSR because they were communist. Cuba became communist because they had to had the USSR in their corner to oppose the US. The cause-effect relation there is inversed.
It's unfair to say Cuba enacted policies that were unfriendly to the US which made the US respond. Cuba was starting a trade relationship with Russia which included receiving crude oil which the US owned refineries refused to process because of Cold War hostilities. That's what made Castro nationalize them, and the the nationalization of American businesses is what pissed America off and started the cycle.
Yeah its a very US-centric thing thing to say since the US essentially had Cuba subjugated under corrupt puppet governments since the Spanish-American war.
Pretty smooth how you completely glossed over what the communist revolution and castro rule looked like.
Cuba is still a nice vacation spot for Canadians love cuba 🇨🇦
Mr Pyro Maniac I was going to say that we keep hoping to get there before the Americans overrun it and ruin it for us Canadian tourists. 😉
Mr Pyro Maniac yah the place you visit are the rich places the government wants you to see almost like a North Korea, you can’t tell me you think Cuba is actually a good and stable place?
@@colinschmitt6571 it might not be the most stable but thats because u Americans made it that way im sure most of the general people are super nice and welcoming
Mr Pyro Maniac yah because America was the one that made it a communist dicatorship starving and improsining its people while letting in rich tourists likely your self take advantage of the poor and suffering
@@colinschmitt6571 atleast my country did not put an embargo the longest embargo on any country causing mass emigration and suffering and starvation for nothing but political gain
No threat to physical violence :(
How am I meant to self asphixiate tonight and get off? Urgh.
I appreciate others may like the abusive messages - not sure why? but I actually find in crass and childish and prefer this format
J Griff must be fun at ____
@@TheNocturnal1 Im a boomer so i like the sort of comedy that is now outlawed like john cleese, billy Connelly, frankie boyle.... kids these days dont know what comedy is ... its all censored
Cuban viewer here: thank you for the accurate and spot on reporting
Hey thank you so much for doing this story. I am first generation Cuban immigrant and wow it feels so good to hear our story discussed. I haven't ever been able to go because my grandfather was a prominent anti-Castro organizer. My family would not be safe going and I may never be able to, despite feeling very connected to the culture, growing up in Miami. So thank you.
God I've missed Obama's voice
I went to Cuba in 2014. Awesome experience, beautiful country.
you saw propaganda placed there only for tourists to make them believe its a beautiful country. Just realize that you arent allowed to see anything that they dont want you to see there
@@Zowiettr How so?
@@petergeramin7195 the government of cuba wants tourists to believe its a beautiful and prosperous country so they dont allow tourists to roam the country freely. They also force citizens to act like everything is okay and that they arent struggling to feed their children, at rhe risk of going to prison for saying otherwise. Additionally, they put out beautiful old cars and beautiful hotels that only tourists can use and visit. Citizens arent allowed to stay at the beautiful hotels you must have seen, and you as a tourist arent allowed to see the places that citizens who arent involved with the government live in. Look up "the real cuba" to see the REAL cuba.
@@Zowiettr As a "real" Cuban, I can tell you that this big conspiracy of yours isn't really a thing. Tourists are free to roam the country. There're no secret agents following you around making sure you stick to the "fake" Cuba.
@@cesarperezargota there might not be a "secret agent" but you know very well that the communists want you to see the best of the country as a facade
As a first generation Cuban American im really happy you talked about this, not many people get what Cuba's history with the US has been, and now people can understand why things have been the way they have
To be fair some of those US companies weren't exactly Golden boys. The actions of some of them got them all kicked out/nationalised.
Cuba is one of the best places to visit as a tourist. I have been five times. I'm fortunate enough to be Canadian so I am allowed to visit. As a tourist it is one of the safest places to go. Even as far as robberies of a tourist go is virtually unheard of. I wish the USA would end the embargo to help the people of Cuba at the very least.
As opposed to the US which is an absolute hell hole for everyone.
I don't fet why anyone would want to go to the US as a tourist, like sure I have heard hood stories, and the time I was there was good enough.
But the bad stories and just how bad it turns out really doesn't make it worth the risk.
@@agilagilsen8714 Big cities tend to be like that, never understood why people would choose to go to a foreign country and go to the big cites seems like the country is where the real people can be found.
Like why can't we leave a couple things that Obama did
damn it come on I want to go to Cuba it's my country
So you are from Cuba?
