Why So Many Cubans Move To Florida
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Cuba has a long and tumultuous history with the United States, dating far before the Cuban Revolution in 1959 that saw the Caribbean country pivot towards the Soviet Union. And because of this history, Cubans have been moving to the United States for a long time. Today, Florida is home to the largest Cuban population outside of the island itself! And, as time goes on, that population is expected to grow, while Cuba itself continues to shrink.
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If anyone wanted to know what living in the 1950s looked like, go to Cuba. It’s frozen in time.
Climate changE, ANTINATALISM and islands only for fauna& flora ,,,
It is too hard to travel there for US citizens. We can look at pictures though.
@@9ZERO6 not as hard as it used to be, Obama loosened some travel restrictions
@@z0phi3lstill... Quite the swim...
I went in 2017. The coffee is worth the trip.
Do one on Puerto Rico and why everyone in Puerto Rico moves to Orlando instead of Miami
Seems like most of use ended up in NYC than Florida
Most Puertoricans view Cubans as too difficult to compete with, economically and socially. For the most part they view the role of government differently.
@@Eltigrecubano I always thought it was because flying out of San Juan before like 1940 The airport would only fly to New York and Florida?
South FL is overwhelmed by Cubanos long time that’s why boricuas prefer to settle down in Orlando instead of Miami. The weather is similar same shit hot and humid throughout the year except winter months.
Tampa has a large Cuban population too. So Orlando it is.
I remember going on vacation to Florida in July 1960, when I was 16
and we had a new Buick Invicta
Coverdale, no AC, back then. I
remember going up Collins Blvd
in Miami Beach, and Key West was
much quieter then, and the ferry
to Cuba had stopped, and on my
transistor radio I could hear Havana
from Key West.
Living awhile in SE Florida in 2018 to
2020, it was quite changed from
back then, from just several million
residents back then to over 20
million today. 😊
Do you have any pics of Miami Beach from that era ?
@AfricaGeo Sorry 😞 I don't have any
from that trip. I only remember a few
things, like in the Jacksonville, Fl newspaper about the "speed traps" on the popular
tourist routes from north to Florida, such
as Ludowicki and Jessup, Georgia . We
did not have much Interstate, such as I 95
to travel back then. We also visited some
friends in Atlanta on the way back to home.
If you think the US is obsessed with Cuba just watch 20mins of Cuban TV: you’ll see who’s obsessed with whom.😅
@JoseLuis-tq4tg YES, I saw Cuban TV for a short while years ago with my NTSC, pre
HDTV TV, off between Cuba and Florida.
The old VHF channels showed regular
programs, and UHF channels had the educational TV programs. Being a radio
TV person and an amateur radio 📻 Ham for over 60 years, being 80 now. I sometimes
have spoken to Cuban amateurs on the
Amateur frequencies briefly in English.
I think amateur radio in Español est
Radio Aficiandos/RadiobAmidores. 📻
Great video about Cuba. I moved from Cuba almost 12 years ago and many things have changed. In the last 2 years more than 400,000 Cubans have moved to the USA. I live in Southwest Missouri and there is a small group of Cubans already in the area.
I am sure Donny will carve out an exemption for Cubans in the total ban on immigrant.
In Cuba's case it's not geography but politics that affects the well being of it's population the most.
Cuba's geography greatly explains why Cuba's Black population were overwhelmingly slave labor on plantations prior to the 1959 Revolution. Reactionaries act as if 99% of Cubans were neutral in 1959.
American politics !
Abolition of slavery came decades before that. And maybe it's not reactionary - I mean, it's no longer 1959.
*REMEMBER:* Not every Cuban within Cuba itself lives in Havana or its metropolitan area alone.
Cuba and Florida once belonged to Spain. There was always movement between the two áreas. Personally, I live in Florida [because as a Cuban American] I feel more at home and less discriminated against compared to where I was born in the Northern USA
yet hispanics can also discriminate against blacks..lol....
@@carymarshallfelton9188 partly because Florida and Cuba were one but also because of the cross family and blood lineage
Geoff is obsessed with using the word obsessed in this video
When you consider US interest in Cuba, it's appropriate.
It's 90 miles from Cuba.
I did a quick Google search and found that Cuban population is average 11 million in the island and 2.8 million in the USA. Then I searched Dominican Republic, I was amazed that it’s close to exactly the same, 11 million in the island and 2.5 million in the USA. But even more surprising, the island of Puerto Rico has a population of around 3 million and an equal Puertoricans population in the USA of around 3 million. That should be an interesting subject to study and make a video off.
