Loading video...

Video Failed to Load

Go Home

🚨Inside Communist-Controlled Cuba: As Cuba faces its largest humanitarian crisis in years amid growing tensions with the US, I went to see what 60+ years of communism has done to a country. Within 24 hours I was planning my escape out of the country after being followed by their...

nickshirleyy's profile picture

Nick shirley

1,770,058 subscribers

1,738,560 views • 3 months ago •via X (Twitter)

News & PoliticsHealth & WellnessScience & Technology
LIVE

Anya Rossi• Live Now

Private livecam show

0 Comments

No comments available

Comments from the original post will appear here

Related Videos

🚨 I was almost taken hostage in Cuba... I went to Cuba to document the humanitarian crisis and show life under 60+ years of communism and now amid the US blockade. Once I landed, they seized all my cameras except my iPhone and had intelligence agents following me all day until my security noticed their spies tailing us to the hotel where they waited all night for us to come down. Under communism there is no free speech, and those who show the reality or speak up are imprisoned. Me going without a planned Cuban government guide nearly got me and my security taken hostage or imprisoned. The situation in Cuba is much worse than anyone knows.
13:21

🚨 I was almost taken hostage in Cuba... I went to Cuba to document the humanitarian crisis and show life under 60+ years of communism and now amid the US blockade. Once I landed, they seized all my cameras except my iPhone and had intelligence agents following me all day until my security noticed their spies tailing us to the hotel where they waited all night for us to come down. Under communism there is no free speech, and those who show the reality or speak up are imprisoned. Me going without a planned Cuban government guide nearly got me and my security taken hostage or imprisoned. The situation in Cuba is much worse than anyone knows.

Nick shirley

10,057,198 views • 3 months ago

🚨US Blockade on Cuba Explained: Cuba used to get free or subsidized oil from Venezuela, but after Maduro was captured, the US placed a blockade on Cuba and imposed tariffs on countries like Mexico if they sold oil to Cuba. Now there is absolutely no oil or gas, and the US is squeezing the country dry of its supply. Trump said, “I do believe I’ll have the honor of taking Cuba.” It’s most likely a matter of when not if at this point.
1:34

🚨US Blockade on Cuba Explained: Cuba used to get free or subsidized oil from Venezuela, but after Maduro was captured, the US placed a blockade on Cuba and imposed tariffs on countries like Mexico if they sold oil to Cuba. Now there is absolutely no oil or gas, and the US is squeezing the country dry of its supply. Trump said, “I do believe I’ll have the honor of taking Cuba.” It’s most likely a matter of when not if at this point.

Nick shirley

382,239 views • 3 months ago

🇨🇺 Cuba right now is a total nightmare. Empty streets, no gas anywhere (black market at $40 a gallon), food shortages, constant blackouts. Streets quieter than during COVID. People are terrified to even speak on camera because the communist regime punishes dissent. Journalist got followed by intelligence, gear seized, and had to escape. This is what 60+ years of communism actually looks like. Source: Nick shirley
5:22

🇨🇺 Cuba right now is a total nightmare. Empty streets, no gas anywhere (black market at $40 a gallon), food shortages, constant blackouts. Streets quieter than during COVID. People are terrified to even speak on camera because the communist regime punishes dissent. Journalist got followed by intelligence, gear seized, and had to escape. This is what 60+ years of communism actually looks like. Source: Nick shirley

Mario Nawfal

82,994 views • 3 months ago

🚨 WOW. A communist tried to FIND Nick Shirley's exact location in Cuba after Nick said he was being held hostage The communist was running PROPAGANDA for the Communist regime, trying to make Cuba look like a "free country" KEEP NICK SAFE! 🙏🏻 SHIRLEY: "He knows I left...I made it out. He's a complete liar. He's there to push propaganda that Cuba's alright — Cuba's NOT alright." "People can go to a communist country and still support communism...he's acting like there's no issues." "He said there's no issues and then he plugged his phone into a generator!" "These are straight-up lies that they use...they'll believe Nick Shirley is this villain...these radicalized individuals who support communism after he sees 7 out of 10 people miss a meal per day inside Cuba!" Nick shirley 📽️ PBD Podcast
8:18

