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A decade ago, we could not have
filmed in Cuba.

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Now, we can visit the country
and take in its African roots

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and the prominent role of Cuban
women,

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the peculiar and intriguing
role of athletics,

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the widespread artistic
expression and burgeoning

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economic opportunities.

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An island and its society
formerly closed to people

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from my country.

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Ah-hah, yes.

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Funding for In the
Americas with David Yetman

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was provided by
Agnese Haury

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Funding for In the Americas
with David Yetman

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was also provided by
the Guilford Fund.

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In the Americas with
David Yetman theme

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From Miami, it's about a
half hour flight to Havana.

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It's only 90 miles from Key West

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Havana is Cuba's capitol and by
far its largest city: a little

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over 2 million people.

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For us in the United States,
Cuba is a different and until

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recently, forbidden world,
but that's changing.

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Havana is alive with restoration
and reconstruction,

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full tour buses, and taxis.

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New business opportunities are
everywhere awaiting government

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approval and new rules
and regulations.

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But Cuba has a seemingly
endless supply of cultural and

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natural treasure and the
invasion of tourists

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has just begun.

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My friend, Myra García Rodríguez
is a Havanera

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as Havana women are known.

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She is immersed in Cuba's
culture and has seemingly

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endless connections into a world
of Cuba, unknown to most

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outsiders.

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This place where we are now
exemplifies that which is a

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fantastical reality as our
Cuban writer, Alejo Carpentier

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would say.

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An imaginative world that
emerged from one of the great

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Cuban creators and artists
our country has produced.

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His name is Fuster. Fuster
emerged in the 1990's when we

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were going through a special
period.

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In the early 1990's, Cuba
experienced what Cubans

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now call "the special period."

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Almost overnight all foreign
aid was cut off from the Eastern

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block, which sent the Cuban
economy into an immediate

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tailspin.

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It is estimated that during that
five years the Cuban population

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lost 30% of its overall weight
due to the privation brought on

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by the US blockade and the end
of funding from international

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sources.

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People were experiencing an
extreme privation within the

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community and Fuster wanted
to improve their living

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conditions, to improve
their surroundings.

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Since we had no material goods,
he sought instead to provide

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spiritual wealth, and in that
way, improve people's lives.

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Fuster creations are laden with
symbolism and what we might

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call Cubanism.

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If we start here on top, it
looks like a cross but it's

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actually a peasant, a Cuban
peasant, symbolizing being on

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the top but also the suffering
the peasants have undergone.

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If we look at these various
representations, here is a whole

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group of Cuban symbols.

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We have the peasant and the
peasant woman exchanging

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flowers, a symbol of equality.

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We have the royal palm, the
symbol of Cuba, and the royal

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palm on the tail of a caiman, a
member of the alligator-crocodie

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family.

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If you look at the island of
Cuba on a map, it looks just

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like a caiman or an alligator.

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The rooster standing on the
top of the caiman which is a

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dangerous thing to do, is
calling everyone get up in

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the morning and get to work.

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We've got work to do,
let's get it done.

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All of these put together is
a striking symbol of Cuba,

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the work to be done and the
equality and representation

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of a whole country.

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Cuba has gone to great lengths
to stress its cultural roots

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derived from Africa.

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Our next stop is in a museum
in the heart of downtown Havana.

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This is the only female
folkloric performance

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company in Cuba.

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It was formed with the
international folkloric group

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in 1991.

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And in 1994, it became an
indipendent group set by the

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first women who dared
to play the bata drums.

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They accompany songs and
dances of the Yoruba region

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or Santeria as it is known
here in Cuba.

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Yoruba, a religion, forbids
women to play the bata drums

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but because of the importance
of these drums in the

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development of our popular
and traditional music and

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because it gives Cuban music
international significance.

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We believe the role of the
drums needed to go beyond

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the boundaries of the
religious practice.

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The challenge was to get people
to understand the difference

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between the drum playing
for religious rites and the

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secular drum that is played
in orchestras.

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Play almost anywhere.

