not only was this the first commuting book about cuba, i was able to zip back and forth down to cuba and stay for a week and come back. i could go to the archives, make my request. they could think about it for a month which is what they often like to do. there's one place that celia set up, the office of historical affairs. she got everything to do with the revolution, and put it in one sort of repository. and t still there and you can go in and make requests. you have to get special permission, an academic visa. it became difficult unfortunately after -- in the trump era because they -- america and the cubans sacked all their stuff. it's hard to get a visa of any kind that's not a tourist visa. but i did manage to get academic visas. i would go in there, and i would just sort of explain what i was doing. and they were very helpful. but the real reason i was able to break into it was that a friend of mine in nancy stout had written the first biography of celia in december. there hadn't been a biography of celia in cuba. not a real biography. she spent a lot of time meeting people. s

what happened in cuba, what's going to happen in cuba. and so in that sense, i felt like i really had to go and i finally did in 1996. which was just after the soviet union had collapsed. it was the nadir of cuba's fortunes. it was kind of an economic disaster. i got down there from new york because you couldn't fly direct in those days. i went via nassau. all i knew was that i had to take $1,000 in cash and give to it a guy named lionel at the airport. and i would recognize him by his porkpie hat. and i did get to the airport, i went into a disused terminal with wires hanging down everywhere, and lionel did appear. i gave him the money, he gave me a little handwritten thing and pointed out to a russian prop plane. six people squeezed onto this plane that zoomed over the caribbean and landed in cuba. it was a fascinating experience. the next time i went was under the obama years. and i got invited on the first private jet to fly from miami to havana. also six passengers, slightly different experience. champagne flowing. getting picked up

you know, what happened in cuba, and what's going to happen in cuba, and so in that sense, i felt like i really had to go. and i finally did in 1996, just after the soviet union had collapsed, and it was the nay deer of cuban's fortunes. it was kind of an economic disaster. i got down there from new york because you couldn't fly direct in those days. i went via nasa. all i knew is i had to take a thousand dollars in cash and gif it to a guy named lionel at the airport and i would recognize him by his hat. i did get to the airport and i went to this disused terminal with wires hanging down everywhere. and lionel did appear and i gave him money and he gave me a handwritten thing and he pointed me to a russian prop plane. six people squeezed onto this plane but then sort of zoomed over the caribbean and landed in cuba. you know, it was a fascinating experience. the next time i went was under the boobama years and i got invited on the first private jet to fly from miami to havana. also six passengers, slightly different experience. champagne flowing, picked up in these beautiful american c

>> they departed cuba in august. so really a matter of weeks they were there. >> this was declaring war congress supported? >> yes. the american people supported it but there were also people who want real keen of the work. congress, part of the declaration of the legislation that allowed the war was that cuba would not become part of the u.s. there was fear by some leaders that this is just land. the u.s. will not annex cuba for the u.s. >> walk us through the day of the charge of san juan hill. >> the "rough riders" are one small part of this assault on what we call san juan heights. the "rough riders" were forced to leave behind their horses and companies. essentially, there's something like 600 men in the "rough riders". the entire assault force was around 8000. you can see the percentage but they are a key part of the assault. this calvary is the right side of the line. the infantry this is regular volunteers, they charged the left side and san juan heights is a long rolling ridge. when encountered by the "rough

nothing maybe $500 with the title but in cuba it's $3000 because there are no court cars. that's the point of trying to make the do not allow imports at all that's why there are so many 1930 us cars there from the revolution they have some from france there are a few chinese cars sometimes they get put on to use market but the government does not allow imports so there is the strict reply for 70 years that will drive prices up so if you restrict it that much so is poor as they are the car becomes one of the most valuable assets that you have there's very few of them if you own a car you are a taxi you could rent it out so the people on the streets and then you pick them up and then you negotiate a price. so that's one of the few ways in cuba unless you can rent out rooms in your home or have a restaurant that you could actually make private money. >> before we leave cuba some of the rules regarding a private restaurant there is a seating limitation but then they went to six but but there was a rule against any private restaurants people can rent out their house they can ha

