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Posted on 05/04/2025 4:57:28 AM PDT by Libloather
The US has added two countries to its “do not travel” list.
Last month, government officials added North Korea and Burkina Faso to the list of countries Americans are advised against visiting.
The State Department has four travel advisory levels: exercise normal precautions, exercise normal precautions, reconsider travel, and do not travel.
The threat level in North Korea and Burkina Faso has been upgraded to Level 4.
It’s the highest of the US State Department’s safety ranking system.
Travel to North Korea has been discouraged due to “the continuing serious risk of arrest, long-term detention, and the threat of wrongful detention.”
Visiting Burkina Faso has been advised against because of increased “terrorism, crime, and kidnapping.”
This update has brought the total number of countries Americans should avoid traveling to 21.
Certain parts of Mexico have also been issued Level 4 warnings, although the travel advisory level for Mexico as a whole has remained at Level 2 (“Exercise increased caution”) for several years.
The announcements come amid rising global tensions and security situations in several regions.
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These are the countries the US has issued “do not travel” advisories for:
North Korea
Burkina Faso
Yemen
Iran
South Sudan
Syria
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Afghanistan
Lebanon
Central African Republic
Belarus
Iraq
Ukraine
Venezuela
Haiti
Libya
Somalia
Russia
Burma
Mali
Sudan
A pity.
And the weather in Burkina Faso is lovely… especially this time of year.
“Last month, government officials added North Korea and Burkina Faso to the list of countries Americans are advised against visiting.”
So month before last it was OK to visit them? :-)
They warn us not to travel to these countries while having let the people of these countries into our country.
So much for my summer vacation plans.
Sometimes you read about “Americans” being detained in one of the countries on the list. The news generally tries to imply it’s someone like Bob Jones and his wife Nancy. But if you delve down to paragraph eighteen, it’s Ali Ben Mohammed. And along about paragraph twenty you find he was visiting his parents and was arrested because he wrote something about the dictator in a social media post five years ago.
I’ve spoken to a man who escaped the Soviet Union and a man who immigrated from Iran, converted to Baptist and married. The Russian said no amount of money could get him to ever visit Russia again. He had nightmares that they’d arrest him, and he’d never come back. The Iranian said, “I loved my family, but the religion is crazy. They’d be required to murder me, my wife and my children. They are believers and I know they’d do it. God, how I miss them.”
Anyone who goes to one of those places is low on intelligence.
Wikipedia:
The total fertility rate of Burkina Faso was estimated to be 5.93 children born per woman in 2014, the sixth highest in the world.
The country also has slavery.
Otto Warmbier would advise someplace more “inviting” if he was alive to share his NK experience.
Double standards at their finest.
None of these were ever on my list. If they were considered Paradise I wouldn’t go. Aruba, Virgin Islands, Bermuda…yes
Huh. Let me see here, plenty of food, water, fuel, clothing, shelter, energy, etc., although expensive for now, all are available for most of us, along with relative security in the good ole USA. Why I would want to go to one of these hell holes doesn’t make any sense. We do have crime, but nothing like these Godless places.
Now I’m really mad. Wife and I bought a vacation to Burkina Faso just yesterday, and it’s non-refundable. Our next most favorite vacation spot is the DMZ part of North Korea, now that’s spoiled too. /s/
Seriously, nothing beats the USA and we will be staying here.
Wait for it. Wait for it. Eastern Canada. LOL!!!
On March 30, 2025 I sailed on beautiful cruise ship Voyager of the Seas to Haiti as main stop. It was discounted 33% compared to other destinations. So my girl friend and I booked it. We had another stop at a private island which was great. In Haiti, we were allowed to go ashore only with a group excursion sponsored by the ship. We skipped it and enjoyed the beautiful weather day shopping in the well guarded area near the dock and enjoy sunning on ship. I have already visited every Caribbean port several times. So I don’t even bother to go in town unless it is virgin islands or Martinique stop.
It’s the highest of the US State Department’s safety ranking system.
Plus the one not for public consumption:
Get your diplomatic A$$ and family the }{€££ OUT NOW !!!
At least there are some safe places for Americans to travel to, such as Vietnam. (Level 1), unlike more dangerous countries such as France, the UK, and Germany (Level 2).
Despite the warnings, most of Russia is probably safer for American tourists than is most of New York City.
Don't tear down posters of "Dear Leader" in North Korea, don't disrespect the King in Thailand, and don't chew bubble gum in Singapore. Don't wear Swastikas in Germany. Americans need to know the basic cultural rules of locations where they will be traveling. As we have seen, stupidity by travels can have unexpected results.
there is nothing, NOTHING worth yer life in any of those sh!tholes, nothing...
I want to get back to Newfoundland sometime but not now.
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