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What we would like is for the
world to understand that

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women here are always
moving forward.

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And we are ready to demonstrate
all of our potential if that is

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in performance art, better still

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In Cuban history, women have
been largely invisible

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Cubans have tried to change
this.

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One sign is a startup
transportation business,

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begun, owned and operated
by women.

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As in many, many countries
of the world, the bicycle is

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more than a neat invention.

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Here it█s a basic form of
transportation and many, many

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people require bicycles to get
to work or to the store or

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wherever they need to go.

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This bicycle shop is private
ownership but the private

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ownership is a cooperative
run by women.

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We came up with the idea for
business because there are no

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bike shops in Havana and I
believe this is the same for all

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of Cuba.

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We offer bike maintenance
and repairs.

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Students and retirees pay 30%
less for services provided.

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For children, their bicycles are
repaired at a 50% discount.

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Others who need something
done sometimes aren't charged

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anything.

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We are satisfied just by
helping others.

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The state sells bicycles but we
have customers who do not

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want their bikes anymore and
we will help them sell their

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bike.

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It will be almost two years now
since we opened and it has been

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very good, very productive.

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Yes, we have many customers
and some of these bikes are

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rental.

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I'm the only one here with
bicycle experience, but the

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girl who work here like the
bikes and have learned a lot.

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Well, I started cycling at
12 years of age.

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I became a professional cyclist.
In Cuba, being professional

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means being a member of the
national team of the country.

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During the special period,
there was insufficient means

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Now we see cooperative ventures
between the state and

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indivuduals, people who earn a
living by providing expanded

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transportation services like
taxis, buses, and thee are also

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classic cars cooperatives.

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we, in this shop, promote
bicycles as a healthier means

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of transportation.

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Well to give you an example,
from Cerro, they call us by

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phone and we go to their homes
to fix it on site or to bring it

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back here for service.

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70% of workers here are
women and 30% are men.

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Traveling anywhere in Cuba,
visitors are overwhelmed by

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the vintage automobiles
that serve as taxis.

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It's a result of the 50-year
blockade of Cuba by the

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United States.

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Cubans have made the most
of a virtually complete embargo.

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For many years, Cubanos have
had to be the mechanics of

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our own cars.

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We have not had a chance to
bring in parts from the US.

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Therefore, we have had to
restore the old cars with our

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own resources to keep them
running which is why they're

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so valuable.

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This car was a family car; it
was my uncle's, a guy who

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lived on the outskirts
of the city.

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He gave it to my mother in very
poor conditions and I began to

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restore it six years ago.

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It took me about a year to
finish the restoration.

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And because of opportunities
created by the government to

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open up the private sector in
Cuba, I started working as a

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taxi driver with this car. And
all of the Chevy cars that I own

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are from 1955 to 60.

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Our company, Nostalgic Car
is divided into two parts.

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The garage is operated by my
husband, Julio, and I am the

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one who manages the rental
business with the state travel

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agencies.

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We have a group of drivers,
22 drivers also very passionate

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about classic car restoration
and they keep them in good

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condition.

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And I give them employment
to all of them.

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And each car up to four
passengers will fit and we'll

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handle groups of 40, 50 people.

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Sometimes, they ask me to find
up to 25 classic cars for large

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groups or for individuals with a
tour guide or sometimes without

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tour guides. And the drivers tae
tourists around the city and evn

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to places outside of Havana, to
the most important tourist

12:59.833 --> 13:01.366 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55%
places in the country.

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You know, during the special
period we had fewer problems

13:08.366 --> 13:11.933 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60%
than we have now because
during that time many car parts

13:12.066 --> 13:14.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80%
still came from the Soviet Union
when it was still the

13:14.700 --> 13:15.766 align:start position:35% line:84.67% size:32.5%
Soviet Union.

13:16.000 --> 13:18.400 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:57.5%
And many parts of those
Russian cars will work on

13:18.533 --> 13:19.866 align:start position:37.5% line:84.67% size:27.5%
these cars.

