Cuba-Venezuela Alliance Relying on Petrodollars Enters Terminal Phase

The Cuban regime is gradually moving away from Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro following the death of former commanders Hugo Chávez and Fidel Castro. The diplomatic landscape of its bilateral relationship has been reportedly complex, depending on mostly on oil. “Now Mr. Castro is gone, three years after Mr. Chávez’s death, and the union between their two countries, while still strong on paper, is withering away fast,” Journalist Anatoly Kurmanaev said. Everything has changed in Havana. The posters and murals in which Chavez appears embracing Fidel Castro or show both walking through fields of sunflowers are fading, or gone. More…