The Trump administration's use of U.S. military aircraft to return deportees has raised alarms throughout Latin America.
By Oliver Griffin, Luis Jaime Acosta and Nandita Bose BOGOTA/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Colombia's President Gustavo Petro averted an economic disaster at the 11th hour after diplomats from his government and the U.
Trump said the measures were necessary because the Colombia president’s decision “jeopardized” U.S. national security.
President Donald Trump orders tariffs, visa restrictions imposed on Colombia in retaliation for not accepting 2 deportation flights.
Trump said the measures were necessary because the Colombia president’s decision “jeopardized” U.S. national security.
Colombia has walked back from the brink of a damaging trade war with the United States, reaching an agreement on accepting deported migrants being returned on military planes, after a flurry of threats from President Donald Trump that included steep tariffs.
Colombia on Monday sent two military aircraft to repatriate migrants from the United States after being forced to back down in a blazing row over deportations with President Donald Trump. President Gustavo Petro on Sunday stepped back from the brink of a full-blown trade war with the United States after Trump threatened Colombia with sanctions and massive tariffs for turning back two US military planeloads of deported migrants.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Colombian President Gustavo Petro ended their public tit for tat that began when military planes with migrants were blocked, a disagreement that veered into tariff threats on both sides.
There is no census, and migrants come and go, but the majority of people in La Soledad appear to be from Venezuela, the once-wealthy South American nation that has seen an exodus of more than 7 million amid an economic, social and political crackup.
Francisco Fortín was attacked by gangs wielding machetes in his home country of Honduras, he said, an act of violence that cemented a decision to quit his impoverished and trouble-plagued homeland.