US revoking Gustavo Petro’s visa for Pro-Palestine Rally.

Sept 2025 : A day after delivering a thundering speech at the 80^th United Nations General Assembly, the Colombian President Gustavo Petro took to the New York’s Street in staging a Pro-Palestine demonstration. This has sparked a raging fury amongst the top United States leadership.

US authorities will be revoking Colombian President Gustavo Petro’s visa, after the former guerrilla said that, when he gets back to his country, he would be opening up a registry of volunteers with a military background to join the fight in Gaza against Israeli forces looking for the hostages held there since 07^th October, 2023. If need be, Petro argued he would combat himself against what he described as a “genocide”.

He also urged other countries to do the same, aiming to form the “largest army in the world” to force negotiations. Additionally, he instructed all Colombian Consulates and Embassies globally to “seek votes in favour of the liberation of Palestine”.

In response, the US State Department announced that it would revoke Petro’s visa for his “reckless and inflammatory actions”. Washington also said the South American head of State was “inciting violence” when he “urged US soldiers to disobey” President Donald Trump’s orders. The visa revocation prevents him from re-entering the United States territory.

On the domestic front, Colombian politicians insisted that President Petro should focus on his country’s own problems instead of championing the Palestinian cause. Petro should prioritise solving security issues in Cauca, Chocó, and Valle, among other questions, they contended.

However, Petro defended his actions by drawing a parallel, warning that situations similar to those in Gaza could be repeated in the Colombian Caribbean, particularly after the deployment of a US Naval force targeting drug trafficking boats, chiefly from Venezuela.

Team Maverick