No reason to think that the new government will have a different attitude to Cuba, assuming that Chavez's favoured candidate, Nicolas Maduro is elected in a month's time, which can't be assumed. They have real elections in Venezuela since Chavez came along.

After being a bus driver and underground trade union activist under the previous regime - when Trade Unions were banned (with approval from backers of the regime in North America), he spent some time in Cuba studying. So he might be good at keeping things on the road and avoiding accidents...

It will be interesting to see who gets sent to the funeral from various countries.