Editing Foreign relations of Taiwan (section)

=== South America ===
====Paraguay====
{{Main|Paraguay–Taiwan relations}}

[[File:2016年5月20日總統就職 09.jpg|thumb|Paraguay President [[Horacio Cartes]] and President [[Tsai Ing-wen]] in Taiwan]]

Paraguay [[political status of Taiwan|recognizes Taiwan]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Long|first1=Tom|last2=Urdinez|first2=Francisco|year=2020|title=Status at the Margins: Why Paraguay Recognizes Taiwan and Shuns China|journal=Foreign Policy Analysis|volume=17|language=en|doi=10.1093/fpa/oraa002|doi-access=free}}</ref> Paraguayan leader General [[Alfredo Stroessner]] was a partner of Generalissimo Chiang. Many Paraguayan officers trained in [[Fu Hsing Kang College]] in the ROC.<ref>{{cite book|author=Thomas A. Marks|url={{google books |plainurl=y |id=04QiOlNKQGEC}}|title=Counterrevolution in China: Wang Sheng and the Kuomintang|access-date=22 December 2016}}</ref>

Stroessner's 1989 ousting and his successor [[Andrés Rodríguez (President)|Andrés Rodríguez]]'s reinventing himself as a democratically elected president, were immediately followed by invitations from Beijing to switch diplomatic recognition.<ref name="Marks, p. 301">Marks, p. 301</ref> However, the Taiwanese ambassador, [[Wang Sheng (general)|Wang Sheng]], and his diplomats were able to convince the Paraguayans that continuing the relationship with the ROC, and thus keeping the ROC's development assistance and access to the ROC's markets, would be more advantageous for Paraguay.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Marks |first=Thomas A. |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34410395|publisher=Frank Cass |title=Counterrevolution in China : Wang Sheng and the Kuomintang |date=1996 |isbn=0714647004 |location=London |page=301 |oclc=34410395}}</ref> Recognition of Taiwan was a matter of debate in the [[2023 Paraguayan general election]], with bilateral relations maintained after the results.<ref name="2023election">{{Cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/01/paraguays-taiwan-ties-safe-as-ruling-party-retains-presidency |language=en-GB |date=2023-05-01 |access-date=2023-05-01 |title=Paraguay's Taiwan ties safe as ruling party retains presidency |work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref>

====Venezuela====
{{Main|Taiwan–Venezuela relations}}

In 2007, the Venezuelan government refused to renew visas for five members of the ROC commercial representation in Caracas.<ref>''[[International Herald Tribune]]''[http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/07/18/asia/AS-GEN-Taiwan-Venezuela.phpReport: Taiwanese diplomats may have to leave Venezuela]{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} (18 July 2007). Retrieved 19 December 2007</ref>

Relations with Venezuela have worsened because of the increasing partnership between the socialist government of [[Hugo Chávez]] and the People's Republic of China, which has led to a more overt rejection of the [[Taiwan]]'s [[Legitimacy (political science)|legitimacy]] by Venezuela. During the [[2019 Venezuelan presidential crisis]], Taiwan has been supportive of [[Juan Guaidó]] and the opposition-led [[National Assembly (Venezuela)|National Assembly]].