Overview

• The State Department canceled President Gustavo Petro’s visa after he urged U.S. troops to disobey orders during a pro-Palestinian rally in New York.
• Foreign Minister Rosa Villavicencio announced she had renounced her U.S. visa in protest, though Colombia did not disclose what type of visa she held.
• Immigration attorneys noted there is no formal process to relinquish a non-immigrant visa and described such renunciations as rare and largely symbolic.
• Colombia’s Foreign Ministry accused Washington of violating international law and using a Trump-era resolution as a diplomatic weapon.
• Petro, who holds Italian citizenship, wrote that he did not care about the revocation, as ties with Washington strain over drug policy, the Gaza conflict and a U.S. naval buildup near Venezuela.