US revokes Colombian president's visa after Pro-Palestine comments

[Morphine Prince 109,645]

Colombian President Gustavo Petro accused President Trump on Saturday of violating "founding principles" of the United Nations after the U.S. State Department announced it will revoke the Colombian president's visa.

The big picture: The Trump administration believes Petro, a left-leaning leader who's an ally of Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro, wants to pick a fight with the U.S. president ahead of the Colombia's presidential elections next year.

Petro is barred from reelection but and the U.S. does not want one of his allies to succeed. The U.S. position: it opposes Petro and supports the Colombian people.

Context: The State Department said, on Friday, it would revoke Petro's visa due to what it deemed "his reckless and incendiary actions."

Petro appeared in New York at a pro-Palestinian rally, where he encouraged protests, saying through a translator, "diplomacy is over."

Zoom in: Petro said in a statement on X that he was expressing his "opinions freely."

"International law is the wisdom of humanity and it protects me," he said. "Genocide is a crime against humanity and humanity must respond, judge, and punish.

"Mr. Trump has violated the founding principles of the UN. Time to go to a more democratic place. I propose Doha as the headquarters of the United Nations."'

Source: https://www.axios.com/2025/09/27/trump-gustavo-petro-visa-revoked-colombia-president

 

[Bonkers 30,860]

Pfft. Most presidents also have an AmEx.  Being from Columbia, maybe a MasterCard.  

[Lucas 31,087]

I'm still shook that muslim americans voted for Trump thinking he'd save Palestine while Kamala would support the genocide 

[palma 8,909]

3 hours ago, Morphine Prince said:

The U.S. position: it supports the Colombian people.

"Time to go to a more democratic place. I propose Doha as the headquarters of the United Nations."'

So many gems on such a short read 

[Jill 31,812]

This is even more serious because the US has a record of not allowing different countries to attend  UN headquarters. It already did this with Palestinian authorities, and I wouldnt rule out another instance. That's the danger of having the UN in New York, a place so far from neutral it's almost comical.

[zevthepaparazzo 2,425]

hey oooooh

is this illegal?

hey oooooh 

it feels illegal

[Emvee 8,825]

If the administration is just going to prevent people they don’t like from going to the UN, then the UN needs to move or it will collapse. And the loss of prestige will be deserved as Americans voted that clown in.  
 

Notice how they vilify the Colombian president over mere words while they celebrate and coddle a literal war criminal who is committing genocide. The GOP can’t be any more disgusting. 

[dit 46,738]

At this point the US should just come out and say Israel is the 51st state or Israel should come out and say the US is an Israeli colony because this has gotten ridiculous. 

[bpmMonkey 7,715]

The US is so unserious