and that is the sovereign and independent cuba, the rights to the back of her own country and cuba haven'tbeen in charge of its own affairs ever after the spanish-american war, the united states dominated the politics and the economy up until the triumph of the revolution, and we could argue about the aspects of that. so she then again shows and said we are going to focus on this one thing. think of the statement old dissidence is treason. the statue of liberty octobe october 1886. french and american journalists, politicians, and in exile from the spanish government they wanted to arrest him and throw him in jail. he steps a day and says this. for him who enjoys them of liberty it's difficulnotlibertyk of his anger as the wild beast spirit rises within him as if it were poisoned. so that' that to me is castro ai don't apologize for him, i am not supporting what happened. i'm just describing how in the interest of this thing again, not my defense, that fact. >> let me follow-up on this notiofollow up on thisnotion ofl nationalism. at one point i guess very early on in the book, you argue t

he faces put on the sense that in the economy the soviet union has collapsed 8 cuba has disappeared and they face these special period which was which was the worst time ever in the island so him so he faced that and he censored that he wanted back in cuba and everybody was leaving so we didn't force that into the story that that was actually what actually happened and it's the same thing with today carlos mature man who has decided to be part of the press and of his island by creating his company there and that's part of the film as well so he's known yuri oh no he was always connected to cuba he was holding back to cuba he was he never for his roots so all these things were what make this story short track of so relevant detail and so full of of well it's a great story and it wasn't forced to actually talk about all these things in cuba of course is what happened and what was very nice was actually like some of your question actually was bring in the film back to heaven or you know there was a 5400 people in the car my son. to see the opening of the film of the festival and there

cuba revolutionary in the spirit of fidel and is portrayed in the new film. to win a paul levante an award winning director. the song of revolution from award winning singer songwriter. the u.k. releases g.d.p. estimates in 48 hours but will politicians in the media be reading the figures. is played down is g.d.p. really a measure of the success or failure of a society from a cause your culture has in the usa to corbett in britain the ideas of moxon socialism or reigniting explosive debates from congress to the house of commons about what is truly valuable when it comes to human happiness joining me now is world renowned economist professor mary on them as a college or university college london founder of the u.c.l.a. institute for innovation and public purpose a new paperback is the value of everything making and taking in the global economy welcome to the show marianna why apart from say generally cool britain is there very little skepticism value in the 1st place in modern society which is the main issue on the front of the book so the word value has becom

but in the cold war chessboard cuba was just a pawn. custer was able to remain in power until his death in november 26th. cheney now a martyr continues to live on as a symbol of the revolution. hello sydneysiders have not seen a great deal of sunshine recently and you can see from the satellite picture it's quite specific to sydney and much of the rest of this part of a straight leader is enjoying the sunshine it will slowly return with a slow rise in temperature in sydney itself the next front is on its way through ahead of it war comes down to adelaide so you get 20 degrees not far off in hobart so fast improving for the weather in tasmania and it's also slightly warmer than personnel are fronts coming into purpose make his way into later on sunday but by that time it'll be cloudy and wet dry in adelaide and much of victoria parts of new south wales will be having a little bit of rain too in the weekend that new zealand. not too badly to be on a sunny spot the massive cloud there's not a lot there are still from this is a low pressure

he was holding back to cuba he was he never forgot his roots so all these things were what make this story short tract of so relevant detail and so full of of well it's a great story and it wasn't forced to actually talk about all these things in cuba of course is what happened and what was very nice was actually like some of your question actually was bring in the film back to heaven or you know there was a 5400 people in the car my son. and to see the opening of the film of the festival and there was thousands of say again that issue again and what was remarkable was just defection how far carlos because he has not forgotten his resume to come out well superstar in the world of dance because never forgotten his roots and he wants to go back to cuba and he wants to contribute and build things there again and i think that's why he's held in such affection just on there's a scene where you really is in a place we're here actually looking at mainstream media coverage all over cuba why pick that particular clip of where he's looking at it we're just talking about all the people trying t

