Wobbling Cuban Regime Suddenly Lacks a Benefactor Without Maduro

Hours after the US military whisked Nicolás Maduro away from Caracas, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel said his people should be prepared to “give their blood, even their lives” to defend Venezuela and the Cuban revolution. But even that might not be enough.

With Maduro now awaiting trial in New York, Cuba is left without its principal global ally as its economy careens deeper into the abyss.

For decades, Venezuela provided the communist-run island with the bulk of its fuel and financing in exchange for Cuban doctors, teachers and security personnel — some of whom were slain in the raid ...