Venezuela’s acting head of state, Delcy Rodríguez, and the prime minister of Barbados, Mia Mottley, held a meeting on Monday night in Bridgetown, the capital of Barbados.
They agreed to strengthening bilateral relations, specifically in the areas of energy, agriculture, education, and tourism.
“We have concluded, with profound satisfaction, the agenda we have built in sectors of great importance to our countries,” Acting President Rodríguez told the media. “A first point is food production, with Barbados going to Venezuela to produce food on Venezuelan soil, allowing for supplies for Barbados but also turning Barbados into a hub where we can export food to the Caribbean and Africa.”
In a joint statement, the leaders noted that Acting President Rodríguez had invited Prime Minister Mottley to learn about “the experience of the communal economy in Venezuela, how organized communities can guarantee their own food.”
In that regard, she also announced that they agreed to review production and export trends “that will allow us to be complementary, so that we can acquire goods in Barbados, and Barbados can acquire goods in Venezuela, without having to look beyond our borders, which are close and sisterly.”
She immediately added that she told the prime minister that this Monday, April 27, 2026, “the economic and commercial union between Barbados and Venezuela is being born.”
Joining energy investments
Rodríguez, who at the beginning of her speech congratulated Mia Mottley on being re-elected for a third term as prime minister of Barbados in the elections of February 11, 2026, noted that she invited Barbados to invest in oil and gas fields in Venezuela.
“Let the effort and initiative to increase hydrocarbon production in Venezuela be added so that we can guarantee supplies and energy security for Barbados in the future as well,” she said.
They also discussed the complementarity of renewable energy sources, which would allow both countries to manufacture solar panels and thus create a complete energy base, and area which holds “many opportunities for investment,” according to Acting President Rodríguez.
“We want to review investment and double taxation agreements so that we can combine our strengths and complementarities,” added the acting president.
Language exchange
“There is a project that I will personally dedicate myself to; the prime minister intends for the people of Barbados to have a second language, and that language is Spanish,” revealed Delcy Rodríguez. “We have the Venezuelan Institute of Cultural Cooperation, which already trains many students in Barbados to learn Spanish, and we have agreed to expand the institute’s capabilities and incorporate technological platforms so that Venezuelan teachers can teach Spanish to Barbadians.”
The agreement includes a reciprocal component so that officials and spokespeople from community councils and communes in Venezuela can learn English with teachers from Barbados, she added.
Tourism
The acting head of state said they discussed increasing the number of flights between Venezuela and Barbados, “potentially integrating other destinations near our countries so we can offer tour packages both to the people of Barbados and to tourists visiting this beautiful island, offering tour packages to some destinations in Venezuela, and also offering tour packages from Venezuela to visit Barbados.”
They also discussed the need to establish a maritime connection for the transport of both passengers and cargo.
Something important that “we have requested from the Venezuelan Ministry of Tourism is to have a training course for our tour operators in Barbados… There is much we can do from a tourism perspective between Venezuela and Barbados. I have nothing but praise for the landscapes of Barbados and Venezuela,” she added.
Mottley invited to Venezuela
After indicating that both sides were pleased with the visit, Rodríguez extended an invitation to the Barbadian prime minister to visit Venezuela. Rodríguez described the meeting as productive.
This is Rodríguez’s second international trip since assuming the role of acting president on January 5 following the illegal abduction of Venezuela’s Constitutional President Nicolás Maduro. Analysts have noted the similarity in the use of decapitation strikes, condemned by all forms of international law, by both the US and Israeli forces.
Her first trip was to Grenada on April 9, where she met with Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell. At that meeting, the two agreed to strengthen ties in the areas of energy, agriculture, education, health, and foreign trade.
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(Diario VEA) by Yuleidys Hernández Toledo
Translation: Orinoco Tribune
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