13:20.400 --> 13:22.800 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:75%
At that time, there were still
things available in Cuba and

13:22.933 --> 13:24.566 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:52.5%
the cars had no major
problems yet.

13:25.466 --> 13:28.033 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:67.5%
Then we started to see more
problems that began when modern

13:28.166 --> 13:30.833 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:55%
cars arrived with more
sophisticated technology,

13:30.966 --> 13:33.066 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60%
making it more difficult
to fix them.

13:35.466 --> 13:40.900 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:75%
Everything is original on this
restored with uh-what a treasur!

13:41.733 --> 13:43.100 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50%
They don't make them
they like they used to.

13:48.766 --> 13:52.233 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:72.5%
Julio was able, has been able
to go to the US and get some

13:52.366 --> 13:55.233 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:62.5%
parts and bring them back
for restoration.

13:55.366 --> 13:58.433 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:75%
This mirror isn█t original but
he was able to go to the US

13:58.566 --> 14:01.300 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55%
and find one and bring
it back and put it on.

14:01.666 --> 14:02.900 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:62.5%
That's the opening piece.

14:16.133 --> 14:19.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65%
So, this is uh, actually a
Toyota motor, the same one

14:19.633 --> 14:21.066 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:57.5%
that's in a Toyota Four
Runner.

14:21.366 --> 14:23.566 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:72.5%
Uh, it gets much, much better
mileage; it's much more

14:23.700 --> 14:24.866 align:start position:40% line:84.67% size:22.5%
powerful.

14:24.966 --> 14:28.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65%
And the parts now are such
you don't need a computer

14:28.833 --> 14:29.966 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60%
to work on this vehicle.

14:30.500 --> 14:32.700 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:67.5%
A good mechanic can work on
every single part of the

14:32.833 --> 14:33.766 align:start position:37.5% line:84.67% size:25%
whole car.

14:38.833 --> 14:42.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5%
This is a 59 Chevy Impala
convertible. There are very

14:42.833 --> 14:44.000 align:start position:35% line:84.67% size:32.5%
few of these.

14:44.100 --> 14:46.466 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:67.5%
Uh but he has gotten a hold
of it and he is beginning

14:46.566 --> 14:49.633 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:67.5%
restoration from the bottom
very much to the top.

14:51.466 --> 14:56.566 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:67.5%
This seeming mess then will
be restored to a gleaming beauty

14:59.766 --> 15:02.366 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60%
So he's got another six,
seven months of work.

15:04.100 --> 15:06.600 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:67.5%
The steering is not in good
condition so everything here

15:06.733 --> 15:09.666 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5%
goes and the result
will be otro tesoro.

15:12.033 --> 15:16.933 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:67.5%
This is a 58 Chevy Bel Air,
90% of it is original.

15:19.266 --> 15:21.033 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:27.5%
Ah, ha Yes!

15:23.166 --> 15:26.400 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:72.5%
Uh! What a marvelous machine.

15:27.400 --> 15:29.733 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:50%
El sonido Chevrolet.

15:29.866 --> 15:30.800 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:37.5%
Chevrolet, yes!

15:33.133 --> 15:36.466 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:67.5%
So, this is the last car he
bought. It's a 60 Chevy and that

15:36.600 --> 15:40.200 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:67.5%
was the last time you could
import any kind of car into Cuba

15:40.333 --> 15:42.300 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:62.5%
from the United States or
virtually anywhere.

15:46.000 --> 15:47.400 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:77.5%
These are the original windows.

15:48.400 --> 15:51.866 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:65%
The guy had it in a garage
so it's in very good shape and

15:52.000 --> 15:53.900 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:75%
he agreed to sell it to Julio.

15:58.566 --> 16:02.833 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:75%
It's the original radio, 1960,
works. It's an old time radio.

16:02.966 --> 16:05.933 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:67.5%
They have tubes and when it
goes inside a garage, you can't

16:06.066 --> 16:07.000 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:47.5%
get good reception.

