The Colombian government announced that Foreign Minister Rosa Villavicencio has renounced her US visa in protest against the US State Department’s decision to revoke Colombian President Gustavo Petro’s visa.

Villavicencio’s decision came amid escalating tensions between the two countries over issues including drug policy, the war in Gaza, and the US naval buildup facing neighboring Venezuela.

While the Colombian Foreign Ministry did not respond to questions about the type of Villavicencio’s visa, it said in a statement that it is not interested in “diplomatic visas that limit ‘freedom of expression’ or undermine the ‘sovereignty’ of the nation.

The US State Department had revoked President Petro’s visa on Friday after he participated in a protest in New York against the war in Gaza, where Petro called for the creation of an international army to liberate the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

Petro, holding a megaphone and wearing a keffiyeh (the traditional Palestinian scarf), called on US soldiers to “disobey” orders from US President Donald Trump, adding that they should “not point their guns at humanity.”

The department said in a post on the social media platform X hours after the protest that it would revoke Petro’s visa due to his “reckless and inciting actions.”