20/20 Fidel Castro interview - Barbara Walters [6of6]
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- Опубліковано 6 вер 2024
- Cuba's Future
Barbara Walters interviews Fidel Castro from Havana, Cuba -- 25 years after her first interview with the Cuban leader. Her original interview made a little history because people got their first real look at the man. Although Castro is known for very long speeches, he rarely does interviews.
Fidel Castro, 76 at the time of this interview, has outlasted nine US presidents. He's on his tenth. His rule continues to inspire both fear and devotion. He tells Barbara Walters that Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev lied to both President John F. Kennedy and Cuba, heightening the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Anchor: Barbara Walters and John Miller Airdate: October 11, 2002
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The reason why it's hard for Barbara to understand Castro is because her mindset is bourgeiose. In her mind is wealth, money, and luxury and all the material things in life. She could not understand that many Cubans don't want that kind of materialist lifestyle. The prententious bourgeiose lifestyle. Her intellect is not even close to Castro and that's why she could not understand his logic. She's like a kid interviewing a father on political and economic issues
I swear none of y’all know shit
Castro is also bourgeiose too, useful idiot, he was raised in a rich family and had everything his entire life. Including his own private island, yachts, planes, fleet of Mercedes and Zils, and an entire squadron of thugs at his disposal.
Oh come come on Barbara admit that you were and you are always in love with this eternal full of passion man...
The translator's voice made Castro's answers appear cynical.
They did that on purpose.
He is very cynical when he speaks.
I speak Spanish myself.
He speaks to everyone as if their opinion is stupid.
@@markbritton7612 Exactly!!
"Cuba is a very small country But the figure of Fidel Castro has-been huge." That's true.
You are incredibly misinformed! Cuba has a 98% literacy rate, one of the highest in the world. Education in Cuba is free, all the way to the University level! And they have Universal Healthcare!!
Yes the Castro regime need to change old policies ASAP!! BUT SO DOES THE U.S.!! The Embargo needs to go!! The whole world (except Israel) sides with Cuba on that one!
El Tato Jimenez check what was the level of literacy in Cuba before Castro started to publish his lies. How willing to be lied 🤥 are you?
Ag Mendive yeah it’s was 77%, it jumped to 98%. What’s your point? I don’t see Cuba having race riots from years of hypocrisy “land of the free bullshit” Who’s eating the most lies here? The US is in a state of chaos right now, all it’s sins coming back to haunt generations later.
Yeah no my family is from Cuba and healthcare can’t treat shit, education is shit, and if speak against the government you can get thrown out of school. Not to mention that other Latin American countries had a larger increase in literacy rates without installing dictatorial regimes and the fact that these literacy rates come from the very same regime that lies about everything. If Cuba grants its citizens human rights, the embargo gets lifted. Why? Look at China now. Sanctions were lifted there and it has now become the most powerful totalitarian regime in the world committing genocide by definition of the UN. That’s not to mention the countless countries that can still trade with Cuba and do regularly. But wait wasn’t Castro the one who threw foreign business out of Cuba? Why does the regime need it so much now? See, it’s all lies and propaganda and you’ve fallen for it.
@@christianmorales8978 that embargo is not designed to be lifted. It was meant to cripple Cuba into US demands. Who’s gonna hold the US accountable for bullying Cuba into submission just because they hope to have their “island Las Vegas” there again? Why should Cuba become the type of Government the US wants it to be? That same old my government is better than your government bs mentality from the 1960’s is the problem. You want to point a finger to the reason Cuba’s financial situation is the way it is? Point it at the US. Is the Cuban government perfect? A bunch saints? Of course not! But just because criminals preach democracy and wear nicer suits doesn’t make their crimes any less serious or damaging.
@@RobJimenezMusic Trump was very vulgar about wanting to destroy Cuba while Biden wants to do the same but is more quiet about it. That’s why I don’t get why people get so up and arms about both parties when the both of them are the same side of the coin🤦🏿🤦🏿🤦🏿🤦🏿
Whether you support him (I do) or oppose him, you cannot deny that he is a charismatic, charming, & intelligent individual.
