Travel Warnings are issued by the State Department to describe long-term, protracted conditions that make a country dangerous or unstable. A Warning is issued when the U.S. Government's ability to help American citizens abroad is limited due to the closure of embassies or consulates.
- The State Department issued a travel warning for Mexico on April 12. The warning targeted the U.S. - Mexico border where most of the drug gang violence is plaguing Mexico is occurring.
- On April 17, The State Department issued a travel warning for Haiti, saying that infrastructure in that country is still very unstable following the January 12 earthquake.
- The State Department released a warning on March 5 stating that travelers should be concerned about increased narco-violence in Colombia.
Travel Alerts are issued to warn Americans abroad about short term threats (coups, terrorist events, anniversaries, holidays or sporting events that might attract violence, etc.) There have been no recent State Department Alerts issued for the Caribbean, Central and South America recently.
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