- oh, the chickens. los gallos, right. - we have los gallos. - now, why the chicken and the rooster? is that because latin people always love their chickens? because i saw chickens around the corner. - i was about to say. so yeah, we brought that telltale sign of our culture. gallinas everywhere. - yeah, yeah. we had them in queens, we had them in the bronx. - either they re in your soup. - yeah, yeah, yeah. - or they re in the street. - yeah, yeah. - so they re everywhere. the city felt that the gallos would be a perfect symbol to represent little havana. - that s so cool. yo, check it. little havana is filled with crazy amounts of latinx everything, but the best part is the people. they re so full of personality and spirit, and undeniably latino. - all right, so francisco here, good friend of mine. - very good. eat a peanut, be happy. no peanut, no happy people. - roasted peanuts. - this is what he does. - [speaking spanish] - so one of the last places i wanted to show you that s imp
has now expanded to include all latin americans. - here in little havana, you really see, like, a huge, perfect melting pot of people that just coexist beautifully. - yeah. a lot of people sometimes say that latinos, we re very, like, nationalist. but we re not. - we re not. we re not. - we love each other s cultures so much. - especially here in little havana. we have nicaraguenses, salvadorians, we have hondureños, mexicans, all types. and that s why little havana is so dear to my heart. it s a very magical, magical place. - because a lot of people can come here and never have to really learn english. - spanish. - yeah. - is the main language of miami, and especially in little havana. but you kind of second-think sometimes. you re like, am i still in the u.s.? it s so important that the people here have kept that identity. let me show you. let me show you what little havana is all about. - all right. - the main street, calle ocho. we re smack dab in the heart of miami. - in all sens