@@FirstnameLastname-ti4kv What a dumb comparison. Comparing a man who raped and killed god knows how many women to a man who liberated his country from being another slave to the United States and clearly out all the people who was running Cuba into the ground???
I guess you forgot how fucked up Cuba was under Batista???? High infant mortality rates, increasing illiteracy.
People didn’t even have access to doctors, good plumbing. Batista was just a puppet. The Mafia, the CIA and the US Government all were in control of the country. Not to mention the racism that was rampant at the time. You have to be blind to ignore all that.
Allen Greene perhaps you should read up on the ones Castro called the Gusanos - the WORMS- who he went after with an unrequited vengeance using Water Canons to capsize boats full of women and children so that everyone drowned. Then he forbid the relatives to go and retrieve the bodies or face the same fate. Thousands have perished at the hands of Castro. You are a complete ignorant buffoon propping up Castro. A place like Hell is too good for Castro.
Deena Stephens They deserved it.
look at what democracy did to iraq....Fidel Castro my role model...
Dummy
@@OffshoreOffice No he’s right.
@Felipe Martinez A first world country for whom? American plantation owners?
That Cuban music in the beginning was bad ass!
Castro is such a charismatic guy!
U tell me who's smarter. The Cubans r paying one man big buks, getting everything they need.
We are paying hundreds of thousands of people big buks for not even an eighth of what they're getting.
Not that hard to see.
Also if you really want to blame someone or something for Cuba economic demise, blame the U.S. Economic Embargo against Cuba. Which was designed to cripple and destroy the Cuban economy in an estimated 2-3 years. Much to the credit of the Cuban people, they are still standing, poor but standing. The U.N. has condemned the embargo 32 years in a row, Pope John Paul the 2nd also condemned it, and almost all countries around the world see at an unjust and stubborn show of force against cuba!
¡Viva Fidel...for ever!
Spoiler alert, he dead.
A hero in our hearts. A magnificent man who fought hard and his people still fight on.
Abajo Fidel destrullo a Cuba. Abajo la revulucion Cubana.
I remember when he died, reading what some Cubans in Cuba had to say... "Yes, we mourn him. No we were not communist, but we were Fidelist." (no somos comunistas, pero somos fidelistas)
Speaks volumes
Un ejemplo máximo - doloroso que la Isla de Borinquén no tiene uno parecido . Enero 8 -2023 Bronx
I always wondered what is like to be in front of an international leader....I, probably never find out.....I always wanted to see Fidel-I call him Fidel-because, he is my friend..long before I knew who Fidel was....Now, after two decades of knowing who he is...and what he will always represent....I will die a....Fidelista.....Or, Castrista, to those who do not like him.........I, rather be Castrista....than...gusano..........!!
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Orlando Romero I, Will die as a Castrista.........Because, Fidel Castro..........Will live forever...............He is part of the World History...Our future generations will read about him..............But, nobody, will read about those who opposed him.......because history does not like...Cowardice..........!!!
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He never backed down thank you fidel
Bruh if u were from there u wouldn’t know what u were saying
@@orlandoyero7151 it’s all good man be happy
@@Califresh21 stfu goofy that place worst than Africa
@@orlandoyero7151 yes he wouldn’t be saying stupid stuff behind a keyboard..
@@Califresh21 goofy ass white boy
Why would they want a McDonald's down the corner? lmao
HOY SABADO 31- DEC/ 2022/ RECORDANDO -FIDEL / BARBARA WALTER , JUNTOS TENDRAN LA 3RA ENTREVISTA - EN LA GLORIA JUNTOS - ETERNO ENCUENTRO - YO ESTARE PENDIENTE - PRONTO ---- GRACIAS BARBARA abc-News
love this man forever 💜💜💜💜
Azmin Zamo why do Cubans in Miami hate him so much?
