Colombia President Gustavo Petro said on Tuesday that he was no longer welcome to visit the United States, local reports said.
He argued at a cabinet meeting at Casa de Narino, the Presidential Palace in Bogota – President Donald Trump canceled his visa, using the nickname Donald Duck for his colleague.
“I can’t go anymore because I think they took away my visa,” Petro said, according to a report in the newspaper TimeS The comment at first glance explained why he was not present at a meeting of the International Monetary Fund on Monday in Washington, Colombia County
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Remarks come when Colombian Foreign Minister Laura Sarabia is preparing for a trip to New York to talk to the UN Security Council, Bogota City Paper Reported.
The first president of the left -hander in Colombia will already be replaced for an official business by the Minister of Finance, German Avila, who is already in Washington, County of Colombia this week.
The international SNUB follows Trump, threatening “decisive measures of resilience” against Colombian government officials who refused to leave several US military fields full of migrants on January 26th.
Although later the measures were stopped after diplomatic negotiations, Petro’s remarks suggest that sanctions may have been imposed against it.
Snub of Petro comes after Trump threatened “decisive revenge” against Colombian government officials who refused to resolve US military flights filled with migrant land on January 26th. / String / AFP via Getty Images
In January, Trump announced a series of “response measures” for Truth Social, which included 25 percent of emergency rates, a ban on travel and the immediate cancellation of visas for Colombian government officials and their allies and supporters.
Just hours after Trump declared steep rates for Colombia as a punishment for not accepting US deported, Petro captivated with his own response measures.
He announced that he had told his “Foreign Trade Minister to collect US importance rates by 25%” – corresponds to the promised Trump rates.
The Colombian president did not clarify exactly when his travel visa was stopped. But his last visit to the United States was in September 2024, when he attended a climate conference in Chicago and the UN General Assembly in New York, Daily Mail Reported.
Colombian President Gustavo Petroleum will already be replaced for official business by the Minister of Finance, German Avila, who is already in Washington, District of Colombia this week. /Camilo Erasso/Long Visual Press/Universal Images Group via Getty Images
Against the backdrop of his clash with Trump in January, an old Petro video appeared online thanks to Maga US accounts, accusing him of a transgender woman.
Viral footage is said to have been hand in hand with transsexual novinar Linda Yepes while traveling to Panama.
Peter, who is married to Verónica Alcocer philanthropist, did not deny being the man seen in the video, Hindustine times Reported.
As early as April 2023, Joe Biden hosted the White House oil; Colombia’s relationship with the United States has changed with the current administration.
A spokesman for the US Embassy in Bogota, talking to Blu Radio, declined to confirm the accuracy of Petro’s statement, citing the rules of confidentiality. They stressed that “visas records are confidential under US law” and noted that there was no “official visa annulment.”
Daily Beast contacted the Trump administration for comment.