The Organization of American States is an international organization founded on 30 April 1948 to promote cooperation among its member states within the Americas.
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 served as the 52nd president of Venezuela from 1999 until his death in 2013,except for a brief period of forty-seven hours 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 who currently serves as Minister of Interior,Justice and Peace since 2024. Cabello is a former 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.
A failed coup d'état on 11 April 2002 saw the president of Venezuela,Hugo Chávez,ousted from office for 47 hours before being restored to power. Chávez was aided in his return to power by popular support and mobilization against the coup by loyal ranks in the military.
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 2016. Previously he was Ambassador to Cuba and then Minister of Education from 2007 to 2008.
Since 2 February 1999,Venezuela has seen sweeping and radical shifts in social policy,moving away from the last government's officially embracing a free-market economy and liberalization reform principles and towards income redistribution and social welfare programs.
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 who has served as the 53rd president of Venezuela since 2013. Previously,he was the 24th vice president of Venezuela from 2012 to 2013,the minister of foreign affairs from 2006 to 2012,and the 3rd president of the National Assembly of Venezuela from 2005 to 2006.
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. 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 signing of the Declaration of Caracas. It consists of 33 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean and has 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.
The nations of Mexico and Venezuela established diplomatic relations in 1831,however,diplomatic relations between both nations have been historically unstable on several occasions. During the Venezuelan presidential crisis,Mexico took a neutral position and has continued to maintain diplomatic relations with the government of President Nicolás Maduro.
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. Arreaza has been sanctioned by Canada and the United States for his role in the violation of human rights in Venezuela.
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.
