25.09.201718:45:00UTC+00VENEZUELA: Country Rejects Travel Ban Decreed By Donald Trump

The Venezuelan government rejected U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to impose a travel ban to its citizens through a decree that was signed Sunday.

"The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela categorically rejects the irrational decision of the government of the United States of America to once again catalog the noble Venezuelan people as a threat to their national security, this time under false assumptions that they pose a terrorist threat," Caracas said.

On Sunday, Trump issued a new travel ban to block the entry into the country of people from eight countries, including citizens of Venezuela, North Korea and Chad.

The decree replaces a previous one, released in March, banning travelers from six Muslim-majority countries. The new travel ban comes into force on October 18 for Venezuelan, North Korean and Chadian citizens, while is valid since yesterday for people from Iran, Libya, Syria, Yemen and Somalia. The new travel ban has no expiration date.