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Castro was froma wealthy family and was well-educated, but everyone elsewas the...

Mafia Spies • S01E01 • 2024

[soft dramatic music] Castro was from
a wealthy family and was well-educated, but everyone else
was the peasantry. And this is partly
why those in power couldn't take it seriously. How could farmers
and campesinos rise up and take down
the most powerful military in the Caribbean?
How could that be possible? ♪ ♪ The CIA and the mob
had put in all their chips with Fulgencio Batista. But the mob did not have
what the CIA had, which was spies and people out gathering information
about what was really happening
politically in Cuba. They were blind

Full Transcript

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[soft dramatic music]

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Castro was from a wealthy family

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and was well-educated,

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but everyone else was the peasantry.

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And this is partly why those in power

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couldn't take it seriously.

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How could farmers and campesinos

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rise up and take down the most powerful military

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in the Caribbean? How could that be possible?

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♪ ♪

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The CIA and the mob had put in all their chips

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with Fulgencio Batista.

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But the mob did not have what the CIA had,

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which was spies and people

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out gathering information about what was

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really happening politically in Cuba.

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They were blind.

Duration

44 seconds

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21

Timestamp in Movie

00:19:04

Uploaded

Apr 08, 2025

Season

1

Episode

1

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Movie Summary

Reveals the startling tale of the CIA's, the mob's, and Sinatra's Rat Pack's connections from Vegas to Miami to Havana, exploring America's most amazing espionage operations ever.