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struggle4progress

(124,642 posts) Sat Sep 27, 2025, 11:46 PM 9 hrs ago

State Department revokes Colombian president's visa after remarks at NYC protest

ByShannon K. Kingston
September 27, 2025, 2:15 PM

The U.S. State Department said it was revoking the visa of Colombian President Gustavo Petro, who had traveled to New York this week for the United Nations General Assembly ...

Petro, who traveled to New York for the U.N. General Assembly, participated in a pro-Palestinian demonstration earlier Friday. In video clips posted to social media, he can be heard appealing to American soldiers -- urging them to disobey orders from President Donald Trump.

Based on the video clips, there did not appear to be any uniformed U.S. service members in the audience listening to Petro.

Petro, responding to the revoking of his visa on Saturday, posted a lengthy response to President Donald Trump on X, saying that "international laws grant me immunity to go to the UN and that there should be no reprisals for my free opinion, because I am a free person" ...

https://abcnews.go.com/International/us-state-department-revoking-colombian-presidents-visa-after/story?id=125988185

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State Department revokes Colombian president's visa after remarks at NYC protest (Original Post) struggle4progress 9 hrs ago OP

''I don't care': Colombia president Petro hits back struggle4progress 9 hrs ago #1

I agree with the message but he must've known there'd be consequences newdeal2 9 hrs ago #2

The Trump Gang is making enemies internationally for their efforts to overthrow democracies struggle4progress 8 hrs ago #3

Might be time... Xolodno 7 hrs ago #4

struggle4progress

(124,642 posts)

1. ''I don't care': Colombia president Petro hits back

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Sat Sep 27, 2025, 11:48 PM

9 hrs ago

Reuters
Sat 27 Sep 2025 22.41 EDT

The Colombian president, Gustavo Petro, has dismissed the US decision to revoke his visa and accused Washington of violating international law over his criticism of Israel’s war in Gaza.

“I no longer have a visa to travel to the United States. I don’t care. I don’t need a visa … because I’m not only a Colombian citizen but a European citizen, and I truly consider myself a free person in the world,” Petro said on social media on Saturday.

“Revoking it for denouncing genocide shows the US no longer respects international law,” he added in a post on X ...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/28/i-dont-care-colombia-president-petro-hits-back-after-us-revokes-his-visa

newdeal2

(4,206 posts)

2. I agree with the message but he must've known there'd be consequences

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Sun Sep 28, 2025, 12:02 AM

9 hrs ago

… urged US soldiers “not to point their guns at people. Disobey the orders of Trump. Obey the orders of humanity

Can’t imagine any country would tolerate that without consequences.

struggle4progress

(124,642 posts)

3. The Trump Gang is making enemies internationally for their efforts to overthrow democracies

Reply to newdeal2 (Reply #2)

Sun Sep 28, 2025, 12:21 AM

8 hrs ago

which they hope to do in a coordinated manner

Trump adores Putin and Kim Jong Un. His minions have close ties to Orbán

Trump's pal Bolsonaro is going to jail in Brazil for his coup attempt: Trump's response? Tariffs on Brazilian goods in protest!

When Yoon Suk-yeol's coup in S Korea failed, his supporters clearly expected help from Trump

Two weeks ago, Trump's thug Musk was encouraging the UK rightwing top seek revolutionary change

There's a clear program here for global repression --- and we may really need global allies to fight back

Xolodno

(7,182 posts)

4. Might be time...

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Sun Sep 28, 2025, 01:56 AM

7 hrs ago

...to move the UN to Geneva for good.

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