I don't know where you get the idea that Americans are obsessed with Cuba. If anything, it's the other way around. The biggest reasons for Americans to care at all about Cuba is for self defense, to control the Florida straights, not having an enemy at your doorstep, and having it's tropical crop-growing capability, besides having access to its copper and nickel deposits.
Florida is a key state in every single presidential election, if you want Florida you need to win the large metropolitan areas- the crown jewel being Miami-Dade county, no matter what every single presidential election is HEAVILY influenced by Cuban-Americans
It’s a red state now.
Unfortunately
@@ana34602 Fortunately*
@@cubanamerican22 Unfortunately
'Spain began growing sugarcane in Cuba in 1523, but it was not until the 18th century that Cuba became a prosperous colony. '
The first wave of Cubans migrating to Florida goes back much further. The Ybor City neighborhood in Tampa was the first Little Havana. In the late 1800s early 1900s many Cubans went there to work in Tampa’s cigar industry. Some went while Cuba was still part of Spain. This migration greatly influences Tampa’s culture today.
The Platt amendment ended in 1934. So subsequent Cuban governments were not subject to it.
The US is obsessed with Cuba because so many Cubans with a large political influence live in the US are obsessed with Cuba no longer being an authoritarian state, given that our families on the island have suffered so much thanks to the horrible actions of the Cuban regime.
*Rich Cubans
*Rich Cubans
*Rich Cubans
Love your videos! Could you make an episode on Puerto Rico? If there is sufficient and interesting info to do so
I've wanted to go to Cuba since I was a teen, and finally went in 2019! I wish I had gone sooner and visited other cities (besides Habana) before restrictions were put back in place. I'd love to visit Pinar del Río, where some of our extended family are from.
By 1970 90% of the construction in Miami-Dade County was done by Cuban owned firms. Cubans arrived without money and rose socio-economically faster than any other group in US history
Then what do all the Italians from Northeast who moved there do? Plus the number of construction don’t mean anything as the definition can be a one man kitchen Reno, or handyman that fix 🚽.
And I imagine most large construction jobs are Union and require permits therefore licensing. Which implies connections.
Due to the Cuban Adjustment Act which provides Cuban immigrants with a quick path to legal residency… which no other group has received
On top of what I wrote; who needs the competition? Already plenty of construction workers here. Who wants wages driven down?
@@MbisonBalrogDo not agree. There's not even close to the amount of constructon employees needed.
The Bay of Pigs Museum in Little Havana is one of the best museums I have been to.
Great new set Geoff. Been following you since you had less than 1000 subs. Proud of your success! Its been a wild ride following you.
My only suggestion is that door behind you? You should paint it the same color as the rest of your walls so it looks consistent. Keep up the good work.
There is no freedom in Cuba. There is no future. There is no food. That's why I left.
Thank you for being honest and vocal. All these gringos are obsessed with living under “socialism” when all it really amounts to is living under an elitist regime. They also think that they themselves could do it better, but every socialist regime has either collapsed or turned into fascism like China.
It’s why my family left as well. A government that doesn’t allow their people to leave or participate in free speech is no government at all, but an open air prison.
Backward communist country. I don’t blame you at all bro. Welcome to America 🇺🇸!😊
Hence I object to the video’s constant use of “obsession” to describe US attitudes towards Cuba.
Is the US similarly obsessed over El Salvador to explain guanaco immigration into the US?
No. It’s just the residents of poor, hungry and repressive countries want to escape to prosperous democracies.
Is only 90 miles and we down here in the MIA have had a border crisis for 40 + years, no one talks about that !!!
The country is crazy beautiful and the people are excellent and friendly - been there a couple times.
Anyone who wants to go into a deeper dive about this (that extensively utilizes primary sources) should really give season two of the podcast Blowback a listen.
I watch and enjoy your videos.
Thank you
When Castro first came into power he came directly to the US for aid and Eisenhower wouldn't even give him an audience. That's when he turned to the Soviets. It was a matter of survival.
When Kennedy placed the US embargo he never intended for it to last anywhere near as long as it has. This embargo in my opinion has hurt the Cuban people more than their own oppressive government. It has contributed to keep them poor and weak.
Because Ike knew he was a communist.
