Relations between Mexico and Venezuela under Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto remained much the same . In 2013 , President Peña Nieto attended the Funeral of President Hugo Chávez . After the election of President Nicolás Maduro in April 2013 , the Mexican government further emphasized the close ties between the two countries and the willingness to overcome differences in terms of political structures and relations with the United States . In January 2015 , President Maduro accused former President Felipe Calderón of plotting with the Venezuelan opposition to kill him and to topple his government . President Maduro also accused former President Calderón of having ties with drug cartels . In June 2017 , during the OAS summit in Cancún ; the governments of Mexico , Peru and the United States pushed for a resolution that defends representative democracy in Venezuela . After the summit , Venezuelan Foreign Minister Delcy Rodríguez accused Mexico and other Latin American nations of being " sympathetic dogs to the empire . " A resolution to condemn Venezuela was defeated during the summit . In July 2017 during the G-20 summit in Hamburg , Mexico joined the leaders of Argentina , Brazil and Spain and called for the " liberation of all political prisoners and the organization of free and democratic elections " in Venezuela . The statement was made after the liberation from prison of politician Leopoldo López . That same month , the Mexican Secretariat of Foreign Affairs announced that following the announcement of the United States , Mexico will also impose sanctions on " various officials and former officials of the Venezuelan government for undermining democracy and human rights in that country , as well as for participation in acts of violence , repression and corruption . " In July 2018 , Andrés Manuel López Obrador was elected President of Mexico . In December 2018 , President Maduro arrived to Mexico to attend President López Obrador 's inauguration . In January 2019 , the United States and several Latin American and European nations recognized opposition leader Juan Guaidó who declared himself President of Venezuela . On 23 January 2019 , President López Obrador reiterated Mexico 's traditional stance of non-intervention in other country 's affairs and refused to recognize Juan Guaidó as President
G-20 summit in Hamburg
2017 G20 Hamburg summit
Mexico–Venezuela relations