Relationship dossier
Belize
Venezuela
Relationship assessment
Petrocaribe provided a concrete framework for Belize–Venezuela cooperation
Belize toward Venezuela
+25Belize participated in Petrocaribe, the regional oil and financing arrangement led by Venezuela, creating a concrete channel for cooperation with the Venezuelan government.
Venezuela toward Belize
+25Venezuela supplied oil to Belize through Petrocaribe on financing terms intended to ease participating countries’ costs.
Overall relationship
+25The relationship has included practical cooperation through Petrocaribe, with Belize participating and Venezuela providing oil and financing terms. The available bilateral picture is limited, and the arrangement’s scope and continuity are unclear.
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
Belize and Venezuela have cooperated through Petrocaribe. Belize participated in the arrangement, while Venezuela supplied oil on financing terms intended to ease participating countries’ costs. This is a concrete area of bilateral cooperation, though its scope and continuity are unclear.
Key developments
Belize participated in Petrocaribe, through which Venezuela supplied oil to participating countries on preferential financing terms.
Major uncertainties
- The extent and continuity of Belize’s participation in Petrocaribe are unclear.
- The scale and duration of Venezuelan oil deliveries and financing to Belize are unclear.