Relationship dossier
Haiti
Venezuela
Relationship assessment
Earlier oil and humanitarian cooperation was followed by a diplomatic rift over Venezuela’s political leadership.
Haiti toward Venezuela
+5Haiti participated in Petrocaribe, a Venezuelan-led oil cooperation arrangement, and later recognized Juan Guaidó as Venezuela’s interim president in 2019, opposing Nicolás Maduro’s claim to the presidency.
Venezuela toward Haiti
+35Venezuela provided Haiti with oil financing through Petrocaribe and offered assistance after the 2010 earthquake, including support for reconstruction and relief.
Overall relationship
+20The relationship’s enduring structure includes concrete economic and humanitarian cooperation, especially through Petrocaribe and Venezuela’s post-earthquake assistance. Haiti’s 2019 recognition of Juan Guaidó introduced a significant political rupture, tempering that cooperative history.
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
Haiti and Venezuela developed substantial cooperation through Venezuela’s Petrocaribe oil arrangement and assistance to Haiti after the 2010 earthquake. Their relations later became politically strained when Haiti recognized Juan Guaidó as Venezuela’s interim president in 2019. The relationship therefore combines earlier economic and humanitarian cooperation with a later diplomatic disagreement.
Areas of tension
- Haiti’s 2019 recognition of Juan Guaidó as Venezuela’s interim president conflicted with the Maduro government’s claim to power.
Key developments
Haiti joined the Venezuelan-led Petrocaribe oil cooperation arrangement.
Venezuela provided assistance to Haiti following the earthquake.
Haiti recognized Juan Guaidó as Venezuela’s interim president.
Major uncertainties
- The extent and continuity of Petrocaribe-related support to Haiti are unclear.
- The scope of Venezuelan assistance to Haiti after the 2010 earthquake is uncertain.
- The timing and extent of subsequent changes in Haiti’s policy toward Venezuela are unclear.