Cuba with Simon Reeve

Taal: nld
Categorie: Actualiteiten

Adventurer and journalist Simon Reeve heads to Cuba to find a communist country in the middle of a capitalist revolution. In 2010 Cuba announced the most sweeping and radical economic reforms the country has seen in decades. From ending state rationing to cutting one million public-sector jobs, one of the last communist bastions in the world has begun rolling back the state on an unprecedented scale. Simon meets ordinary Cubans whose lives are being transformed, gets under the skin of a colourful and vibrant country famous for its hospitality and humour, and asks if this new economic openness could lead to political liberalisation in a totalitarian country with a poor human rights record. Will Cuba be able to maintain the positive aspects of its long isolation under socialism - low crime, top-notch education and one of the best health systems in the world - while embracing what certainly looks like capitalism?