Editing Foreign relations of Venezuela (section)

====Bolivarian Revolution====
{{Further|Foreign policy of the Hugo Chávez government}}
[[File:Hillary Clinton and Hugo Chavez.png|thumb|Hugo Chávez meeting U.S. Secretary of State [[Hillary Clinton]] at the [[Summit of the Americas]], April 2009.]]
After [[Hugo Chávez]] was elected [[President of Venezuela]], the long-standing and close diplomatic relationship between [[Venezuela]] and the United States deteriorated. Chávez's stance as an [[OPEC]] price hawk raised the price of oil for the United States. His public friendship and significant trade relationship with Cuba conflicted with the [[U.S. foreign policy]] of isolating Cuba. Long-running ties between the [[Military of the United States|U.S.]] and Venezuelan militaries were severed.  Chávez was intensely critical of [[Economy of the United States|U.S. economic]] and foreign policy: in Iraq, [[Haiti]], [[Kosovo]], [[Free Trade Area of the Americas]] and in numerous other areas. Chávez accused the United States of [[American imperialism|acting like an empire]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/09/20/chavez.un/index.html | publisher=CNN | title=Chavez: Bush 'devil'; U.S. 'on the way down' |date=21 September 2006 | access-date=31 July 2012}}</ref> Chávez also accused the US of involvement in, or at least foreknowledge of, the [[2002 Venezuelan coup d'état attempt]].

According to Business Insider's edition of July 2015, Venezuela was seeking to re-establish diplomatic ties with the United States of America, "Maduro made the first move in March (2015) – around three months after Washington and Havana announced on 17 Dec they were seeking to restore diplomatic ties – by requesting a "direct channel of communication" with U.S. President Barack Obama and the State Department, said the official.<ref>Business Insider http://www.businessinsider.com/united-states-moving-to-restore-diplomatic-relations-with-venezuela-2015-7</ref>
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* Uruguay has an embassy in Caracas.
* Venezuela has an embassy in [[Montevideo]].

In September 2020, the Foreign Minister of the Uruguayan center-right government of President [[Luis Lacalle Pou]] said that the Venezuelan [[Nicolás Maduro]] regime is a dictatorship and that Uruguay would no longer encourage dialogue with the Maduro regime.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dialogo-americas.com/articles/uruguay-says-venezuela-is-a-dictatorship-and-will-discontinue-talks-with-maduro/|title=Uruguay Says Venezuela Is a Dictatorship and Will Discontinue Talks with Maduro &#124; Diálogo Americas|date=9 September 2020 }}</ref>
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