Cuba is facing its worst economic crisis in 30 years.
The last time Cuba felt this strain was when subsidies from the former Soviet Union ended.
Now, US sanctions and a pandemic that has crippled the tourism industry have tens of thousands of Cubans leaving the island in search of a better life.
Al Jazeera’s Lucia Newman has this special report from Havana.
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if the United States would mind their own business, Cuba’s problems would fade rapidly. its hard to go against the wealthy in florida who caused the communists uprising in the first place. —–Cuba
Cuba stands as a reminder to rich people all over the world, that when people rise up they lose control over the people —-
Democrats care more about Ukrainians then Americans.. we are broke and hungry yet billions go to them why ??
Cuba can trade with 170+ countries but the US embargo is the cause of this crisis and communism has nothing to do with it. B.S.
This is what the squad wants , AOC loves this
Blame that racist president number 45. For reversing Obama opening up travel for Cuba. And the people of Cuba, you are suffering because of your own leaders. One day, you’ll figure that out also.
US sanctions have been a play on words the Cubans have received US products via 3rd parties. Yes it may hurt tourism but there enough othet countries to fill the void. Until Raul Castro really relinquishes power they reap what they sow.
We will see a major resurgence of home vegetable gardening.
It’s not American sanction, there are plenty of countries happy to ignore those. It’s socialism.
Beauty girl for Cuba, see please
Even in socialist Venezuela Maduro has had to open up the economy to allow for some free enterprise. Whereas before the stores were empty, now most items can be found. Those running the Cuban government are really a bunch of dinosaurs, and nothing will truly change until they go extinct. Not that capitalism is the solution to everything either…..
It’s their own fault for allowing Castro to come to power. Don’t come to the USA, we have enough crazy Cuban here already, so you will just be turned away or get killed.
@1:20, don’t blame us. They can trade with any country they wish.
Why is Biden so cruel.
He thinks he can boss us around on what to do that demented clown 🤡👹
It’s not Biden lol, it was the ussr goof
Bad government brings what should be a lush paradise to this. The people are banned for growing food. This is communism. They need capitalism in place to renew the country. Perhaps offer statehood like Hawaii.
Who cares about Cuba
Here is a solution. Turn the B&Bs into retirement homes. In Canada and the US it costs $3000 – $5000 A MONTH to house a senior. This to provide health care, meals and a bed. The cost of senior’s care is bankrupting their children.
Imagine what could be provided in Cuba for $500 – $1000 a month. It could include a translator and a nurse. The care the seniors would be getting in Cuba would be far superior. The seniors could teach the Cuban kids English which would give their lives purpose. They could talk to their families on Skype. With the money they save, their children could afford to travel to Cuba once a year.
What country in the world that doesn’t face economic crisis? And there is also a criminal embargo promoted by US.
Cuba is a dead economy. The government is the crisis. Its a failed social structure. Free elections mean the same stale, festering dog pile is choking the very thing that Cuba is…it’s people. Great place to grow stuff. If government closes all opportunity to thrive then what’s the point?
Great cultural history. Horribly fractured administration.
Lots of foreign ships go too southern Florida,load up on commodities and transport to Cuba.Any foreign country can trade with Cuba except USA.
In Cuba that diabolical government control people block by block.
Each one have a ration of food with an identification, and long lines is a common thing
to buy maybe a pound of rice or beans.
Isn’t communism great… Works every time right…? Same thing every time.
The US Embargo is pointless. Time to end it
did u know that youtube is a group of white, woke, communists?
US SANCTIONS and yet AMERICA has been shouting to the whole world that they protect HUMAN RIGHTS? The world is suffering because of US SANCTIONS against countries that does not agree with their one sided policies.
Cuba can sink or swim—Who Really Cares????
Just think if CUBA had a Government like ours everybody would be Millionaires and Billionaires with no crime or homeless people.
Viva la Revolucion!!
Sooooo,,,things were better under old castro,,,not surprising,,,no leadership,,,,Washington policies affect people in a lot of countries,,never in a good way,,..one day we might have leadership that actually helps people ,,,,instead of giving our money to the wealthy people,…until then have to do the best you can,,,,seek help wherever you have to,,,one day no one pay attention to U.S. stupid policies,.. wishing you well..
