U.S. urges travelers to Venezuela: "Prepare a will"

Source: Axios

May 12, 2025 - Politics & Policy

U.S. urges travelers to Venezuela: "Prepare a will"

May 12, 2025 -

The U.S. State Department on Monday reissued an "extreme danger" travel advisory for Venezuela, warning Americans to leave the country immediately or to prepare a will if heading there.

The big picture: The Trump administration has meanwhile been caught in a legal battle for deporting planeloads of Venezuelans to the country, and recently ended temporary deportation protections for some 300,000 Venezuelans living in the U.S.

Driving the news: The State Department in an updated advisory to U.S. travelers on Monday, saying: "If you decide to travel to Venezuela ... Prepare a will and designate appropriate insurance beneficiaries and/or power of attorney."

• U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents in Venezuela were "strongly advised to depart immediately" and told that any contingency plans for travel to or from the country should not rely on U.S. government assistance.
• "Do not travel to or remain in Venezuela due to the high risk of wrongful detention, torture in detention, terrorism, kidnapping, arbitrary enforcement of local laws, crime, civil unrest, and poor health infrastructure," the advisory states.

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Read more: https://www.axios.com/2025/05/12/us-venezuela-travel-advisory

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arbitrary arrest, like Venezuelan nationals being designated a terrorists without evidence and shipped off to a black site prison?