And you can be sure that Hugo Chavez is learning from the Cubans and is implementing this stuff in Venezuela.
Yes, undoubtedly the Cubans are helping Chavez in Venezuela, and will help their minions in Bolivia and Ecuador.
The East Germans had strong ties with certain African regimes. I wouldn’t be surprised if they assisted Mugabe.
The East Germans were especially friendly with the North Koreans. When the DDR ceased to exist, Kim Il Sung offered to give refuge to Honecker. (Honecker eventually went into exile in Chile, sheltered by local leftists there.)
The North Korean system also, like the Stasi, owes much to Soviet models. The North Koreans to this day maintain Siberian labor camps, with Russian cooperation.
There is a tendency for these regimes to collaborate. For example, it’s known the N. Korea has it’s hands in Iran. Iran has close ties with Venezuela (Believe it or not).
An Iran will see no competition (They are not competing for power nationally or regionally) and no threat in Venezuela, but a mutual partner when it comes to their threat picture. So the answer is most definitely yes. Without even much investigation it can be assumed that Cuba and Venezuela are working hand in glove. More later.