
{"id":192387,"date":"2019-01-27T15:43:51","date_gmt":"2019-01-27T20:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=192387"},"modified":"2019-01-27T15:54:17","modified_gmt":"2019-01-27T20:54:17","slug":"cuba-and-the-political-chess-game-of-the-crisis-in-venezuela","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/cuba-and-the-political-chess-game-of-the-crisis-in-venezuela\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuba and the political chess game of the crisis in Venezuela"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since Wednesday, January 24, 2018, the countries of the world are being classified according to those who support Nicol\u00e1s Maduro and his government, those who favor the opposition and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/mundo\/america-latina\/juan-guaido-se-autoproclama-como-presidente-encargado-de-venezuela-trump-y-almagro-lo-reconocen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">self-proclaimed<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> interim president Juan Guaid\u00f3 and those who maintain a neutral position in favor of a peaceful solution to the political conflict in Venezuela.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition to the Venezuelans themselves, the main actors in the crisis are also powers such as the United States, which supports the opposition (together with most Latin American countries, inside and outside the OAS); Russia, which defends the constitutional president; and China, which maintains a pro-dialogue position.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_192390\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-192390\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/venezuela-caracas-2-fotos-kaloian-46-1-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-192390\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/venezuela-caracas-2-fotos-kaloian-46-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Kaloian\" width=\"1024\" height=\"644\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/venezuela-caracas-2-fotos-kaloian-46-1-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/venezuela-caracas-2-fotos-kaloian-46-1-1-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/venezuela-caracas-2-fotos-kaloian-46-1-1-768x483.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/venezuela-caracas-2-fotos-kaloian-46-1-1-750x472.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-192390\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Kaloian<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cuba remains a strong political ally of the government of Nicol\u00e1s Maduro. At this moment more than 22,000 Cuban collaborators remain there, carrying out medical, cultural, sports missions, among others.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the current context, the United States has expeditiously offered funds to support the proposal of Guaid\u00f3 and realize Maduro\u2019s exit. It also called for an emergency meeting at the United Nations Security Council, while Russia has declared that &#8220;any destructive foreign interference is a gross violation of the fundamental norms of international law,&#8221; according to what Putin said to Maduro and was published in an official statement.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">EE.UU. es amigo de <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Venezuela?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Venezuela<\/a> y del pueblo venezolano. Ustedes han sufrido durante mucho tiempo bajo el r\u00e9gimen socialista corrupto de Maduro. Los apoyamos y estamos listos para ayudarlos a comenzar el proceso de reconstrucci\u00f3n de su vida, pa\u00eds y econom\u00eda. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EstamosUnidosVE?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EstamosUnidosVE<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/w7BFGSmrf6\">pic.twitter.com\/w7BFGSmrf6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Secretary Pompeo (@SecPompeo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecPompeo\/status\/1088621376901169152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 25, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>OnCuba<\/strong> contacted experts and academicians from Miami and the island to ask about the possible repercussions of this conflict for Cubans, both economically and politically. Although some of the interviewees refer to the current conflict as a &#8220;coup&#8221; and others as an &#8220;opposition uprising,&#8221; where they do seem to coincide is that it won\u2019t have major effects on Cuba&#8217;s international relations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Academician and professor of the Florida International University (FIU) Eduardo Gamarra believes that Venezuela was an important factor for Cuba in its coming out of the crisis of the 1990s, so &#8220;it should be worrying&#8221; if Madura were to be overthrown. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;The Cuban presence in Venezuela is very large, so if Maduro loses it would be an economic setback and a defeat for the attempt to internationalize the Cuban Revolution,&#8221; said Gamarra.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_192392\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-192392\" style=\"width: 795px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/votaciones-fotos-kaloian-8-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-192392\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/votaciones-fotos-kaloian-8-1.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Kaloian\" width=\"795\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/votaciones-fotos-kaloian-8-1.jpg 795w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/votaciones-fotos-kaloian-8-1-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/votaciones-fotos-kaloian-8-1-768x1159.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/votaciones-fotos-kaloian-8-1-678x1024.jpg 678w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/votaciones-fotos-kaloian-8-1-750x1132.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 795px) 100vw, 795px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-192392\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Kaloian<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gamarra explained that the current context is different from Hugo Ch\u00e1vez\u2019 in Latin America, where he basically had the support of most of the continent and where he financed all his social initiatives with money from oil.