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The United States has announced its decision to revoke the visa of Colombian President, Gustavo Petro.
This was disclosed via a recent post from the US Department of State on X (formerly Twitter).
US To Revoke Visa Of Colombian President, Gustavo Petro.
According to the tweet, the decision to revoke Gustavo Petro’s visa stemmed from a comment made by the President urging US soldiers to disobey orders and incite violence.
The tweet reads, “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”.
Recall that President Gustavo Petro made these remarks during a speech at a pro-Palestinian protest outside the United Nations headquarters in New York City.
“I ask all the soldiers of the US army not to point their guns at humanity. Disobey the orders of Trump. Obey the orders of humanity”, He stated.
Notably, Ernesto Samper, the President of Colombia from 1994 to 1998, had his US visa revoked in 1996 due to allegations that his presidential campaign was funded by the Cali carter.
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Babatunde Owa wrote, “In his speech while he was in USA, he appealed to US soldiers to disobey their president’s orders. He was looking for trouble”.
Kange Andrew, “Donald Trump the only president who knows how to deal with leaders of the world whose motions supported terror activities”.
Nuraieyn added, ,”They will lie to you about democracy and freedom of speech just to steal your lands”.
Tyson wrote, “Soldiers by law are supposed to disobey unlawful orders anyways. The President of Columbia was simply reiterating US law to only obey lawful orders”.
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