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The recent events in Venezuela have exposed the strategic risks of Cuba’s foreign entanglements. For decades, Caracas and Havana maintained a symbiotic alliance based on oil-for-services, with Cuba providing military and intelligence support to bolster the Maduro regime in exchange for subsidized petroleum. However, Venezuela’s deepening economic collapse and political instability have severely disrupted this exchange. As Caracas faces crumbling infrastructure and reduced oil output, Havana is losing a critical economic lifeline while maintaining a costly, politically damaging presence. This dependency highlights the vulnerability of Cuba’s foreign policy model, where volatile alliances threaten domestic stability. Consequently, these events force a strategic rethink for Havana, exposing the limits of ideological solidarity in the face of economic and geopolitical realities.
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