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With Venezuela has plunged into one of the worst economic and humanitarian crisis in its history, Maduro is faced with the opposition of most of the countries in a continent where left-wing leaders such as Lula in Brazil, Cristina Fern\u00e1ndez in Argentina, Michelle Bachelet in Chile or Rafael Correa in Ecuador are no longer in power.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_192393\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-192393\" style=\"width: 1023px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/vida-en-caracas-fotos-kaloian-20-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-192393\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/vida-en-caracas-fotos-kaloian-20-1.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Kaloian\" width=\"1023\" height=\"688\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/vida-en-caracas-fotos-kaloian-20-1.jpg 1023w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/vida-en-caracas-fotos-kaloian-20-1-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/vida-en-caracas-fotos-kaloian-20-1-768x517.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/vida-en-caracas-fotos-kaloian-20-1-750x504.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1023px) 100vw, 1023px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-192393\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Kaloian<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During the current crisis, in the worst scenario in which a U.S. military intervention or that of another foreign army could occur, the consequences would be devastating for Latin America, according to Cuban political analyst Carlos Alzugaray.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;An American military intervention or of its allies in Venezuela would be terrible for the peoples of the region because it would be a retrocession to the past in which the United States openly fomented the overthrow of democratic governments and intervened when it saw its geopolitical interests were in danger,&#8221; said Alzugaray.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the other hand, it would be dangerous for the United States itself because it would represent bringing to Latin America and the Caribbean, a continent in which peace has been built with the efforts of the peoples of the region, similar situations to those that exist, for example, in the Middle East, said Alzugaray.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;President Trump is making a mistake if he believes that in Latin America and the Caribbean there cannot be a resistance as strong as that caused by prolonged invasions in the Middle East. The current administration does not seem to have learned from the history lessons,&#8221; he concluded.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For Gamarra, a U.S. intervention in Venezuela is somewhat improbable: &#8220;If they did not intervene with the Brigade 2506 in Cuba, I don\u2019t think they will do it now.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, he does not rule out the possibility that in the future the U.S. government will provide weapons and resources to the opposition.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-192387 gallery-columns-9 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/cuba-and-the-political-chess-game-of-the-crisis-in-venezuela\/attachment\/venezuela-caracas-2-fotos-kaloian-38-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"716\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/venezuela-caracas-2-fotos-kaloian-38-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/venezuela-caracas-2-fotos-kaloian-38-1.jpg 716w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/venezuela-caracas-2-fotos-kaloian-38-1-210x300.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 716px) 100vw, 716px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/cuba-and-the-political-chess-game-of-the-crisis-in-venezuela\/attachment\/cuartel-paez-fotos-kaloian-22-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"803\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/cuartel-paez-fotos-kaloian-22-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/cuartel-paez-fotos-kaloian-22-1.jpg 803w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/cuartel-paez-fotos-kaloian-22-1-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/cuartel-paez-fotos-kaloian-22-1-768x1148.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/cuartel-paez-fotos-kaloian-22-1-685x1024.jpg 685w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/cuartel-paez-fotos-kaloian-22-1-750x1121.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 803px) 100vw, 803px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/cuba-and-the-political-chess-game-of-the-crisis-in-venezuela\/attachment\/maracay-aragua-fotos-kaloian-29-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"795\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/maracay-aragua-fotos-kaloian-29-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/maracay-aragua-fotos-kaloian-29-1.jpg 795w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/maracay-aragua-fotos-kaloian-29-1-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/maracay-aragua-fotos-kaloian-29-1-768x1159.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/maracay-aragua-fotos-kaloian-29-1-678x1024.jpg 678w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/maracay-aragua-fotos-kaloian-29-1-750x1132.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 795px) 100vw, 795px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/cuba-and-the-political-chess-game-of-the-crisis-in-venezuela\/attachment\/vida-en-caracas-fotos-kaloian-8-1-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"771\" height=\"1023\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/vida-en-caracas-fotos-kaloian-8-1-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/vida-en-caracas-fotos-kaloian-8-1-2.jpg 771w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/vida-en-caracas-fotos-kaloian-8-1-2-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/vida-en-caracas-fotos-kaloian-8-1-2-768x1019.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/vida-en-caracas-fotos-kaloian-8-1-2-750x995.