Transportation
Venezuela Election Dispute Traps Travelers Trying to Leave the Country
- Maduro cancels air travel from Caracas to key regional hubs
- People who returned to vote left stranded as protests mount
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It’s getting harder and harder, and much more expensive, to find a flight out of Venezuela.
President Nicolas Maduro has canceled flights to some countries that questioned his self-declared election victory, including two that in normal times are major hubs for travelers heading into or out of Venezuela: Panama, the hub of carrier Copa Airlines, and the Dominican Republic. Peru is also off-limits now.