Belizean-Venezuelan relations
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Belize
Venezuela

Belize and Venezuela established diplomatic relations in 1989.

History

Belize and Venezuela established diplomatic relations on 25 April 1989.[1]

Belize was among the ten Central American and Caribbean countries that signed the Caracas Energy Agreement on 19 October 2000, in which Venezuela would sell oil under preferential payment conditions, including a one-year grace period and a fifteen-year credit period, with a 2% annual interest rate.[2][3]

On 11 August 2016, the government of Belize subscribed to the joint declaration of 15 member countries of the Organization of American States (OAS) that called on behalf of the organization for the opening of a "frank dialogue" in Venezuela for the holding "without delay" of a presidential recall referendum in Venezuela.[4]

In April 2017, during the institutional crisis and protests in Venezuela in 2017, days after the Supreme Tribunal of Justice of Venezuela took control of the legislative branch, Belize abstained from voting on a resolution of the Organization of American States to denounce a "violation of the constitutional order," approved by consensus at a special session.[5]

On 17 September 2017, Belize suspended its participation within Petrocaribe due to problems from Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) to maintain the continuous supply of petroleum.[6]

Belize also abstained from a resolution of the Organization of American States, approved on 5 June 2018, in which the results of Venezuela's 20 May presidential elections, where Nicolás Maduro was proclaimed the winner, were rejected.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 December 2017. Retrieved 6 December 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ↑ "Venezuela firma un acuerdo energético con varios países latinoamericanos". América Económica Internacional. 4 June 2017. Archived from the original on 4 June 2017. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
  3. ↑ "Acuerdo Energético de Caracas abrió el camino hacia la integración latinoamericana". AVN. 19 October 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
  4. ↑ "15 países de la OEA piden avanzar "sin demora" con el referendo revocatorio" (in European Spanish). 11 August 2016. Archived from the original on 14 August 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  5. ↑ Alonso, Nicolás (4 April 2017). "19 países declaran en la OEA una violación del orden constitucional en Venezuela". El País (in Spanish). ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  6. ↑ Becerra Vidarte, Héctor (17 September 2017). "Belice se retira de Petrocaribe por fallas de PDVSA en el suministro de petróleo". El Nuevo País. Archived from the original on 19 September 2017. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  7. ↑ "Con 19 votos a favor, 4 en contra y 11 abstenciones OEA vota resolución". Efecto Cocuyo (in Spanish). 5 June 2018. Archived from the original on 24 June 2018. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
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