Liberia: U.S. Visa Freeze Raises Diplomatic Stakes for UNSC A3 After Venezuela Rebuke

[Liberian Observer] A sweeping U.S. pause on immigrant visa processing has placed Liberia and its fellow African members of the United Nations Security Council’s A3 group–Somalia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo–under renewed diplomatic scrutiny, following their unusually strong condemnation of Washington’s actions in Venezuela. While U.S. officials frame the policy as a technical immigration measure tied to “public charge” assessments, the timing has fueled speculation that the A3’s principled stand at the