Roberto Aringhieri 🇵🇸 (@aringoogle.bsky.social)

US revokes visa for Colombian president after remarks at pro-Palestine march <article data-history-node-id="429271" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/us-revokes-visa-colombian-president-after-remarks-pro-palestine-march" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/us-revokes-visa-colombian-president-after-remarks-pro-palestine-march" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">US revokes visa for Colombian president after remarks at pro-Palestine march</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-main-image"> <picture> <source srcset="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/styles/full_width/public/2025-09/000_76XK7T7.jpg.webp?itok=4QNPRJ1b 1x" type="image/webp" width="1400" height="875"> <img srcset="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/styles/full_width/public/2025-09/000_76XK7T7.jpg.webp?itok=4QNPRJ1b 1x" width="1400" height="875" src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/styles/max_2600x2600/public/2025-09/000_76XK7T7.jpg.jpg?itok=3xZXHPbH" alt typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </picture> </div> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>The US State Department revoked the visa of left-wing Colombian President Gustavo Petro for remarks made at a pro-Palestine march in New York on Friday. </p> <p>Posting on X, the State Department said Gustavo "stood on a NYC street and urged US soldiers to disobey orders and incite violence".</p> <p>"We will revoke Petro's visa due to his reckless and incendiary actions."</p> <p>Petro, who was in New York for the UN General Assembly, criticised the Trump administration and used his address to call for a criminal inquiry into US strikes on alleged drug trafficking boats in the Caribbean. </p> <p>On his social media account, Petro also posted a video of himself speaking in Spanish calling on "nations of the world" to contribute soldiers for an army "larger than that of the United States".</p> <p>"That is why, from here in New York, I ask all soldiers in the United States army not to point their rifles at humanity. Disobey Trump's order! Obey the order of humanity!"</p> </div> </div> </article> https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/us-revokes-visa-colombian-president-after-remarks-pro-palestine-march