Petro cannot enter the United States

By: Luis Gonzales Posada - 01/10/2025

Colombian President Gustavo Petro had the right to freely express his views on domestic and foreign policy issues in his speech before the 80th UN General Assembly.

He did so firmly and without restraint, aggressively questioning Israel and the United States over the Palestinian crisis.

But what the Colombian president had no right to do was take to the streets of New York to participate, megaphone in hand, in demonstrations against both governments, calling them "genocidal" and demanding, at the same time, that American soldiers disobey the orders of their commander-in-chief, Donald Trump.

These strident and clumsy statements not only constitute a serious interference in the internal affairs of another state, but also encourage military disobedience, contempt, and insubordination. In response, the US has revoked his visa, as well as that of several members of his cabinet who are in solidarity with the berzota demagogue.

Undoubtedly, the former guerrilla's objective is to capitalize on that incident and the US's desertification of his country due to its failure to combat drug trafficking.

This is how the political charlatan has proceeded, with calculation and malice aforethought, to gain headlines and project himself as the

anti-imperialist leader of the hemisphere,

Flags he will raise in the upcoming presidential and legislative elections, given that 64% of citizens disapprove of his performance and 29% support him. (He won with 50.44% of the vote.)

His conduct has always been quarrelsome and disloyal.

When he was invited to Spain in 2023, before the trip he launched an incendiary speech against the hosts, stating that "the people fought to free themselves from the Spanish yoke, to dethrone kings, dukes, and princes, to put an end to privileges, to put an end to a productive regime of slave owners who condemned Black men to perpetual slavery."

He also called them "genocidal," stating that during the Conquest, "millions of people were murdered or died from the diseases they brought. The Spanish didn't found civilizations; they started massacres," he maintained.

Despite the insults, Madrid did not withdraw the invitation to Petro, projecting an astonishing diplomatic weakness.

Rather, the attacker was gratified because upon arriving in Madrid, he was given an honorable reception. He was transported in a luxurious Rolls Royce Phantom IV, escorted by 40 cavalrymen from the Royal Escort Squadron, and housed in the Prado Palace.

He did not appreciate these deferences but rather mockingly expressed

that "last night, sleeping in the house where Franco slept, my head was filled with nightmares."

Despite these disrespectful allusions, the tour continued, swift and pompous.

King Felipe and Queen Letizia hosted a gala dinner for the Colombian delegation and awarded Petro the Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic. Later, the University of Salamanca awarded him the highest decoration of that prestigious institution, thus incomprehensibly rewarding the insults and verbal violence against his fellow countrymen.

Now Washington has acted accordingly by not allowing it to enter its territory.

We Peruvians know Petro well for interfering in national politics to support failed coup leader Pedro Castillo, who he said was deposed for "being poor and leftist"—a false narrative, just like the brazen version of Mexican Lopez Obrador, who claimed the absurdity that the Chotano was unacceptable to wealthy Lima residents because he could affect their privileges and major economic interests.

For these reasons, we do not have diplomatic relations with Mexico or Colombia, and we hope that this status will be maintained until the next national government.

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