54. CUBA – PARTE 1

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Under a dictatorship, Brazilian leftists dream with the Cuban

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socialism. 

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Varela goes to Cuba to show the real socialism.

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A BRIEF HISTORY OF CUBA

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Are you recording?

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It’s windy in here, huh?

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Hello, dear Abril Video viewers, 

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once again with you, your reporter Ernesto Varela.

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In the next weeks you’ll be joining me and my cameraman Waldecy

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in our touristic trip

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in the Cuban Republic.

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This is the city of Havana and we’re now at the Revolution Square.

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This is the place where him, commander-in-chief Fidel Castro

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gives his speeches to the Cubans gathered in this Square.

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Alessandro, from the Cuban National Tourism Institute,

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will be joining us in our trip.

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This strong young man that just got out of the bus 

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is Ricardo Domingues, the bus driver 

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that will also joining us.

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Domingues, speak some Spanish for the Brazilian people.

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Well, we’re Cubans and we speak Spanish.

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Spanish.

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Spanish and we’re enjoying a lot your visit to our country,

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you Brazilians.

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Thank you very much!

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The Spanish is sort of a “Brazilian” a bit…

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Misspoken, it’s complicated, but let’s see 

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if we get to learn to speak during our visit.

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Alright, it’s a deal!

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As you know, the Cuban island was colonized 

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by the Spanish instead of the Portuguese, 

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as it happened in Brazil: 

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that’s obviously the reason why they speak Spanish.

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Do you like having being colonized by the Spanish?

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We never did, that’s why we always fought

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the Spanish.

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– You never liked it?
– Never, obviously, it’s impossible to like it.

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Who you’d have liked to be colonized by?

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– By no one!
– No one?

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Colonization is a bad thing, from anyone.

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Ok, but you don’t have Spanish ancestors? 

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Yes, alright, I do. I have Spanish ancestors, 

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what can I do about it?

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What could you do, huh?

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I have to live as a Spanish descendant. 

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– Otherwise we’d all be <i>indians</i>, isn’t it?
– Sure.

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But after the Spanish colonization, 

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a certain revolution happened here in Cuba, right?

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No, after the Spanish were here, 

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they left Cuba and it passed to the United States’ rule. 

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They were here from 1902 on, 

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when the Republic was founded.

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A republic with middlemen. Since then, 

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the struggle started again, against the United States, 

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until the year of 1959.

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In 1959, some “muchachos” like those in there, 

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Che Guevara and Camilo Cienfuegos, 

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made a revolution in here,

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kicked out the Americans and Cuba became

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a Communist State.

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– Excuse me, are you communist?
– Yes, I’m communist.

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– A communist?
– Yeah, communist.

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– From Cuba?
– No, I’m from Nicaragua.

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– Nicaragua?
– Nicaragua. 

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Are you communists very different 

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from other people?

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No, we’re the same, we all fight for an ideal,

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that is the construction of communism and socialism.

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Why is communism good?

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Because it fights for the people’s rights.

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– Does it?
– Yes, it fights for the people and social reforms.

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Is it true that communists are angry? They’re very...

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do they eat little children? Are they angry people?

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Yes, we’re angry because we fight for a cause:

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the construction of communism and socialism 

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that will take our society 

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towards a better future.

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Do you know Brazil?

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I do, because I’ve watched many documentaries,

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many soap operas.

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Soap operas? Which soap operas? Turn yourself to Waldecy a bit.

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Which soap operas have you seen?

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Many soap operas, but “The slave” was the one 

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I enjoyed the most.

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 “The slave”?

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 “The slave”, that deals with a social issue.

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 “The slave”? Which slave? “Isaura, the slave girl”.

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– Ah, from Rede Globo?
– Yes.

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Do communists like “Isaura, the slave girl”?

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Yes, we communists like to get in touch with social issues

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from different countries in our world.

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Do you think that Rede Globo’s soap operas

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are communist?

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Yes.

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– Oh, really?
– Yes.

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Thanks a lot, then. My name is Ernesto Varela.

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– Thank you!
– See you later!

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Let’s go, Waldecy!

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These communists want to change the world 

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but they keep watching Globo’s soap operas. I don’t get it...

