President Donald Trump said on Thursday (January 29, 2026) he has informed Venezuela's acting president, Delcy Rodríguez, that he will open up all commercial airspace over the Venezuela and Americans will soon be able to visit. Mr. Trump said he instructed his transportation secretary, Sean Duffy, and U.S. military leaders to take steps to open the airspace for travel by the end of the day. “American citizens will be very shortly able to go to Venezuela, and they'll be safe there,” the Republican President said. Even as Mr. Trump suggested Americans will be safe in Venezuela, his State Department kept in place its highest-level travel advisory: “Do not travel,” a warning of a high risk of wrongful detention, torture, kidnapping and more. In November, as Mr. Trump was ramping up pressure on Mr. Maduro, the American President said the airspace “above and surrounding” Venezuela should be considered as “closed in its entirety."