Petrocaribe

Petrocaribe S.A.
Company typePublic[citation needed]
IndustryOil
FoundedJune 2005
Headquarters?
ProductsOil
RevenueIncrease USD/$ ? billion (2006)
Increase USD/$ ? billion (2006)
Decrease USD/$ ? billion (2006)
ParentPDVSA
Websitewww.petrocaribe.org
  Venezuela
  Petrocaribe members and CARICOM members
  Petrocaribe members not part of CARICOM
  Petrocaribe retired members
  CARICOM members not part of Petrocaribe

Petrocaribe was a regional oil procurement agreement between Venezuela and Caribbean member states. The trade organization was founded on 29 June 2005 in Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela during the presidency of Hugo Chávez. Venezuela offered member states oil supplies on a concessionary financial agreement. Petrocaribe has been part of the "pink tide" in Latin America seeking to achieve post-neoliberal development in the region.[1] In 2013 Petrocaribe established links with the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas (ALBA) aiming to go beyond oil trade and promoting economic cooperation. The deal fell apart by 2019 after dwindling oil production, corruption, and oil price fluctuations took their toll.[2]

In November 2022, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines became the first country to resume receipt of oil under the PetroCaribe terms. In 2023, Venezuela stated that it intended to revive the trade program.

  1. ^ Cederlöf, Gustav; Kingsbury, Donald V. (2019). "On PetroCaribe: Petropolitics, Energopower, and Post-Neoliberal Development in the Caribbean Energy Region". Political Geography. 72: 124–133. doi:10.1016/j.polgeo.2019.04.006. S2CID 164598358.
  2. ^ Beaubien, Jason (20 July 2019). "The Fallout From A Seemingly Sweet Oil Deal For Venezuela's Neighbors". NPR.