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May 15, 2012

Cuba After Hugo Chavez

Carlos Alberto Montaner, Miami Herald

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The most complex part of the inheritance left by Hugo Chavez are the relations between Venezuela and Cuba. The existing ones were built on the strange emotional, political and ideological subordination of the Bolivarian leader to Fidel Castro and do not respond to the interests or preferences of the Venezuelans.

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TAGGED: Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, Fidel Castro, Cuba

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