Who have renounced their American visa in solidarity with Petro?

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Rosa Yolanda Villavicencio, announced that He will renounce his American visa. The official’s decision corresponds to an act of solidarity with President Gustavo Petro, who was revoked by his visa by the US State Department.

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According to a statement issued by the Chancellery of Colombia, the act of Villavicencio occurs in rejection “To foreign interference” and in protest to the unilateral determination of US authorities.

“The United States, by violating international diplomatic norms and running over our immunity, is presented as a judge and part of its own arbitrariness. With this decision, confirms its claim to condition Colombian sovereignty,” The Ministry highlighted.

Through her X account, the head of this portfolio reaffirmed her decision, pointing out that: “Our sovereignty does not kneel. Colombia is respected.”

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Other resignations

Villavicencio’s resignation to his visa adds to that of Other figures that have announced their support to the Head of State.

The first to take the step was the legal secretary of the presidency of Colombia, Augusto Ocampo, who He presented his voluntary withdrawal of the American visa As, he said, an act of loyalty with the national territory.

“As a legal secretary of the Presidency of the Republic, I have decided to voluntarily renounce my visa in the United States. I do it in solidarity with President Gustavo Petro and because I am convinced that Colombia’s dignity is above any privilege.”said Ocampo in a statement released by Petro himself in X.

Soon, the former mayor of Medellín, Daniel Quintero, also spoke on the social network. The candidate assured that: “Trump took the visa. He can also keep mine. I’m proud of my president.”

While he has not presented a formal resignation to his visa, Quintero’s message did not go unnoticed by the US governmentsince Christopher Landau himself, Undersecretary of the US Department of State “To order!”

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The Minister of Finance was also added to that list, Germán Ávila, who shared his decision through the Ministry account in X.

“In solidarity with President Petro and for the aggression that he was subject to the US government. The official said.

Why did they withdraw Petro’s visa

The US Department of State. 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 US indicated during the demonstration.

The Colombian president said that this future army would have military personnel from different countries, Although for now, 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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