That’s a lie, Castro always saw the US as the enemy. You’re implying that someone became communist just because the US snubbed him? Castro always had the intention turn Cuba an authoritarian state under his control with o without Americas help
The embargo is against the Communist Government, the Cuban people can fly and import things to Cuba, the imports are actually limited and choked by the government, Cuba trades with many countries, including the US (through loops and third countries). The embargo is the justification the elite have for the suffering of the Cuban people, go and check the properties and cars of all of the communist elite and tell me if the embargo affects them in any way.
Don't you think that if the embargo was lifted the Cuban economy would grow and population would be stronger and freer and more able to overthrow their government instead of spending every waking hour pitifully looking for food for mere survival?
You think the communist government would allow it😂. They don't reform their economy@@aguerra1381
Grats on the new studio space. That column in the old one... bad feng shui
Congratulations on the new studio. Keep up the great videos. Best of luck!
Nice video.
Thanks!
There’s a well-known demographer, who would pointed out that Cuba is a huge island that stands in the middle of the trade routes that the United States depends, moving good services from the mouth of the Mississippi on the rest of the world market, including oil and oil refinery products
Geopolitically from a security standpoint should have fallen hostel nations hands. They could bottle up the Caribbean ocean and prevent freedom of movement of shipping to and from vital ports in the United States.
Do you recall the Cuban missile crisis of the early 1960s were Russia attempted to put nuclear missiles on Cuba?
What happened was a nuclear exchange where the United States put a quarantine of shipping moving to and from Cuba
In fact, there was movement within Congress in the 1800s to try to annex Cuba From Spain
This, of course, never happened in the United States help liberate Cuba from Spain
Unfortunately, within Cuba’s internal affairs, they were mismanaged by their own people and invited brutal dictator, to take hold of it, and economy is culture in his people
As for the Cuban people moving to the United States and preferring, Florida? The Puerto Rican people seem to do the same thing and have recently relocated and large numbers to Florida. It’s the same climate.
From what I understand Fell Castro reached out to the American government when he toppled the Baptista government, hoping for support, and the American government rebuff him so he turned to the Soviet union
It sounds like one of the poorest moves at the American government made the side not liberating the island for the Cuban people again like they’ve done so often and Latin America
@@michaelchen8643 They did the same with Ho Chin Minh...
Nice to see you again.
3:17 "The revolution transformed Cuba into an authoritarian state".
What exactly do you think Cuba was before the revolution?
So you’re saying the revolution did not improve Cuba in the slightest, accurate.
So you learned nothing about history in all your years of schooling, don't know to do a simple Google search or how to look up the history of Cuba in a well known source such as Wikipedia?
Definitely not a fascist US puppet state ran by an actual dictator named Fulgencio Batista… /s
Yeah it went from a fake US-backed fascist dictatorship to a fake communist USSR-backed dictatorship
Bautista just speedrun the transition.
Very interesting!
Great video
They need parts for their 50's cars.....come on mannnnnnn
We have been on holiday to Cuba a few times from the U.K. it’s a great island with nice beaches the people who look after you very well and we appreciate it but since retirement five years ago we have now maded Jamaica are favourite holiday place now we are hoping to go back for the seven time in the next few weeks
👍🏼 new studio space
so very soon cuba will be the first Latin American country free of Cubans 😮
Accurate info,
Great stuff.
Because it’s close by
Maybe just maybe it might be because it’s 90 miles or so away ..simple
Much left unsaid about why Cubans are obsessed with Florida.
Nice video. I would only correct that the bay of Havana is not the biggest one, actually it is not even close to that. The biggest one is the bay of Nipe in the province of Holguín. Also, the western region spans from the province of Pinar del Rio to the province of Matanzas. Hence, Zapata, Varadero and Havana all belong to this region. The limits shown in the video are not correct
Woohoo Cuba! Do more Cuba! So much material here
Excellent information
Interesting video
Absolutely.
Isn’t it because Florida is close to Cuba
Seriously right! They live in extreme poverty, and all you need is a good inner tube and you can get to Miami! It would be like leaving hell and landing in heaven!
@@UncleNiikii Except the devil rules heaven.
@@UncleNiikiiexcept Miami is hell.
@@UncleNiikii Seems strange to go through all that trouble just to go to the part of the U.S. with some of the lowest wages.
Nobody moves from one country to another, they emigrate
You miss the last 3 years of migration like around half million Cubans arrive to USA in those years
Desantis won't bus them away when they land.