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After the Cuban revolution of 1959, 

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Cuba was put under the US embargo

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and then they couldn’t buy cars

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nor spare parts to fix them. That’s why all the cars look so ugly, 

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all are sort of messy, as you can see in the back. 

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This is a Cuban street gas station.

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Let’s see if oil is expensive in here, Waldecy.

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Young man! Globo? No! We’re Abril Video.

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Do you know Globo TV?

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No, i’m just asking if you’re from Globo.

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What did you watch from Globo TV, what do you watch?

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We saw “The slave” soap opera from Globo.

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Everybody watched “Isaura, the slave girl” here in Cuba.

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How much is the gas in Cuba?

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It’s 32 cents a liter.

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32 cents a liter?

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It’s the cheapest in the world.

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Isn’t it? In Brazil, gas is costing nearly 

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2 thousand cruzeiros a liter, isn’t it, Waldecy?

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This is the Cuban Republic’s gas bonus.

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This class of car, for example, 

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can buy a 140 litres of gas each 3 months. 

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To get gas from the State

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you have to pay 2 pesos a gallon of low quality gas,

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because it’s regular, it isn’t special.

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If you want to buy more gas, 

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you’re free to do it, but it costs 2 pesos a gallon, 

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while the free gas costs 32 cents a liter.

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32 cents a liter.

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Cars in the Cuban Republic are divided between

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private cars and state-owned cars.

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State-owned cars use a different type of bonus.

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Different type?

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A state-authorized bonus, this type of bonus.

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This bonus in here is a bonus for

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state-owned cars.

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They have a fixed ratio.
– A fixed ratio?

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The State gives to each company.

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And how much does the State pay for it? Same price?

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It’s the same as the private car.

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Do you know Brazil? Do you intend to visit Brazil?

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If i know Brazil? How could i do it?

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You only stay analphabet here if you decide to.

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Thanks a lot!

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Is it beer?

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Look, we drink beer...

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And with open arms I wait for you...

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Thank you very much! This is beer time in here, 

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dear viewers, 

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and people gather in these places

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where one can drink a pint 

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sitting right by the Atlantic Ocean.

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This is a line to buy beer.

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Hey, Alessandro, are there many of these places to buy beer

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here in Havana?

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There are many, because we love beer.

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Do you? And is it that busy all day long? 

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Today, for example, is Friday, a working day. 

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It’s like that everyday, and even earlier on Sunday, 

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because we don’t work on Sunday.

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Oh, neither do we.

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Hello, good evening! I’d like to make a question:

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are young men in Cuba sexist?

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No! Why?

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– Let her speak!
– There's nothing to do.

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Now it’s your turn to speak!
– What? I don't get it...

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If we are sexist.

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– What do you think?
– No. No.

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– They are not?
– No.

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We help them, how we're going to be sexist?

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But you don’t want to let her speak! 

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You don’t want to let her speak!

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– No, no, you speak.
– But what will I say?

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He wants to know if we are sexist

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No, because... They help. My brothers wash and iron...

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Oh, they do the dishes? 

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Men do the dishes here in Cuba?

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My brother cleans the house, also, 

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we all do everything.

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Are they really nice?

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When I get sick, or my mom does, they wash...

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When you get sick, or when their mothers get sick, 

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they wash the dishes, they sweep the floor.

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That too.

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– Is it true?
– It is!

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We're not sexist.

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If they work as much as we do, we have to help them.

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I don’t know why you’re so angry! I just asked!

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I heard, you only asked, 

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but we did answer you the truth.

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And I want to make you a question,

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are you sexist?

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Am I a sexist? Do you think I’m a sexist, Waldecy?

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I’m not sexist either!

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Would you like to make any questions to the Brazilians?

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– Sure, of course.
– What's your question?

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You can ask.

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What is your question?

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– Oh, I must ask.
– Yeah, go on.

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– To Brazil?
– Yes.

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Why do you have such a chaotic system,

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because it is chaotic, once most of your population

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live subdued by oppression.

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Why don't you show yourselves

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to then free yourselves, just like we did? 

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Are you suggesting the Brazilians a revolution?

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One, two, and go!