Venezuelan Minister of Foreign Affairs Yván Gil. Photo: Venezuelan Ministry of Foreign Affairs/File photo.
Arbitrary detentions, family separation, and deportation to concentration camps in third countries are some of the risks to which Venezuelans are exposed.
Foreign Minister Yván Gil announced this Tuesday through his Telegram channel that Venezuela has issued a “Travel Alert for all Venezuelan citizens, advising against any travel to the United States of America.”
Gil also reported that the national government is urging “Venezuelan citizens currently residing in the United States to consider leaving the country.”
The official statement goes on to note that this alert is due to the fact that “Venezuelans in the United States are victims of a systematic pattern of human rights violations, being arbitrarily detained, separated from their families, and transferred to concentration camps in third countries, which constitutes an unacceptable practice reminiscent of the worst chapters in contemporary history.”
“Added to this,” the message states, “is the use of immigration blackmail and the criminalization of our nationality, in the cruelest xenophobic operation known on our continent, promoted by factors of the Venezuelan and North American far right,” the statement concludes.
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This Tuesday, US State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce posted an official message on the social media platform X issuing a security alert regarding travel to Venezuela, writing, “U.S. citizens and Lawful Permanent Residents should NOT travel to Venezuela.”
According to information posted by Bruce, the State Department has assigned Venezuela its highest travel alert level, placing it at Level 4.
Today the @StateDept issued a Security Alert warning against ALL travel to Venezuela. U.S. citizens and Lawful Permanent Residents should NOT travel to Venezuela. https://t.co/mcyFVbt175
— Tammy Bruce (@statedeptspox) May 27, 2025
Translation: Orinoco Tribune
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