The AMV has chapters in four Venezuelan cities, and is a member of the Unión Matemática de América Latina y el Caribe [es].

[2] The precursor to the AMV was the Venezuelan Mathematical Society (Spanish: Sociedad Venezolana de Matemáticas), which was founded at the Third Venezuelan Congress of Mathematicians, held in October 1980 at the University of Zulia in Maracaibo.

[3] Following several failed attempts at reactivating the society, the Venezuelan Mathematical Association was founded in January 1990.

[3] Since the mid 2010s the AMV has had difficulty fulfulling its duties, due to the ongoing crisis in Venezuela.

[3] The AMV has been unable to physically publish its Bulletin since 2013, and struggles to pay membership fees to the IMU.