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"The US state department said on Friday it would revoke the visa of Colombian
leftist president Gustavo Petro for his “incendiary actions” during a
pro-Palestinian street protest in New York.
“Earlier today, Colombian president @petrogustavo stood on a NYC street and
urged US soldiers to disobey orders and incite violence,” the state department
said on X.
“We will revoke Petro’s visa due to his reckless and incendiary actions.”
On his social media account, Petro shared video of himself speaking Spanish to
a large crowd through a megaphone on Friday, with his translator then relaying
his comments calling on “nations of the world” to contribute soldiers for an
army “larger than that of the United States”.
“That is why, from here in New York, I ask all soldiers in the United States
army not to point their rifles at humanity. Disobey Trump’s order! Obey the
order of humanity!” Petro said.
Colombian media reported Petro was already en route to Bogota from New York on
Friday night.
Petro was in New York for the UN general assembly, where he rebuked the Trump
administration fiercely and called for a criminal inquiry into recent US
strikes on alleged drug trafficking boats in the Caribbean in his Tuesday
address.
Petro said unarmed “poor young people” died in the strikes – more than a dozen
in total – but Washington contends the actions are part of a US anti-drug
operation off the coast of Venezuela, whose president Washington accuses of
running a cartel.
Trump has dispatched eight warships and a submarine to the southern Caribbean,
and the biggest US deployment in years has raised fears in Venezuela of an
invasion."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