and what happened in cuba and what's gonna happen in cuba. so in that sense i felt like i had to go. i finally did in 1996 just after the soviet union had collapsed to it was kind of an economic disaster. i got down there from new york she couldn't fly direct and all i knew was that i had to take $1000 in cash and give it to a guy name lionel at the airport and i would recognize him by his hat and i got to the airport and i went into the diffused terminal with wires hanging down and lionel did appear and i gave them the money and he gave me the handwritten thing and pointed to a russian prop plane so six people squeezed into the plane that zoomed over the caribbean and landed in cuba and it was a fascinating experience. the next time i went was under the obama years and i got invited on a private jet to fly from miami to havana with six passengers and a slightly different experience. champagne getting picked up in beautiful american cars being taken to a lecture hotel with a rooftop pool with wi-fi. it was like science fiction. but, yes, afte

yes we can go assist the cubans and get spain out of cuba but the united states well not annex cuba for the united states. walk us through the day the set up in the day of the charge of san juan hell. >> one thing you have to understand is that the rough writers are very small part of this assault on what is called san juan heights. and they were forced to leave behind not only their horses there is only something like 600 men in the rough writers. the end tire assault was around 8,000. you can see the percentage that they are. but they are a key part of the assault and they are now dismounting in calvary. it is the charge the right side of the line. the infantry and this involves regulars as well as volunteers. they will charge the left side it's a very long rolling ridge what was encountered there. they are told to wait in reserve which they do not like one bit. leonard wood has been promoted because of illness within the officers he's been bumped up to take charge and that leaves theodore roosevelt as the commander of the rough writers which is kind of what he wanted all along. they

in cuba it didn't really matter. they were all the same staying at nice restaurants and because why not, there was no difference between them. >> but you also talk about the lack of variety and seasoning. >> it wasn't bad. we had lobster and things. i was asking for tabasco at every meal. there were only going to be two types. one is dark, one is light into the resolve import, so that's it. the absolute lack of variety is another thing. you walk into a convenience store and there is actually they things on the shelves. the storefronts that have been government state owned. that would have to be a government owned store. and it would be the equivalent of 711. the entire shelf of one type of canned beans were type of toilet paper, what have you, so the lack of variety is also shocking. you go to a poor country you are going to find all these varieties of products available you just don't find that in a socialist country like cuba. it's very strange when you start noticing those little differences it becomes all you can

writing about cuba. and the reason, i was in argentina and if you live in latin america you do is latin america and everyone is thinking about cuba. in that sense, i felt like i really had to go. i finally did in 1996 just after the soviet union had collapse. it was an economic disaster. i got down there from new york because you couldn't fly direct. i went via and also. i had to take $1000 in cash and give it to a guy named lionel at the airport. i did get to the airport and went into it terminal and lionel did appear and i gave him the money and he gave me a handwritten thing and pointed out the prop plane. six people squeeze on to this plane and then went over the caribbean and landed in cuba. it was an experience. the next time i went was under the obama years. i got invited on the first private jet to fly from miami to hove on a. it was an experience. champagne was flowing. we picked up these beautiful american cars and were taken to a luxury hotel with a rooftop pool. they even had wi-fi. it was li

next we go to cuba. injuly1980 nine, fourtop cuban army cuba., fourtop cuban army officers were sentenced to death and executed after being convicted of drug track —— trafficking. but critics of the regime believe the case was in fact a political attempt to punish the officers for advocating change in fidel castro's communist cuba. we hear from iliana della fidel castro's communist cuba. we hearfrom iliana della guardia. the daughter of one of the executed when. —— men. daughter of one of the executed when. -- men. aformer daughter of one of the executed when. -- men. a former comrades in arms are fidel castro and hero of the revolution was sentenced last friday to be sentenced by —— killed by firing squad along with other army officers. translation: when they read out that my father and the others were all sentenced to death, it came as a massive shock. my father looked over to where i was sitting but i didn't wa nt to where i was sitting but i didn't want to start crying. but i didn't wa nt want to start crying. but i didn't want to start cryi

