The United States is revoking Colombian President Gustavo Petro’s visa after he delivered what officials called “reckless and incendiary” remarks at a pro-Palestinian rally in New York, the State Department announced Friday.
"Earlier today, Colombian President @petrogustavo stood on a NYC street and urged U.S. soldiers to disobey orders and incite violence. We will revoke Petro's visa due to his reckless and incendiary actions," the agency said on the U.S. social media company, X.
Petro joined demonstrators in New York, alongside British musician Roger Waters, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the U.N. General Assembly.
"What is happening in Gaza is clearly out of discussion is a genocide," Petro told the crowd, adding that Washington's veto at the U.N. Security Council had destroyed all hopes of diplomacy.
"The history showed us that once the diplomacy is over, the humanity has to come to another kind of struggle," he said.
