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US To Revoke Colombian President's Visa Over 'Incendiary Actions'

Colombian president Gustavo Petro speaks at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City on September 23, 2025 (Credit: AFP)

The US State Department said it would revoke the visa of Colombia's leftist President Gustavo Petro, who returned to Bogota on Saturday after being accused of "incendiary actions" during a pro-Palestinian street protest in New York.

Petro was in New York for the UN General Assembly, where he fiercely rebuked US President Donald Trump's administration and called for a criminal inquiry into recent US strikes on alleged drug trafficking boats in the Caribbean in his Tuesday address.

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