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Sunday, January 11, 2026

10 January 2026: Do Not Travel to Venezuela; Depart Immediately

  • "The security situation in Venezuela remains fluid. The US Embassy in Bogota, Colombia, warns US citizens not to travel to Venezuela, reiterating warnings against travel to Venezuela dating to 2019. As international flights have resumed, US citizens in Venezuela should leave the country immediately."
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    "Venezuela has the highest Travel Advisory level " Level 4: Do Not Travel " due to severe risks to Americans, including wrongful detention, torture in detention, terrorism, kidnapping, arbitrary enforcement of local laws, crime, civil unrest, and poor health infrastructure. Reports of groups of armed militias, known as colectivos, are setting up roadblocks and searching vehicles for evidence of US citizenship or support for the US. Remain vigilant and exercise caution when traveling by road.
    Intermittent power and utility outages continue throughout the country.

    In March 2019, the US Department of State withdrew all diplomatic personnel from US Embassy Caracas and suspended operations. All consular services in Venezuela, routine and emergency, remain suspended. The US government continues to be unable to provide emergency services to US citizens in Venezuela."

    ~snip~

    An estimated 23,000 American citizens live in Venezuela. Between 20 to 100 different colectivo groups are operating nationwide in Venezuela, active in at least 16 of 23 states. The most prominent groups are La Piedrita, Tupamaros, Tres Raices, and Alexis Vive, with a total membership estimated at 5,000 to 7,000 individuals.

    The most under-qualified individual to ever lead the US State Department, Marco Rubio, quietly worked with CIA in 2025 on a plan to destabilize Venezuela and oust President Nicolas Maduro. This Empty Suit was vetted for his position as USSECSTATE by none other than mega-oligarch Larry Ellison based on his loyalty to Israel. Source: Marco Rubio More Loyal to Israel Than to the American Taxpayer


    #1 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-01-11 06:09 AM | Reply

    They need to leave before they are killed.

    Thanks, Donald.

    #2 | Posted by Zed at 2026-01-11 07:54 AM | Reply

    It would be wise for Americans to leave all of Latin America, starting with Mexico and on down.

    #3 | Posted by Zed at 2026-01-11 07:59 AM | Reply

    But I thought on 9 Jan 2026 Dummkopf Trumpf promised "total safety" for the oil companies if they returned to Venezuela.

    All the oil magnates knew they wouldn't be investing time, money, resources, or personnel in Venezuela when they met Blotard-in-Chief at the White House on Friday.

    These oil corporations have their own intelligence organizations that are staffed by retired CIA, DOS, and FBI personnel.

    The CEOs know what's going on everywhere there's an oil interest.

    Trumpf is so stupid that he didn't know that. He really thought that his empty words of assurance to these experienced magnates would suffice.

    He forgot his previous USSECSTATE was Rex Tillerson, former ExxonMobil CEO, who advised him six or seven years ago not to invade Venezuela.

    Stupid is as stupid does.

    Forrest Trumpf.

    #4 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-01-11 08:18 AM | Reply

    "reiterating warnings against travel to Venezuela dating to 2019"

    So what's the story here?

    #5 | Posted by sentinel at 2026-01-11 09:49 AM | Reply

    So what's the story here?
    #5 | Posted by sentinel

    US urges its citizens to flee Venezuela amid reports of paramilitaries

    State department says armed colectivos' appear to be setting up roadblocks and searching vehicles for Americans

    The United States has urged its citizens to leave Venezuela immediately amid reports that armed paramilitaries are trying to track down US citizens, one week after the capture of the South American country's president, Nicols Maduro.

    In a security alert sent out on Saturday, the state department said there were reports of armed members of pro-regime militias, known as colectivos, setting up roadblocks and searching vehicles for evidence that the occupants were US citizens or supporters of the country. . . .

    While many Venezuelan opponents of Maduro's regime have celebrated his capture by the US, government supporters have taken to the streets to denounce his rendition as an imperialist act of aggression.

    www.theguardian.com

    #6 | Posted by Gal_Tuesday at 2026-01-11 10:39 AM | Reply

    Pedo 47 says he loves the Venezuelan people after killing 100 of them.

    www.rawstory.com

    #7 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-01-11 10:42 AM | Reply

    Pedo 47 says he loves the Venezuelan Iranian people after killing 100 deporting hundreds of them.
    www.bbc.com

    #7 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-01-11 10:42 AM | Reply | Flag

    #8 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-01-11 10:49 AM | Reply

    So what's the story here?
    #5 | POSTED BY SENTINEL

    Trump's office and they just discovered this information..

    US urges its citizens to flee Venezuela amid reports of paramilitaries
    Gals quote

    They have always had them.

    #9 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-01-11 10:56 AM | Reply

    State department says armed colectivos' appear to be setting up roadblocks and searching vehicles for Americans

    Searching for Trump supporters,

    Maduro's motorcycle thugs go door to door in hunt for Trump supporters
    www.telegraph.co.uk

    Maybe LiesHurts found his calling.

    #10 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-01-11 10:58 AM | Reply

    #9 The silence and ignorance and incompetence of onepigironheadedsmoothbrainaut continues, unabated.

    I don't suppose that onepigironheadedsmoothbrainaut will own up to his other lie, either.

    #11 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-01-11 10:59 AM | Reply

    #10 The silence and ignorance and incompetence of onepigironheadedsmoothbrainaut continues, unabated.

    I don't suppose that onepigironheadedsmoothbrainaut will own up to his other lie, either.

    #12 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-01-11 10:59 AM | Reply

    IAMRUNT wishes he was Andy Ngo.

    #13 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-01-11 11:02 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

    #10 Are you ever going to own up to THIS LIE, onepigironheadedsmoothbrainaut ? ? ? ?

    And I don't suppose that you will own up to your other lie, either.

    #14 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-01-11 11:03 AM | Reply

    #13 I thought for sure you were suggesting that onepigironheadedsmoothbrainaut wishes he was Charles Ng.

    That fits, too, reinheitsgebot.

    #15 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-01-11 11:06 AM | Reply

    That fits, too,

    Yes it does, sadly.

    #16 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-01-11 11:10 AM | Reply

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