Communist Cuba is one of socialist
Venezuela’s few remaining allies. In return for subsidised oil and aid, Havana
provides Caracas with doctors and intelligence operatives, a relationship that
has long irked the US. “Venezuela can always count on Cubans being in the front
line of militant solidarity,” Raúl Castro, Cuba’s president, said recently. Lately,
though, US, European and Latin American diplomats have courted Havana, hoping
its close Caracas relationship means it could serve as a facilitator rather
than an obstacle in encouraging a transition away from Mr Maduro.
Monday, October 9, 2017
Diplomats court Cuba to act as broker for Venezuela transition
Communist Cuba is one of socialist
Venezuela’s few remaining allies. In return for subsidised oil and aid, Havana
provides Caracas with doctors and intelligence operatives, a relationship that
has long irked the US. “Venezuela can always count on Cubans being in the front
line of militant solidarity,” Raúl Castro, Cuba’s president, said recently. Lately,
though, US, European and Latin American diplomats have courted Havana, hoping
its close Caracas relationship means it could serve as a facilitator rather
than an obstacle in encouraging a transition away from Mr Maduro.
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