Venezuela, insults in Montevideo by deputy minister William Castillo

New diplomatic tensions between Venezuela and Uruguay after the insults directed at Montevideo by William Castillo, Venezuelan deputy minister of anti-blockade policies, in response to the statements of the Uruguayan Foreign Minister Mario Lubetkin on the legitimacy of the interim president Delcy Rodríguez. This was reported by the Argentine portal Infobae, specifying that Castillo defined Uruguay as a "woke government" and an "Argentine province", inviting the country to deal with its own problems rather than practicing what he defined as "stupid interventionism".

Lubetkin had declared to the Brazilian newspaper Folha de S.Paulo that his government does not consider Rodríguez legitimate, just as it did not recognize the deposed president Nicolás Maduro, arrested by the United States. The Uruguayan minister has ruled out the restoration of diplomatic relations with Caracas until democratic elections are held, with results certified by an independent court.

Relations between the two countries have been interrupted since 2024, after Maduro's disputed re-election. Venezuelan Foreign Minister Félix Plasencia also reacted to Lubetkin's words, calling them an ""inadmissible interference"" and accusing Montevideo of not respecting the sovereignty and self-determination of the Venezuelan people.