Memories of Escaping from Cuba | Andy Garcia
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- Опубліковано 11 гру 2016
- Recorded on September 15, 2008, during the 25th Anniversary Gala for Liberty.
Andy Garcia (Andrés Arturo García Menéndez) is the Academy Award-nominated, Cuban-born actor, director, and producer. Mr. Garcia has been a leader in overcoming the plight of the Cuban people under communism and is being honored for championing civil and economic liberties in Latin America through his work.
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As a foster parent to two peter pan boys, this was the greatest joy of my life, and when their parents and siblings came in 1965 my joy has been extended to see them assimilate as Americans.
TED MAHAFFEY ❤️
Thank you Ted Mahaffey. It was individuals like you who helped thousands of Cuban children find freedom and the American Dream. God Bless!
Ty my father was one of those Peter pan children . He was 16 at the time here alone with his brother his parents back in cuba . I thank people like yourself who fostered these children until they could be reunited with their parents .
Lady: You and your family and others like you, are the unknown heroes of that tragedy the Peter Pan Children. You breathe love. God bless you
He summarizes the experience of hundreds of thousands of cubans scattered throughout the world, with the voice of a sincere and decent man. Worthy of the cuban identity and a true gentleman.
If only all ungrateful Hollywood Actors would think like Andy Garcia
Love him. Great decent person. Never forgets his roots and is a true American.
He is so down to earth, despite of being famous and wealthy. Great human being, great father, great husband and great actor.
He has been my secret crush for 35 years,- not just because he is good looking and a great actor,- but because of the goodness in him. Never a scandal and he lives for his wife and daughters. What can be more exciting/sexy than that?!! ❤️
He also has a son and he is exact spitting image of him
Hay tanta emoción en su voz y palabras. AMO A ANDY GARCÍA !!!!
Such a beautiful and appreciative American.
great actor, great human.
God bless you, Mr. Garcia. Thank you for sharing your experience with us.
He was near tears the entire speech . That alone is gonna make me cry
Damn. That was really touching.
hob976 me too
as a Peter Pan I totally relate to his story ... you can leave Cuba, but Cuba never leaves you
Love Andy, wonderful actor and human being. His voice sounded like he was crying. And I can understand him so well, I lived in 2 communist countries before coming to America. Never want to live in a third one.
Well.. I think Biden will make your desire a little bit complicated to achieve.
@@javierfernandez6030 No he won't because he will never be a president.
@@BytomGirl hopefully not.. but right now looks a little bit complicated. I'm from Argentina, so the media here is, of course, telling that Biden is the winner (they don't even talk about the fraud at all, they just say that Trump is a bad loser, that Giuliani is a creepy conspiracy old man, etc).
It would be wonderful if there's justice and they avoid the left in the White House.. but, again, it seems like the fight is lost.
@@javierfernandez6030 He is not a woinner, media saying so doesn't make him a winner. Attorney Powell filed 2 more suits and has loads of evidence of very extensive fraud. Your media just follows our fake media
@@BytomGirl yeah, it's amazing.. worldwide you cannot find a good channel, site or we to see what's really happening. Also here in Argentina government is pretty populist and leftie so, of course, they like Biden more than Trump, and the media talk more about how USA and Brasil can't deal with Covid, however here they did all wrong but "UsA Is WorSt OrAnGe MaN BaD". I'm so fed up...
As far as I saw, Powel was marked as a "crazy woman" here and someone that was fired from Trump lawer's buffet, so I don't know... I whish Trump could win for the good not only of US but the west culture I'd say.
Can you recommend me some youtube channels or places to find information? I use to check with Crowder, but sometimes he seems to be a little bit overacting.
Andy you are the best.
We love you Andy! You have always represented our Cuban exile community excellently. God Bless.
Love your voice love your smile LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU LOVE YOU SPIRIT GOD BLESS YOU BROTHER CANT IMAGINE WHAT YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH ❤❤❤😭😫😰
That was the saddest thing, his voice cracking...🇨🇺🇺🇸
Play this one for your kids. We all need to hear more of these stories that illustrate what makes America great.
What a man ...
I loved him in "For Love or Country, the Arturo Sandoval Story". ❤️
Damn, him getting emotional is getting me emotional.
His experience is the experience of all of our family members who escaped that island prison in order to be free here and make a life in this great country. Those of us who were born here owe them all we have.
I grew up in Hialeah, Florida, where many Cuban children ended up living after Fidel Castro took over Cuba and began systematically murdering people by firing squads, and imprisoning people whom he suspected had been Batista supporters or who were against his communist regime. The courage, strength, determination, pride, ingenuity, perseverance, and dedication of the Cuban people was evident and changed me forever. I learned Spanish, starting at age 5, and became aware of what it meant to lose everything and be forced to start over in a strange land- with a new language, new culture, and without your family or anything familiar. I remember simple things, like the children had never had peanut butter and didn't know what it was. I learned about priorities and freedom.
Socialism, communism, marxism, or similar attempts to govern are ultimately just another attempt to control. I only wish the young people in our country could spend time in a place where you cannot speak your mind, or live where you choose, or earn enough money through your efforts to live comfortably- like Cuba is still like, to learn the truth. I have been to Cuba. All these years later, fear reigns, not freedom.
