The decision does not currently imply the reestablishment of diplomatic relations, as Uruguay maintains its non-recognition of the results announced in the 2024 Venezuelan presidential elections. Photo: Archive
Guacamaya, June 12, 2025. In a statement, the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry confirmed this Tuesday that, together with the Uruguayan Foreign Ministry, they reached an agreement to reactivate consular services “in the coming days” between both countries. This action comes after more than ten months of diplomatic rupture, following Uruguay’s non-recognition of the results announced in the Venezuelan presidential elections.
“The Foreign Ministries of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and the Oriental Republic of Uruguay inform the public that, as a result of joint work between both parties, it has been decided to reactivate in the coming days the consular services of Uruguay in Caracas and of Venezuela in Montevideo, to attend to their respective communities,” stated the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry.
The information was also simultaneously disseminated by the Government of Uruguay through social networks and official messages. This joint initiative allows the direct attention to thousands of citizens of both countries to resume and normalizes assistance to the Uruguayan and Venezuelan communities in their territories of residence.
Last Tuesday, the Uruguayan Foreign Minister, Mario Lubetkin, had publicly expressed the urgency of reestablishing some consular mechanism with Venezuela. Lubetkin highlighted that the lack of diplomatic ties was complicating “priority procedures,” such as assistance to Fabián Buglione, a Uruguayan citizen detained in Venezuela, and the attention to a case of the death of a compatriot.
The reactivation of consular services does not imply, for the moment, the reestablishment of diplomatic relations. This was clarified by Foreign Minister Mario Lubetkin himself, stating that consular matters and diplomatic relations “go along two different paths.” However, he highlighted this step as an achievement and hopes that within a “not very long” period, the respective consular official will be sent.
In statements to EFE, Lubetkin added: “The only thing we did, what we were asking for, seeking, and announcing a few days ago, was that we had to activate the consular mechanism, which to be precise, does not mean recognition of the electoral result of the presidential elections in Venezuela, where we maintain the same position as always.”
On the other hand, the Venezuelan Government has expressed its willingness to advance a “constructive agenda” with the Government of Uruguay, after sending messages of recognition last November to Yamandú Orsi and Carolina Cosse as president and vice president-elect, respectively, in that country. The breakdown of relations had occurred under the mandate of Luis Lacalle Pou.
