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Cardinal Porras Denied Travel Amid Tensions with Church

12/11/2025

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On December 10, 2025, Cardinal Baltazar Porras (Catholic Church) said immigration officials confiscated his passport at Simon Bolivar International Airport.
The action barred him from traveling to Madrid for church events.
Porras said officials told him his passport was not up to date.
They monitored him during the incident.
The travel ban coincided with Maria Corina Machado's Nobel Peace Prize journey amid tensions with the Catholic Church.

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On December 10, 2025, Cardinal Baltazar Porras (Catholic Church) said immigration officials confiscated his passport at Simon Bolivar International Airport.
The action barred him from traveling to Madrid for church events.
Porras said officials told him his passport was not up to date.
They monitored him during the incident.
The travel ban coincided with Maria Corina Machado's Nobel Peace Prize journey amid tensions with the Catholic Church.