🚨 WOW. A communist tried to FIND Nick Shirley's exact location in Cuba after Nick said he was being held hostage The communist was running PROPAGANDA for the Communist regime, trying to make Cuba look like a "free country" KEEP NICK SAFE! 🙏🏻 SHIRLEY: "He knows I left...I made it out. He's a complete liar. He's there to push propaganda that Cuba's alright — Cuba's NOT alright." "People can go to a communist country and still support communism...he's acting like there's no issues." "He said there's no issues and then he plugged his phone into a generator!" "These are straight-up lies that they use...they'll believe Nick Shirley is this villain...these radicalized individuals who support communism after he sees 7 out of 10 people miss a meal per day inside Cuba!" Nick shirley 📽️ PBD Podcast

Eric Daugherty

118,278 views • 3 months ago

🚨 CUBA WAS NEVER ABOUT COMMUNISM 🚨 Tarik Cyril Amar argues that Washington’s obsession with Cuba was never truly about communism. The Soviet Union collapsed. Cuba lost its great ideological and military backer. The island became isolated. And yet the United States never ended the punishment because Cuba’s real crime was sovereignty. That is what the Monroe Doctrine really means. For Washington, no country in the Caribbean or Latin America is allowed full sovereignty. They are expected to obey, submit, and accept their place as vessels of American power. Cuba refused. And that refusal — not communism — is the core of the conflict. .Tarik Cyril Amar .Syriana Analysis
3:07

🚨 CUBA WAS NEVER ABOUT COMMUNISM 🚨 Tarik Cyril Amar argues that Washington’s obsession with Cuba was never truly about communism. The Soviet Union collapsed. Cuba lost its great ideological and military backer. The island became isolated. And yet the United States never ended the punishment because Cuba’s real crime was sovereignty. That is what the Monroe Doctrine really means. For Washington, no country in the Caribbean or Latin America is allowed full sovereignty. They are expected to obey, submit, and accept their place as vessels of American power. Cuba refused. And that refusal — not communism — is the core of the conflict. .Tarik Cyril Amar .Syriana Analysis

Kevork Almassian

43,374 views • 2 months ago

Nick Shirley just revealed the terrifying reality he witnessed on his trip to Cuba to Stephen A. Smith. He described a deeply depressed and suppressed population living without electricity or freedom of speech after 60 years of communism. SHIRLEY: “It was a super sad trip to be honest. Like when you think about Latinos, I’ve always thought of them as very happy and uplifting." “In Cuba, a lot of these people were very depressed and suppressed from their government. They don’t have access to running electricity. They have blackouts every night. They’ve been suppressed for over 60 years. There’s no freedom of speech.” “You mention the word communism and you ask for your opinion, the person shuts down because they know if they speak out against the current regime, they’ll be imprisoned.” “Eventually I was followed by Cuban intelligence. They had spies at the hotel. One thing people don’t understand about communism is it turns the entire country against one another.” America must never become a communist nation.
3:35

Nick Shirley just revealed the terrifying reality he witnessed on his trip to Cuba to Stephen A. Smith. He described a deeply depressed and suppressed population living without electricity or freedom of speech after 60 years of communism. SHIRLEY: “It was a super sad trip to be honest. Like when you think about Latinos, I’ve always thought of them as very happy and uplifting." “In Cuba, a lot of these people were very depressed and suppressed from their government. They don’t have access to running electricity. They have blackouts every night. They’ve been suppressed for over 60 years. There’s no freedom of speech.” “You mention the word communism and you ask for your opinion, the person shuts down because they know if they speak out against the current regime, they’ll be imprisoned.” “Eventually I was followed by Cuban intelligence. They had spies at the hotel. One thing people don’t understand about communism is it turns the entire country against one another.” America must never become a communist nation.

