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Mon, 20 Oct 2025 20:05:04 +0000
Explainer: Petro and Trump’s latest spat
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Mon, 20 Oct 2025 20:04:47 +0000
Petro recalls ambassador from US, threatens to repeal FTA
President Gustavo Petro recalled Colombia’s ambassador from the United States and threatened to repeal the countries’ unpopular free trade agreement (FTA). In a post on social media platform X, Petro said that US President Donald Trump...

Mon, 20 Oct 2025 11:36:37 +0000
Trump vows to impose tariffs on Colombia in escalating counternarcotics row
US President Donald Trump vowed to impose tariffs on Colombia, calling the South American country “a drug manufacturing machine.” Talking to the press aboard the presidential airplane, Trump confirmed Republican Senator Lindsay GrahamR...

Sun, 19 Oct 2025 15:06:24 +0000
Trump suspends aid to Colombia, claims Petro is “illegal drug leader”
US President Donald Trump suspended aid to Colombia, claiming that President Gustavo Petro “is an illegal drug leader.” In a post on his website Truth Social, Trump claimed that his Colombian counterpart “is strongly encouraging the...

Sun, 19 Oct 2025 14:09:57 +0000
US assassinated fisherman in Colombian waters, family says
The US military assassinated at least one fisherman from Colombia’s Caribbean coast and falsely accused him of being a drug trafficker, the alleged victim’s family told public television network RTVC. In an interview, Audenis Manjarres sa...

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Mon, 20 Oct 2025 17:08:59 +0000
Colombia’s Politicians React to Trump’s Tariff Threat and Aid Suspension
U.S President Donald Trump triggered a political firestorm in Colombia after announcing on Truth Social the immediate suspension of all financial aid and imposition of punitive tariffs on Colombian exports, […]

Sun, 19 Oct 2025 15:37:45 +0000
Trump Calls Colombia’s Petro an “Illegal Drug Leader,” Halts U.S. Aid
In an extraordinary escalation that threatens to end decades of strategic partnership, U.S. President Donald J. Trump on Sunday labeled Colombian President Gustavo Petro an “illegal drug leader” and announced […]

Thu, 16 Oct 2025 21:36:15 +0000
Bogotá: “Criminal structures” behind Congress of the Peoples protest
A wave of coordinated protests and building occupations by the social movement known as the “Congress of the Peoples” has raised alarms in Bogotá this week, after Interior Minister Armando […]

Wed, 15 Oct 2025 20:58:01 +0000
Colombia Targets TdeA as U.S. Launches More Caribbean Strikes
Colombia’s National Police captured a top Venezuelan of the Tren de Aragua criminal organization, hours after a second fugitive jumped to his death from his luxury apartment in Medellín. The […]

Tue, 14 Oct 2025 17:18:30 +0000
Venezuelan Activists Attacked in Bogotá During Targeted Shooting
Two Venezuelan human rights activists living in exile in Colombia were wounded in a targeted shooting on Monday afternoon in northern Bogotá, an attack that has renewed fears over the […]

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