Riddled With Cancer and Facing an Election, What Will Befall Chávez’s Ties to Cuba?

As Venezuela counts down to its presidential election in October, many may wonder what will befall the country’s special relationship with Cuba if Chávez should falter. In recent years, Venezuela has pursued unprecedented ties to the Communist island nation, and recently Chávez drew international headlines when the ailing president traveled to Cuba to remove malignant and cancerous tumors in his body. With a big question mark now hanging over Chávez’s health, and the rightist opposition looking more politically viable than previously, the Cuba-Venezuela alliance could easily crumble. Read Article