Colombia - to go or not?

[Anonymous]

I mean, I'm going to Denmark in a couple of months. What if Trump actually invades Greenland. I might get trapped in Denmark. What a horror that would be.

/sarcasm

[Anonymous]

NOPE

[Anonymous]

If tiu have travel insurance it might be worth checking to see if it covers anything — political instability is often excluded. For me, it might depend on whether I could cancel now and get full refund, but if I wait 2 weeks I’ll be out of luck.

[Anonymous]

OP only you can decide this. Personally, I would go, but make plans for if you were unavoidably detained.

For what it’s worth I went to Bogota three years ago and had a lovely business trip there and was surprised at how beautiful the city was and how upscale some parts were. Also, I’ve traveled a lot, and I have brown hair and speak Spanish, so I blend in a bit more, but if you haven’t, you’d be amazed at what Americans said to me in the US before I left, and acted like I was going to a war torn country or Lebanon or El Salvador in the 80s or something like that.

You will be fine, but take precautions, plan to spend an extra few days there if necessary, have copies of your passport, know the number and address of the American embassy, etc, etc.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Colombia has been Level 3 since April, which was presumably before you even made your reservations. It's not new.

To be fair, things have gotten more risky there in the last few days / weeks. More of the country is classified 4 now.

Colombia last week / yesturday was not the Colombia in April.

Are you the friggin OP? The OP made a point of saying she just checked and it's now Level 3. My point is it's long been Level 3. So she shouldn't be making the decision on that basis.

There's no reason not to go to Colombia. None. You all are losing your shit over nothing.

Try reading the newspaper before you make such categorically ignorant statements. Trump has threatened Colombia. I have travelled to Colombia a dozen times for work and think it's a beautiful country both for tourists and business professionals, and I wouldn't take my kids there now with all the global uncertainty and the volatility of this administration for fear of not being able to get back.

I hate Trump as much as the next guy, but you sound unhinged. I have a trip planned next week to another country in the region that Trump is on record that he doesn't like one bit, and guess what? I'm going. Trump ain't stopping me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I mean, I'm going to Denmark in a couple of months. What if Trump actually invades Greenland. I might get trapped in Denmark. What a horror that would be.

/sarcasm

Sounds like you don't have a paying job you need to come back to or a family that needs you home. Rough life you had.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I mean, I'm going to Denmark in a couple of months. What if Trump actually invades Greenland. I might get trapped in Denmark. What a horror that would be.

/sarcasm

Sounds like you don't have a paying job you need to come back to or a family that needs you home. Rough life you had.

My God, man, it's a couple extra days in paradise. Cry me a river.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I mean, I'm going to Denmark in a couple of months. What if Trump actually invades Greenland. I might get trapped in Denmark. What a horror that would be.

/sarcasm

Sounds like you don't have a paying job you need to come back to or a family that needs you home. Rough life you had.

My God, man, it's a couple extra days in paradise. Cry me a river.

Again, if you have no responsibilities at your work or to your family--enjoy your extended vacation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How can anyone possibly relax and enjoy a vacation in Colombia right now?

The only time we felt uneasy was when we doom-scrolled. So we didn’t; we took normal precautions. I would return. But that’s just us .

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Colombia has been Level 3 since April, which was presumably before you even made your reservations. It's not new.

To be fair, things have gotten more risky there in the last few days / weeks. More of the country is classified 4 now.

Colombia last week / yesturday was not the Colombia in April.

Are you the friggin OP? The OP made a point of saying she just checked and it's now Level 3. My point is it's long been Level 3. So she shouldn't be making the decision on that basis.

There's no reason not to go to Colombia. None. You all are losing your shit over nothing.

Try reading the newspaper before you make such categorically ignorant statements. Trump has threatened Colombia. I have travelled to Colombia a dozen times for work and think it's a beautiful country both for tourists and business professionals, and I wouldn't take my kids there now with all the global uncertainty and the volatility of this administration for fear of not being able to get back.

I hate Trump as much as the next guy, but you sound unhinged. I have a trip planned next week to another country in the region that Trump is on record that he doesn't like one bit, and guess what? I'm going. Trump ain't stopping me.

+1

[Anonymous]

Colombian troops are amassed on the Venezuelan border.

I would definitely cancel. This is entirely unprecedented and therefore no one’s advice is based upon relevant experience.

Imagine how you would feel if your children experienced something traumatic…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Colombia has been Level 3 since April, which was presumably before you even made your reservations. It's not new.

Jeez.

If members of Congress did not know this was happening until it was underway, do you actually think the guy in the State Department who assigns threat levels can predict what will be happening there in two weeks??? 🙄

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Colombian troops are amassed on the Venezuelan border.

I would definitely cancel. This is entirely unprecedented and therefore no one’s advice is based upon relevant experience.

Imagine how you would feel if your children experienced something traumatic…

OP has no plans to travel to the border. No tourists go there. And the troops are there because they are concerned about migrants from Venezuela. They're not there to wage war with anybody.

Chill the F out.

[Anonymous]

Aren't there supposed to be gangs everywhere as we are repeatedly told by asylum seekers?

[Anonymous]

Its super easy to tell a stranger you would hypothetically go on this trip.

Anyone paying attention to the news/words coming out of Trump/Rubio's mouth know the rhetoric toward Colombia and Cuba have escalated significantly over the past few days. It would certainly give me pause if I had a trip planned.