US sanctions Colombia president over drugs
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The United States Treasury Department accused President Gustavo Petro of allowing drug trafficking to flourish.
After an escalation of tension between the U.S. and Colombia, President Gustavo Petro met with John McNamara, the U.S. chargé d'affaires to calm the situation.
President Donald Trump threatened Colombia, its third-largest trading partner in Latin America, with higher tariffs on all US imports and a stop to all forms of US payments.
President Donald Trump says the United States will raise tariffs and end all payments and subsidies to Colombia.
Colombia's President Gustavo Petro said on Thursday that a suspension of aid from the United States would mean nothing to his country but that changes to military funding could have an effect.
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Trump calls Colombia's Petro an ‘illegal drug leader,’ announces tariffs and end to U.S. aid
Palm Beach, Fla. — The United States will slash assistance to Colombia and enact tariffs on its exports because the country's leader, Gustavo Petro, “does nothing to stop” drug production, President Donald Trump said Sunday, escalating the friction between Washington and one of its closest allies in Latin America.
Foreign Minister Rosa Yolanda Villavicencio Mapy announced Colombia's ambassador recall amid rising tensions following Trump's accusations against President Gustavo Petro Urrego.