Maduro calls Venezuela opposition "heirs of Hitler"

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119. Would you care to explain how you reach these numbers?

I am personally not all that scandalized by subsidies among allied countries. In Germany, where I live, the states with higher tax revenue subsidize those with lower income to the tune of up to 3.4 billion Euros per year (Saxony, with 4 million inhabitants) - without any compensation. The only benefit I have as tax payer in one of the rich states is the satisfaction I may feel that Germans in the poorer states have access to the same quality of state services than I have.

However, I am sceptical about the numbers you are citing. According to Wikipedia, they are false (like so many other claims of yours we have debunked so far):

In October 2000, Chávez and Castro signed the Convenio Integral de Cooperación under which Venezuela will send 53,000-barrel (8,400 m3) per day of oil to Cuba and will receive technical support and in the fields of education, health care, sports, and science and technology.[17] In February 2005, Venezuela increased its discounted oil shipments to Cuba to 90,000-barrel (14,000 m3) per day[1] which represents less than 3.5% of Venezuela's total oil production. But for Cuba, 90,000 bbl/d (14,000 m3/d) is of high value. Much of this oil obtained from Venezuela is subsidized. According to 2005 estimates, Venezuela is providing Cuba nearly 20,000 bbl/d (3,200 m3/d) to 26,000 bbl/d (4,100 m3/d) of oil free of cost, for a total "gift" of $6–8 billion until 2020.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuba%E2%80%93Venezuela_relations#Oil

This is what the convention says:

Artículo III

La República Bolivariana de Venezuela se compromete a proveer a la República de Cuba a solicitud de ésta y como parte de este Convenio Integral de Cooperación, bienes y servicios que comprenden asistencia y asesorías técnicas provenientes de entes públicos y privados, así como el suministro de crudos y derivados de petróleo, hasta por un total de cincuenta y tres mil (53.000) barriles diarios. Estos volúmenes serán presentados en un programa de nominaciones, de carácter trimestral y anualizado por las empresas CUPET y CUBAMETALES a PDVSA en las cantidades y condiciones que se establecerán anualmente entre Las Partes, tomando como referencia las bases del Acuerdo Energético de Cooperación de Caracas.

Las ventas ser realizarán bajo los contratos tipo de PDVSA en condiciones CIF para cada uno de estos tipos de crudo y derivados.

Los precios serán determinados por el mercado en base a las fórmulas aplicables.

Las ventas serán sobre las bases de un esquema de financiamiento mixto de corto y largo plazo, utilizándose las escalas aplicables al Acuerdo Energético de Caracas, que es la siguiente:

Precio promedio de realización/venta por barril de crudo en dólares estadounidenses Ajuste %
> =15 5
> = 20 10
> =22 15
> = 24 20
> = 30 25

La anterior fórmula será aplicada al resto de los combustibles y lubricantes.

Todo lo relativo al financiamiento de corto y largo plazo, se regirá de conformidad con los dispuesto en el Anexo II que se entenderá como parte integrante de este Convenio.

Artículo IV

Disposición Especial

La República de Cuba ofrece gratuitamente a la República Bolivariana de Venezuela los servicios médicos, especialistas y técnicos de la salud para prestar servicios en lugares donde no se disponga de ese personal. Los médicos especialistas y técnicos cubanos en la prestación de sus servicios en la República Bolivariana de Venezuela ofrecerán gratuitamente entrenamiento al personal venezolano de diversos niveles que las autoridades soliciten.

La parte venezolana cubrirá los gastos de alojamiento, alimentación, transportación interna.

El gobierno de Cuba garantizará a todos los galenos y demás técnicos sus salarios y la atención adecuada a los respectivos familiares en la Isla.

http://www.minpal.gob.ve/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=551&Itemid=4

So, Venezuela actually provides a limited amount of oil at a 25% discount.

Assuming a price of US$100 per barrel, a 25% discount for up to 90,000 barrel per day is equal to US$2,250,000 per day or some $821 million per year.

At current oil prices, the number of 8 billion dollars in total mentioned in the Wikipedia quote above is reached within ten years or so.

This "gift", however, as is commonly known, is not free of charge since Cuba provides doctors and services in exchange:

In return for Venezuelan oil, Cuba is sending approximately 30,000 to 50,000 technical personnel to Venezuela, including physicians, sport coaches, teachers, and arts instructors who offer social services, often in poverty-stricken regions. Under the programme Convenio de Atención a Pacientes implemented in 2000, Venezuela send patients and their relatives for medical treatment in Cuba where the Government of Venezuela pays the transportation costs, and Cuba bears all other expenses.[6]

In April 2005, the two countries signed an agreement to increase the number of healthcare workers in Venezuela to 30,000 and initiated health programs which included establishment of 1,000 free medical centers, training of 50,000 medical personnel, and surgical treatment for approximately 100,000 Venezuelans in Cuba. Cuba also offered to train an additional 40,000 Venezuelan physicians. Meanwhile the oil shipment to Cuba is increased to 90,000 barrels (14,000 m3) per day.[17] In 2005 alone, 50,000 Venezuelans went to Cuba for free eye treatment.[5]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuba%E2%80%93Venezuela_relations#Health_care