Basketball was one of 31 sports offered at the 18th Central American and Caribbean Games , held in Maracaibo, Venezuela in August 1998.
The Central American and Caribbean Games are a multi-sport regional championship event, held quadrennial, typically in the middle (even) year between Summer Olympics. The Games are for countries in Central America, the Caribbean, Mexico, and the South American Caribbean countries of Colombia, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela.