Preview of Cuban Armed Forces anniversary parade

(30 Nov 2001)
1. Various soldiers training in hand-to-hand combat
2. Various soldiers weapons training
3. Cuban flag outside military academy
4. Antonio Maceio Military Academy
5. Various interiors cadets
6. Outside parade ground
7. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Alberto Marrero, Colonel and Superintendent of Academy:
"Our minister says this is the same army with three different names, the army of liberation, the army of rebellion and the revolutionary armed forces - it's the same army"
8. Cadets marching
9. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Julia Sotomayor, Cadet: "This is principally a battle for ideas, therefore we will win this battle."
10. Cadets with Cuban flag
STORYLINE:
Cuba's armed forces, somewhat diminished by almost a decade of economic crisis, are preparing for a display of might this weekend for the first time in years.
Many here are seeing the celebration as a sign the economy is slowly recovering from a crisis brought on by the collapse of its socialist allies.
As Cuba's economy declined in recent years, parades and celebrations were cut back to save money.
Army chief Raul Castro, Fidel's brother, said in an interview published on Monday that Cuba was prepared for any US threat, despite the loss of Soviet aid.
"We should never discount the possibility of direct military aggression," he told the national weekly Trabajadores.
He said Cuba has built underground shelters and other refuges and armed thousands of people with sniper rifles to repel invaders.
One group in training displayed a new Cuban weapon, the heavy, long-barreled Mambi sniper rifle designed to down helicopters.
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[@JoseTorres-in4fs]

Viva Cuba!!!

[@arielgarcia5065]

Pero libre

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[@mohmohamed2959]

love Cuba from Algéria🇩🇿❤️🇨🇺

[@mayankchaturvedi9491]

Soviet style training

[@yoyomodiji]

Soviet training methods are better than British methods

[@ucle8613]

Love Cuba from Vietnam , best friends forever

[@BezKomentare]

Yes

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I love cuba 🇻🇳 ❤️🇨🇺

[@pabloescobardiaz4825]

cuba siendo un pais pequeño tiene un ejercito muy fuerte los batistianos fue brutal como los acabaron a punto de palo

[@SamTheCuteCat]

1:38 No vamos a hablar de lo épico es el soldado cubano con la máscara de gas GP5

[@thepurrfectionist365]

Viva Cuba!

[@hkk112]

Look like bo1 (team deathmatch) “defeat all stand before us)

[@alphathanos7490]

Facts

[@psychosantanero7146]

TROPAS

[@alextorres6146]

Viva cuba🇨🇺

[@rex74t]

I used to live in Cuba now I'm at the US

[@haskotemer9713]

Rex74t where in Cuba?

[@V1nce_man]

Welcome to actual freedom

[@mrmakhno3030]

@@V1nce_man wow, there're a lot of "freedom" in your country's new colonies in Iraq , Afghanistan and now is Ukraine.

[@V1nce_man]

@@mrmakhno3030
You seem like someone that disapproves of war- not that I blame you, but of course we’re there for a reason.

[@waynebrown9564]

@@mrmakhno3030 were there for good reasons. America is a fighter for freedom

[@CookedHead]

Love Cuba

[@hintixmotivation5852]

I do not understand why Cuba did not start a war with the Dominican Republic.

[@randyquilantang3606]

T/M36 GMC/german made Cuban tank main battle tank

[@edprus549]

с такими пацанами можно и в атаку на штаты пойти

[@arjunkoba3726]

Support from india

[@Joshua-ox5fr]

Why would you be on the side of communists when your country is having border conflicts with a communist country?

[@walangchahangyelingden8252]

@@Joshua-ox5fr He may be a communist Indian?

[@marckcarbonelloifveteran410]

Si hay guerra hehehe no les dara tiempo de cambiarse los calzonsillos.

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pay allh

[@mistergreen7657]

Con el hambre que tienen hey hey hey

[@SamTheCuteCat]

tipo ignorante que se esconde en una distopía capitalista

[@lethanhlam3434]

Viva Ciba, viva Fidel Castro 🇨🇺🤝🇻🇳

[@williamnathan4630]

Viva Cuba ,but copied from North Korea

[@caroasa594]

lol no aguantan ni un peito de estados unidos

[@air1453]

you need a history lesson. The United State Armed forces have never invaded Cuba.

[@thelastsoulja]

more than 3 times, the US invade cuba, in 1898, in 1906 and 1961 EEUU trained and transport the invasion of bay of pigs.the US needed 72 hours to recognize the invasion and support it militarily

[@NaturalBornK]

la invasion de bahia de cochino no fueron los amerticanos jajajajajajajajajjaja aprende anted de hablar mierda

[@NaturalBornK]

us trained but did not invade poor poor history lesson

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[@marckcarbonelloifveteran410]

Realmente patetico. Denle un pan con bistec y se desmayan

[@cuba129]

Im not so sure