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For Cuba, Chávez's Health Is a Vital Statistic

MEXICO CITY—For more than a year, Venezuelans have fretted over how they will fare as their charismatic president, Hugo Chávez, faces dual battles of cancer and a fall election. But Mr. Chávez's fate may pose an even greater cause of concern in another country—Venezuela's Communist ally, Cuba.

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In 2010, Venezuela accounted for at least 40% of Cuba's overall trade in goods, up from 27% the year before.
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For 12 years, the Venezuelan president has propped up the ailing island's economy with generous subsidies. They include roughly 105,000 cut-rate barrels of oil a day—about half of Cuba's energy needs for petroleum
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Under the arrangement, Venezuela pays the Cuban government $135,000 a year for each doctor it sends over, 27 times the salary of the average Venezuelan public doctor,

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424...0274916840.html

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