for trump his actions against cuba seem to be a political ploy for many in cuba there are nexus tensional threats. from me and the business team here in berlin for more business news and features check out d.w. dot com. slash business our follow us on social media i'm john album along thanks for watching. the be. the best. the band. the band. sometimes more exciting than real life. to. it all. for 30 moments. ritualised the german boss treats. its house laugh. make them from people make fun about their own social economic and political campaigns. in mozambique we say that you have to laugh so you don't write it's how people call we. as i often call call these folks in the back by my fellow countrymen i actually spotlight by taking it all to all those jobs finding out what people are talking about what is moving them . my father taught me how to ask uncomfortable questions about my country and above board that is why i said. i keep doing to this the main ways that i work at. nasa hasn't been the stock. is facing mass extinction. you could say that something is in danger. but there is a gli

for trump his actions against cuba seem to be a political ploy for many in cuba there are a nexus tensional threat. and. that threat from me and the business team here in berlin are more business news than features. d.w. dot com slash business are follow us on social media i'm john album on thanks for watching. enjoy the conflicts on which to sebastien the song east europeans think of moldova as a new coalition government largesse whose brief is not the mature but charming face president of the outgoing democratic party and a former justice minister we moldova now find good food corruption if he is showing abuse cos he's raechel in conflict so for 60 minutes. you know that 77 percent topic are younger than thanks scott. that's me and me and. you know what time all voices. of the 77 percent talk about the issue. for all parties to fashion thanks from housing boom boom boom town this is where. welcome. because 77 percent. this weekend on t.w. . i'm. with him her to being gone do goes on because we're biased by you know if i had known that the boat would be about small i never would have gone

for trump his actions against cuba seem to be a political ploy for many in cuba there are next to stem cell threat. from me and the business team here in berlin for more business news and teachers. d.w. dot com slash business or follow us on social media i'm john al d'amato and thanks for watching. blah. blah blah blah blah. blah for. takes good personally. with all of the wonderful people and still make the game so special. for a true friend. become more than football on line. it's time to take one step from her mum and face the. mum taught me to search. for the trusts. to overcome the turns and such. it's time for her. coming up ahead. i'm not laughing at the gym i just sometimes i am but i stand up and whimper that. thinks deep into the german culture of looking up the stereotype quiet but interesting to see from the country that i no longer. you don't seem to take it as drama they are to me it's all that they know i'm a joke join me to meet the general you post. the blue planet our world we tend to describe its beauty in terms of what we see and treat our site as our primary sense.

and they could have -- there was no problem going to cuba. they could have just gotten on a boat and gone to havana, but instead they wanted someone to drop them off in rebel territory in the middle of the night. they had this whole romantic vision, but they couldn't find anyone to do it. so they waited and waited, and eventually they found someone, but he was this kind of drunk captain and his crew, and they went off in a storm -- [laughter] they both got seasick -- [laughter] and so they had to turn around. so eventually, they went to cuba, and they went to havana, and the spanish government and military received them like, oh, great, famous americans. you're here to document us, great. so they gave them passes. yeah, sure, go ahead. it was everything they didn't want out of their adventure. it was not an adventure. so remington said, is and this is where sort of the apocryphal story where remington sent a telegraph back to hearst and said, you know, there's no war here. of course, the spanish were only showing them what they wanted. what t

members of congress started traveling to cuba. officials from both countries began this issues of maritime boundaries and fishing rights. an american journalist questioned castro on cuban television about the prisoners he kept throughout the island. and young cuban americans returned to the homeland to pledge their support and youthful enthusisenthusism. in late 1978 with the blessing of the carter administration, cuban americans began a dialogue with the cuban government that led to the release of hundreds of political prisoners and the visits of thousands of exiles who in 1979 returned to the the island loaded with gifts. the visits were a jolt to the country and its people. for almost a decade, cuba lived in complete isolation from the western world. no one could get in, no one could get out. god and the beatles were forbidden. men with long hair were arrested. homosexuals and artists were sent to labor camps. anyone who expressed a design to immigrate was ast sized, harassed and denied jobs and higher education. those who open

