May 8, 2026 · 1.3M views · 📍 Havana, Cuba
Nick Shirley travels to Havana, Cuba on a journalistic visa to document life under communism, encountering fuel shortages, food scarcity, blackouts, and government surveillance. After being followed by Cuban intelligence and spies, he and his security team plan and execute an escape to the airport to leave the country. The video focuses on political conditions and personal safety rather than government-program fraud.
Why it's not on the fraud stats: Off map: travel reporting on Cuba's conditions and his escape.
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Cost of a taxi driver's position in line to get government gas
“his position to get gas is $1,200 in line”
Stated by Nick Shirley
Average monthly salary of a person in Cuba
“the average salary of someone here for the month is $14 USD”
Stated by Nick Shirley
Black market price of gasoline in Cuba
“gas...on the black market cost $10 per liter”
Stated by Nick Shirley
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All figures are as stated in the video — most are allegations, not adjudicated findings. Every dollar figure links to the timestamp where it is said. Extraction QA: All three claims are accurately quoted and correctly classified as cost/income figures stated by the narrator. All entities appear in the transcript or are fair reconstructions (Maduro appears verbatim). No hallucinations detected.