I traveled to Havana in 2026 to see how people are surviving the severe economic collapse and rationing. From living in ruined colonial mansions to relying on a massive black market, locals are trying to get by on official salaries of just $15 a month. I wanted to look past the tourist resorts and vintage cars to understand what happens when a country's infrastructure simply stops working. Brazil https://youtu.be/_PFeoCL8XTw I've Tried Ketchup Wine in Argentina! https://youtu.be/Pvech1_fLMM Buenos Aires: a City of Wonders https://youtu.be/wDV8bSefkV4 Peru: the Mystery of Nazca Valley https://youtu.be/XLnNElb-c7U Venezuela: Poverty with Bags of Money https://youtu.be/AtU8JZF8QX0 #cuba #documentary #travel #economics #havana Hey, have you tried an eSIM? Get US$3 off your first eSIM data pack from Airalo. Use code ILYA6216 when you sign up or apply it at checkout. https://vrlmv.com/lytmvr If you liked this video, please give it a thumbs up, leave your comments and share this video on social networks! Hello! My name is Ilya, I am a Russian journalist and founder of various urban beautification projects in Moscow and around Russia. There is nothing in the world that I love more than traveling. On this channel, I will do my best to give you an objective overview of life in different parts of the globe. Subscribe to the channel so you don't miss my new videos! Support the channel on Patreon: https://vrlmv.com/GSE8ZF Support the channel with cryptocurrency: https://vrlmv.com/pv17HV Instagram: https://vrlmv.com/7Wj2vk Twitter: https://vrlmv.com/dMUXKA Facebook: https://vrlmv.com/IcK8GI TikTok: https://vrlmv.com/7zx551 Reddit: https://vrlmv.com/dlCbsm Chapters: 0:00 The 2026 Crisis in Havana 1:22 Inside a Colonial Mansion Turned Slum 4:16 The Count's Ruined 18th-Century Estate 6:05 The Illusion of Tourist Luxury 8:14 Why the Black Market is Essential 9:30 Empty Pharmacies and Free Healthcare 11:16 Earning $15 a Month Officially 12:22 The Secret Foreign Currency Stores 14:23 Government Ration Cards Explained 17:02 The $2 Water Bottle Paradox 20:44 Three Different Exchange Rates 21:05 The Truth About Classic Cars 23:27 A School Without Windows or Doors 26:56 Trying to Withdraw Cash at the Bank 28:44 Cuba's 19th-Century Concrete Train 31:17 The Cienfuegos Sugar Crash 33:20 Why Everyone Wants to Leave"
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I hope they hurry up and make a deal. This Cuban government is so criminal to do this to their wonderful people.
Be honest: Would you still visit Cuba as a tourist knowing this is the reality for locals?
Fidel Catastrophe not Fidel Castro
The leaders of Cuba are corrupt. Castro himself was one of the wealthiest men in South America. "All animals are created equal but some animals are more equal than others"
Funny how a Russian is complaining about how cuba lacks proper capitalism... The irony
NO MÁS COMUNISMO ! CUBA LIBRE DE UNA VEZ POR TODAS ! 🇯🇲🇯🇲 ❤ 🇨🇺🇨🇺
Sanctions? Obviously, the Cubans are not told in their history classes that in 1959 they nationalized many American industries, which is a polite way for saying that the Castro government stole those American industries.
Cuba is hell
They blame US embargos but food and medicine have never been part of those embargos.
These videos really help my diet, I'm totally grossed out and it completely destroyed my appetite.
It's a re upload, but interesting.
I was in Cuba about 17 years ago. Spent a little time in Ciego de Avila looking at the agricultural sector. It was bad then but looks absolutely horrendous now!!
Wow I am moving to Cuba for a few days and live like a local. I can loose about 20kg. Everyone is skinny in Cuba. Russia better watch out the way they are going they could end up the same like Cuba
It's always about "the sanctions". If Communism is such a great system, one would think they could relay on there own. Was exactly the same in former East Germany. Somebody else, someone on the outside was always to blame.
and Russia is collepsing too.
Watching from Nigeria west Africa i love this channel so much ❤❤❤❤
Cuba's economy has been in the toilet for half a century
When you get a chance please tell a few Cubans they have a friend in America that has been praying to God to help them for a couple of years after viewing a few videos like this one! I'm 86m, money I have none to spare, but I offer my sincere prayers to God that HE will heal your beautiful land and leaders and soon, for you have suffered too long!!! May God bless all Cubans one more time!!!
7:02 *Looks like a Hemingway statue to me.*
Thank you so much for exposing the reality of the poor Cuban people, they are desperate,no electricity,no food, no HOPE FOR THE YOUNG,that is why they burned🔥the COMUNIST PARTY HEADQUARTERS,last night in the city of MORON, CIEGO DE ÁVILA,they are fighting for FREEDOM.🇺🇸💔🇨🇺🔥🔥🔥