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Why The Cuban-Venezuelan Alliance Is More Toxic Than Ever

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez , left, talks with his Cuban counterpart Fidel Castro during a summit in 2006.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez , left, talks with his Cuban counterpart Fidel Castro during a Mercosur summit in Cordoba, some 700 kilometers (434 miles) from Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, July 20, 2006. Prensa Internacional/ZUMA

Recent Cuban protests over fuel and food swiftly turned against the communist system but unlike the past, the state, which is asking the UN for food aid, refrained from giving a crushing response. Venezuela is no better off, and the age of symbiosis for Latin America’s leftist regimes is long gone.

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A Chronic State Of Crisis Marks Venezuela’s Quiet Decline

Caracas' Nuevo Amanecer neighborhood
Caracas' Nuevo Amanecer neighborhood Ramin Rahimian/ZUMA

-Analysis- BOGOTA — Venezuela is in crisis — a tremendous one. Food and basic drugs are in short supply. The annual murder rate has reached 79 per 100,000 inhabitants, one of the highest in the world and a cold figure that covers a multitude of personal tragedies. Inflation is expected to reach a rate of […]

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