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The United States volition revoke Colombian President Gustavo Petro's visa due to the fact that helium "urged U.S. soldiers to disobey orders and incite violence" successful New York connected Friday (September 26, 2025), the State Department said.
"We volition revoke Petro’s visa owed to his reckless and incendiary actions," the State Department said connected X.
Mr. Petro, successful New York for the United Nations General Assembly, told a assemblage extracurricular the U.N. headquarters: "I inquire each the soldiers of the service of the United States not to constituent their guns astatine people. Disobey the orders of [President Donald] Trump. Obey the orders of humanity!"
His bureau and Colombia's Foreign Ministry did not instantly respond to requests for comment.
In his code to the planetary gathering connected Tuesday (September 23), Mr. Petro besides deed retired astatine Mr. Trump, saying the U.S. person was "complicit successful genocide" successful Gaza and called for "criminal proceedings" implicit U.S. rocket attacks connected suspected drug-running boats successful Caribbean waters.
Mr. Petro's societal media illustration connected Friday (September 26) showed helium had reposted respective video clips of himself speaking astatine a gathering of pro-Palestinian protesters successful New York.
"Free Palestine. If Gaza falls, humanity dies," Mr. Petro said successful a station connected X.
The Colombian leader, a vocal hostile of Israel's warfare successful Gaza, has suspended exports of ember to Israel.
