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Relationship dossier

Saint Kitts and Nevis Venezuela

Relationship assessment

Petrocaribe cooperation forms the clearest known element of Saint Kitts and Nevis–Venezuela relations.

Saint Kitts and Nevis toward Venezuela

+30

Saint Kitts and Nevis participated in Petrocaribe, a Venezuelan-led oil-supply and financing arrangement, establishing a concrete basis for cooperation with Venezuela.

Venezuela toward Saint Kitts and Nevis

+35

Venezuela extended Petrocaribe's oil-supply and financing framework to Saint Kitts and Nevis as a participating Caribbean state.

Overall relationship

+30

Petrocaribe created a substantive cooperative framework linking Venezuelan oil supplies and financing with participating Caribbean governments, including Saint Kitts and Nevis. The broader pattern of bilateral cooperation and the arrangement's implementation over time 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

Knowledge coverageLimited

Overview

Saint Kitts and Nevis and Venezuela have cooperated through Petrocaribe, the regional oil-supply and financing arrangement launched by Venezuela. Saint Kitts and Nevis participated in the arrangement, while Venezuela extended its oil-supply and financing framework to participating Caribbean states. The scope and durability of this bilateral cooperation beyond Petrocaribe are unclear.

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