Yapp what he says is very true look at us now CNN trump tweet Fox new infowarz you name it the us is total joke and fake . oh wait what us has done for world ? us killing 1000s people 24/7 around the world 2016 . in othe side cube has send doctors to africa workng free there . America still have race human color problems how many homeless us have how many cube have ziro.
Amber O'neal Coz they have no clue what he did to save and protect true honored cubans
Azmin Zamo thanks for your incite I just want to understand Fidel Castro from both sides of the spectrum. Everyone not from Cuba is confusing me.
Amber O Fuck those worms in Miami.
I never had the chance, my dad went a couple of years ago, and he liked the health care and educational systems, he was very impressed.
And with respect to your question, it is the same lame question people who have a different thinking from yours would ask you if you were living in a socialist country.
Don't u think Cuba would be better off without the Blockade and the constant harrasment from the US goverment?...
My Fidel, our Fidel, the Fidel of the World, of just causes lives and will live as a paradigm of sovereignty and incessant knowledge. Today, 5 years after your physical disappearance, we continue your legacy, your infinite teaching, your example of total dedication to the cause that brought true freedom to Cuba. You live and you will live, FIDEL.
Viva Cuba. Long live Fidel.
why does she insist on using socialism and democracy as if these words mean the opposite of eachother.
Cuba is very small but Fidel Castro ... Was very big .... For all around the world ..
Asavul Das Fidel was a veritable piece of shit. And like a dried up ball of dung when it's stepped on, the smell arises as if new. Yes that is best descriptor of that bastard - may he rot in Hell
Deena Stephens Hahaha😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆 Butthurt ass.
Not many people can stand against the United States , Castro did it. Bad guys or good guys, up for debate.
1:25: "I never said that" Yes you didn't say it Barbara but you was thinking it😆😆😆😆🤦🏿🤦🏿🤦🏿🤦🏿
They always sneakily imply that stuff. Castro knew exactly what she was implying.
@@TheButterMinecart1 Yep but sadly most people-sheep fall for it.
Cuba IS a democracy: they have free elections with multiple candidates: Castro kept in power because he did well for Cuba
Free elections where the same party ALWAYS wins and has absolute majority for 60 years, with the same leader that doesn't want to give up power ? Really?
Can we be so "innocent"?
There are thousands of Cubans in Florida. Please do talk to them
@@davidcuevaworld When a political figure really works for the people they get reelected, the reason it is so difficult to understand for someone who lives in capitalism is that our politicians are horrible.
Castro has given the average Cuban the life expectancy of a US citizen and the best healthcare outside the first world, all under a brutal embargo, no wonder why he stayed in power for so long.
For the most part Cuban """refugees""" in the US are former Batista collaborators, compradors and capitalists, to whom the cuban people obviously weren't kind. (There are good people too, I'm sure, but this has nothing to to with the immense good socialism did to the cuban people).
Japan has been ruled by the same party since 1955 but I don't see anyone calling it a dictatorship.
The US has been ruled by the same two (fairly identical) parties since 1852, but Cuba is the dictatorship here right?
@@justanormalyoutubeuser3868 It's so convenient to support that ideology and then go and eat an steak (example), most cubans will never taste that "red gold" (that''s how they call meat). What happened with the cows? the US embargoed the grass?
It is easy to support that ideology and then take a shower or simply use toilet paper, while Cubans spend months without those things, and you can even find women who prostitute themselves for soap, etc. (but they have top notch health system?).
I insist, if you have the opportunity to talk to a Cuban who ESCAPED, do it. There are generations of them, perhaps who did it in the 60/70's where friends with Batista. But right now, there are young people who were not born when that happened. And I said, ESCAPED, because they have NO LIBERTY to just walk out, like the millions in Venezuela did recently, and now are homeless in neighbour countries.
Right now, we can disagree with each other, and its fine. But in Cuba, or in any socialist/communist country, you can be KILLED for this "offense", you can be killed if you practice a religion that the dictator does not support, etc.