Overton

91,759 views • 3 months ago

Nick Shirley has just released his new exposé about communism in Cuba, and it’s full of real interviews with real Cubans. Here he asks a Cuban about communism. Nick: “What’s your opinion about communism?” Man: “Communism is bad.” N: “And why is it bad?” M: “It’s bad; there’s no food here.” N: “What’s been the change since Maduro was captured?” Other man: *no comment* N: “They can’t talk about it. It’s kind of interesting asking about these political situations that you can talk about in the United States completely freely, but a lot of people are intimidated and you have to respect that because you don’t want to put them in a bad situation.” This is just a peek into the realities of Cuba. People are afraid to speak freely. That’s why they need saving. They want food, water, oil, and the ability to exchange ideas in an open environment. Pray for the people of Cuba. Great work, Nick!
0:21

Nick Shirley has just released his new exposé about communism in Cuba, and it’s full of real interviews with real Cubans. Here he asks a Cuban about communism. Nick: “What’s your opinion about communism?” Man: “Communism is bad.” N: “And why is it bad?” M: “It’s bad; there’s no food here.” N: “What’s been the change since Maduro was captured?” Other man: *no comment* N: “They can’t talk about it. It’s kind of interesting asking about these political situations that you can talk about in the United States completely freely, but a lot of people are intimidated and you have to respect that because you don’t want to put them in a bad situation.” This is just a peek into the realities of Cuba. People are afraid to speak freely. That’s why they need saving. They want food, water, oil, and the ability to exchange ideas in an open environment. Pray for the people of Cuba. Great work, Nick!

Paul A. Szypula 🇺🇸

85,219 views • 3 months ago

.Nick shirley responds to Hasan Piker after he claimed that Nick only visited Cuba "to manufacture propaganda for what I assume will be additional U.S. intervention": “He’s the same person who went to Cuba with Ilhan Omar’s daughter to promote communism. He actually went on a paid trip from an organization to go to Cuba. He saw what I saw with my own two eyes and he thought it was still a good idea to promote communism and socialism inside of a country that is letting its children starve and letting people go without internet. They don’t even have access to freedom of speech in this country, yet he still wants to promote that. And so he’s going to call me stupid? Meanwhile, he’s seen what I’m seeing. I’m seeing people suffer. I’m seeing a civilization that is depressed, has no hope left in their eyes and yet he’s still advocating for more of that.”
1:19

.Nick shirley responds to Hasan Piker after he claimed that Nick only visited Cuba "to manufacture propaganda for what I assume will be additional U.S. intervention": “He’s the same person who went to Cuba with Ilhan Omar’s daughter to promote communism. He actually went on a paid trip from an organization to go to Cuba. He saw what I saw with my own two eyes and he thought it was still a good idea to promote communism and socialism inside of a country that is letting its children starve and letting people go without internet. They don’t even have access to freedom of speech in this country, yet he still wants to promote that. And so he’s going to call me stupid? Meanwhile, he’s seen what I’m seeing. I’m seeing people suffer. I’m seeing a civilization that is depressed, has no hope left in their eyes and yet he’s still advocating for more of that.”

Glenn Beck

160,848 views • 3 months ago

CUBA: THE NEW “GLOBAL VILLAIN” IN WASHINGTON’S SCRIPT! The Trump administration and State Department are now painting Cuba as the “capital of 21st century communism,” blaming it for unrest and problems inside the United States and around the world. But is a country that struggles to keep the lights on really behind everything this report alleges, or is this starting to look like WMD 2.0, a new “war on terror” narrative repackaged to target communism? Col. Daniel Davis (Daniel Davis Deep Dive) joins us to break down whether this is about genuine security concerns or a fresh round of ideological fear-mongering.
5:13

CUBA: THE NEW “GLOBAL VILLAIN” IN WASHINGTON’S SCRIPT! The Trump administration and State Department are now painting Cuba as the “capital of 21st century communism,” blaming it for unrest and problems inside the United States and around the world. But is a country that struggles to keep the lights on really behind everything this report alleges, or is this starting to look like WMD 2.0, a new “war on terror” narrative repackaged to target communism? Col. Daniel Davis (Daniel Davis Deep Dive) joins us to break down whether this is about genuine security concerns or a fresh round of ideological fear-mongering.

