President Gustavo Petro spoke in the face of the determination of the US Government of revoking the visa. The Colombian president described the measure as a violation of international law.
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“What the US government does. Uu. With me, it breaks all the rules of immunity on which the operation of the United Nations and its General Assembly is based. There is total immunity for the presidents who attend the assembly and the US government. UU. It cannot condition the opinion of the USA.” The Head of State said through his X account.
Petro also questioned that the entry of the Palestinian authority to the UN General Assembly has not been allowed and said that the revocation of its visa is a consequence of having “Order to the US Army. And from Israel not to support a genocide, which is a crime against humanity all.”
The president also accused the US authorities of going against international law and He highlighted the need for the United Nations to change his headquarters.
I arrived in Bogotá and I find that I no longer have a visa. To go to Ibagué to the great Tolimense convection for democracy I do not need a visa.
Separating the US from Colombia is what mafias need.
What the US government does with me, breaks all rules of …
– Gustavo Petro (@Petrogustavo) SEPTEMBER 27, 2025
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Why was the visa withdrawn?
The US Department of the United States announced that President Petro would be withdrawn After the entity indicated, this will urge the American soldiers in New York “To disobey orders and incite violence.”
The president, in an act called in New York against the Israeli campaign in Gaza, asked American soldiers to disobey the mandates of the US government in order to allow a future to operate “Salvation Army” multinational that would support the Palestinian people and whose creation, he said, The United Nations Assembly would be proposed.
“(That army) has to be bigger than that of the USA, so, from here, from New York I ask all the soldiers of the US Army to disobey the order of (Donald) Trump. I ask them not to point against humanity their rifles” indicated during the demonstration.
The Colombian president said that this future army would have military personnel from different countries, toA one that only Indonesia has said that he will support the initiative.
The proposal, covered by the UN figure known as ‘Uniting For Peace’, must be supported by two thirds of Member States in the General Assembly to be able to develop a coordinated military action internationally.
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Portfolio / EFE