It is ok to look for social justice, but I'm afraid that examples of it are not found in socialist/communist countries. The same pattern is repeated in every country. And is not an opinion, its history. The world is making a big mistake by not taking left propaganda seriously and supporting this nonsense ideologies. I'm sure we can build a better world, but it must be socialist free, if we want to be free people.
Take care my friend, and keep being free
@@davidcuevaworld It is very convenient to pretend the embargo and constant military threat of the USA have no impact on the Cuban economy.
It is also convenient to compare Cuba, a 3rd world country, with the 1st world. Compare Cuba with neighbouring states, compare Cuba with Haiti. The truth is Cuba has a much higher quality of life than that of its region, achieving a life expectancy equal to that of the US despite continous sabotage.
Compare Cuba to what it was before: a corrupt military dictatorship ruled by mafia and sold out to imperialist powers, when literacy was rare and most Cubans never saw a doctor in their entire life.
This is not a matter of opinion, this is history and if someone tells you the opposite they're either ignorant or they're lying. Bourgeois scum were the only people to enjoy a decent life
I can understand why Cuba sees it as a crime to support that regime which committed so many crimes, it is also obvious that they need as much workpower as they can to resist pressures from the US so they can't afford to lose people to richer countries.
@@justanormalyoutubeuser3868 Cuba has been a corrupt military dictatorship. A typical breakfast for a Cuban is Kitchen Oil with salt and bread, ask a Cuban. Google about "la libreta". Not what Cuban government says.
Yes, Haiti is not good, but if you compare Cuba with other South-Central America countries, you'll notice that the they have access to better food (even better than the US, I think). People do have access to beef, and toilet paper, etc.
In the other hand, think about this: Imagine that you are Fidel. And that the circumstances doesn't let you give your people access to good food or all the things to live a good life, as long as you remain in office.
But if you resign and give the country to "democracy" (he promised free elections, never happened) to capitalism, they will have a chance for a better life, freedom to move, to protest, to think, etc.
What would be your choice? I don't think Fidel's was to looking for their people. He was thinking only in himself, he is millonaire.
I visit Cuba every year, I love the country but most of all I love the people. I really believe that if Embargo will be lifted and US Businesses will flood Cuba, this will destroy Cuba, Cuba will become another Mexico, product of USA, up to their ears in crime, murder, drugs etc. On one hand I wnt to see Cubans have more opportunities in life, but accepting help from USA will be like making a deal with a Devil. Cuba must seek other ways to prosper without USA.
agreed, but the embargo also prevents trade from other countries. the US refuses to trade with ships that have traveled to cuba for 6 months discouraging countries from giving them aid
Fidel Is One Of My Favorite In History ...
You’re a communist
The answer to all of Barbara Walters’ rhetorical questions turned out to be “no” except the last one which asked if socialism would still be around after Fidel’s death.
Dr. FIDEL CASTRO is a great leader, seems like the MAJORITY of the CUBAN people like him very much, especially those who matter and live in CUBA. VIVA CUBA! CUBA ES LIBRE!!!
do they judge the merit of a state on whether theres a mcdonalds or hilton on the corner? well that says it all really
Those girls at the end seemed thrilled to meet the Comandante
i would be too 🥰
"Cuba will be flooded with American businessmen and their money, a Hilton hotel and a McDonalds on the corner.Will Cubans be given Democracy as we know it "
Because Democracy is a suits and ties , a big mac and featherd pillows ;)
thanks for posting the last part
Does anyone happen to have there first interview from 1977?
Barbara Walters, the trailblazing television news broadcaster and longtime ABC News anchor and correspondent who shattered the glass ceiling and became a dominant force in an industry once dominated by men, died on December 30, 2022. She was 93.
Viva la Revolucion!
Another 25 years have come and gone, and her predictions are totally wrong.
Barbara Walters should go China or Saudi Arabia and ask those same questions to those dictators. God bless you Comrade Castro. Long live the Cuban Revolution.
Rest in peace comrade Castro, your revolutionary spirit will live forever.
