US to revoke Colombian president’s visa over ‘incendiary actions’

The US State Department said Friday it would revoke the visa of Colombia’s leftist President Gustavo Petro for his “incendiary actions” during a pro-Palestinian thoroughfare protestation successful New York.

“Earlier today, Colombian president @petrogustavo stood connected a NYC thoroughfare and urged US soldiers to disobey orders and incite violence,” the State Department said successful a station connected X.

“We volition revoke Petro’s visa owed to his reckless and incendiary actions,” it said.

On his societal media account, Petro shared video of himself speaking Spanish to a ample assemblage done a megaphone Friday, with his translator past relaying his comments calling connected “nations of the world” to lend soldiers for an service “larger than that of the United States.”

“That is why, from present successful New York, I inquire each soldiers successful the United States Army not to constituent their rifles astatine humanity. Disobey Trump’s order! Obey the bid of humanity!” Petro said.

A root from the president’s bureau confirmed to AFP that Petro was traveling to Bogota connected Friday night.

Petro has said helium has Italian citizenship and would not request a visa to participate the United States.

Petro was successful New York for the UN General Assembly, wherever helium rebuked the Trump medication fiercely and called for a transgression enquiry into caller US strikes connected alleged cause trafficking boats successful the Caribbean successful his Tuesday address.

Petro said unarmed “poor young people” died successful the strikes — much than a twelve successful full — but Washington contends the actions are portion of a US anti-drug cognition disconnected the seashore of Venezuela, whose president Washington accuses of moving a cartel.

Trump has dispatched 8 warships and a submarine to the confederate Caribbean, and the biggest US deployment successful years has raised fears successful Venezuela of an invasion.

Petro, whose state is the world’s biggest cocaine producer, has said helium suspects immoderate of those killed successful the US vessel strikes were Colombian.

Last week, the Trump medication decertified Colombia arsenic an state successful the combat against drugs, but stopped abbreviated of economical sanctions.

The countries are humanities allies, but ties person soured nether Petro — Colombia’s first-ever leftist leader.

The South American country’s Interior Minister Armando Benedetti wrote connected X Friday nighttime that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visa should person been revoked alternatively than Petro’s.

“But since the empire protects him, it’s taking it retired connected the lone president who was susceptible capable to archer him the information to his face.”

AFP

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