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U.S. State Department Issues ‘Do Not Travel’ Advisory About Venezuela

The U.S. State Department on Tuesday issued a Level 4: Do Not Travel advisory for Venezuela, a day after the United States announced sanctions against Venezuela’s state-owned oil company.

As the United States tries to lead President Nicolás Maduro out of office and usher in National Assembly head Juan Guaidó, the State Department says, “Do not travel to Venezuela due to crime, civil unrest, poor health infrastructure, and arbitrary arrest and detention of U.S. citizens.”

Adding to the arrest-and-detention warning, the advisory later says, “Venezuelan authorities may not notify the U.S. Embassy of the detention of a U.S. citizen, and consular access to detainees may be denied or severely delayed.”

Read more at our news partner, the Miami Herald

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