Venezuela–United States relations

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bilateral relations international relations

Venezuela–United States relations encompass the historically complex and often tense diplomatic, economic, and political interactions between the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and the United States of America.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
U.S.–Venezuela relations	1
United States–Venezuela relations	1
Venezuela–United States relations canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2399542 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Venezuela–United States relations
Context triple: [Embassy of Venezuela in Washington, D.C., subjectOf, Venezuela–United States relations]

A. United States–Cuba relations
United States–Cuba relations encompass the historically tense and often adversarial diplomatic, economic, and political interactions between the two countries, shaped by Cold War conflicts, embargoes, and intermittent attempts at normalization.
B. Brazil–United States relations
Brazil–United States relations encompass the diplomatic, economic, and strategic interactions between Brazil and the United States, including cooperation on trade, security, and regional and global issues.
C. United States–Puerto Rico relations
United States–Puerto Rico relations encompass the political, legal, economic, and social ties between the U.S. federal government and the unincorporated territory of Puerto Rico, including debates over its status and degree of self-governance.
D. United States–Spain relations
United States–Spain relations encompass the historical and contemporary diplomatic, economic, military, and cultural ties between the United States of America and the Kingdom of Spain.
E. Panama–United States relations
Panama–United States relations encompass the historical and contemporary political, economic, and security ties between the two countries, shaped largely by issues surrounding the Panama Canal and U.S. influence in Panamanian affairs.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Venezuela–United States relations
Target entity description: Venezuela–United States relations encompass the historically complex and often tense diplomatic, economic, and political interactions between the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and the United States of America.

A. United States–Cuba relations
United States–Cuba relations encompass the historically tense and often adversarial diplomatic, economic, and political interactions between the two countries, shaped by Cold War conflicts, embargoes, and intermittent attempts at normalization.
B. Brazil–United States relations
Brazil–United States relations encompass the diplomatic, economic, and strategic interactions between Brazil and the United States, including cooperation on trade, security, and regional and global issues.
C. United States–Puerto Rico relations
United States–Puerto Rico relations encompass the political, legal, economic, and social ties between the U.S. federal government and the unincorporated territory of Puerto Rico, including debates over its status and degree of self-governance.
D. United States–Spain relations
United States–Spain relations encompass the historical and contemporary diplomatic, economic, military, and cultural ties between the United States of America and the Kingdom of Spain.
E. Panama–United States relations
Panama–United States relations encompass the historical and contemporary political, economic, and security ties between the two countries, shaped largely by issues surrounding the Panama Canal and U.S. influence in Panamanian affairs.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bilateral relations ⓘ international relations ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	U.S.–Venezuela relations ⓘ linked to: Venezuela–United States relations Venezuela–U.S. relations ⓘ
characterizedBy	diplomatic relations ⓘ economic relations ⓘ energy cooperation ⓘ ideological conflict ⓘ political tensions ⓘ sanctions ⓘ
country1	Venezuela ⓘ
country2	United States of America ⓘ
diplomaticStatus	closure of embassies in 2019 ⓘ periodic downgrading of diplomatic representation ⓘ
economicAspect	U.S. imports of Venezuelan crude oil ⓘ U.S. sanctions on Venezuelan oil sector ⓘ asset freezes on Venezuelan officials ⓘ
historicalEvent	1895 Venezuela crisis ⓘ 2002 Venezuelan coup attempt ⓘ linked to: 2002 Venezuelan coup d'état attempt 2015 U.S. sanctions designation of Venezuela ⓘ 2019 Venezuelan presidential crisis ⓘ Monroe Doctrine involvement in Venezuela ⓘ Venezuelan oil nationalization ⓘ partial re-engagement in the 2020s ⓘ severing of diplomatic relations in 2019 ⓘ
ideologicalAspect	conflict between Bolivarian socialism and U.S. foreign policy priorities ⓘ
involvesOrganization	Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ⓘ linked to: Government of Venezuela Government of the United States of America ⓘ linked to: United States government Organization of American States ⓘ PDVSA ⓘ linked to: Petróleos de Venezuela S.A. U.S. Department of State ⓘ linked to: United States Department of State U.S. Department of the Treasury ⓘ linked to: United States Department of the Treasury United Nations ⓘ
mainIssue	democracy and human rights ⓘ drug trafficking ⓘ oil trade ⓘ regional security ⓘ sanctions policy ⓘ
migrationAspect	Venezuelan migration to the United States ⓘ
politicalAspect	U.S. criticism of Venezuelan elections ⓘ Venezuelan criticism of U.S. interventionism ⓘ recognition disputes over Venezuelan presidency ⓘ
region	Americas ⓘ
relatedConcept	Bolivarian Revolution ⓘ linked to: Bolivarianism U.S. foreign policy toward Latin America ⓘ
securityAspect	accusations of support for non-state armed groups ⓘ counter-narcotics cooperation and disputes ⓘ
startPeriod	19th century ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Embassy of Venezuela in Washington, D.C. → subjectOf → Venezuela–United States relations ⓘ

United States Ambassador to Venezuela → isPositionIn → United States–Venezuela relations ⓘ

linked to: Venezuela–United States relations

Venezuela–United States relations → alsoKnownAs → U.S.–Venezuela relations ⓘ