The State Department accused Peter of making “reckless and burnt-cen” remarks after urging American soldiers to not follow US President Donald Trump’s orders, the BBC reported.
“Today, President of Colombia @Petrogstavo has stood on NYC Street and urged the US military to incite violence against orders. We will revoke Peter’s visa for his reckless burning action,” the department posted on X.
Peter appeared at the demonstration alongside British musician Roger Waters, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressing the UN General Assembly.
“What’s going on in Gaza is obviously a genocide,” Peter told the crowd.
He said Washington’s repeated use of veto power at the UN Security Council “destroyed all diplomatic hope.”
“History has shown that once diplomacy is over, humanity is forced to reach a different kind of struggle,” he said.
Peter appealed directly to our soldiers.
“From New York, I ask all the soldiers in the U.S. Army to not let your hands go to people,” he said.
“We will not follow Trump’s orders, we will follow the order of humanity,” he added, recalling the US military once fought Hitler in Europe.
Colombian Home Minister Armando Benedetti criticized Washington’s move and said Netanyahu’s visa should have been revoked instead.
“But the Empire is protecting him, so he is removing it to the only president who had enough capacity to tell him the truth in his face,” he wrote to X.
Colombian media said Peter had already returned to Bogota from New York late Friday.
Separately, US authorities have refused visas to Palestinian officials, including President Mahmoud Abbas, preventing them from attending the UN General Assembly.
MNA