Colombian Migrants Describe Deportation Flights: 'We're Not Criminals'
Colombian migrants returning home described being shackled "like criminals," during earlier U.S. flights that were blocked by Colombia's president, Gustavo Petro, amid a standoff with President Donald Trump that almost led to a trade war. Newsweek has reached out to the Colombian Foreign Ministry for comment via email.
Inside Colombia’s Crisis Over Trump’s Deportations
When Colombia’s president, Gustavo Petro, refused military planes carrying deportees, infuriating President Trump, he revealed how heated the question of deportations has become.
Colombian planes carrying US deportees arrive in Bogota after Trump-Petro row
Two Colombian air force planes carrying deportees from the United States arrived in Bogota on Tuesday, the government said, paving the way for U.S. President Donald Trump's administration to lift visa restrictions and other measures on Colombian citizens.
The Truth About the Deportees on Trump’s ‘Con Air’ Colombia Flights
Two of President Donald Trump’s deportation flights to Colombia were packed full of innocent people, according to officials in the South American country. On Sunday, Jan. 26, Trump threatened Colombia with crippling tariffs,
Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro buckles under Trump’s trade war threat — offers presidential plane for deportation flights
The Government of Colombia, under the direction of President Gustavo Petro, has arranged the presidential plane to facilitate the dignified return of the compatriots.”
Colombia refused flights carrying deported migrants. Then Trump ordered tariffs.
Colombian President Gustavo Petro agrees to receive undocumented migrants as President Donald Trump steps up deportation efforts. Mr. Petro initially rejected two groups of migrants sent to Colombia because they were not treated with “dignity.
Hundreds of US visa appointments canceled in Colombia following spat with Trump over deportations
Visa appointments at the U.S. Embassy in Colombia have been canceled following a dispute between President Donald Trump and his Colombian counterpart Gustavo Petro over deportation flights that nearly
Who is Colombia's President Gustavo Petro, former Marxist guerrilla and country's first leftist leader?
A recent fight over between President Donald Trump and Colombian President Gustavo Petro has brought renewed attention to the ...
Strong-Arming Latin America Will Work Until It Doesn’t
So Trump will likely get his way in more cases than not. But he shouldn’t celebrate just yet, because the short-term payoff ...
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Donald Trump turns an angry gaze south
Colombia stopped resisting President Donald Trump’s deportation of its unwanted nationals. But America First bullying may yet ...
Who is Gustavo Petro, Colombia's President and former Marxist guerrilla, and what caused his recent spat with President Donald Trump?
Colombia's President Gustavo Petro, a former Marxist guerrilla, has recently made headlines for his outspoken stance against ...
Gustavo Petro’s daughter slams Trump amid his feud with her dad, ‘For every Colombian deported we will return a gringo’
Colombia’s president Gustavo Petro’s daughter has suggested that the nation should send back an American sex tourist for ...
Who is Gustavo Petro? Colombia's leftist leader at center of a US trade dispute
Colombian President Gustavo Petro faced a diplomatic clash with the US after refusing to allow planes carrying deported ...
Marco Rubio Passes His First Big Test on Global Stage
The new secretary of state took center stage in a diplomatic rift with Colombia over deportation flights, adding teeth to ...
What Trump’s Colombia tariff flap means for China, Canada, and Mexico as deadline looms
Shortly after last November’s election, Trump threatened China, Mexico, and Canada with 10% and 25% tariffs, respectively.