Honor y Gloria eternos al Señor Teniente General Don Jorge Rafael Videla......!!!!!
If you were a regular cuban guy, you wouldn't be 100% agree with Catro's ideology. Not even 45%!!
Batista was not wealthy but way poorer than Castro family
Blacks ate ,dressed and move freely much better than now
Anybody that really want it could have a public education
That could have been reformed without 5 decades of Castro crimes and total slavery of Cuba where average salary of $8/month is lower than it was in 1958
We were born and raised there,he can not lie to us!
Its my human right to say no
Love interview
americans gauge democracy by fastfood restaurant per capita
01/28/23 This clown said: "I have nothing to hide..." but forgot to add how many Cuban patriots did he and his brother kill with the help of "Soviet military advisers"? It was a deadly massacre, a genocide where 750,000 CUBANS were officially killed! WHAT FOR? WHY SAYING IT WILL NOT GET BETTER, ONLY WORSE? And today it is said that he was a commander and what he did was for the revolution! He overthrew the Batista government, that's fine, but he should hand over power to the people in free and democratic elections. Today, power is being handed over to Cuba from one thief to another. Who doesn't care how Cubans live? Living conditions in Cuba are terrible. The water is udrinkable, there is no food, there are Cubans standing in line for bread at night for 4-5 hours and when they arrive at the counter, there is no bread because there was not enough flour! Road transport is very poor. The roads are heavily damaged, dark and unlit at night, leading to fatal accidents! The basic food in Cuba for all Cubans is precisely pasta in oil, which is called oil, but what it contains nobody knows. The police are representatives of supercorruption. It is better not to argue with these morons because they will not help anyone and will only arrest Cubans for nothing!
28/01/23 Este payaso dijo: "No tengo nada que ocultar..." pero olvidó agregar ¿a cuántos patriotas cubanos mataron él y su hermano con la ayuda de "asesores militares soviéticos"? ¡Fue una masacre mortal, un genocidio donde oficialmente fueron asesinados 750 000 CUBANOS! ¿PARA QUÉ? ¿POR QUÉ DECIR QUE NO VA A MEJORAR, SOLO A PEORAR? ¡Y hoy se dice que fue comandante y lo que hizo fue por la revolución!
Derrocó al gobierno de Batista, está bien, pero debería entregar el poder al pueblo en elecciones libres y democráticas. Hoy, el poder se está entregando a Cuba de un ladrón a otro. ¿A quién no le importa cómo viven los Cubanos? Las condiciones de vida en Cuba son terribles. El agua esta sucia para beber, no hay comida, hay Cubanos que estabas por pan en la noche en una de 4-5 horas y cuando llegan al mostrador, no hay pan porque no habia suficiente harina ! El transporte por carretera es muy pobre. ¡Las carreteras están muy dañadas, oscuras y sin iluminación por la noche, lo que provoca accidentes fatales! El alimento básico en Cuba para todos los Cubanos es precisamente la pasta en aceite, que se llama aceite, pero nadie sabe qué contiene. Los policías son representantes de la supercorrupción. ¡Es mejor no discutir con estos imbéciles porque no ayudarán a nadie y solo arrestarán a los cubanos por nada!
Smart man to not give that answer
Love Castro.
It was his human right to keep his privacy while he, and his henchmen invaded every citizen's daily!
@farleftloon I'm sure some Cubans could very well read what you just wrote, and a much larger percentage than in other Latin American countries. If you're referring to a limited access to the internet, than that like everything else you find problematic with their country stems from American oppression. Unlike China, their government's interest lies in protection rather than secrecy. You speak of a Cuba under the effects of an embargo that chiefly deprives Cubans of their potential prosperity.
@farleftloon sarcasm . cus i was born in cuba . I learned English over there at school . for free obviosly, adn ... well ... i can read that . lol XD
FIDEL FOR EVER U ARE THE BEST PRESIDENT
The embargo is totally just politics. This country doesn’t just embargo countries because of “lack of freedom.” We don’t do that to other countries, in fact we have very close economic relations with dictatorships. The only reason the embargo hasn’t been listen is because politicians don’t want to lose votes in Florida.
