US Revokes Colombian President’s Visa After He Asked American Soldiers to Disobey Trump

The US State Department has announced that it will revoke the visa of Colombian President Gustavo Petro, who was in New York to attend the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).

In a statement issued on Saturday, September 27, the department said Petro had “urged U.S. soldiers to disobey orders and incite violence,” describing the Latin American leader’s actions as “reckless and incendiary.”

“Earlier today, Colombian president Gustavo Petro stood on a NYC street and urged U.S. soldiers to disobey orders and incite violence,” read the statement in part.

“We will revoke Petro’s visa due to his reckless and incendiary actions.”

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This comes after the Colombian leader was filmed joining thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters outside the U.N. headquarters in New York.

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At the rally, Gustavo Petro described the war in Gaza as “genocide” and “a crime against humanity,” stating that “humanity … must respond.”

“You respond by speaking out, you respond by taking to the streets, and you respond with weapons,” he said.

In one of the videos, Petro could be heard saying that world nations will contribute soldiers to an army that will “enforce the orders of international justice” and must be “larger” than the U.S. military.

“I ask all of the soldiers of the the US army not to point their guns at humanity. Disobey the orders of Trump. Obey the orders of humanity,” Petro said.

The Colombian leader further called for the creation of an army “greater than that of the U.S. and Israel combined” to “enforce the orders of international justice.”

In another clip, Petro can be heard saying his country plans to present a resolution to the UN seeking to establish an “army for the salvation of the world” whose first job would be the “liberation of Palestine”.

“The nations of the world will then contribute trained and armed men and women to form this great army,” the Colombian leader said.

Meanwhile, Colombia’s Interior Minister, Armando Benedetti, wrote on X on Friday night that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visa should have been revoked, rather than Gustavo Petro’s.

“But since the empire protects him, it’s taking it out on the only president who was capable enough to tell him the truth to his face.”

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Petro Woes with Trump

Petro was already en route to Bogotá from New York on Friday night, according to Colombian media cited by Agence France-Presse.

Earlier in the week, Petro likened the Trump administration’s airstrikes on alleged drug-trafficking boats in the Caribbean Sea to an “act of tyranny.”

During his speech at the U.N. gathering, Petro made remarks critical of Israel’s actions in Gaza, calling Trump “an accomplice to genocide” and describing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as “genocidal.”

Petro, whose country is the world’s largest cocaine producer, has said he suspects some of those killed in the U.S. boat strikes were Colombian.

Washington maintains that the actions are part of a U.S. anti-drug operation off the coast of Venezuela, whose president is accused by Washington of running a cartel.

Under Gustavo Petro — Colombia’s first-ever left-wing president — ties with the Trump administration have deteriorated significantly.

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