Al Jazeera may be you could come to Montreal, Québec, Canada and see the trouble people have finding a place to rent, and could be great to see a rich country like Canada and how the working class and poor leave right know
Yes, and they should be reporting on Canadians having their bank accounts frozen for donating to the trucker protests.
Cuba is a pit. Castro wrecked that country.
Socialism at its best.
Socialismo is BS
Somewhere along the line they will have to make the change towards what Vietnam 🇻🇳has conceptualized. Fluctuate between the 2 as and when needed.
US sanctions do not include food or medicines. The channel should not be repeating Cuban Communist party propaganda.
Its economic booming, look how much people queueing to buy chicken? Its booming.
LOL
Sanction is evil. It’s really only punishing the population who are never at fault
My wife stood in line in downtown Havana for 8 hours to buy a one apple from Poland…in 1961. Nothing has changed in the intervening years. Cuba is a dictatorship, pure and simple, and it’s incompetent govt. policies and officials have not and will not change until “Communism” is eradicated.
Worst wow, people in my country colombia voted for fallowers of cuban’s goverment and venezuelas. They were saying things have been on the right party for many years and we need a change, but I personally think they never thought that change they wanted could be a turn to worsttttt.
It’s all up to Cuban 🇨🇺 people …also the Cuban government
(Starving people ,,,not good )
Change is 👍 good
And it should begin..
Drop the EU/US trade inbargo now, it is a crime against the Cuban people.
Excellent vidéos, One of the best journalist in the world
The country pulled through The Special Period.
Communism doesn’t work.
The only major crops are grown by the government. Very little is allowed to be grown by private persons…it is all about control!
Yes, it is a pity, then you have corruption in the ranks of those who run the country !
This is what happens when you side with and trust Russia… INDIA, PAKISTAN, SRI LANKA take notice! Don’t turn your back on your friends for the Russian/Chinese alliance!
Oh poor Cubans let them come to America.Although our prices are nuts.
Cuba is still poorest country since communist.
Nobody wants to work
In resort two batteries for TV death but take two months to replace
So sorry for them
Normal comunist economy :))
Coming soon to a first world country near you. Communism really worked great, huh?
This obviously LEFT WING “reporter” lies. She focuses Cuba’s
problems on the “Economic Sanctions imposed by Washington” and the pandemic. This is not true. This is not journalism. She “forgets” to mention the Cuban Dictatorship that are all millionaires and whose children travel the world showing their stolen loot on Instagram. She forgets to explain how they money launder drug money on those tourist buildings while Cuba’s hospitals fall down. She forgets to explain that corruption dresses very easily as communism and its the solely responsible for this debacle. What does she know? She hasn’t lived a day there. Then she interviews every government spokesman she can find. What a joke.
according to liberel sources cuba is poor country
Bad to say but THEY are fool’s to follow in Castros studid idears frow way back @today !!!!!!
This is what Biden wants!
It’s time to lift the U.S. embargo. That’ll help a lot. America talks much about “democracy”. It’s time that America practices what it preaches!!!
The U.S. is waiting for Cuba to democratize. Cuba hasn’t had an open, multi-party election since 1950. Under Fidel and Raul all elections have been single-party, with hand-picked candidates indistinguishable from one another (you can vote for Tweedledum or Tweedledee).
@Al Jazeera English • The Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles was on June 6th but the reporter talks about it as an upcoming event. Why wait over a month to post this video and why no caption on it showing the delay?
It has always had economic problem,the virus as made it worse for many poor countries.
Here’s the answer for those who knows, or smart enough to understand. Anyways, the answer to the is on world depopulation and greatest future tyranny ever and that is The Great Reset.
This is so sad…why aren’t these people growing their own food…at least what they can…
Those in this video live in Havana, a big city that doesn’t have farm land. The government severely restricts the ability of people living in rural areas to grow food and bring it to the city to sell in markets.
They’re not legally allowed to.
Communism look so nice but Bernie Sanders and AOC lives in America
What happened. President Obama was supposed to have opened relationships with them. It’s their government and their iron grip.
Politics again causes famine and shortages on an island that should be self sufficient!🤨
Before the Revolution Cuba was a net exporter of food, and had the fastest-growing middle class in all Latin America.
Cuba the exemplary masterpiece of the Marxist/Leninist system. All courtesy of the Soviet Union that Putin wants to resuscitate…..
Needs a mighty miracle from the Almighty King.
Cuban government is eating meat everyday and don’t stand on lines to buy.
