Trump administration bars prominent Spanish politician from Puerto Rico after Gaza flotilla activism

Former Barcelona Mayor Ada Colau on Wednesday accused US President Donald Trump’s administration of preventing her from traveling to Puerto Rico because of her activism against Israel’s war in Gaza, Anadolu reports. “Milei can enter Spain to talk about cuts, but those of us who denounce genocide and defend human rights cannot enter the US, or other territories it has appropriated through colonialism,” Colau wrote on Instagram, referring to Argentine President Javier Milei’s visit to Spain. Colau, a candidate for the left-wing Frente Amplio alliance in Spain’s forthcoming general election, criticized Trump’s immigration policies and accused him of disregarding Puerto Rico’s sovereignty. “What a curious kind of freedom Trump defends,” she wrote, accusing the US president of deciding the fate […]