16:19.333 --> 16:24.033 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:67.5%
Here it goes. The oil light
goes off. You're ready to cruise

16:38.266 --> 16:42.033 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60%
Cuba's intervention into
the economy extends to sports.

16:42.633 --> 16:47.000 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:72.5%
Just down the street from the
car shop is a very Cuban

16:47.133 --> 16:48.133 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:35%
training camp.

16:51.466 --> 16:54.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65%
For over a century, boxing
has been big in Cuba.

16:56.033 --> 16:59.366 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:67.5%
The Olympic games are often
dominated by Cuban boxers.

17:00.100 --> 17:03.933 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:67.5%
The tradition continues but
what is really different is now

17:04.866 --> 17:07.600 align:start position:37.5% line:79.33% size:40%
women boxers are
appearing in Cuba.

17:11.333 --> 17:14.700 align:start position:17.5% line:10% size:72.5%
Since I was a child I watched
boxing on TV and I loved it.

17:14.833 --> 17:18.933 align:start position:15% line:10% size:75%
And boxing for Cuba is to say,
well many say it's like baseball

17:19.033 --> 17:20.966 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50%
But to me, boxing is
going for the gold.

17:21.233 --> 17:23.233 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70%
It's like the king of sports
here in Cuba.

17:23.800 --> 17:26.200 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:57.5%
And when women's boxing
gets certified, it will be more

17:26.333 --> 17:27.533 align:start position:35% line:84.67% size:30%
pleasurable.

17:27.633 --> 17:30.433 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:72.5%
I think the Cuban people will
accept women's boxing with

17:30.566 --> 17:32.500 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:75%
devotion and tremendous pride.

17:32.866 --> 17:35.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80%
In fact, when I was walking down
the street like right now on the

17:35.566 --> 17:39.333 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70%
way here, a neighbor told me
that we will approve women's

17:39.466 --> 17:42.466 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:67.5%
boxing, and you know, I say
of course, that will be

17:42.600 --> 17:43.633 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:50%
something fantastic.

17:43.766 --> 17:45.366 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:75%
Boxing for Cuba is everything.

17:55.666 --> 17:58.400 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65%
We've been training female
boxers here for several months,

17:58.533 --> 18:00.466 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:75%
waiting for official approval.

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Now we currently have four
women boxers training here.

18:06.133 --> 18:09.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60%
We only have one that is
training today but we have

18:09.433 --> 18:10.600 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:35%
four in total.

18:11.166 --> 18:14.733 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65%
As you can see, there is a
girl who is 56 kilos and we

18:14.866 --> 18:19.500 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:72.5%
have other girls competing at
41, 60 and 52 kilos.

18:20.533 --> 18:23.766 align:start position:12.5% line:10% size:77.5%
In my opinion these girls, when
they open up boxing to women,

18:23.833 --> 18:27.133 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65%
they have the talent to be
national champions and maybe

18:27.266 --> 18:28.900 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70%
world and Olympic champions.

18:29.466 --> 18:32.066 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:52.5%
Just as we have Cuban
champions in the men's sport.

18:32.300 --> 18:35.266 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:75%
Boxers from this training camp
have been world champions

18:35.400 --> 18:36.866 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55%
and Olympic champions.

18:47.100 --> 18:49.300 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:67.5%
We have a pyramid structure
here where the boys are

18:49.433 --> 18:52.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5%
selected from the base,
the basic training centers.

18:53.366 --> 18:56.066 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:72.5%
The quality ones move upward,
hopefully arriving at the top of

18:56.200 --> 18:59.666 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:75%
the pyramid, the national team
as they get older.

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Here right now, we have a world
champion, Daniel Matellón,

19:05.000 --> 19:06.533 align:start position:35% line:84.67% size:42.5%
a world champion.

19:06.900 --> 19:09.533 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:62.5%
Daniel has been a student
here since childhood.

19:10.166 --> 19:12.333 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:50%
Many other champions
began their careers here.

19:13.700 --> 19:18.033 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:77.5%
I have never laced up a boxer's
gloves before but I think I am

19:18.166 --> 19:20.333 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:57.5%
pretty good at it. They
could probably hire me.

