Relationship dossier
Bolivia
Uruguay
Relationship assessment
Bolivia and Uruguay have cooperated on Mercosur integration and access to port infrastructure.
Bolivia toward Uruguay
+25Bolivia joined the Mercosur accession protocol signed with Uruguay and the other member states, creating a concrete framework for regional integration with Uruguay.
Uruguay toward Bolivia
+30Uruguay supported Bolivia's participation in Mercosur and offered Bolivia access to Uruguayan port facilities, including Nueva Palmira, as a practical form of cooperation.
Overall relationship
+25Regional integration and Uruguay's offer of port access provide a cooperative foundation to the bilateral relationship. The available scope of these arrangements does not establish a broader or exceptionally close partnership.
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
Bolivia and Uruguay have pursued cooperation through regional integration and practical access to maritime infrastructure. Bolivia joined the Mercosur accession protocol signed with existing members, including Uruguay, and Uruguay has offered Bolivia use of port facilities. The scale and implementation of these arrangements, and the breadth of other bilateral cooperation, are unclear.
Key developments
Bolivia signed the protocol for accession to Mercosur with the bloc's existing members, including Uruguay.
Uruguay offered Bolivia access to Uruguayan port facilities, including Nueva Palmira.
Major uncertainties
- The extent to which Bolivia has used Uruguay's port facilities is unclear.
- The scope and implementation of other bilateral agreements are unclear.