Relationship dossier
Argentina
Venezuela
Relationship assessment
Earlier cooperation has given way to sharp diplomatic confrontation
Argentina toward Venezuela
-35Argentina's government under Javier Milei rejected Venezuela's announced 2024 presidential election result. Argentina had also maintained energy and financial cooperation with Venezuela under earlier administrations, making the relationship's course strongly dependent on changes in government.
Venezuela toward Argentina
-30Venezuela ordered Argentine diplomats to leave in July 2024 after Argentina rejected the announced Venezuelan election result. Under earlier governments, Venezuela maintained energy and financial cooperation with Argentina.
Overall relationship
-20The enduring relationship has included significant government cooperation, notably in energy and finance under earlier administrations, but has been vulnerable to political change. The 2024 election dispute and resulting diplomatic rupture are a major adversarial feature, outweighing the basis for describing current relations as cooperative.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Argentina and Venezuela had close government cooperation under earlier administrations, including energy and financial ties. Relations later deteriorated, particularly under Argentina's government led by Javier Milei. In July 2024, Argentina rejected Venezuela's announced election result, and Venezuela ordered Argentine diplomats to leave. The relationship therefore combines earlier cooperation with a sharp recent confrontation.
Areas of tension
- Dispute over the announced result of Venezuela's 2024 presidential election
- Diplomatic rupture and the expulsion of Argentine diplomats from Venezuela
Key developments
Venezuela ordered Argentine diplomats to leave after Argentina rejected the announced result of Venezuela's presidential election.
Major uncertainties
- The extent to which earlier energy and financial cooperation remains relevant to current government policy is unclear.
- The scope of practical bilateral contacts following the 2024 diplomatic rupture is unclear.