Overview

• The State Department announced on X that it would revoke Petro’s visa, saying he urged U.S. soldiers to disobey orders and to incite violence.
• Speaking outside the United Nations, Petro called for a global armed force to liberate Palestine and told U.S. troops to “disobey Trump’s orders.”
• Petro returned to Bogotá and posted that he no longer has a U.S. visa, accusing Washington of violating international law in response to his remarks.
• The move follows weeks of friction, including U.S. decertification of Colombia on counternarcotics and Petro’s UN speech accusing President Trump of complicity in genocide and calling for criminal proceedings over Caribbean strikes.
• Colombian Interior Minister Armando Benedetti denounced the U.S. action, while questions over UN access resurfaced as reports noted the U.S. also denied a visa to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.