@@williamr.bennett2778 no I'm American but my background is Cuban
I got a door you can use as a boat just like they did to get here and not bashing Cubans very smart people just got f***** by communism
@@EuriEuropa Not being from Cuba is the only reason you want go there xd
@@mariotovar8285 no I wana visit my family and where my people come from
This is honestly one of my favorite videos done Philly D. Thanks for shinning a light on and incredibly important issue that is talked about in a rational way nearly enough. I would really encourage anyone who finds this topic interesting to really dig into and learn as much as you possibly can about it. There's a lot to learn and the more the American public knows, the more likely we are to arrive at a meaningful, productive solution
I'm surprised to hear that the safety of State Department employees isn't one of the reasons for putting pressure on Cuba.
Damn, I got here EARLY! For real, though, I've always wanted to visit Cuba
@jbiehlable how was it?
@jbiehlable What's Driver 2?
Went there last year. It was ok. Stayed at the resort the whole time except for a dolphin/snorkeling excursion. Main thing to know is the food is terrible
Every time he said “policy of isolation” I couldn’t help myself and I had to sing “a kingdom of isolation” from Frozen. Smh 🤦🏼♀️
Thank you Phillip for finally touching on this subject. Im a Cuban exiled now living in the USA and can comfirm to you without the shadow of a doubt how greatly Obama's policies empowered the Cuban people, to the point that communities were starting to publicly curse and shame the goverment on the streets and we finally were seeing a *key word* --> *CONSTANT* push back from the people on the goverment laws and dictatorial ruling. I can confirm that the lives of my people got better and the economy was much better because for the first time in a LONG time the money was flowing through more citizens than ever before. I can also on the same breath tell you how dire the situation is at the moment in Cuba, Things are REALLY REALLY BAD, many food shortages and you cant find much of anything.. Some might suggest that this is because Venezuela is in Crisis and therefore has affected Cuba the same, since both governments are so close.. However Venezuela has been in Crisis for a few years and Cuba's situation has only turn to bad ever since Trump administration reverted all the changes that the Obama administration put in place. When I or anyone Independently visit Cuba, we use the taxis from private owners , we rent the houses from private families, we buy the food and eat at private restaurants, We buy the art of private artists ect. Back in the 1960s had you told me that this political ideology of putting an embargo was gonna help to bring the Cuban Goverment down I might have believed it. However as the person in the video said, It has been 60 years of this ideology and there has been ZERO changes, things only get more dire and the people keep going hungry. The issue that I see most significant is that these politicians such as Marco Rubio and others who are 100 % in favor of the changes that Trump and his Administration are doing ; they no longer have any close family members in Cuba, They no longer visit the Island to see what is happening , they live in a echo chamber that reinforces their stupidity and pads their back by Old Conservative Cubans who think that just because your are trying to change things for the good of the people , makes them a communist (Obama)... They dont rationalize and understand that an embargo is not making the Government officials hungry , IT is only making the Cuban that works independently go hungry. To reinforce this , I can tell you that of my friends of whom have joined the goverment ranks are doing so to secure their family being, not because they give a sht about the communist ideology, we talk about this often when I visit. So yeah I dont know what is to come but I can tell you The Communist Goverment of Cuba is holding its people agaisnt the wall and The USA goverment has only been facilitating such situation with this idealism.
I traveled to Cuba in March 2013 and it was the best experience I’ve ever had. I went with a small group of students from my study abroad program on a field study. The people were the most welcoming and friendly. They couldn’t believe we were Americans in their country. They had never met an American before. I would go back tomorrow if I could
Does anyone know when the Spanish subtitles get added? I need to show my parents this (they come from Cuba).
The third party company he's working with for subtitles on last report can get English out in 5 hours and Spanish out in 15.
Do you not speak Spanish? Can you not translate?
William R. Bennett maybe they don't live with their parents or what them to be able to have the experience themselvesv
+0DEADZERO ~ it you go to "options", "subtitles", "add subtitles".... and go to the page to add subtitles.... you will find the English subtitles that you can download as an SBV file. You can open it with a text editor, the file contains time-stamps and the English text, which you can translate into Spanish.
What are the risks of having better relationships? What's the general sentiment of Cubans?
Cuban Americans hate Obama for lifting the embargo. It was stupid, any money that goes to Cuba from any industry goes to their corrupt government. If you're a tourist and you go there, you're being spied on. They try to limit what parts of the islands you can go on. It was just Obama trying to get into history books.
@@juliangoodman5035 don't speak for all Cuban Americans asshat. The only Cubans who were for the embargo are the old dirtbags who flourished under Fulgencio Baristas administration. Fortunately most of the old people are dying off, and us young people might get to visit where our grandparents grew up.
