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Italy–Venezuela relations
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'''Italy–Venezuela relations''' refers to the diplomatic relations between [[Italy]] and [[Venezuela]]. Both nations enjoy friendly relations, the importance of which centers on the history of [[Italo-Venezuelans|Italian migration to Venezuela]]. There are approximately over 140,000 Italians living in Venezuela with more than a million Venezuelans of full or partial Italian descent.<ref name=Bilateral>[https://ift.tt/2uVFib4 Relaciones bilaterales entre Venezuela e Italia (in Spanish)]</ref>
==History==
In 1498, Italian explorer [[Christopher Columbus]] (in the service for [[Spain]]) explored the [[Paria Peninsula]] on his third voyage.<ref name=History>[https://ift.tt/2NUwadt Relaciones bilaterales Italia y Venezuela (in Spanish)]</ref> After the dissolution of [[Gran Colombia]] in 1831, Venezuela became an independent nation. In March 1856, Venezuela opened a consulate in [[Naples]] and in 1857, Italy opened a consular legation in the city of [[Maracaibo]] and then a second consular legation in [[La Guaira]] in 1859.<ref name=History /> In 1861, Italy and Venezuela signed a "Treaty of Friendship, Trade and Navigation".<ref name=History /> Venezuela was the first country in [[Latin America]] to recognize the [[Kingdom of Italy]].<ref name=History />
At the end of [[World War II]], thousands of Italians left their homeland and immigrated to Venezuela with the majority settling in [[Caracas]] and [[Maracaibo]].<ref>[https://ift.tt/2uZuZCH La presenza italiana in Venezuela alla fine del XIX secolo e nei primi decenni del XX (in Italian)]</ref> Several prominent Venezuelan politicians and well-known figures are of Italian descent.
====[[Crisis in Venezuela (2010–present)]]====
In March 2018, Italian Vice-Minister for Italians abroad, Luigi Maria Vignali, paid a visit to Venezuela to asses the situation of approximately 140,000 Italian citizens living in Venezuela under economic duress.<ref>[https://ift.tt/2NSS4hh Italia ofrece ayuda a sus ciudadanos en Venezuela para paliar la crisis (in Spanish)]</ref> Since the crisis, over 50,000 Venezuelans have immigrated to Italy, many of them having Italian nationality by descent.<ref>[https://ift.tt/2LMIgIr Por qué tantos en Venezuela están eligiendo Italia para huir de la crisis (in Spanish)]</ref>
In 2017, the Venezuelan government protested agains Italy's recommendation to release political prisoner [[Leopoldo López]].<ref>[https://ift.tt/2LXp2Nb Venezuela entregará nota de protesta a España, Alemania, Italia y Reino Unido (in Spanish)]</ref>
==State visits==
'''Presidential visits from Italy to Venezuela'''<ref>[https://ift.tt/2LLkSLd El presidente de Italia, Giusseppe Saragat, llega a Venezuela (in Spanish)]</ref><ref>[https://ift.tt/2LXjDpi Italia-Venezuela: Scalfaro afianza nexos mas alla de gobiernos (in Spanish)]</ref>
* President [[Giuseppe Saragat]] (1965)
* Present [[Oscar Luigi Scalfaro]] (1995)
'''Presidential visits from Venezuela to Italy'''<ref>[https://ift.tt/2LLkRXF ç (in Italian)]</ref><ref>[https://ift.tt/2NTdzi9 La visita del presidente venezolano (in Spanish)]</ref><ref>[https://ift.tt/2LMAdeD Visitas de presidentes venezolanos al Vaticano en los últimos 30 años (in Spanish)]</ref>
* President [[Raúl Leoni]] (1965)
* President [[Carlos Andrés Pérez]] (1976)
* President [[Jaime Lusinchi]] (1988)
* President [[Hugo Chávez]] (1999, 2001, 2006)
* President [[Nicolás Maduro]] (2013, 2016)
==Bilateral agreements==
Both nations have signed several bilateral agreements such as a Treaty of Friendship, Trade and Navigation (1862); Agreement on Agrarian Cooperation (1985); Agreement on Scientific and Technical Cooperation (1987); Agreement on the Promotion and Protection of Investments (1990) and an Agreement on the avoidance of Double-Taxation and Tax Evasion (1990).<ref>[https://ift.tt/2M2aig4 Principales Acuerdos suscritos de carácter económico entre Italia y Venezuela (in Spanish)]</ref>
==Trade==
In 2017, trade between Italy and Venezuela totaled $338 million USD.<ref>[https://ift.tt/1Ko4TuH Venezuela Trade]</ref> Italy's main exports to Venezuela are food based products. Venezuela's main exports to Italy include petrol, cement and [[coltan]].<ref>[https://ift.tt/2G6pXaj Venezuela inició exportación de coltán a Italia (in Spanish)]</ref>
==Resident diplomatic missions==
* Italy has an embassy in [[Caracas]] and a consulate in [[Maracaibo]].<ref>[https://ift.tt/2LIV9mN Embassy of Italy in Caracas]</ref>
* Venezuela has an embassy in [[Rome]] and consulates-general in [[Milan]] and [[Naples]].<ref>[https://ift.tt/1K3C3Be Embassy of Venezuela in Rome]</ref>
==See also==
* [[Italian language in Venezuela]]
* [[Italo-Venezuelans]]
== References ==
[[Category:Bilateral relations of Italy]]
[[Category:Bilateral relations of Venezuela]]
July 29, 2018 at 03:02PM