19:26.666 --> 19:29.366 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:50%
These boxers are not
professionals but they're

19:29.466 --> 19:31.733 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:77.5%
professionals. They're actually
government employees, it's what

19:31.866 --> 19:33.166 align:start position:40% line:84.67% size:20%
they do.

19:33.266 --> 19:38.100 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:75%
Since 1957, Fidel Castro ended
professional sports here in Cuba

19:38.466 --> 19:42.433 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:72.5%
He wanted every Cuban to take
part in sports and the best to

19:42.566 --> 19:46.033 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:67.5%
become government employees
and receive their success in th█

19:46.166 --> 19:47.400 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:65%
Olympics and other places.

19:47.533 --> 19:52.400 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:72.5%
Oh, my gosh! These folks work
six days a week, all day

19:52.533 --> 19:53.800 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:50%
that's what they do.

19:53.900 --> 19:56.766 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:75%
So they have to be really fit.
I'm not going to take any of

19:56.900 --> 19:58.133 align:start position:47.5% line:84.67% size:20%
them on.

19:58.233 --> 20:00.400 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:67.5%
Are you sure you don't want
to go out and just spend five

20:00.533 --> 20:01.466 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:42.5%
minutes training?

20:03.233 --> 20:08.833 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:70%
The number one sport in Cuba
is baseball but boxing is the

20:08.966 --> 20:10.300 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:62.5%
number two in popularity.

20:10.666 --> 20:14.700 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:77.5%
It's always been the case since
about 1900, there have been

20:14.800 --> 20:19.466 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:75%
these great professional Cuban
boxers before 1957 and

20:19.533 --> 20:22.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65%
afterwards there have been
these remarkable amateurs.

20:22.966 --> 20:26.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80%
It will be really interesting to
see what happens now with the

20:26.733 --> 20:27.933 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:52.5%
changes taking place.

20:32.700 --> 20:35.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65%
I began boxing as a hobby.
I was the only woman who

20:35.600 --> 20:38.433 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:75%
came here to train in the gym.
But since sports in Cuba are

20:38.566 --> 20:41.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65%
free, you can practice the
sport of your choice.

20:41.400 --> 20:43.500 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55%
I was accepted here to
start my training.

20:45.700 --> 20:49.100 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:72.5%
To be a female boxer in a gym
where all are male, everyone

20:49.200 --> 20:52.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80%
around you are guys, it is super
fantastic because you're the

20:52.866 --> 20:53.833 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:50%
center of attention.

20:54.433 --> 20:56.900 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:47.5%
Everyone loves you.
Everyone supports you.

20:57.200 --> 21:00.766 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:70%
Each boxer tries to teach me
a little of his technique, try

21:00.900 --> 21:04.600 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:67.5%
to help me, try to teach me
his style, the boxing technique.

21:06.400 --> 21:09.966 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:77.5%
And now more girls are starting
to box and I serve as an

21:10.066 --> 21:12.933 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:67.5%
inspiration to them because
I have a higher technical level,

21:13.066 --> 21:17.000 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:72.5%
intense desire and a graceful
style as a female boxer.

21:19.933 --> 21:23.133 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:72.5%
And despite my age, the young
female boxers watch me and

21:23.266 --> 21:24.200 align:start position:35% line:84.67% size:32.5%
are inspired.

21:35.966 --> 21:39.600 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65%
From boxing, Myra takes us
to a street gathering unlike

21:39.733 --> 21:42.166 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60%
anything we would see in
the United States.

21:43.033 --> 21:46.533 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:72.5%
It's an impromptu celebration
of Cuba's African roots

21:47.533 --> 21:48.500 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:35%
through music.

21:55.566 --> 21:58.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65%
We're here in the streets,
an alley called Hamels.

21:59.033 --> 22:01.866 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:67.5%
This is the place where the
Afro-Cuban culture breathes.

22:02.000 --> 22:04.500 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:75%
We come here to see the rumba.