Tourists who cannot speak the language see only what the government wants them to see. They need the dollars you see. In Havana, I saw store fronts set up like a pet shop. It appeared that there were dogs being groomed. I stepped into the store, and before I was quickly escorted out, I saw that there was 1 dog, and there wasn't even water or soap, just a woman moving her arms, pretending to bathe the dog. It is all a front, a facade. It's like a movie set. It's not real, only intended to give a false impression. I only hope that people see the truth. Without freedom, life is only half living, if that.
Great Guy..👍
Love him , his acting, his voice ❤️❤️❤️
I'm so glad we were able to leave Cuba in 1959 with my daughter and carrying my twin sons when I was 7 months pregnant because if they were born in Cuba they may not have let us leave with them because they would have been Cuban citizens and that wasn't what we wanted for them.So im so happy we left
Resume la experiencia de cientos de miles de cubanos dispersos por el mundo, en la voz de un hombre decente y sincero. Digno exponente de la cubanía y todo un caballero
He is just heartbreaking when he talks about Cuba.Thanks God he got his entire family with him and he deserves all the blessings he had.He is a fabulous, sincere man.Don,t know how it still exists in Hollywood.Admire you M.Garcia.
Very touching!!!
Somebody sit Bernie Sandals down and make him watch this.
GetitrightnowUBoob My very thought!
He KNOWS!
Bernie knows and supports Castro anyway.
GetitrightnowUBoob he is Fidel. He doesn’t care.
@@sjp4u338 Bernie needs to take himself AOC and their families to Cuba !!
Andy....As hard as this was to say...you are a voice for this country. God Bless you. My God....you make me so proud of this country.
Yes we r soo proud of you Andy Garcia God bless u and all ur family nd friends I love u
Es... sumamente triste dejar el país propio ...sin tener motivos políticos ...imagino el dolor de dejarlo porque allí no se puede vivir.
No es mi caso.
Suiza me esperará siempre y yo sé que regresaré. Es insostenible a veces estar tan lejos y deber adaptarse a TODO.
God bless you brother.
God loves you, Mr. Garcia. You are most welcome.
Thank you, Andy!
My sister and I were Peter Pan children. It was a long 5 years without our parents.
Sounds like a story of perseverance and courage.
Where can his full speech be seen?
Big things (Andy Garcia) really DO come in small packages (Cuba).
Gracias, "Fidzie"!! ( Fidel )
This guy's ready to cry.
Is his whole speech available somewhere? Would be so great to hear it!
Here is the link ua-cam.com/video/CuZ1-9ZqaeA/v-deo.html
@@independentinstitute so wonderful! Thanks for your quick reply!!
Voice is almost breaking, politics be damned!
Nosotros nos fuimos 1960.Mi madre decía que preferia vernos muertos,que con un pañuelo rojo en el cuello.
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Gracias Andy very hard to listen to my legacy, God bless you I arrive 1/1/1962 Miami
The least the U.S.A. could have done to give us asylum for us after the treason of the Bay of Pigs by JFK!!! VIVA CUBA LIBRE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Shoot, I had no idea
Bernie Sanders has praised Castro many times and his regime for what Castro did for the people of Cuba. He can't deny it so he doesn't but says it wasn't all bad. If you don't despise what Bernie stands for move to Cuba or Venezuela and please leave this Country ASAP.
Tommy Lattimore - Amen!!
Did you leave your country when a President you hated was elected?
Freedom of speech?
@@DerryMaine86 Some do and some don't, what's your point. if you are referring to castro, Castro was not elected, he was selected by big powerful interest groups, not elected by the citizens.
CUBA NEEDS OUR HELP NOW
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CUBANS FIGHTING FOR THEIR FREEDOM RIGHT NOW ARE COURAGEOUS AND VALIENT!!!! EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE BEING MURDER*D RIGHT TGIS VERH SECOND THIS IS THE HIGHEST FIRM OF BRAVERY!!
It likes our lies that we tell to our children
Very very presidencial .
The United States will definitely need to experience a lengthy reckoning over its incessant interference with the domestic political affairs of Cuba during the first half of the twentieth century, which would lead to the overthrow of the inherently repressive régime of Fulgencio Batista.
Give up your children to the state when you sign a birth certificate, your property as a couple when you sign a marriage license...
Victoria Linville - True our social security number I know. However, we have a Bill of Rights that are RULES FOR OUR GOVERNMENT TO FOLLOW. People get THAT mixed up. When our government changes them without us saying anything, we are allowing OUR PROTECTIONS AGAINST A TYRANNICAL GOVERNMENT that much weaker!!
That is a lie. That didn't happen and there was no way that the state could open up enough orphanages to do that kind of beurocratic nonsense another lie was that castro was going to send all the children to the ussr did that happen no
@@asherif3893 it was the church who took in the kids is not a lie
Ok I forgive you for godfather 3 now andy
No
viva Castro, viva el Che, viva la revolución Cubana y el comunismo. Hasta la victoria siempre!
Simone Iragno fuck you
Enomis Iragno
Castro is dead , ask the people when they get $3 a month and a stipend of beans and rice if they like pimping their daughters out to capitalist tourist because they can’t afford to replace their broken windows ?
You are being laughed at.
Largate de aquí, que UA-cam no está hecho para cerdos comunistas
Vete pa'l carajo, coño.
Yes, until everyone is poor and a slave at the hands of the communist rulers. What a "victory."
It's not AMERICAN it's UnitedStatesmen or United Stes, we don't evewn have a word for it.TzTzTztz, we are all in the America's North, Central South, let's not be constantly claiming the the entire hemisphere!!!!!!!!!!!!!