Colombia attempted to stand up to Trump's immigration demands, with mixed results. Mexico appears to be playing it safer.
A brief standoff with Colombia holds important lessons for how future trade conflicts might unfold in the new Trump administration.
U.S. President Trump said that his administration could impose a 25% tariff on Mexican exports. But will he actually act on his threat?
When Colombia’s president, Gustavo Petro, refused military planes carrying deportees, infuriating President Trump, he revealed how heated the question of deportations has become.
The nations spent much of the day in a tense standoff, with the U.S. president threatening tariffs and visa restrictions after Colombia turned away two deportation flights.
Colombian President Gustavo Petro announced that Colombia was suspending permission for previously authorized U.S. deportation flights to land in Colombia. Ostensibly driving Petro’s action were concerns that Colombian nationals were not being treated with respect during the deportation process because they were being transported by military aircraft.
WASHINGTON — President Trump’s tariff threats to pressure Colombian President Gustavo Petro to accept U.S. deportation flights served as a warning to the entire region. But while Petro ...
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 did an about-face at lightning-fast speed on accepting deportation flights in what President Donald Trump hailed as a victory for his "f--- around and find out" [FAFO] style of governing.
The Trump administration's use of U.S. military aircraft to return deportees has raised alarms throughout Latin America.