No it is because Cuba stands as an exmple of what a Socialist Revolution can achieve. That is a threat to the American Investors Empire.
Good interviews abc🇮🇳🇨🇺😍
entrevista a un terrorista que pone bombas
That next interview won't happen
Holy shit you are on most videos i visit, common interests I guess
words of wisdom.
Barbara Walters liked him
Did you ever statr bussiness?
please no mcdonalds
@DerekAnthony19 How come your comments are completely contradict with each other ?
"The Worst" well the common sense ship just sank there
RIGHT ON!!!!
@MrAsmil i meant to say . "sarcasm?"
the funny thing is he speaks english, but refuses to.
agreed! I know someone that knows the truth...
Free Homeland or Death.
Libertad Patria o Muerte.
just becasue cuba has a corrupt socialism does not mean that socialism cannot be democratic.fascism could be democratic.i am in no way a socialist and i disagree with castro on 90% of the issues but there is a such thing as a democratic socialism it has just yet to be practiced due to a little thing called revolutions.castros socialism is not even socialism there could be so many other programs to help workers . i didnt mean to insult u and i can sympathize with the struggles you had in cuba
yes he is!!!
of a 32 year old, you seem very immature in your way of speech.
It cannot be denied that Castro holds great popularity amongst ordinary cubans. Otherwise he wouldn't have been in power so long. And there would have been a counter-revolution when his brother took over.
There wasnt, so you go do the math.
@dontneedyourlaws
As a matter of fact we in Quebec Canada have a form of government we call social-democratic
Traduire en francais
what was that sick fucked up shit she was reading off the autocue at the end
Honestly and as a Cuban myself, embargo has solved nothing indeed, but hungry and problems for cuban people...I feel bad for them. My parents still live there.
I 'd say No more embargo, I am sorry for saying that Fidel is right on this, embargo brings no glory to the US. I do love US and I do love my country Cuba and Cubans. God bless both countries.
What a shame this is a top comment...
@SMQ2007SMQ so u would rather not being able to use the internet, have a cell phone, watch any tv program u want, have any car u want, u cant have anything u want in cuba, only what the government gives u
@alain429 thousands left, but 11 million stay.
Long live socialism, Long Live Cuba, Long Live the Freedom of people who are tired of corporate ruled countries!
With love from America land of the corporate slaves
Fidel....huge leader of a small country
Cubans have on of the highest levels of literacy in the world.
read about democratic socialism
@shurednichso he never said that!!! i watched it!! STOP MANUFACTURING LIES, YOURSELF!! you are a disgraced!! not castro. you know not what you heard and what you said and what you experience!! god bless the humanity
i defend my Humans'rights
I like him
Lift the embargo!!
jesus was socialist ;)
If Fidel did Not himself an comunist, USA would help Him, Simple ad that. He could be cruel, despot, no problem for usa, all they dont like is sosialism. Look to Chiile, 1973.
Wrong.
@@TwoPyramid Right.
@@sveinsigurdgismarvik4445 Hitler, Saddam Hussein and Noriega weren't attacked by the USA because they were socialist. To say the USA only attacks socialist countries is overly simplistic.
@BritainsHope it is a socialist country dude...no capitalism..get it?
Dona Barbara, Eureka! ti ho trovata
Fidel Castro is cool
what the f...k are you talking about?
right a true democrat
This is your critic to him? this ovbious lie? come on then i bet you can do better than that.
5:18 5:39 but now Fidel Castro is in heaven
Fidel Castro=Big Boss Man!👍
That's why they all continue to swim over here, right?
wecarnivore Lift the damn embargo and that wouldn't happen.
The only reason some of the countries you mentioned need digging out is because they have huge, insupportable social programs. If it's not pure capitalism, a country will slow down and suffer what we're witnessing today in Europe and the U.S.
@puertorricane pahahaha yes i think, too :D
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