ParkourBigbird as a young Cuban I agree with Goodman, Cuba shouldn’t get anything until they stop treating their people like shit. It’s still a place that our grandparents left and a lot of the reasons they left are still around. The government is extremely constrictive and oppressive and I don’t think the US government should give Cuba anything until they reform this and start treating their people better. I desperately want to visit Cuba one day but the amount of friends and family that know that have family there that has been prevented from leaving is scary. This is not a country we should be lifting pressure from.
@@lp8458 You say you're Cuban and then proceed to refer to them as 'they'. Do you mean to say you're Cuban only by birth because then that basically doesn't add much to the convo.
From what I gather, the idea is to not support the corrupt government until they start treating their citizens like human beings. How efficient this is, and why the same sentiment is not in effect in regards to Saudi Arabia and the likes...reasons/excuses vary.
Saudi Arabia is regarded as too volatile to ignore, and the US prefers to supply them with arms, as otherwise Russia or China would do it, and this way the US at least gets some capital out of it. I guess Cuba is seen as such a minor military threat, that the US can afford to basically "ignore" it. I would like to see similar actions being taken against Saudi Arabia and such countries as well, were it at all feasible.
Again, this is the situation as I understand it, albeit simplified, and it is in no way an expert analysis. I admit to being partial to giving Cuba as many reasons as possible to rethink their approach to human liberties and decency, but I concede that I am merely an onlooker with very limited knowledge.
As a Canadian, we have been welcome in Cuba for decades and we flock there for the weather and culture. It is a beautiful place and Ive been 20 times. Americans are missing out
Funny how the U.S always bring the missiles in Cuba, but never the U.S missiles along the iron curtain aiming at Russia.
Fortunately it brought both sides to disarm themselves and lowering the amount of threat.
Exactly ...
Perhaps the main quid pro that Kennedy did, as part of the draw-down of the missiles from Cuba, was the equal removal of Pershing II missiles from Turkey.
He did that, not because of any weakness (as so often been claimed), but having realized Khrushchev, whilst slightly crazy, wasn't altogether stupid. And keeping the Pershing IIs in Turkey wouldn't have given Khrushchev an adequate reason to remove the Soviet missiles from Cuba. So, in the game of detente, it made sense for Kennedy to say 'I will move mine if, and only if, you'll not only absolutely guarantee you move your's out of Cuba, but actually do".
SUBTITLES ARE NOW AVAILABLE. THANKS!!! it helps so many people.
Obama did good with lessening the tight grip of sanctions we had on Cuba, shown through this, it shows the Cuban governemt started giving their citizens slightly more freedoms. However, taking them off the terrorism list and making complete normal relations again was a TERRIBLE idea. Cuba is still a major threat in Latin America, especially in Venezuela, where they have thousands of troops located. This power in Venezuela keeps Maduro in power, thus hurting Venezuelans more. So I think it's good to not act like everything is hunky dory like Obama did.
According to the lying American media there are 20000 Cuban troops in the Venezuelan military. According to the untrustworthy Cuban media there are ZERO troops in Venezuela so...
@@TheRTrizzy according to my friends in Venezuela who see Cuban military there is
I went to Cuba around a year ago, and frankly, I really enjoyed myself. I went independently, read: illegally as a tourist, and I thought there was nothing dangerous or untasteful there. I’ve visited a lot of countries in Latin America and it was by far the safest. There is some censorship by the government, which did upset me. But our hosts were more than willing to sit down and talk with us about it. These sanctions only hurt them, not the government they try to destroy.
I almost didn't watch cause I get heated about Cuban topics. I was born there and able to escape in 95'. We do not need tourism in Cuba, all it's doing is strengthening the regime. Who the fuck cares how "pretty" you think Cuba is, it doesn't need tourism it needs to be brought down. The only people that should have access are cubans visiting their family, not tourists staying at hotels giving money to the government.
I am cuban phil, thank you for talking about Cuba, dont listen to the old butthurt Cubans that live in Miami.
You are siding with the google exec? ARE YOU SERIOUS?
Man. I'm actually sick to my stomach right now that a youtuber like phil would blatantly lie for a mega corp. Disgusting.
Philip I'm Venezuelan living out of my country, you have no idea how difficult is to be kick out of your own country because the government doesn't provide you the essentials for living and if you raised your voice you can finished arrested or killed. That happened to Cuba and now to my country, it easy to have an opinion in your cozy living room but promoting business with Cuba you are only providing them with more funds to keep them in power of course we need to raise pressure to Cuba, they have intelligence agents in my country to prevent or kill everyone against the current government just look for Rafael Acosta Arevalo and you will have a proper idea. Please don't take so easy this subjects were innocent people have die fighting to recover freedom
All I can say is as the daughter of Cuban immigrants, the human rights violations are horrendous. Whatever happens in the future, DO. NOT. FORGET. THIS.
