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Aruba Venezuela

Relationship assessment

Venezuelan border restrictions caused friction; foreign relations are primarily a Kingdom of the Netherlands responsibility.

Aruba toward Venezuela

Not assessed

Aruba is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and foreign relations are primarily a Kingdom responsibility. Details of Aruba's own government conduct toward Venezuela are limited.

Venezuela toward Aruba

-20

In 2019, Venezuela imposed border restrictions affecting Aruba amid a dispute over international aid. Border traffic later resumed, but the episode caused concrete friction.

Overall relationship

Not assessed
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

Knowledge coverageLimited

Overview

Aruba is a constituent country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, whose government is responsible for the Kingdom’s foreign relations. Venezuela’s border restrictions affecting Aruba during the 2019 dispute over international aid created a concrete episode of bilateral friction; border traffic later resumed. Details of Aruba’s own government-to-government cooperation with Venezuela are limited.

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