Venezuela Travel Warning

U.S. Passports & International Travel ^ | December 15, 2016

[PJ-Comix]

The U.S. Department of State warns U.S. citizens against travel to Venezuela due to violent crime, social unrest, and pervasive food and medicine shortages. All U.S. direct-hire personnel and their families assigned to the U.S. Embassy in Caracas are subject to an embassy movement policy that limits their travel within Caracas and other parts of the country. These security measures may restrict the services the Embassy can provide. Country-wide shortages of food, water, medicine, electricity, and other basic goods have led to social unrest, including violence and looting. Security forces have arrested individuals, including U.S. citizens, and detained them for long periods with little or no evidence of a crime. The U.S. Embassy may not be notified of the detention of a U.S. citizen and consular access to detainees may be denied or severely delayed. The detained citizen may be denied access to proper medical care, clean water, and food. This replaces the Travel Warning issued July 15, 2016.

[PJ-Comix]

As I told my wife, who recently came back from a trip to Venezuela, I'm NOT going back there (I was there 2011/2012) until AFTER the Chavistas are gone.

[Robert DeLong]

Yeah, that is all I would need, to get stuck in that country and fight for food.

[Paladin2]

Why hasn’t the NYT sent Paul Krugman down there to get the place straightened out?

[freedumb2003]

>>As I told my wife, who recently came back from a trip to Venezuela<<

Would love to see a first-hand trip report on how bad it is there.

[Navin Johnson]

I just returned from a trip to Panama & was told by a local that up to 1 million Venezuelans are in their country because of the terrible conditions. That is a serious influx of people and strain on a nation with only 4.8 million people.

[PJ-Comix]

She had to fly in to Bogota, Colombia. Then take another flight to Cucuta along the border. Then cross the border on foot. To return, she had to do the same thing in reverse.

I warned her that the border could close behind her which just happened so she was lucky but no more visiting Venezuela until AFTER the Chavista crooks split.