Holding our breath, between expectation and fear. No one, like us, knows what is at stake; the shockwave will reach this island.
HAVANA TIMES – The news arrives fragmented and confusing, but in Cuba, people have their “ears pricked up” when it comes to the electoral process in Venezuela. Amid the daily problems, the power cuts spreading across the island, and inflation that has sunk the purchasing power of much of the population, it’s hard to believe that what happens abroad can be a topic of interest here. But the date July 28 is not just any event nor is it in just any country.
At the beginning of this century, the alliance between Havana and Caracas seemed eternal. The generous oil subsidy that Hugo Chávez granted to the island allowed the Cuban regime to halt part of the economic reforms it was forced to undertake following the crisis after the fall of the Soviet Union. Like in any political marriage, both parties not only joined forces in the economy, international diplomacy, and ideological discourse bu
