WashPost: Countries Issuing US Travel, Safety Warnings

After the latest mass murders in the United States, countries around the world are issuing travel warnings to the U.S., including two directly at odds with the administration, The Washington Post reported.

Venezuela and Uruguay are the latest to rebuke U.S. safety and discourage travel here after the Japanese Consulate in Detroit called the U.S. a "gun society" in a warning to its nationals Sunday, according to the report.

"These growing acts of violence have found echo and sustenance in the speeches and actions impregnated with racial discrimination and hatred against migrant populations pronounced and executed from the supremacist elite that hold political power in Washington," the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry wrote in a statement, per the report.

Amid a political standoff with the U.S., Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza urged his people to "take extreme precautions or postpone their travels in the face of the proliferation of acts of violence and hate crimes," the Post reported.

The Uruguayan Foreign Ministry, meanwhile, warned its U.S. travelers to avoid taking children to crowded places like theme parks and sporting events amid "the indiscriminate possession of firearms by the population," but that comes just a week after the Trump administration issues a travel warning to Uruguay, according to the report.

Germany, Ireland, Canada, New Zealand and the Bahamas had issued advisories in the past, the Post reported:

• "There is a higher incidence of violent crime and firearm possession than in New Zealand,"  New Zealand warns in an online travel advisory, adding, "Active shooter incidents occur from time to time in the United States" and "Attacks could be indiscriminate, including in places frequented by foreigners."
• Ireland warns the U.S. "witnessed a number of mass shootings in recent years."
• Canada tells its citizens "incidents of mass shooting occur."
• Bahama's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration Issues: "We wish to advise all Bahamians traveling to the U.S. but especially to the affected cities to exercise appropriate caution generally. In particular young males are asked to exercise extreme caution in affected cities in their interactions with the police. Do not be confrontational and cooperate."

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