Moreover, with the support of oil-rich allies like Venezuela’s President Hugo Chávez – and with the recent discovery of significant crude reserves off Cuba’s own coast – introducing reforms could well become less urgent. In that case, Raúl may seek to cling grimly to the fossilized system that he helped build and maintain with such brutality.
另外，有了像盛产石油的委内瑞拉的总统查韦斯这样的盟友支持—再加上最近发现的古巴本国的丰富近海石油储藏—引入改革很可能也变得不那么急迫了。在那样的情况下，劳尔可能会选择沿袭这一他参与缔造并以强权维护的陈腐政体。