his actions against cuba seem to be a political ploy for many in cuba there are a nexus tensional threat. and. that's it from me and the business team here in berlin for more business news then teachers. d.w. dot com slash business are follow us on social media i'm on thanks for watching. earth. or saving. genius tell stories of creative people and innovative projects around the world to. protect the climate and boost green energy solutions by global warming to be implemented series of global $3000.00. and on line. welcome to the what is the game here for ditto for flights to talk about some. coverage. 3 more. slowly have passed let's have a look at some of the legal so you don't want to miss this. you know that 77 percent. are younger than 60. that's me and me. and you know what it's time. the 77 percent you talk about before you should. do this is where. the 77 percent this week end on d. w. . the b. . this is news africa coming up in the next 15 minutes the foes who've become friends the presidents will do one thing and you got to have ended it just fears that damage trade between the

in short order they went to train and then to cuba. the section i will read tonight is a small bit of what proves to be the battle but not the end of the war and certainly not the end of the roughriders story but this is the most famous thing people think about 4 a.m. on july 117000 men who comprised the fifth corps crawls from under their blanket and out of their tent. surgeons went shaking them away more than 10,000 soldiers were in camp. the rest were already a few miles north. for the assault on another town. if they claim the slopes and this is a little too looking out over santiago it's hard enough they can see the glow 7 miles away where they had a small fire for coffee or bacon. few have any illusion about what the day has in store for them. that night, the night before, the word passed down that morning they were going to take the height. on paper the battle had been unfolded the major engagement for the civil war but also the sites that had receded from the common memory into was nothing like the weeklong battle that followed

next we go to cuba. to death and executed after being convicted of drug trafficking. but critics of the regime believe the case was in fact a political attempt to punish the officers for advocating change in fidel castro's communist cuba. we hearfrom ileana de la guardia, the daughter of one of the executed men. news archive: it was the show trial that shook havana. general arnaldo 0choa, a former comrade—in—arms of fidel castro and hero of the revolution, was sentenced last friday to be shot by firing squad, along with three other army officers. translation: when they read out that my father antonio de la guardia, as well as ochoa and the others, were all sentenced to death, it came as a massive shock. my father looked over to where i was sitting, but i didn't want to start crying. some of the other relatives broke down and cried but i didn't want to show that weakness. maybe it was my way of giving my dad a little hope. my father, antonio de la guardia, was head of a government department created by fi

closed off to immigrants from cuba but this is not an austin for us.y mother was optimistic and my father cautious. . >> they are tracing the roots to the spanish ancestry. . >> a deeply religious man for human rights assume the presidency of the united states so everyone, if it weren't for him we wouldn't be here. the advise the president of cuba , he had was given the recognition he craved and members of congress started traveling to qb and officials from both countries began with modern issues and fishing rights. an american journalist question castro on cuban television about the presidency throughout the island and one cuban- american return to the homeland a place of support and enthusiasm through the revolution. in late 1978 with a blessing to the americans begin a dialogue with the cuban government with the release of hundreds of political prisoners and thousands return to the island and for almost a decade cuba lived in complete isolation for the rest of the world, no one could get in or out. god and the beatles were forbidden come in with lon

from his hideout in communist cuba.e emphasizes the importance of destruction on college campuses. he writes, "the most sensational and explosive clashes are centered and focused more and more on college campuses and high school campuses. we must destroy the institutions from which they derive their power. we have to destroy the present structure of power in the united states. we have to overthrow the government, and the only means possible is violent overthrow." this is the voice of the black panthers repeating the communist party line, giving words to actions of today's stormtroopers. another old guard communist was in the spotlight, archie brown, one of the agitators who led student riots against the house committee investigating communist activities in the san francisco area in 1960, the first major exercise of the misuse of student power by communists in the 1960's. >> the working class will organize and fight in its majority, and it is going to win and lead the way to take over the government and make it a governm

skate parks in cuba are few and far between and they're mostly in a state of disrepair but that is not the only stumbling block. was one in cuba there aren't any shops that sell skateboards so i try to build them myself and hope for donations. to. the quitman can only be bought on the black market and prices are high but audio gomez hopes that skateboarding's olympic debut at tokyo 2020 will help get the government on board. the sort of the market makes me think that we could improve if the government gave us some attention our community is still small but it can grow and even now we already have some real talent. and i think for now it's still a pipe dream but in the future one of these cases may represent cuba at an olympic games. now a chance for you to feel sorry for sharks new research has found that human activity is the biggest factor affecting shark populations report by the zoological society of london. shocks of been pushed away from coastal towns and cities and further out to sea researchers also found the shocks body size is significantly smaller in communities is that livi

