The government of Colombia accused the United States over the weekend of violating international law by revoking far-left President Gustavo Petro’s U.S. visa after he called for the U.S. military to disobey its commander in chief’s orders.

Officials in Bogotá condemned the decision as a “diplomatic weapon” and as a “violation” of Petro’s free speech rights.

In an official statement , the Colombian Foreign Ministry claimed that “denying or revoking a visa — as a diplomatic weapon — undermines the spirit of the 1945 [U.N.] Charter of on-site participation with the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression regardless of borders.”

“Otherwise, it would be essential to find a completely neutral host country that would allow, regardless of its bilateral r

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