The United States State Department announced on Friday its decision to revoke the visa of Colombian President Gustavo Petro, citing his ‘incendiary actions’ during a pro-Palestinian demonstration outside the United Nations headquarters in New York. Petro, a leftist leader, had earlier criticized the Trump administration’s airstrikes on alleged drug-trafficking boats in the Caribbean Sea, labeling them as ‘acts of tyranny’ in an interview with the BBC. During the protest, Petro addressed a large crowd through a megaphone, urging ‘nations of the world’ to contribute soldiers for an army ‘larger than that of the United States’ and calling on U.S. soldiers to ‘disobey Trump’s order’ and ‘obey the order of humanity.’ The State Department condemned his remarks as reckless and inflammatory, leading to the visa revocation. Petro, who was already en route back to Bogota, has been a vocal critic of U.S. policies, particularly regarding the drug trade and Venezuela. Colombia’s Interior Minister Armando Benedetti defended Petro, suggesting that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visa should have been revoked instead. This incident further strains the already tense relations between Colombia and the Trump administration, which has also denied visas to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and 80 officials, preventing their attendance at the UN General Assembly.