Leftist comunist Government lives well while the people starves.
Wtf does Cuban government do with its revenue?
Large police force to control the people (not fight crime; most crimes go unreported because the people know that the cops will do little or nothing to solve them) and powerful military, to backup the police and guard against an imagined U.S. invasion.
@Greg B
Pretty much.
What is Russia doing now.
Only engaged in Ukrainian
War.
Where is all this disparity in the world going to end.!!!!
The solution is a free economy, freedom of speech, and free media, etc but the dictatorship doesn’t want to give up control.
I agree.
Decades of Trade Embargo placed on Cuba by US administration have put the island nation under a very strained dilemma predicament Obama administration relaxed the choke hold them Trump revoked the previous regime order goes to show different strokes for different folks only Cubans are suffering tremendously the collapse of the Soviet Union did not help neither now Cuban economy mainly rely on sugar product export tourism industry viewer have family tie with the nation my grandfather who was a big landowner of sugar plantation left Cuba in the 1950 when it turned Red one day like to set foot to this lovely country just for memory sake
Socialism-FAIL.
Communism, Big Bloated Government, Socialism, all suppress growth. Government needs to get out of the way not create dependency on them. Sigh.☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️
Fishing, fruits and vegetables, tourism, etc should make this place a powerhouse but communism suppresses its population as usual. ☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️
open ur country to tbe world
Thank god I live in the USA born and raised, I love my country so much I spent 20 years in the Army as an Infantryman / paratrooper, now I’m a retired disabled veteran, I did this at all cost, god bless USA.
Anything new…
Blaming US sanctions on their problems is inaccurate. Cuba is a lush land of vegetation and food production. The government has made poor decisions, as yet again, communism continues to fail…
Farm up the land and stop the people from starving
Lack of democracy…SEE the price?
Is no one else than americas doing.
You need to know, understand and believe the message or gospel of salvation and rightly divide the dispensations in the Holy Scriptures.
This is the gospel of salvation:
1 Corinthians 15:1-4 KJV
Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
Galatians 1.8 KJV
But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. As we said before, so say I now again, if any man preach any other gospel unto you than thai ye have received, let him be accursed.
From here depends the whole message of salvation.
Send all the leftards to Cuba…….
If you grow anything, you must gird it 24 hrs
If you get busted killing a pig to eat, you can do 15 yrs in prison. They give you like
Report card allowing you a quota monthly.
Doesn’t matter how much money you have, you can’t buy. Everyone does buying hiding for fear of arrests.
A big hat is insufficient. Goals and their subsequent achievement need the antecedent and continual availability of beleaguered strewn cattle all about. Without cattle goals and their achievement are illusions of grandeur.
Cash Starved – how F–ing Stupid can you be????
Many countries like blame America for there stupid problems and bad governments. America is not perfect country and I ignore and I don’t care about Latin America problems. Cuban people like Venezuela had power to gotten rid tyrant Castro and his regine. Same goes with Venezuela the people of Venezuela complain and they don’t do nothing to getting rid stupid loudmouth Maduro.
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Opportunity for Russia and China to take advantage of the situation. And Cuba could be a good fit for bric’s.
US destroy this nation
JAJAJAJAJAJA
Doesn’t anyone go to work, there are only 168 hours in a week, do they just queue every day.
My comment seems to not be shared
Doesn’t anyone work, or is queuing considered working
this is pathetic. this is the world we’ve created mostly through greed
Why is the reporter wearing that useless, stupid-looking face diaper?
Viva el comunismo!
Gold bless the CIA, Israel and Donald Trump
The Wages of Socialism…
I saw a video about a Moscow supermarket in the glory days of the USSR. That day the “supermarket” had no butter. No butter! A common theme here about Communism, the wave of the future.
Has there been a vote by the people of the United States as to whether this well intentioned but failed embargo should be lifted? This embargo is about a bunch of rich Cubans and US corporations who lost lands to Castro and want them back. Same thing in VZLA. You cannot blame them! However it’s 62 years folks. Try something new!
During the height of COVID 2020, I remember Cuban doctors were flown into Italy to help in the hospitals. Can Italy re pay by sending it’s agriculture experts to teach Cuban how to grown high yield crops?
Beautiful country being punished by their country and United States sanctions Cuba became a shtHole. They can’t even import new items or cats the government needs to change to democracy. The past 50-70 years haven’t showed much Promise