Travel Safety Resources

By Volker Poelzl

General Country Information and Travel Safety

U.S. State Department, www.state.gov, travel.state.gov
Overseas Security Advisory Council, www.ds-osac.org.
Bureau of Consular Affairs, travel.state.gov.
CIA World Factbook, www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
Library of Congress Country Studies, www.loc.gov/rr/international/portals.html.

Humanitarian Concerns

Human Rights Watch, www.hrw.org.
Amnesty International, www.amnesty.org.
International Red Cross, www.ifrc.org.
United Nations Development Program, www.undp.org.

Air Travel News

Air Transport Assn., www.airlines.org.
Federal Aviation Administration www.faa.gov.
Airwise News news.airwise.com.

International Affairs and News

Council on Foreign Relations, www.cfr.org.
United Nations News, www.un.org/News/dh/latest/headline.html.

Information on Terrorism

Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism www.state.gov/www/global/terrorism/index.html.
Federal Emergency Management Agency, Fact Sheet: Terrorism, www.fema.gov/hazard/terrorism/index.shtm

Volker Poelzl is a freelance writer and frequent contributor to Transitions Abroad. He lived in Rio de Janeiro and the Amazon, and has explored Brazil extensively over the past decade. He recently volunteered at a private forest preserve in the Amazon to help with reforestation efforts. Contact him at volkerpoelzl@cox.net.