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tv   From Germany to Cuba  Deutsche Welle  December 8, 2023 2:15pm-2:30pm CET

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thinks i'm most proud of is considered a terrorist organization for multiple countries, but the fighting has that to get more palestinian civilian casualties. and even more di, combined to turn in situation. stay with us to find out why old. the german motorcycles are still loved and cared for in cuba. that's up next and not program read. i'm finished by the team. can see you soon. the by the, the monumental structures of the stone age, milestones in the history of mankind. some of the greatest possible again, this is a monumental stone arrangements that people elected long before the pyramid, technical and logistical feat that simple as the impossible to stones tell the
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story of a powerful revolution. what exactly happened as a 10000 years ago? secrets of the shown age starts december 22nd, on the w santiago to cuba is the island nation, 2nd biggest city, and considered the capital of the em said motorcycle built in communist era, east germany, the cities home to half a 1000000 people. and over 10 starters, in that sense, over half of the santiago as much as like population the unique connection to the ends that goes back to the 1980s when several 1000 of the bikes were brought back to the car, be in by cubans living in east germany, the based on what
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the limits have valerie, this is an original m said from germany and we went to a very good product. this accompanied me for many years now. right. know if i'm trying to completely redo it to the a. okay. a lot of mock the birds and 19 eating 2. i just love it and it's a bite that has a really good reputation in cuba because i couldn't go out and would you like to hear the fact then it cost him 4150 east german mice today, valued it up to $10000.00 us dollars. it's a pretty significant for good results and the treating process data also within 10 minutes of what i want to be in the seventy's and eighty's to be i'm sad, was one of the east. germany's top export products and over a 100 countries need some of them seem to be tend to be the m said sophie's told us to about to a man of the 5 year. i mean, i mean, paid i'm, we have, we soon became motorbike funds got our,
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we were having decent money. the r yang is when we realized we had the chance to buy 1 may have talked to embassy stuff, and our superiors has been building with the government. they say the global e. c. c. what if anything, went through the loyalty, they'll load us toward the bikes in united. the import of that is that i let me run a search. he size and cubans were sent to a fellow communist country, east germany. a large number took the opportunity to buy and bring back home and then that the vast majority of the bikes are still in the road today, which explains their abundance here. and there are plenty of repair shops here. often in residential buildings, many specialize in particular parts like shock absorbers, carburetors and batteries. emilio is a nice is engines for the ends at ease at $250.00. the
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email with us on this is the only mark i wanted to work with, not the java or mens one just the eighty's add to $50.00. it does save those seeing when the ends ads proved to be more robust than other brands from eastern europe. and some of them will be in this model and there was no limit level as long as you treated well, we will find a solution to any trouble in growth in seattle of the today. i want to get this bike finished. it might take me until the afternoon, but that's the plan i want to. i need the parts to fit in the juice to stay on your hands and everything to work for. we'll see the list and i know i've understood this thing was built in 1979 and i've had it since i bought it a 99251515 years and since it lasts needed for targeting.
