{"id":51047,"date":"2022-02-02T17:27:07","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T16:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zigarren.zone\/?p=51047"},"modified":"2025-08-09T23:24:42","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T21:24:42","slug":"camaquito-and-the-positive-human-being","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zigarren.zone\/en\/camaquito-und-der-positive-mensch\/","title":{"rendered":"Camaquito and the positive person"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Camaquito is a children's aid organisation for Cuba. Mark Kuster is the founder and an extremely positive person. He is the kind of bon vivant you rarely meet in life. It is not easy to describe such a person in a few words. Get to know him in this video interview. We talk about the precarious situation in Cuba (as of February 2022) and about Camaquito.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"camaquito-braucht-spenden-fur-die-kinder-auf-kuba\">Camaquito needs donations for the children in Cuba<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-vivid-red-background-color has-text-color has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/camaquito.org\/ich-moechte-helfen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Please donate now: Any amount is needed<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"uber-mark-kuster\">About Mark Kuster<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>He created CAMAQUITO out of nothing. Without his very personal approach to life, CAMAQUITO would not be what it is today. And if Cuba had not chosen Mark, Mark would not be the person he has become today. Mark Kuster could be a multimillionaire today. At the beginning of his career, he was involved in a start-up company. In 2019 he went&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.srf.ch\/news\/wirtschaft\/software-one-an-der-six-boersengang-trotz-truebem-ipo-klima\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the company goes public<\/a>. Nevertheless, he decided in favour of CAMAQUITO. \u201cDo you regret it?\u201d I asked him. He answered immediately and without hesitation: \u201cNo!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"das-videogesprach\">The video call<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The best way to enjoy the video is with a great cigar and a nice drink.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/vimeo.com\/672751711\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zigarren.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Mark_Kuster_13.jpg\" alt=\"Mark Kuster from Camaquito\" class=\"wp-image-37867\"\/><figcaption>Lively and highly interesting conversation: Mark Kuster from Camaquito and Vasilij Ratej from Zigarren.Zone.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"ressourcen-zum-thema\">Resources on the topic<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/camaquito.org\/ich-moechte-helfen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Camaquito.Org, please donate for children in Cuba<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zigarren.zone\/die-erstaunliche-gabe-des-mark-kuster\/\">The amazing gift of Mark Kuster<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zigarren.zone\/tag\/zigarren-zen\/\">You can find more seasons and episodes of Cigars ZEN here<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Camaquito is a children's aid organisation for Cuba. 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