How many countries can you/do you want to go to though, financially, in terms of interest? I only want to go to a handful more.

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Anonymous wrote:The US boycotted South Africa over to apartheid (Reagan actually vetoed the act, but congress over rode him), and that included travel.

I would not travel to a country that does not allow women to drive, for example.

There are no countries in the world that ban women from driving. Saudi Arabia was the only country that did, and they changed their law in 2018. So women can drive now.

Have a good trip. Not going there myself.

Why not? It’s opening up to tourism nowadays.

Anonymous wrote:OP, have you Googled to find out the implications of this? You couldn't go to Belize or Brazil, for example.

It was really more a thought experiment and I was curious what others would think. I remember getting some crap on this board prior to 2020 because I said I would never travel to russia while Putin was in charge (and I have spent a lot of time in Russia prior to 2000!), and I also would not travel to China due to their treatment of dissidents and ethnic minorities.

Curious who is getting asylum from Belize and Brazil and for what reasons. I used to practice asylum law a zillion years ago so I’m not totally ignorant on it, but it’s been a while and I think the bases have expanded a lot since then. My understanding of the basic principal is that asylum is only applicable where the country refuses to provide protection to the individual based on one of the criteria under law (eg, ethnicity, religion, sex, political expression) — I am vaguely uncomfortable supporting countries that fall into that category. But I don’t follow this area of the law or politics closely enough anymore to really know if this is a sensible position. Just curious what others thought.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The US boycotted South Africa over to apartheid (Reagan actually vetoed the act, but congress over rode him), and that included travel.

I would not travel to a country that does not allow women to drive, for example.

There are no countries in the world that ban women from driving. Saudi Arabia was the only country that did, and they changed their law in 2018. So women can drive now.

Have a good trip. Not going there myself.

Suit yourself. The middle east is one of the only truly foreign places left.

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Anonymous wrote:The US boycotted South Africa over to apartheid (Reagan actually vetoed the act, but congress over rode him), and that included travel.

I would not travel to a country that does not allow women to drive, for example.

There are no countries in the world that ban women from driving. Saudi Arabia was the only country that did, and they changed their law in 2018. So women can drive now.

Have a good trip. Not going there myself.

OP, have you Googled to find out the implications of this? You couldn't go to Belize or Brazil, for example.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The US boycotted South Africa over to apartheid (Reagan actually vetoed the act, but congress over rode him), and that included travel.

I would not travel to a country that does not allow women to drive, for example.

There are no countries in the world that ban women from driving. Saudi Arabia was the only country that did, and they changed their law in 2018. So women can drive now.

Afghanistan?

Anonymous wrote:The US boycotted South Africa over to apartheid (Reagan actually vetoed the act, but congress over rode him), and that included travel.

I would not travel to a country that does not allow women to drive, for example.

There are no countries in the world that ban women from driving. Saudi Arabia was the only country that did, and they changed their law in 2018. So women can drive now.

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Anonymous wrote:OP is saying we should not visit any 3rd world countries lol! Are you xenophobic OP?

I think OP is asking the wrong question.
I think the question should be why do
We not have an asylum agreement with certain countries? Do Americans have a history of or expectation of exploiting or violating the laws in those countries and expecting special treatment —and therefor those countries are like “nope—not today American!”
Or is it a situation where a government is corrupt and innocent American travelers are at risk of being falsely accused of wrongdoing such that we should all be wary of going to that place?

I suspect the answer will vary by country.

Are you talking about extradition agreements?

That’s not the same thing.

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Anonymous wrote:
I would not travel to a country that does not allow women to drive, for example.

There are no such countries currently, so I guess that rule is easy to follow!

Correct as of 2017.
So progressive, that modern Sharia law, amirite???

None of those were really on my list to visit anyway.

Anonymous wrote:OP is saying we should not visit any 3rd world countries lol! Are you xenophobic OP?

I think OP is asking the wrong question.
I think the question should be why do
We not have an asylum agreement with certain countries? Do Americans have a history of or expectation of exploiting or violating the laws in those countries and expecting special treatment —and therefor those countries are like “nope—not today American!”
Or is it a situation where a government is corrupt and innocent American travelers are at risk of being falsely accused of wrongdoing such that we should all be wary of going to that place?

I suspect the answer will vary by country.

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I would not travel to a country that does not allow women to drive, for example.

There are no such countries currently, so I guess that rule is easy to follow!

I elect not to travel to shithole countries.

My only requirement for traveling abroad is that I can drink the water from the tap (sorry, Mexico).