Redacted

22,223 views • 8 days ago

🚨 NOW: President Trump announces CUBA has asked for help, and he’s about to speak to them “No Republican has ever spoken to me about Cuba, which is a failed country and only heading in one direction - down! Cuba is asking for help, and we are going to talk!!! In the meantime, I’m off to China! President DJT” 🔥👏🏻
0:43

🚨 NOW: President Trump announces CUBA has asked for help, and he’s about to speak to them “No Republican has ever spoken to me about Cuba, which is a failed country and only heading in one direction - down! Cuba is asking for help, and we are going to talk!!! In the meantime, I’m off to China! President DJT” 🔥👏🏻

Eric Daugherty

194,678 views • 3 months ago

🚨 NOW: Calls are ramping up nationwide to INVESTIGATE, EXPEL and DEPORT Indian Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D) after she worked with foreign nations to *send oil to Communist CUBA* SEND HER BACK! She said: "Only one Russian tanker of oil has made it to Cuba...I was in conversations with ambassadors from Mexico and other places, other countries [are] trying to figure out how to get oil there." REP. BRANDON GILL: "Who do we represent!? The interest of the American people or HOSTILE, FOREIGN REGIMES like CUBA?!" "She seems to believe the latter." "This is an evil communist regime that tortures its own people and operates as a hub of some of our biggest adversaries." What a TRAITOR.
1:50

🚨 NOW: Calls are ramping up nationwide to INVESTIGATE, EXPEL and DEPORT Indian Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D) after she worked with foreign nations to *send oil to Communist CUBA* SEND HER BACK! She said: "Only one Russian tanker of oil has made it to Cuba...I was in conversations with ambassadors from Mexico and other places, other countries [are] trying to figure out how to get oil there." REP. BRANDON GILL: "Who do we represent!? The interest of the American people or HOSTILE, FOREIGN REGIMES like CUBA?!" "She seems to believe the latter." "This is an evil communist regime that tortures its own people and operates as a hub of some of our biggest adversaries." What a TRAITOR.

Eric Daugherty

451,337 views • 3 months ago

🚨 There is a country in Europe in which press freedom is under fire. The State is attempting to ban a TV broadcaster. The broadcaster never broke the law and was never convicted in court. I am shocked by this. This is a violation of the #RuleOfLaw and of the freedom of speech. What is going on? And which country is this about? I explain it in this video... ⤵️
2:42

🚨 There is a country in Europe in which press freedom is under fire. The State is attempting to ban a TV broadcaster. The broadcaster never broke the law and was never convicted in court. I am shocked by this. This is a violation of the #RuleOfLaw and of the freedom of speech. What is going on? And which country is this about? I explain it in this video... ⤵️

Rob Roos 🇳🇱

72,217 views • 2 years ago

President Donald J. Trump appears to have softened his stance recently on Cuba, telling reporters earlier at his Mar-a-Lago Resort that talks are ongoing with high-level officials and he thinks a deal will be made with Cuba. Reporter: “Mr. President, what do you want out of a Cuba deal?” Trump: “Well, Cuba is a failing nation. It has been for a long time. But now it doesn't have Venezuela to prop it up. So we're talking to the people from Cuba - the highest people in Cuba - to see what happens. I want the people that came here that were horribly treated by Cuba to be taken care of, to be able to go back and do what they have to do. You know, they have their family there. They haven't been able to see them in years - many, many years. So, I think we're going to make a deal with Cuba… It's in bad shape. Cuba is in bad shape. Cuba has a humanitarian problem.”
0:36

President Donald J. Trump appears to have softened his stance recently on Cuba, telling reporters earlier at his Mar-a-Lago Resort that talks are ongoing with high-level officials and he thinks a deal will be made with Cuba. Reporter: “Mr. President, what do you want out of a Cuba deal?” Trump: “Well, Cuba is a failing nation. It has been for a long time. But now it doesn't have Venezuela to prop it up. So we're talking to the people from Cuba - the highest people in Cuba - to see what happens. I want the people that came here that were horribly treated by Cuba to be taken care of, to be able to go back and do what they have to do. You know, they have their family there. They haven't been able to see them in years - many, many years. So, I think we're going to make a deal with Cuba… It's in bad shape. Cuba is in bad shape. Cuba has a humanitarian problem.”

