Relationship dossier
Honduras
Venezuela
Relationship assessment
Political and energy cooperation has revived after a rupture following Honduras’s 2009 crisis.
Honduras toward Venezuela
+20Honduras joined the Venezuelan-led ALBA alliance and participated in energy cooperation associated with Venezuela. After the 2009 political crisis, Honduras withdrew from ALBA; the government under Xiomara Castro later restored diplomatic relations with Venezuela’s Maduro government.
Venezuela toward Honduras
+20Venezuela provided energy assistance to Honduras through regional cooperation arrangements and supported the Honduran government of Manuel Zelaya. Venezuela subsequently restored diplomatic relations with the government of Xiomara Castro.
Overall relationship
+15The relationship has included substantive political and energy cooperation, especially during Honduras’s participation in ALBA, but the 2009 crisis and Honduras’s withdrawal from the alliance interrupted that alignment. Restoration of diplomatic relations under Xiomara Castro renewed political ties, while the extent of practical cooperation remains 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
Honduras and Venezuela have experienced periods of close political and energy cooperation, including Honduras’s participation in the Venezuelan-led ALBA alliance and Venezuelan-backed energy assistance. Honduras withdrew from ALBA after the 2009 political crisis, disrupting ties. The Honduran government under Xiomara Castro later restored diplomatic relations with Nicolás Maduro’s government, renewing political engagement, though the breadth of current cooperation is unclear.
Areas of tension
- Honduras’s 2009 political crisis and subsequent withdrawal from ALBA disrupted its political alignment with Venezuela.
Key developments
Honduras joined the Venezuelan-led ALBA alliance.
Honduras withdrew from ALBA following the 2009 political crisis.
The Honduran government under Xiomara Castro restored diplomatic relations with Venezuela’s Maduro government.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of renewed Honduran-Venezuelan cooperation are unclear.
- The extent of ongoing energy cooperation between the governments is uncertain.