H sound in "turned Havana"

[WilliamTaft]

History vs. Che Guevara - Alex Gendler, YouTube
He turned Havana into a luxury playground for foreigners...

I cannot hear the H sound in "Havana." Is it there?

 

[emsr2d2]

It's there but the "d" of "turned" runs so quickly into the word "Havana" that I can see why you're having trouble hearing it. I'm pretty sure the voiceover is auto-generated (AI/robot) because it mispronounces "coup" (which comes from French) in the previous sentence. The "p" is silent so the word should sound like "coo", not "coop". The voiceover clearly says "military coop".
I think your listening skills will be better improved by listening to real people speaking natural English.

 

[WilliamTaft]

Thank you, emsr2d2.

TED Ed.com says the narrator of that video is Addison Anderson.

 

[WilliamTaft]

"coup" appears two times in this video: first; second.
I can't hear the P sounds in it. Are they there?

 

[emsr2d2]

I can't hear it in the first but there's definitely a hint of it in the second. It might not be as pronounced as I first thought, though.

 

[güey]

I don't hear any P, neither would I expect them to be there.