US Embassy Renews Venezuela ‘Do Not Travel’ Advisory for Americans

The bulletin was sent out as tensions between the United States and Venezuela have escalated in recent days.

A U.S. flag at a U.S. Embassy building in a file photo. Adek Berry/AFP via Getty Images

The U.S. government renewed an advisory warning Americans not to travel to Venezuela in the midst of heightened tensions between the Trump administration and President Nicolás Maduro’s regime.

In a bulletin on Wednesday, the U.S. Embassy in Venezuela noted that the country is currently under a “Level 4: Do Not Travel” advisory, adding that Americans should not travel to the Latin American nation “for any reason.”