Overview

• The Level 4 advisory warns of risks including wrongful detention, torture, terrorism, kidnapping, violent crime and inadequate healthcare.
• Venezuela holds more U.S. nationals wrongfully detained than any other country, with some held for up to five years without due process.
• No U.S. embassy or consulate operates in Venezuela, leaving detained and at-risk citizens without routine or emergency assistance.
• Dual citizens, spouses’ families and travelers who unintentionally cross poorly marked borders face the same detention threats.
• U.S. envoys have negotiated the release of several Americans this year, including Air Force veteran Joseph St. Clair.