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2 Countries Have Issued Travel Warnings About The United States Because Of The Recent Mass Shootings

<div>&NewLine;<div>It’s bad enough that Americans don&&num;8217&semi;t feel safe here&period; Now&comma; other countries are deeming the United States a dangerous place to travel due to the recent mass shootings this past week&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;cnn&period;com&sol;2019&sol;08&sol;06&sol;americas&sol;venezuela-uruguay-travel-warnings-us&sol;index&period;html">&commat;cnn<&sol;a> reports&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<div>Two countries &&num;8211&semi;Venezuela and Uruguay &&num;8212&semi; issued travel warnings to their citizens trying to vacay in the U&period;S&period; following two mass shootings in Texas and Ohio that left 31 people dead&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<div>Uruguay&&num;8217&semi;s citizens were advised to &&num;8220&semi;take precaution amid the growing indiscriminatory violence&comma; specifically hate crimes including racism and discrimination&&num;8221&semi; when traveling to the United States&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<div>Uruguay&&num;8217&semi;s warning also suggested their citizens avoid specific cities including Detroit&comma; Baltimore and Albuquerque&period; Those cities were listed as part of the 20 most dangerous cities in the world according to the CEO of World Magazine 2019 index&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<div>Uruguay&&num;8217&semi;s alert noted that other factors&comma; such as the &&num;8220&semi;indiscriminate possession of firearms by the population&&num;8221&semi; and the &&num;8220&semi;impossibility of authorities to prevent these situations&comma;&&num;8221&semi; were among just some of the reasons travelers need to be particularly cautious in highly populated areas or large events&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<div>Venezuela&&num;8217&semi;s Foreign Ministry office also issued a warning to its residents on Monday&period; It told Venezuelans they should postpone their travels or exercise caution when traveling as a result of the events in El Paso&comma; Texas&comma; and Dayton&comma; Ohio&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<div>&&num;8220&semi;These increasing acts of violence have found an echo and support in the conversations and actions impregnated by racial discrimination and hatred against migrant populations&comma; pronounced and executed by the supremacist elite who holds political power in Washington&comma;&&num;8221&semi; read Venezuela&&num;8217&semi;s statement&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<div>Officials also said one of the main reasons for the violent acts in the states is the &&num;8220&semi;inexcusable indiscriminate possession of fire arms by the population&comma; encouraged by the federal government&comma;&&num;8221&semi; clearly taking a shot at Trump and his administration&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<div>But keep in mind&comma; back in April&comma; the U&period;S&period; State Department gave Venezuela its highest travel advisory of &&num;8220&semi;Level 4&colon; Do Not Travel&period;&&num;8221&semi; That was issued due to the crime&comma; civil unrest and the arbitrary arrest and detention of U&period;S&period; citizens&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<div>Venezuela was ranked as the most dangerous country in the world for the second straight year&comma; according to a Gallup survey last year&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"51477" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;2-countries-have-issued-travel-warnings-about-the-united-states-because-of-the-recent-mass-shootings&sol;" data-secure&equals;"460cd1126b"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; 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