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Offline Sanguine

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Venezuelans are starving, but the country still sends crude to Cuba
« on: July 12, 2018, 02:04:35 pm »
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Venezuelan oil production is dropping rapidly and the government has no money to buy food, medicines or consumer goods, but there is one item that the socialist regime of President Nicolás Maduro seems unwilling to sacrifice under any circumstances: oil subsidies to Cuba.

News reports that a shipment of 500,000 barrels of crude was on its way this week to the port of Matanzas in northwestern Cuba sparked indignation among many in Venezuela, a country suffering under the worst economic crisis of its history.

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Why?

“Because Cuba today is the real mainstay of his power,” said De La Cruz. “Without the Cuban support, Maduro would have been gone a long time ago. Havana today is supplying him with the instruments of repression and the intelligence apparatus that allows him to stay in power despite the tornado he faces.”

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/venezuela/article214635335.html
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Re: Venezuelans are starving, but the country still sends crude to Cuba
« Reply #1 on: July 12, 2018, 02:14:16 pm »
it lacks sufficient light crude required to mix with heavy Cuban crude so it can be processed on the island, forcing Venezuela to buy light crude abroad in order to meet its commitments to Havana.

“There have been purchases of light crude in the open market, Russian crudes, and these are sent to Cuba,” said Juan Fernandez, former PDVSA executive director of planning.

While the supermarket shelves stay empty and people in Venezuela line up and wait for the right to search through the garbage bins.
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Re: Venezuelans are starving, but the country still sends crude to Cuba
« Reply #2 on: July 12, 2018, 02:37:17 pm »
Well, they voted for it.
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Re: Venezuelans are starving, but the country still sends crude to Cuba
« Reply #3 on: July 12, 2018, 02:52:59 pm »
Quote from: dfwgator on July 12, 2018, 02:37:17 pm
Well, they voted for it.

Did they? 
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Re: Venezuelans are starving, but the country still sends crude to Cuba
« Reply #4 on: July 12, 2018, 02:58:01 pm »
Quote from: Sanguine on July 12, 2018, 02:52:59 pm
Did they?

Yep.  They voted for Chavez and Maduro several times.
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Re: Venezuelans are starving, but the country still sends crude to Cuba
« Reply #5 on: July 12, 2018, 03:14:20 pm »
Quote from: dfwgator on July 12, 2018, 02:58:01 pm
Yep.  They voted for Chavez and Maduro several times.

I meant that the voting was probably not legitimate.
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