The Organization of American States is an international organization founded on April 30,1948 to promote cooperation among its member states within the Americas. Headquartered in Washington,D.C.,OAS is a "multilateral regional body focused on human rights,electoral oversight,social and economic development,and security in the Western Hemisphere," according to the Council on Foreign Relations. As of June 2023,35 states in the Americas are OAS members. Since the 1990s,the organization has focused on election monitoring. Luis Almagro was inaugurated as OAS secretary general in 2015.
The foreign relations of Venezuela had since the early twentieth century been particularly strong with the United States. However,since the election of Hugo Chávez as President of Venezuela in 1998,Venezuela's foreign policy differed substantially from that of previous Venezuelan governments. This change in foreign policy direction continues under the current president Nicolás Maduro.
Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías was a Venezuelan politician and military officer who was president of Venezuela from 1999 until his death in 2013,except for a brief period in 2002. Chávez was also leader of the Fifth Republic Movement political party from its foundation in 1997 until 2007,when it merged with several other parties to form the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV),which he led until 2012.
Diosdado Cabello Rondón is a Venezuelan politician and current member of the National Assembly of Venezuela,where he previously served as Speaker. He is also an active member of the Venezuelan armed forces,with the rank of captain.
Roy Chaderton Matos is a Venezuelan politician,lawyer,and diplomat. A graduate of the Universidad Central de Venezuela,Chaderton is one of the most experienced members of the Venezuelan diplomatic corps. He was foreign minister from May 2002 to July 2004 in the government of Hugo Chávez.
United States–Venezuela relations have traditionally been characterized by an important trade and investment relationship as well as cooperation in combating the production and transit of illegal drugs.
Adán Chávez Frías is a Venezuelan politician who was Governor of Barinas state from 2008 to 2017. Previously he was Ambassador to Cuba and then Minister of Education from 2007 to 2008. He is the elder brother of Hugo Chávez,who was President of Venezuela from 1999 to 2013,and of the Mayor of Sabaneta,Barinas,Anibal JoséChávez Frías.
Since 2 February 1999,Venezuela saw sweeping and radical shifts in social policy,moving away from the last governments officially embracing a free-market economy and liberalization reform principles and towards income redistribution and social welfare programs.
Globovisión is a 24-hour television news network. It broadcasts over-the-air in Caracas,Aragua,Carabobo and Zulia on UHF channel 33. Globovisión is seen in the rest of Venezuela on cable or satellite and worldwide from their website. Some of Globovisión's programs can be seen in the United States on cable network Canal Sur and TV Venezuela,a channel offered in DirecTV's Para Todos package. In Latin America,Globovision can be seen in Argentina,Colombia,Chile,Ecuador,Peru,Uruguay and other territories as Aruba,Trinidad and Tobago,Barbados and Curaçao in DirecTV's package.
María Corina Machado Parisca is a Venezuelan politician who served as an elected member of the National Assembly of Venezuela from 2011 to 2014. She was a candidate for Venezuelan president in the 2012 elections and has indicated that she would run again in 2019 if disputed interim President Juan Guaidówere to call for elections.
Henrique Capriles Radonski is a Venezuelan politician and lawyer,who served as the 36th Governor of Miranda from 2008 to 2017.
Nicolás Maduro Moros is a Venezuelan politician and president of Venezuela since 2013.
Relations between Cuba and Venezuela were established in 1902. The relationship deteriorated in the 1960s and Venezuela broke relations in late 1961 following the Betancourt Doctrine policy of not having ties with governments that had come to power by non-electoral means. A destabilizing factor was the Cuban support for the antigovernment guerrilla force that operates in remote rural areas. Venezuela broke off relations with Cuba after the Machurucuto invasion in 1967,when Cuban trained guerrillas landed in Venezuela seeking to recruit guerrillas and overthrow the government of Raúl Leoni. Relations were reestablished in 1974.
Jorge Valero Briceño is a Venezuelan diplomat. He was a Permanent Representative of Venezuela to the United Nations.
The Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) is a regional bloc of Latin American and Caribbean states proposed on February 23,2010,at the Rio Group–Caribbean Community Unity Summit,and created on December 3,2011,in Caracas,Venezuela,with the signature of The Declaration of Caracas. It consists of 33 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean having five official languages.
Guillermo John Roque Fernández de Soto Valderrama is a Colombian lawyer and diplomat,who has served as Secretary General of the Andean Community of Nations,Minister of Foreign Affairs of Colombia,Ambassador of Colombia to the Kingdom of the Netherlands,and designated-Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotenciary,Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations in New York.
Haiti–Venezuela relations are relations between Haiti and Venezuela. Venezuela has an embassy in Port-au-Prince,and Haiti has an embassy in Caracas.
Luis Leonardo Almagro Lemes is a Uruguayan lawyer,diplomat,and politician who currently serves as the 10th Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS) since 2015. A former member of the Broad Front,Almagro served as Minister of Foreign Relations of Uruguay from 2010 to 2015 under president JoséMujica.
Jorge Alberto Arreaza Montserrat is a Venezuelan politician who has held several important positions in the administration of President Hugo Chávez and his successor Nicolás Maduro. From August 2017 to August 2021,Arreaza served as Venezuela's Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Leamsy JoséSalazar Villafaña is an ex-lieutenant colonel in the Venezuelan Navy who was also the head of security details for Hugo Chávez and Diosdado Cabello. Salazar defected to the United States in December 2014 with the assistance of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration providing allegations of Diosdado Cabello heading an organization involved in international drug trade known as the Cartel of the Suns.