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/cuba-and-the-political-chess-game-of-the-crisis-in-venezuela\/attachment\/vida-en-caracas-fotos-kaloian-19-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"678\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/vida-en-caracas-fotos-kaloian-19-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/vida-en-caracas-fotos-kaloian-19-1.jpg 678w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/vida-en-caracas-fotos-kaloian-19-1-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/cuba-and-the-political-chess-game-of-the-crisis-in-venezuela\/attachment\/vida-en-caracas-fotos-kaloian-17-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"678\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/vida-en-caracas-fotos-kaloian-17-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/vida-en-caracas-fotos-kaloian-17-1.jpg 678w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/vida-en-caracas-fotos-kaloian-17-1-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/cuba-and-the-political-chess-game-of-the-crisis-in-venezuela\/attachment\/vida-en-caracas-fotos-kaloian-13-1\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"678\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/vida-en-caracas-fotos-kaloian-13-1-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Photos: Kaloian\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-192401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/vida-en-caracas-fotos-kaloian-13-1-1.jpg 678w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/vida-en-caracas-fotos-kaloian-13-1-1-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-192401'>\n\t\t\t\tPhotos: Kaloian\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><strong>Cuba, isolated?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For Rafael Hern\u00e1ndez, a Cuban academician and director of the Temas magazine, the idea that the crisis in Venezuela, Bolsonaro&#8217;s reactionary government in Brazil and Trump in the U.S. take Cuba back to the times of the Cold War is ignoring the real context of its foreign relations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Venezuela is important for Cuba&#8217;s trade balance, especially in oil; but right now, Russia and Algeria, two old allies, are ready to supply it. China, which is the number two trading partner, is closer than ever before to Havana. Relations with Canada, Mexico, Central America and the entire Caribbean do not reveal a deteriorating situation, on the contrary,&#8221; explained Hern\u00e1ndez.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The academician pointed out that, despite the emergence of conservative governments in Argentina and Chile, with these countries Cuba maintains the same economic relations, and economic and diplomatic relations with the European Union are going through a &#8220;special moment.&#8221; <\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_192400\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-192400\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/vida-en-caracas-fotos-kaloian-11-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-192400\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/vida-en-caracas-fotos-kaloian-11-1.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Kaloian\" width=\"1024\" height=\"678\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/vida-en-caracas-fotos-kaloian-11-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/vida-en-caracas-fotos-kaloian-11-1-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/vida-en-caracas-fotos-kaloian-11-1-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/vida-en-caracas-fotos-kaloian-11-1-750x497.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-192400\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Kaloian<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From Miami, FIU professor Michael Bustamante is of the opinion that a situation where Cuba ends up totally isolated is not credible, &#8220;although the dynamics with Latin America has cooled.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Right now there exists tension with Colombia and the ELN problem, as well as important differences with Bolsonaro in Brazil. Although I don\u2019t believe that the countries with right-wing governments will change their position against the embargo,&#8221; Bustamante said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As for the main international actors, Bustamante points out an evident contradiction in the situations where &#8220;the position of the European Union in the face of Venezuela\u2019s conflict doesn\u2019t necessarily change its position with respect to Cuba.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;It would be very difficult for the European Union to again adopt the Common Position and even less to collaborate with the Trump administration in a new campaign to pressure political or economic changes in Cuba. I don\u2019t see that as a possibility. And it has to do with a different dynamic taking place in Cuban society. Venezuela is a country that has been polarized between two political forces for many years, something that does not happen in Cuba,&#8221; he explained.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_192415\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-192415\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/vida-en-caracas-fotos-kaloian-12-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-192415\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/vida-en-caracas-fotos-kaloian-12-1.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Kaloian\" width=\"1024\" height=\"781\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/vida-en-caracas-fotos-kaloian-12-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/vida-en-caracas-fotos-kaloian-12-1-300x229.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/vida-en-caracas-fotos-kaloian-12-1-768x586.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/vida-en-caracas-fotos-kaloian-12-1-750x572.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-192415\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Kaloian<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Cuba-U.S. relations, in the eye of the storm<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Experts agreed that assuming Maduro is overthrown, that would not change the traditional position that many nations have had regarding U.S. policy towards Cuba and the embargo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;If Trump or senators like Marco Rubio think that this is a boost to try to advance an agenda regarding Cuba, I don\u2019t think other governments are going to actively participate in that kind of agenda,&#8221; Bustamante argued.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For Rafael Hern\u00e1ndez, Donald Trump hasn\u2019t been the most hostile American president towards Cuba. In any case, he says, the Cuban government is more prepared to deal with this hostility than any other in this region.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;If it were true that Marco Rubio and Mauricio Claver-Carone are heading the policy toward Cuba, they will soon invade us. But I think the military continue to cooperate as before,&#8221; explained Hern\u00e1ndez.