Overview

• Announcing the move on X, the State Department accused Petro of urging U.S. soldiers to disobey orders and to incite violence, calling his conduct reckless and incendiary.
• During a pro-Palestinian rally in New York, Petro advocated creating a “world rescue army” to liberate Palestine and told troops, “Disobey Trump’s order.”
• The Colombian presidency said Petro left the United States and was on a flight to Bogota on Friday night.
• Petro noted he holds Italian nationality, which he said could exempt him from needing a U.S. visa to enter the country.
• Interior Minister Armando Benedetti criticized the U.S. decision and said Israel’s prime minister should lose a visa instead, as coverage described a further downturn in U.S.–Colombia relations since President Trump’s return to office.