Bogota- Colombia’s foreign minister has “renounced” her US visa to protest a decision by the US State department to revoke the visa of Colombian President Gustavo Petro, the Colombian government said on Monday.

The decision by Foreign Minister Rosa Villavicencio comes as tensions between both nations escalate over issues that include drug policy, the war in Gaza and a US naval build up in neighbouring Venezuela.

While Colombia’s Foreign Affairs Ministry did not respond to questions about what kind of visa Villavicencio was a holder of, it said in a statement that it was not interested in “diplomatic visas that limit opinions” or curtail the nation’s “sovereignty.”

The US State Department revoked President Petro’s visa on Friday after he participated in a New York protest against the wa

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