Because they vote Republican.
Yup
We like Cubans! They are good for America!
@@UncleNiikii yes! Cuban women tend to have really nice hair and are great cooks.
@@UncleNiikii Immigration is good for America, as long as it is done in a legal and orderly manner.
Cuban's R very crafty. They make their own parts flr the old Amer cars they have. Yes, it's like they R frozen in time.
As a Canadian, we have some of the closest ties to Cuba and not in the way the far right thinks (Castro is NOT JT's father despite the appearance)... Sherritt Gordon has huge mining/manufacturing bases and Cuba is probably the #2 destination for cheap sun-seeking flights from Western Canada after Cancun... I still want to visit but I am not really a fan of heat and humidity so.... not really on the top of my list...
Cuba is way cheaper than Cancun. But it’s a 3rd world shithole country filled with cheap Canadian snowbirds. As long as you don’t leave the resort it’s alright though.
You are mistaken. Cuba was never a territory of the US.
Unlike P.Rico, Cuba won its independence from Spain in 1902
Does Cuba have active volcanoes or risks of major earthquakes like other Caribbean islands do?
No
No volcanoes, only small earthquakes in the province of Santiago, which is in the southeast, but nothing similar to those of Haiti or neighboring countries.
First off, there are still tainos native Americans alive still living in cuba on the outskirts of the city. I met lots of them when I was there.
The Cuban War of independence was 1895-1898.
Cuba is the Ukraine of the United States. As Ukraine is key to the control of the Black Sea, Cuba is key to the control of the Caribbean. In addition, Ukraine and the Crimean peninsula were the exit of the Russian river system, Cuba is also key to the Mississippi since it is the key of the Gulf of Mexico
Nicely done… just the fact with no political bias of any kind. As a first generation Cuban and long time American citizen I appreciate this video.
As a 1st generation Cuban American, I approve of this brief description. Good job on the research.
You tend to use the word 'diversity' when 'variety' is likely more appropriate.
I don’t know if one can be ethnically “cuban” can they? Most cubans are white hispanics, of European descent.
11 million and shrining verses 23 million and sinking.
The mass migration of Cubans to the US also changed Cubas demographics. Cuba is now mostly black/mixed race due to the majority of the white population flocking north
The Cubans also changed South Florida's demographics quite a bit too. Once a mostly English speaking region is now a mostly Spanish speaking region.
Very true. I’m one of them
64.12% of Cubans are of white skin tone as of 2012
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Cuba#Racial_groups
Actually mulatos are growing in Cuba meanwhile both White and black cubans have been decreasing.
@@tiago310 Too bad most Caucasian people in the US do not see Cubans as one of their own. You all are mixed.
It is a pretty damning indictment of the quality of the secondary school and college education systems in the US that you have to publish a video answering a question that should be easily known in a well educated society.
Have you seen those videos where UCLA students can point to USA in the map?
And then we have to hear how great "America" is
The school system in America has gone downhill since the 1960s, and everything the government does to "improve" it makes it worse.
The US is a failed society and yet they think they have the right to dictate every one's lives. Can't wait for the Western Empire to crumble.
Schools and families are struggling in general. Feel free to ask about volunteering at your local school.
@@lijohnyoutube101 Won't help. The schools were better BEFORE the government allowed parents to volunteer in them. But, being a volunteer would open your eyes as to how bad they really are, if you have something to compare them to.
Cuba is one of those countries with gigantic economic potential. If Cuba finally decides to get rid of its Communist rule, it could become a massive exporter of agricultural products and would be a gigantic magnet for tourism from the close-by USA. Its climate could make it perfect to grow a huge list of tropical fruits and vegetables on the island, particularly bananas, pineapple, mangoes, and so on. And it even be a potentially perfect region to grow cocoa bean trees, too.
I just want to go for the plants
that's wrong, the law that actually gives preferential treatment to us Cubans is "Cuban Adjustment Act"
Obsessed?
Cubans always tell me they hate Florida, but they love to annoy gringos with the Spanish language, I know I do every chance I get. That's really all there is to it. And who can blame them?? It's great fun.
Maybe if we lift our extreme cuba restrictions, cuba would be a wonderful place.
Hey, you didn't Fulgencio Batista.