OSINTdefender

208,027 views • 6 months ago

President Trump announced on TruthSocial that “there will be no more oil or money going to Cuba,” Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL) responded saying “those words are like magical.” “Cuba is really a center of power for our enemies,” Salazar told Margaret Brennan. “Now, I think they’re getting the memo, and Cuba is hanging by a thread. The threat that Cuba has represented to the U.S. is immense.”
1:15

President Trump announced on TruthSocial that “there will be no more oil or money going to Cuba,” Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL) responded saying “those words are like magical.” “Cuba is really a center of power for our enemies,” Salazar told Margaret Brennan. “Now, I think they’re getting the memo, and Cuba is hanging by a thread. The threat that Cuba has represented to the U.S. is immense.”

Face The Nation

25,612 views • 7 months ago

Nick Shirley posts a video on X claiming that his life is in danger and that the Cuban government is trying to kidnap him for “exposing the humanitarian crises caused by communism”. Even saying he and his crew were looking for “escape routes”. Problem is, there is absolutely zero evidence proving his life is in danger or that anyone has tried to detain him (proven by multiple content creators) since arriving in Cuba. Secondly, the donkey accidentally admits that the humanitarian crises Cuba is experiencing right now is a direct result of sanctions and Trump’s decision to block Venezuelan oil from reaching the country.
7:06

Nick Shirley posts a video on X claiming that his life is in danger and that the Cuban government is trying to kidnap him for “exposing the humanitarian crises caused by communism”. Even saying he and his crew were looking for “escape routes”. Problem is, there is absolutely zero evidence proving his life is in danger or that anyone has tried to detain him (proven by multiple content creators) since arriving in Cuba. Secondly, the donkey accidentally admits that the humanitarian crises Cuba is experiencing right now is a direct result of sanctions and Trump’s decision to block Venezuelan oil from reaching the country.

Duopoly Destroyer

21,939 views • 3 months ago

Nick Shirley just admitted he knowingly risked being taken HOSTAGE by Cuba's communist regime. He still went anyway to expose the truth the regime desperately doesn’t want you to see. SHIRLEY: “I knew going to Cuba was a BIG risk — like 60/40 it goes well. And with everything going on, it wouldn’t have been the worst idea for them to hold somebody like me hostage.” “They could have used it as leverage, right? So I knew it was very risky to go — but I knew I also needed to go to show people what’s going on.” “People need to see what’s going on there. They’re not going to get it from a communist-controlled country who controls the media.” This is the courage it takes to expose the realities of communism.
0:34

Nick Shirley just admitted he knowingly risked being taken HOSTAGE by Cuba's communist regime. He still went anyway to expose the truth the regime desperately doesn’t want you to see. SHIRLEY: “I knew going to Cuba was a BIG risk — like 60/40 it goes well. And with everything going on, it wouldn’t have been the worst idea for them to hold somebody like me hostage.” “They could have used it as leverage, right? So I knew it was very risky to go — but I knew I also needed to go to show people what’s going on.” “People need to see what’s going on there. They’re not going to get it from a communist-controlled country who controls the media.” This is the courage it takes to expose the realities of communism.

Overton

29,625 views • 3 months ago

Red Alert: Is another US invasion looming? Two days ago, the US sent an aircraft carrier toward Cuba, and now a US commander is meeting with Pete Hegseth at the Pentagon about a potential invasion of Cuba. The US has no right to invade, seize, or take over any country. Our government cannot even manage our own country, as 70% of Americans struggle to afford food, housing, and healthcare, and they don’t plan to help Cuba either. Their goal is to privatize Cuba to further enrich US billionaires. Trump has hinted for months that an invasion of Cuba is imminent, and now it appears these tyrants might try it. Yesterday, US Southern Command, in a move clearly aimed at intimidating Cuba, posted the war trailer below of the USS Nimitz, the aircraft carrier they just sent toward Cuba. But Cuba was not fazed and warned the US that any invasion attempt would result in a “bloodbath,” as they have every right to defend their sovereignty against the empire.
0:47