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and you know, i bought to you again our so what i, what it ended up getting the power outages are common in cuba. not something people get worked out the by emilio has motorbike part stored all around the building, including directors, apartment a met out. both of these are all spare parts. those this on her, but the letter from down here are engine blocks belonging to customers or monitor only. here's one and another. it the whole time. with the power i, emilio scheduled for the date is not going to work. i q bus routes are mostly on
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the old sites and paved or full of clothes, but that's no problem for the ends that it's no frills. construction is an advantage. an owners can do a lot of the repairs themselves. maintenance is also straightforward. something roger alejandro does every week because the model because the, the main thing that a my bill and your ability matters due to the dress of spare parts. the m said factory in east germany became insolvent and shut down in 1991 since then. cubans have had to get by with replica parts. the alternative is adapting components from other brands. the. as a result,
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cubans have become world beating immature by mechanics. and that's why roger 2 has never had any problems with his machine. cuba has relatively few cars on frequent gasoline shortages, while local transport is often of the 2 wheel it's variety. we make a tract. i took the santiago to this tropical garden to see armando david paris fernandez. armande, he specializes in exhaust pipes and mufflers the us embargo force people to get creative. and in his case to recycle we do everything new banding, welding spending, but towards the end and installing like you. c absolutely, top we collect old sheet metal parts. the split is from
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a bus loading is a real shortage of materials. so we take what other people throw away. and we really like these parts from the commission buses. nothing is thrown away here. the wind over, you know, put them all by here because my bikes exhaust has been clogged up for a while. it's not running well, it needs cleaning. i was happy with the service here a few years ago, quality work and quality materials and good customer care. my bad yeah, i mean also went good off. so am i going to have the problem as a general one and we have no materials, no money, you know anything but so we have to get innovative, but at least quite healthy the we will get new materials again, i wonder who knows when, but eventually in the, the as elsewhere in cuba,
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they say hope springs, eternal, and customer who's a jimenez is at least happy to be back in the road again. friday is by what state and coupon with the weekends coming up. preparations includes giving your wheels a good lathering up. the gleaming machines emerge from their weekly clean looking brand new, despite being well over 3 decades old. it was, it's the hardest spike in cuba and the most valuable like a model like the most curable and they run forever. by the way, these lovely over 2 and a half 1000000 names that were built until the demise of east germany in 1990. the commission on
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susan is, is people in this problem google opened campaign and said one defense for the police 15 minutes and they could be sending it to us till felt less than face to face. and just like in the old ad cubans today right there and sat down to the beach for some weekend fun for as in jorge and his families case, to mark a special occasion. in this case, a birthday the oh we were celebrating my way down most the do you do this often? apply and we like coming to the beach because it's quiet and the pleasant place.
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i love them said because they're fast, don't need much gas. they're small and good for getting a ride. real quick, just write her brother in law is also a big fan. at the bank, i've had this bike for over 12 years now. one of the best to ever be imported here is defendable and economical. we have it's all the original parts and the few other components are high quality and almost like original parts defense, diabetes, continue with the picnic side, the beach and traditional cuban style the, the weekend is always busy for emilio, he shares a small, has this, um, and plays trumpet in the local bank, but as he lives outside of time, he needs transportation. i'm off to see a friend who has
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a motor bike back. hopefully i can hit you right. except his title is ran to that to them said this it don't. but on the, we're waiting for another bite, my friend made some calls and says someone will be coming to pick me up in a moment. you know, we're not to go within 3 months. emilio has to be patient. the 1st motivation he's already occupied. and the 2nd one doesn't stop, but eventually the rider who was ordered arrives so finally, emilio can head off to dine time, santiago, under concert that evening. 5 doors charge the here in santiago to cuba, the affectionately called the m 's as much as a glitch. f l in mind, part german motorcycles. they're about $10.00 to $15.00 times and dump them in the
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city together. the constitutes a kind of mobile museum of east german biking heritage. does have a son goes died, emilio has arrived. the, the concert begins at 7 pm on the adult here, outside the cathedral, a traditional venue for life and using the and later that same nights the far she cried to send on the harbour area. and here to the end that is only present a classic fight with a cult following in cuba, the makes your in good shape,
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finds out if you every day nice has nothing to sing with you in a cloak, it can be just for mental single health research techniques, so how keeping him in good shape india, 50 or 60, if the quote is one way to have him going and that will come in. and this has happened in the last decade. this is not very long the, even in our life go based and g o is helping to protect endangered marine and fire. that's how the, how the eco indian in 60 minutes on d. w. discovery issues with a lot say what the
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day usually starts. when our alarm goes off with slaves to the close of society sees punctuality as of the 2. we can't afford to miss that train. we have places to be things to do. no wonder with constancy checking the time box, we'd be better off paying more attention to our internal clock rigging it cycles of alertness and sleepiness. if we go against the bodies to katy and with them, we can end up with weight problems.

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