Traveling foodie deems countries off limits because of insurance
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Anthony Bourdain won’t be having arepa in Venezuela anytime soon.
The celebrity traveling foodie got into a Twitter discussion recently over countries his insurer won’t let him travel to, with Venezuela pretty high on the list.
“Why don’t you go to Venezuela?” a fan tweeted Mr. Bourdain, who responded: “Because Venezuela is so utterly screwed up, the insurance companies won’t cover us.”
Venezuela has made headlines in recent years over political corruption, food shortages and an overall humanitarian crisis.
When the Sunday Twitter discussion over how safe the South American country is when compared with say, Afghanistan, Mr. Bourdain posted a link to Reuters news article from one month prior highlighting a refugee crisis in Venezuela.
“Please continue lecturing Venezuelans about how great things are going in their country,” Mr. Bourdain tweeted.
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