Red Alert: Is another US invasion looming? Two days ago, the US sent an aircraft carrier toward Cuba, and now a US commander is meeting with Pete Hegseth at the Pentagon about a potential invasion of Cuba. The US has no right to invade, seize, or take over any country. Our government cannot even manage our own country, as 70% of Americans struggle to afford food, housing, and healthcare, and they don’t plan to help Cuba either. Their goal is to privatize Cuba to further enrich US billionaires. Trump has hinted for months that an invasion of Cuba is imminent, and now it appears these tyrants might try it. Yesterday, US Southern Command, in a move clearly aimed at intimidating Cuba, posted the war trailer below of the USS Nimitz, the aircraft carrier they just sent toward Cuba. But Cuba was not fazed and warned the US that any invasion attempt would result in a “bloodbath,” as they have every right to defend their sovereignty against the empire.

Power to the People ☭🕊

53,736 views • 2 months ago

Nick Shirley went to investigate Cuba and talk to the local people He was told the government gives every citizen a little ration booklet for food One person hasn’t has eggs in a year. People have to wait years to eat a piece of chicken “The government controls how much food they get and they're like, this is horrible. We haven't even had eggs in a year. Takes years to get to eat a chicken. Like stuff that you wouldn't even think about here in the United States. But because of communism and the government controlling what people can actually do and what they can eat, it dictates their entire life” Keep in mind this is what Democrats want to bring here. Karen Bass and top Democrats would literally go listen to political speeches in Cuba Nancy Pelosi and a large group of House Democrats go with Barack Obama to Cuba Barbara Lee (Congresswoman, D-CA): Visited Cuba more than two dozen times. Met with Fidel Castro multiple times Pramila Jayapal (Congresswoman, D-WA, Chair of Congressional Progressive Caucus): Recent trips in 2024 and April 2026 Ilhan Omar also went to Cuba Jonathan Jackson (Congressman, D-IL) went too This should horrify every American
0:34

Nick Shirley went to investigate Cuba and talk to the local people He was told the government gives every citizen a little ration booklet for food One person hasn’t has eggs in a year. People have to wait years to eat a piece of chicken “The government controls how much food they get and they're like, this is horrible. We haven't even had eggs in a year. Takes years to get to eat a chicken. Like stuff that you wouldn't even think about here in the United States. But because of communism and the government controlling what people can actually do and what they can eat, it dictates their entire life” Keep in mind this is what Democrats want to bring here. Karen Bass and top Democrats would literally go listen to political speeches in Cuba Nancy Pelosi and a large group of House Democrats go with Barack Obama to Cuba Barbara Lee (Congresswoman, D-CA): Visited Cuba more than two dozen times. Met with Fidel Castro multiple times Pramila Jayapal (Congresswoman, D-WA, Chair of Congressional Progressive Caucus): Recent trips in 2024 and April 2026 Ilhan Omar also went to Cuba Jonathan Jackson (Congressman, D-IL) went too This should horrify every American

Wall Street Apes

148,742 views • 3 months ago

🚨 NOW: Cuba's Foreign Minister is publicly RAGING at Secretary Marco Rubio, accusing Marco of being a "LIAR" on purpose Cuba is begging for FAFO! "The secretary of state is instigating military action...he is DELIBERATE lying to deceive the US people to justify a policy that has no moral or legal grounds." Screw this communist. Down with communism!
3:02

🚨 NOW: Cuba's Foreign Minister is publicly RAGING at Secretary Marco Rubio, accusing Marco of being a "LIAR" on purpose Cuba is begging for FAFO! "The secretary of state is instigating military action...he is DELIBERATE lying to deceive the US people to justify a policy that has no moral or legal grounds." Screw this communist. Down with communism!

Eric Daugherty

111,278 views • 2 months ago