Posted on 05/28/2025 6:43:58 AM PDT by Libloather
The U.S. State Department is again advising American citizens not to travel to Venezuela, warning of "severe risks" including wrongful detention, kidnapping and torture.
The State Department said that it does not have an operating embassy or consulate in the South American country, and cannot provide routine or emergency consular services to U.S. citizens there. All U.S. citizens currently in Venezuela should leave immediately, the State Department said.
"U.S. citizens are at extreme risk of detention when entering Venezuela at any location. They may be unjustly charged with terrorism or other serious crimes and detained for long periods," the State Department said in a news release Tuesday. "U.S. citizens have been detained upon arrival at land borders, airports, and maritime ports of entry. There is no safe way for Americans to travel to Venezuela."
The State Department has been warning U.S. citizens against traveling to Venezuela for years, issuing its highest level advisory, 4, at least since March 2019 when it announced the temporary suspension of operations of the U.S. Embassy in Caracas. Travel advisories that rise to levels 3 and 4 are reviewed every six months at a minimum.
More U.S. nationals are currently wrongfully detained in Venezuela than in any other country, the department said. In some cases, detentions have happened when people accidentally cross into Venezuela from neighboring countries, where borders may not be clearly marked. Detained Americans may also be unjustly charged with serious crimes, including terrorism, the State Department said.
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Given that Venezuela is a socialist hellhole, I see no reason to even bother traveling there at all.
Well that’s because you’re not stupid, like the people that this warning was aimed at.
Why would anybody want to go there in the first place?
The same warning needs to be given for most American large cities.
Dang , there goes my summer vacation plans
For those interested, here’s the full State Department Travel Advisory for Venezuela:
I would never even consider a trip there, even I was originally from there.
So much for those summer plans eh?
Not to totally change the subject and hijack the thread BUT,
my wife and I just watched “All the Money in the World”
over the long weekend.
It was based on the kidnapping of John Paul Getty’s grandson in Rome in the early 1970s.
It was actually a pretty good movie directed by Ridley Scott.
I stared Michelle Williams, Mark Wahlberg and Christopher Plummer as JP Getty.
I recall hearing about this, but I was only about ten when it happened. I would actually recommend it.
Well, so much for my holiday plans...
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Vaguely remember this happening. There was also Lindberg’s kid in 1932. Let’s hope today’s crooks don’t get any ideas.
Today, they just gun you down in the back on the street.
And pump you full of lead if you are wounded and try to crawl away.
It’s incredibly stupid to travel to Venezuela!
Breaks my heart to see what’s happened to the beautiful country I lived in in the 70s.
We can thank Democrats for that, since they hated the Monroe Doctrine.
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