skate parks in cuba are few and far between. mostly in a state of disrepair but that is not the only stumbling block. was one in cuba there aren't any shops that sell skateboards so i try to build them myself and hope for donations. to. the quitman can only be bought on the black market and prices are high but audio gomez hopes that skateboarding's olympic debut at tokyo 2020 will help get the government on board. it makes me think that we could improve if the government gave us some attention our community is still small but it can grow and even now we already have some real talents. and. for now it's still a pipe dream but in the future one of these skaters may represent cuba at an olympic games. there was demeaning barrier reef the urgent task that's according to a recent call to action by unesco. to climate change taking a massive tone and release is one country that is making progress off its coast lines the 2nd largest coral reef in the want it has passed laws to safeguard it 3 and conservationists there have found that pa

so it plays some role there, and in cuba as well, the beginning of the end of slavery in cuba comes out of the 10 years war, the insurrection against spain at the beginning of 1868. the spanish empire did not abolish slavery completely until after the insurrection was defeated, but both the rebels and cuba began liberating slaves, and then the spanish government started to introduce modest and delayed emancipation policies to try to quell the insurgences. the u.s. grant administration was very important in that process. diplomatically, they were constantly putting pressure on spain. if you do not want the u.s. to intervene on the side of the cuban rebels, emancipate your slaves. the grant administration wanted to see slavery destroyed in the hemisphere. quickly, the reunion of the united states had important geopolitical considerations. it might be too much to say that it made the united states a superpower, but it certainly cemented its status as a power in the hemisphere. after the civil war, again, not coincidentally, the spanish withdrew from the dominican republic, the french withd

we have experienced that in the past with migrants from cuba and haiti. part of the naval station, there is a field, part of the naval station in guantanamo bay that does unapproved fields, like a beast subject to any kind of weather conditions, mother. to get that to a standard so if we had a mass migration, as i mentioned from cuba or haiti, we can keep the migrants in the mud, and have power and water for sanitation and ready to go. we don't have current facilities for the numbers we would have in that kind of migration. i have been down to look at the progress. i was there at the start of the work, the work is ongoing. we also run an annual training bureau. we send our army soldiers there to walk through the command and control and see the education required. very much involved in the details. that is for a projected future mass migration events. there has been no discussion or no order given to me to prepare that site for any kind of a southwest border flow. >> are you aware of any discussions that have been held, that you may not have been given a d

and on the other side in vietnam and cuba, indonesia they will put people like kinzinger on trial for crimes committed in the country. some looking forward to reading your book but i still maintain that the outlaw are out of anybody's control and you might know about john the whistleblower for the cia spoke to us regionally about venezuela and he said the venezuela idea came up with one person who said we need to invade venezuela and go after the mineral and oil so they went to the department of justice and he signed off on it and now we have this one on -- >> i'm going to interrupt you and answer your question about the letter of the law. what i write in the book is every operation i write about, no matter how shocking is legal in the house -- sorry missed the beginning of the talk but has to do with the fact that the cia is working under title 50. that gives the cia the authority to do what it does. and while i think about the important, has to do with the real citizens. people often ask, how to get these guys to talk to you. and i work for the eyes and her principal and i talk abou

don't open up cuba unless everyone can vote. madeleine said economy opportunity, economic independence, you give them that and the middle class will rise and sooner or later, they will demand their rights. and of course we could see this in china now and a couple other places where capitalism is. i went to china in 1993 and there were a billion buy cycles. i went back ten years later and there were a billion bmws and i couldn't breathe, either. it was like being in a time machine going back to london in dickens time. it rained and i went, oh, that's the sky. environmental controls had not yet been implemented. why do i raise that? because i used to wonder -- remember booker t. washington speech i cited down stairs when he said economics is more important than politics. we are willing to forego the right to vote if we can develop economically. we can be indispensable to society if a person, a tradesman, a tradeswoman, a craftsman is indispensable, why would you discriminate against a brick mason in philadelphia or a locks smith o