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He also mentioned that so far they have not managed to suspend the flights of the 14 airlines and the dozens of cruises, prevent the agreement between the Major Leagues and the Cuban Baseball Federation, cancel the bilateral meetings in matters related to law enforcement and the fight against crime, or direct postal service, just to mention a few examples.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_192416\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-192416\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/votaciones-fotos-kaloian-32-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-192416\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/votaciones-fotos-kaloian-32-1.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Kaloian\" width=\"1200\" height=\"842\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/votaciones-fotos-kaloian-32-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/votaciones-fotos-kaloian-32-1-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/votaciones-fotos-kaloian-32-1-768x539.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/votaciones-fotos-kaloian-32-1-1024x719.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/votaciones-fotos-kaloian-32-1-750x526.jpg 750w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/votaciones-fotos-kaloian-32-1-1140x800.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-192416\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Kaloian<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;I don\u2019t underestimate the deterioration of academic and cultural relations, the stagnation in visas and immigration agreements, in addition to hostile rhetoric. We will see <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/cuba-ee-uu\/que-pasaria-si-eeuu-aplica-el-titulo-iii-de-la-ley-helms-burton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">if they really apply Title III of the Helms-Burton Act<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and what the European Union, Canada, Mexico, and most of the countries with which Cuba has trade and cooperation relations will do in this regard,&#8221; said Hern\u00e1ndez.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gamarra, on the other hand, said that the United States is changing the rules a bit. &#8220;The same example of suspending Title III of the Helms-Burton Act for only 45 days sends certain messages. But I don\u2019t see that there is an interest in carrying out a conflict with Cuba,&#8221; he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;I think there is going to be a lot of rhetoric from both sides, there may not be ambassadors for the moment in any of the two countries, but frankly I doubt that relations can be broken. Although all this is a riddle. And we have to think about the interests of the United States, where we have our own crisis of democracy: a closed government, an unpopular president and profound questioning of his legitimacy,&#8221; explained Gamarra.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Requesting coherence at such unruly moments is very complicated,&#8221; concluded Gamarra.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-192387 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/cuba-and-the-political-chess-game-of-the-crisis-in-venezuela\/attachment\/vida-en-caracas-fotos-kaloian-24-1\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"678\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/vida-en-caracas-fotos-kaloian-24-1-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/vida-en-caracas-fotos-kaloian-24-1-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/vida-en-caracas-fotos-kaloian-24-1-1-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/vida-en-caracas-fotos-kaloian-24-1-1-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/vida-en-caracas-fotos-kaloian-24-1-1-750x497.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/cuba-and-the-political-chess-game-of-the-crisis-in-venezuela\/attachment\/maracay-aragua-fotos-kaloian-13-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"811\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/maracay-aragua-fotos-kaloian-13-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/maracay-aragua-fotos-kaloian-13-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/maracay-aragua-fotos-kaloian-13-1-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/maracay-aragua-fotos-kaloian-13-1-768x519.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/maracay-aragua-fotos-kaloian-13-1-1024x692.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/maracay-aragua-fotos-kaloian-13-1-750x507.jpg 750w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/maracay-aragua-fotos-kaloian-13-1-1140x770.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/cuba-and-the-political-chess-game-of-the-crisis-in-venezuela\/attachment\/maracay-aragua-fotos-kaloian-23-1\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"795\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/maracay-aragua-fotos-kaloian-23-1-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/maracay-aragua-fotos-kaloian-23-1-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/maracay-aragua-fotos-kaloian-23-1-1-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/maracay-aragua-fotos-kaloian-23-1-1-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/maracay-aragua-fotos-kaloian-23-1-1-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/maracay-aragua-fotos-kaloian-23-1-1-750x497.jpg 750w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/maracay-aragua-fotos-kaloian-23-1-1-1140x755.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/cuba-and-the-political-chess-game-of-the-crisis-in-venezuela\/attachment\/vida-en-caracas-fotos-kaloian-9-1-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1023\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/vida-en-caracas-fotos-kaloian-9-1-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/vida-en-caracas-fotos-kaloian-9-1-2.jpg 1023w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/vida-en-caracas-fotos-kaloian-9-1-2-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/vida-en-caracas-fotos-kaloian-9-1-2-768x494.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/vida-en-caracas-fotos-kaloian-9-1-2-750x482.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1023px) 100vw, 1023px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/cuba-and-the-political-chess-game-of-the-crisis-in-venezuela\/attachment\/vida-en-caracas-fotos-kaloian-22-3\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"678\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/vida-en-caracas-fotos-kaloian-22-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Photos: Kaloian\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-192421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/vida-en-caracas-fotos-kaloian-22-2.