The US State Department said on Friday it would revoke the visa of Colombia’s leftist President Gustavo Petro for his “incendiary actions” during a pro-Palestinian street protest in New York.
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“Earlier today, Colombian president @petrogustavo stood on a NYC street and urged US soldiers to disobey orders and incite violence,” the State Department said in a social media post.
“We will revoke Petro’s visa due to his reckless and incendiary actions.”
On his social media account, Petro shared a video of himself speaking Spanish to a large crowd through a megaphone on Friday, with his translator then relaying his comments calling on “nations of the world” to contribute soldiers for an army “larger than that of the United States”.
“That is why, from here in New York, I ask all soldiers in the United States Army not to point their rifles at humanity. Disobey [Donald] Trump’s order! Obey the order of humanity!” Petro said.
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A source from the president’s office confirmed that Petro was travelling back to Bogota on Friday night.
Petro has said he has Italian citizenship and would not need a visa to enter the United States.