have relations with cuba the u.s. appears to continue to be afraid of 60 years of cuban independence jump administration is imposing new restrictions on u.s. travel to cuba in a statement the treasury department says that the u.s. would no longer allow group educational and cultural trips known as people to people travel the u.s. government will also deny permission for private and corporate travelers to enter the country but unlike cuba washington's de facto proxy latin and central american nations are known all around the world for drug. notably cocaine now featuring probably amidst the u.k.'s conservative contest to be britain's next prime minister joining me now is physicians an award winning author of in the realm of hungry ghosts close encounters with addiction doctor thanks so much carol for coming on the show so i don't go in london for the 2 year anniversary of this catastrophe grand failure speaking here and there's a mosque today downing street how how could a catastrophe like granville affect generations o

now the skateboarders in cuba do not exactly have an easy ride their boards are often confiscated by the police and this small economy there means young people have to really improvise when it comes to their equipment and ramps but they are still keeping the hope alive that the sports olympic debut next year will boost their fortunes. they finally have a place to skate it's been 9 years now since local skaters here started posting videos with a view of raising funds for a skate park they received donations from south america europe and the united states and have now built their own sanctuary in an abandoned building. to let you know you can't skate on the streets you're only allowed to do it here if you get caught on the street the police put you in jail oh and this park is the only place they leave us alone. skate parks in cuba are few and far between and they're mostly in a state of disrepair but that is not the only stumbling block. was one in juba there aren't any shops that sell skateboards so i try to build them myself and hope for donations. that. the quitman can only be bough

vice president, but what about haiti and cuba? >> haiti and cuba i would provide for the access to the united states of america for those people who are seeking refuge, who are seeking refuge as asylum. >> so it would be no different. >> no different. >> you've got time for your closing. >> my closing? okay. folks look. >> he wants to stay. >> i do want to stay. i'm used to coming here a long time. folks look, we have an opportunity to change the landscape of what's going on in america. the first thing we have to do is state the obvious, get rid of donald trump, but the second thing is, we have to understand this is about whether the african american does well depends on how well america does. and we are, no, i'm being deadly earnest. what we have to do is make sure that we challenge, that's why triple funding for title one schools, there's not a thing a kid in an african american community kid can't learn that a kid in a rich community can't learn. that's why we should have schools 3, 4, and 5 years old. everybody. we know the nu

the oil to cuba is giving benefit to the regime instead of the cubans. it's unacceptable when we are facing this humanitarian crisis. we need to preserve resources to our people and set of financing a dictatorship. -- instead of financing a dictatorship. >> you mentioned you mentioned wanted to keep the state-run in venezuela. how would you do that while also increasing private investment and having private sector companies come into the oil sector? amb. vecchio: as i said, we have the largest oil reserve on earth. different types of hydrocarbons. we would like to open that sector to private investments including national and foreign investment. we have plenty of opportunity in our country. also we have joint ventures in venezuela. and those joint ventures continue in our country and using those joint ventures you can increase the oil production if you give better conditions of those joint ventures in our country. it is been used a political solution. it is become a money laundering machine. instead of of oil company, it has become this money laundering

my family has been tortured by communists in cuba. it's personal to me, but you know what? truth is not afraid of lies. the light is not afraid of darkness. it is good for you to confront ideas that scare you, and this idea, the idea that debaters, someone runs an offensive case, okay, there's a much better solution to that, which is ridicule the living crap out of them. i mean, the marketplace can handle if you have a dumb idea you don't need big brother to come in and say this is a dumb idea. you need people who know how to confront id owe piocy. it's part of this political correct idea that we shouldn't hear offensive speech. there's lots of offensive speech in the world. you take the nazis, you take the klan, they're imbesols. they're racist, bigoted morons. so why are you scared of them? why would you want to silence them? why would you want to react like, oh, i'm terrified if someone hears your idiotic ideas they might believe them. you know, we have an obligation when we see ideas like that to denounce them as ignorant and big gotte bigoted, but you don't silence the