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/vida-en-caracas-fotos-kaloian-22-2-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/vida-en-caracas-fotos-kaloian-22-2-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/vida-en-caracas-fotos-kaloian-22-2-750x497.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-192421'>\n\t\t\t\tPhotos: Kaloian\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/cuba-and-the-political-chess-game-of-the-crisis-in-venezuela\/attachment\/vida-en-caracas-fotos-kaloian-26-1-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"787\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/vida-en-caracas-fotos-kaloian-26-1-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/vida-en-caracas-fotos-kaloian-26-1-2.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/vida-en-caracas-fotos-kaloian-26-1-2-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/vida-en-caracas-fotos-kaloian-26-1-2-768x590.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/vida-en-caracas-fotos-kaloian-26-1-2-750x576.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/cuba-and-the-political-chess-game-of-the-crisis-in-venezuela\/attachment\/venezuela-caracas-2-fotos-kaloian-40-1\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"716\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/venezuela-caracas-2-fotos-kaloian-40-1-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/venezuela-caracas-2-fotos-kaloian-40-1-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/venezuela-caracas-2-fotos-kaloian-40-1-1-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/venezuela-caracas-2-fotos-kaloian-40-1-1-768x537.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/venezuela-caracas-2-fotos-kaloian-40-1-1-750x524.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><strong>Is another Special Period in sight?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Within this complex context, Cubans speculate in social networks about the possibility of another &#8220;Special Period&#8221; in the midst of a very difficult economic situation.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;Vamos a entrar de nuevo en un per\u00edodo especial.&quot; That was an exaggeration then, and it may be now. But it speaks to the degree to which many Cubans may see what comes next not as a political opportunity, but as a sentence\u2014 bound, in the short-run, to make their lives worse.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Michael J Bustamante, Ph.D. (@MJ_Busta) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MJ_Busta\/status\/1088499729779052545?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 24, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For Bustamante it is very difficult to predict what will happen; he remains skeptical &#8220;when people say the next domino that will fall will be Cuba (after Venezuela).&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;If that did not happen in 1994, when the GDP had fallen more than 30 percent in three years, it\u2019s very difficult that it will happen now,&#8221; he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For his part, Alzugaray ruled out that a similar crisis that leads to a confrontation of that kind will take place in Cuba. &#8220;For Cuba it is one more element of danger that is added to the already serious intensification of the actions related to the blockade. But it is irresponsible to argue that something similar can happen in Cuba,&#8221; he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the other hand, and in the field of economic relations with Venezuela, it would be very difficult for Cuban medical collaboration to continue without Maduro in power. Bustamante explains that &#8220;when you add that to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/cuba\/cuba-se-retira-de-programa-mas-medicos-tras-amenazas-de-bolsonaro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">withdrawal of Cuban doctors from Brazil<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, it has a very strong <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/cuba\/economia\/las-condiciones-de-la-economia-cubana-para-el-ano-2019-despues-de-mas-medicos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">economic effect<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for Cuba. And not to mention the supply of oil, which had already dropped in recent years, but that it would be very difficult for a new Venezuelan administration to continue supplying it to Cuba at low prices,&#8221; he explained.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"XSQVWlnlmI\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/opinion\/columnas\/contrapesos\/el-fin-de-mas-medicos-entre-brasil-y-cuba-la-punta-del-iceberg\/\">El fin de M\u00e1s M\u00e9dicos entre Brasil y Cuba, \u00bfla punta del iceberg?<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"\u00abEl fin de M\u00e1s M\u00e9dicos entre Brasil y Cuba, \u00bfla punta del iceberg?\u00bb \u2014 OnCubaNews\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/opinion\/columnas\/contrapesos\/el-fin-de-mas-medicos-entre-brasil-y-cuba-la-punta-del-iceberg\/embed\/#?secret=x8sVG7obyT#?secret=XSQVWlnlmI\" data-secret=\"XSQVWlnlmI\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Yes there is an economic dependence between Cuba and Venezuela, but we are not talking about the extreme dependence that existed with the Soviet Union, so I would not see an effect as serious as on that occasion,&#8221; said Bustamante.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;What would happen is that Cuba would need to strengthen alliances with any country it can, especially with powers such as Russia or China, in a context of tension with the United States. The European Union, if it does not change its position, could also see an opportunity to advance its trade agendas,&#8221; he concluded.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For Rafael Hern\u00e1ndez, the analysis of the Cuban context and its new government offers social guarantees. &#8220;This is a newly elected government, which doesn\u2019t have its arms folded, neither outward nor inward, whose policies prioritize economic problems, and the recovery of services such as transportation, digital technologies, communications, and maintains the course towards a mixed economy,&#8221; he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;This Cuban government is not only far from facing anything remotely similar to the attempts of the Venezuelan Assembly to overthrow the Maduro government; rather, in every sense it is the most stable in the entire region,&#8221; concluded Hernandez.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-192387 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