The thing Washington isn't putting as a priority is the Cuban people.
Watch the Cameraman on Netflix.
RBL MIA no
I loved that documentary, but the US doesn't need to interfere with the Cuban gov. Cuba got its self fucked in the ass it can get it self out. Its is coming from a 1st gen Cuban American.
Why should the the american gov be putting Cuban citizens as their priority? It's not our responsibility to be every country's big brother
Lol netflix loves its pro-intervention documentaries
Isolationism is a very dangerous state for a country. North Korea as been in it for ~70 years and now they're arguably the biggest threat to world peace. And they're on the other side of the pacific from the US, I don't think enforcing Isolationism to a country as close to your own as Cuba is to the US a wise idea long term.
Very interesting video. Keep up the good work Phil.
America puts nukes in Europe pointed at Russia, Russia puts nukes on Cuba and the US cry lol
Did we forget to mention the Alleged ultrasonic or infrasonic attacks on US embassy workers that caused the shut down. Those people are still suffering and most likely permanent damage neurologically. But i'm sure that wouldn't hurt relations. SMDH!
American _and_ Canadian embassy personnel were affected. In February, five Canadian diplomats filed a $28 million lawsuit against their own government for failing to project them. To this day, Canada still hasn't fully restaffed their embassy due to the "attacks."
This is a huge deal and Phil should have covered it.
Is it my headphones or do you sound kinda underwatery
No I know what you mean! about half way through my sounded 'kinda underwatery' as well 🤣
@@lauraali8693 after watching ur right
Sounds fine to me
@@lauraali8693 good to know it's not just me XD
As someone who left cuba when I was 6 all I want to say is thank you for covering this. It always hurts when I think about the fact that I voted for Obama in 2012 and it was a big deal to me cause it was the first time I go to vote for the president and the last year of his presidency he backstabbed the Cuban American community (not by opening up travel and trade but by ending Wet foot dry foot)
Did you miss a HUGE part of the Cuba relations and that was "wet feet, dry land?" When Obama "normalized" relations, that went away, and what allowed so many Cubans to integrate into America was this policy.
Democrats two steps forward..... republicans throw it in reverse.
Getting on your knees is not steps.
Lots of countries trade with Cuba. Russia still trades with Cuba, the Netherlands, Canada, Spain, France, Germany, the UK, Italy, etc. Are we not being a tad bit egocentric to think that Cuba needs Super Duper World Hero USA to trade with Cuba?
Reminds me of what happens when a parent tells a child that the child cannot date a person they want to. Especially, when it escalates to the "Not in MY house" stage. It just ends up pushing the child to be with that other person.
When training to eliminate a bad habit, you need to offer an alternative. Without options, the subject will continue to fall back on the bad behavior.
USA: i can have all the missles i want and aim them at whomever i wish!
Cuba: we need missles and weaponry to better protect our country since we've faced multiple threats at this point...
USA: HOW DARE YOU HAVE MISSLES! IT MUST BE TO HURT MEEEEEEE UUURRRGH! well now i say you dont get to eat! How bout that witto Cuba?! Thatll show you. Heh.
(Imagine USA speaking like trump and itll make better sense)
Jeremy from TheQuartering calling you out for your Google piece. Gonna be more to follow, I'm sure, (and hope).
Any country that resists the imperialism of the United States will never escape being targeted as a threat. That's basically the modus operandi of U.S Foreign Policy.
Yeah, any country that defends its national interests and resources will make enemies of the US soon enough
Ask not what you can do for your country, but what your country can do for Israel.
Anyone who threatens America, threatens Israel. Thanks Truman!
Hi Phil. I love the interviews you've conducted. Can you release full discussions? I've been supporting this kind of content for a long time. I would really like to see all of this in full context. I want to hear the questions, and the answers, in their full display please.
I remember before Obama improved relations, I worked at a IT call center and a woman called because her cell wouldn’t work. I tried explaining to her that Verizon wasn’t in Cuba and they are banned from making a partnership there. It took me 3-way calling a verizon tech to prove it to her, and sending her several articles about the US-Cuba relationship for her to release why she can’t fly straight to Cuba. There were ppl who had no idea that was a real thing until just a few years ago.