I could see why people want to leave Cuba for all the obvious reasons that everyone knows. However, I my opinoin Miami is highly overrated, and know because I used to live there. First off, its incredibly congested and overcrowded. Traffic there is a nightmare. When I lived there I was in a constant state of road rage. You are forced to drive like a maniac because everyone else does. Then there's the general cultural/ value system of people there. Its the mentality of crass materialism and conspicuous consumption. Kind of the reverse of the moribund socialist ideals. Understandable as a reaction to the Castroite debacle, but really more a case a 1st generation, nuevo-riche immigrant mentality. Also, much of the city consists of how shall we say, places you don't want to be at night; a.k.a. the hood. There are even road signs for European tourists, "sunshine roads." Stay on these roads and you'll be fine, stray off them and maybe something really bad will happen.
Miami is what LA pretends it is: Diverse, but everything it’s against, Republican.
It is 72% Hispanic, and because of the Cubans political and economic powerhouses migrating, Spanish is a co-lingua Franca of commerce, there’s Chilean developer creating Origin Residences, Carey law firm, at 7921 Carlyle Ave. an Argentinian firm is proposing a multi-family project. I know a skyscraper’s being built by either country’s firms but not which ones. In LA it’s something spoken by Mexicans on the outer suburbs as more of a familial cultural way to talk to locals.
new studio - good move - you should still shave and wear a tie .. OldTony
I am a Cuban settled in Florida. I thank America for letting me be here with freedom and peace.
Because 90 miles
Cuba and Greenland are in the crosshairs. Not from me, if life was a game "It is" strategically it makes sense. No time soon. 100 years...? Merica.
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Flag of Satan.
Exploring the rich cultural ties between Cuba and Florida! 🌐 What's your take on this unique migration? Share your thoughts below!
Too many damn greedy ads!
The U.S. still has Guantanamo. Put them there. No need to get their feet wet.
You guys have no shame. Actual terrorists.
Why are there more people in South Korea than North Korea?
They have industrilized, lowering infant mortality rate, leading to a baby boom. Same Thing hallens to every country that industrulized
I like this video in particular because you combined geography, economy and politics. Please continue doing so because solely focusing on geography, is abit boring and not very educational.
If Obama tried to strengthen ties with Cuba , why did he get rid of the wet foot dry foot act ?
Obama wasn't president in 2017, Trump was.
It's a silly policy. People from Cuba should get the same priority as the rest of the islands.
It’s was an extremely unfair act & I’m SO GLAD Obama did at least one thing right! Either give ALL immigrants & asylum seekers the same treatment or give them ALL no preferential treatment. Living in Florida, we need way less of them here. Let them move to Wyoming & other states or ship them back IDC
Because Obama was a putz.
Because he was a great president and a smart educated man!
Bruh you basically spoiled the whole video with your thumbnail lmao
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Also why can't North koreans leave their home country Just like cuba and the middle east countries?
Cubaba
Your premise makes no sense. Supposedly the US is obsessed with Cuba so Cubans migrate to the US.
Mayorkas, Senator Menendez, . Not impressed. Arrogant self-serving individuals. Cubans were fighting with each other even before Castro.
Why is everyone moving to Florida from Cuba Well the truth is that communism doesn't work you have no food, no water, no light, no health insurance, no freedom and you can't choose a president every four years OH did I mention there's no food. That is why people are coming
to Florida our Grand U S A. I am so glad my parents moved here to the U S A 1971.
Thanks Mom & Dad will always love you for that decision. ❤
Then there's Hialeah!
Say hello to my little friend,😉🍊👍
I wouldn’t use the word “obsession” to describe the US attitude towards Cuba.
If anything, it’s benign neglect.
The difference between Cuba and other Spanish colonies was that the Spaniards populated Cuba then many many years later , they slaves weee brought to Cuba
Always the Spaniards and their descendants were the majority of the population
I mean obviously, Cuba wasnt a Spanish colony it WAS Spain just like Andalucia or Galicia and Cuba was one of the first places in the Americas Spain conquered of course Spaniards would inhabit Cuba.
I mean I’d wanna leave Cuba too
You forgot that America was using Cuba as a brothel prior to Fidel Castro revolution
Wealthy White Cubans used Cuba as a resort; non-White Americans were subject to the same segregation laws in Cuba as in the Jim Crowe South.
I think you have an obsession with the word "obsession" - you spent more time on that then really talking about how Cuban Americans have influenced the US or how the US has influenced Cuba
En Cuba hay una dictadura de 65 años, es el principal motivo para huir del país