22:11.433 --> 22:15.733 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:72.5%
The rumba is a genre of music
that is born spontaneously.

22:24.433 --> 22:27.700 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65%
As a matter of fact, every
Sunday has become a meeting

22:27.833 --> 22:29.433 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:47.5%
place for rumberos.

22:29.566 --> 22:34.133 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:67.5%
Every Sunday, a rumba group
performs here.

22:34.233 --> 22:37.900 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70%
The musical rhythms, chants,
themes, expressions emerge

22:38.033 --> 22:39.300 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:35%
spontaneously.

22:48.166 --> 22:52.566 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:62.5%
It is a meeting place for
Cubans and a way to have fun.

22:57.266 --> 23:02.400 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:62.5%
Along with that, we had a
chance to see incredible call

23:02.533 --> 23:05.933 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:50%
and response singing
and dancing taking place.

23:06.066 --> 23:12.166 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:77.5%
And drumming that is associated
with Santeria religions, popular

23:12.300 --> 23:14.600 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:67.5%
culture and Catholic faith.

23:15.300 --> 23:15.866 align:start position:37.5% line:84.67% size:25%
A mixture?

23:15.933 --> 23:17.400 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55%
A mixture, absolutely.

23:18.000 --> 23:22.166 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:75%
One thing that strikes me here
is that Cubans everywhere

23:22.300 --> 23:27.500 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:77.5%
acknowledge the huge importance
of African-Cuban culture

23:27.633 --> 23:28.666 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:37.5%
in the society.

23:28.733 --> 23:31.633 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:62.5%
Everywhere, they brag and
brag as they should.

23:32.566 --> 23:35.900 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:77.5%
But one of the last things that
Fidel Castro said when he was

23:36.033 --> 23:40.366 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:65%
leaving the presidency, he
regretted he was never able to

23:40.500 --> 23:44.133 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:77.5%
incorporate African-Cubans into
the higher echelons of

23:44.266 --> 23:45.833 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45%
government and the
Communist party.

23:46.666 --> 23:51.600 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:62.5%
Well, it's easy to outlaw
prejudice in society but

23:51.733 --> 23:55.566 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70%
you know there's nothing you
can do, uh, about people's

23:55.700 --> 24:00.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80%
attitudes. That takes education,
it takes longer even than the

24:00.600 --> 24:02.333 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45%
fifty years of the
Cuban revolution.

24:02.633 --> 24:06.533 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:72.5%
It will come, I have no doubt
about it. That there will be

24:06.666 --> 24:10.533 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:67.5%
a growing sense of equality
of all Cubans.

24:11.900 --> 24:17.766 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:75%
It's safe to say that in terms
of advances of people of color

24:17.866 --> 24:21.233 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70%
in the society, Cubans could
teach the United States

24:21.366 --> 24:22.300 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:35%
a huge amount.

24:27.300 --> 24:31.766 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60%
As the situation becomes
normalized, we are both gonna be

24:31.866 --> 24:35.633 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:72.5%
enriched by the opportunities
to share those values together.

24:49.300 --> 24:55.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80%
Join us next time In the Americs
with me , David Yetman

24:56.466 --> 24:59.466 align:start position:30% line:10% size:42.5%
Ecuador is mostly
jungle.

24:59.600 --> 25:02.800 align:start position:20% line:10% size:60%
That's not well known by
the casual traveler

25:02.933 --> 25:04.666 align:start position:20% line:10% size:60%
or even most Ecuadorians

25:04.800 --> 25:07.000 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55%
since the bulk of them
live in the Western...

25:08.533 --> 25:10.533 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60%
The Amazon has few roads

25:10.666 --> 25:13.833 align:start position:22.5% line:74% size:55%
and until recently few
people besides the
Indians

25:13.966 --> 25:16.266 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50%
who have lived there
for eons.

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Things are changing.

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With the influx of tourists, the
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they need to accommodate the
culinary needs of these hordes

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of people now coming into Cuba.
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it is to allow for semi-private
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semi-private restaurants. And
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