Overview

• The State Department announced on X that it will cancel Gustavo Petro’s U.S. visa, calling his behavior “reckless and incendiary.”
• The post said Petro earlier in New York urged American soldiers “not to follow orders” and to incite violence.
• Responding on X, Petro claimed the decision punishes him for urging U.S. and Israeli forces not to support what he called a genocide.
• He accused the United States of no longer respecting international law and proposed relocating the United Nations headquarters from New York.
• Petro asserted he does not need a visa and only requires an ESTA, describing himself as a European citizen and a free citizen of the world.