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Collage de viaje con una turista fotografiando la estatua de La Niña Sin Miedo, el National Mall y el monumento a Lincoln
Ilustración alusiva al recorrido de Rusinque por Nueva York y Washington · Imagen generada para EPM

Rusinque visits United States and defends her freedom

Former superintendent Cielo Rusinque shared a trip through Boston, Salem, New York and Washington a year after renouncing her official visa as a gesture of…

--- The context --- Former superintendent of Industry and Commerce Cielo Rusinque returned to public debate after sharing images from a holiday trip across the United States, a year after announcing her renunciation of her official visa. She presented that return, made on September 30, 2025, as an act of dignity in response to the withdrawal of the same document from former president Gustavo Petro. --- The facts --- The tour included Boston, Salem, New York and Washington, with photographs shared by Rusinque on social media. In New York she was seen by The San Remo building, facing Central Park, and beside the Fearless Girl sculpture, a work by Kristen Visbal, in the financial district. In Washington she visited the National Mall and posed before the statue of Abraham Lincoln. --- The positions --- Citizens online linked her presence in the United States with that renunciation and accused her of an apparent contradiction. Rusinque rejected the criticism, denounced vulgar remarks and hateful comments about her personal appearance, and noted that some demanded to know why she had visited the United States and not Cuba or warned they would seek removal of her United States visa. On Cuba she admitted there was some truth in that point, said she had long wished to visit the island and promised photos when she travelled there. On entry she explained she had renounced the official visa granted as minister, that her French nationality means she does not need that document to enter, and that she also holds a diplomatic visa current through 2031. She closed by asking critics to stop suffering and stating she would remain free, progressive, dignified and beautiful. --- What remains unknown --- The source does not give exact dates for the trip or documents independently verifying the immigration status invoked. It also does not detail the procedures used on entry. What can be verified is the public explanation offered by Rusinque herself and the images she released from each stop. --- Unanswered questions --- Should a public gesture of dignity forever condition the travel of someone who has left office? Does French nationality close the debate about political coherence here? Will Rusinque answer questions of substance with the same openness shown toward personal comments? --- EPM analysis --- This case crosses personal freedom with political memory. No one loses the right to travel over a past institutional position, and the legal route explained answers clearly how she entered the country. But a renunciation presented to the country as a symbol of dignity will keep being cited whenever conduct seems to move the opposite way. Separating the legal, personal and political levels allows the episode to be judged fairly, without insults or closed defences. 📌 EPM Take: In EPM's view, this episode matters less for a personal trip than for what it reveals about public debate in Colombia, where a decision presented as a gesture of dignity became a permanent test applied to every later step taken by its author. The immigration explanation offered settles the legal doubt, but it does not settle the political discussion about coherence, example and the use of symbols. That discussion is legitimate when it stays on ideas and avoids personal attacks and empty praise.
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