Cuba History in 5 Minutes

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Republic of Cuba is a country comprising the island of Cuba as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos.

Cuba before the arrival of the Spanish: The Taíno (an Arawak people), the Guanahatabey and the Ciboney people.

Christopher Columbus landed on Cuba's

The first Spanish settlement in Cuba

The indigenous people were virtually wiped out due to Eurasian infectious diseases

The British in Cuba

Cuba become a protectorate of the United States.

the Cuban Communist Party in 1952.

Fidel Castro started a rebellion against the Batista government.

The Cuban Missile Crisis occurred in October 1962

[waynereid]

How does Christopher Columbus goes to a country and see people already there but he claims he discovers the island

[jessebiliran]

Excuse me, what do you mean Batista was "elected" president in 1940? Didn't he rise to position through a military coup? And impose an extremely oppressive government?

[nichogold]

Literally just reading the wikipedia page

[aviefern]

Fun fact: Fidel Castro is celebrated as an icon of freedom and liberation in Africa. While the US government was supporting the apartheid regime in South Africa that had imprisoned Nelson Mandela...Fidel Castro had sent economic and military support to the revolution which was instrumental in turning the tide.

When Nelson Mandela was eventually released from prison and became the new prime minister, he took a trip to visit Castro and pay his respects.

[J.h.Masdiaz]

Viva Cuba Libre! Cubanos por el Mundo.

[michaeld]

They didn’t discuss the slave trade which I think is a big factor IMO. Cuba was some what of a rest stop for slave traders prior to any sort of Sovereignty. European countries and America had interest from slave trade to gambling before Castro’s revolution.

[samc.]

After watching this I really didn’t gain any knowledge

[JimmyDAmore]

Way too fast. Can't learn about the history of a nation in 5 minutes.

[juanfernandez]

You do not mention Fidel pledging his revolution in the name of communism causing many people to flee the country and seek assilum in the USA. You do not also mention Jose Marti a great hero for freedom for Cuba during the Spanish American War. This history seems highly biased in my opinion.

[christinecase-lo]

Please add some stuff about slavery come on, you are ignoring a huge number of people in Cuba. And not all the natives died off, many still live in the hill country and keep parts of their culture alive (Ramirez/Rojas last names)

[somebodya_k]

as a person who attended elementary through middle school in Cuba, this is WRONG

[james]

Fun fact: most cubans have some native dna from the tainos and in fact the eastern part of the island where there are the 2 second largest cities(holguin and santiago) has some of the highest taino dna.

[luca]

Didn't know Stalin was once Gouverneur of Cuba

[MarioRodriguez-pdlp]

The two Carlos Manuel de Céspedes were not the same person. Just to clarify things. They just happen to have the same name.

[irmam]

Funny how they never mentioned how the Chinese immigrants lived out there 8 year contract in cuba . I found it to be not accurate .were did they get there info .

[robertoquinones]

How would you call someone who take the power of a country by using militar power? What will you call someone who in over 50 years never allowed democratic elections? A president?

[mikecrosoft]

I’m a Cuban and It’s sad to see how such a beautiful country went to ruins because of communism

[yesid]

Nothing happened between 1548 and 1754? That's over 200 years..

[jupiterjohnson]

Yeaaaa you can’t boil Cuba’s history down to 6 mins!

[elgusano]

You did this video a year ago, and you forgot to mention how we the Cuban people bee fighting for freedom for 62 years 😭😭😭you forgot that party