The punitive steps, announced Sunday, came after Colombian President Gustavo Petro again criticized the ongoing and legally dubious U.S. military attacks on civilian small craft in the Caribbean, ostensibly part of the Trump administration’s war on drug trafficking. Just after Trump’s announcement, Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth announced another U.S. strike, this time on what he claimed was a boat crewed by Colombian guerrillas carrying narcotics.
Relations between the Trump administration and Colombia took their fourth turn for the worse this year over the weekend, after President Donald Trump threatened steep new tariffs on a free-trade partner and said he would suspend U.S. aid and assistance to one of its key Latin American allies.
Relations between the Trump administration and Colombia took their fourth turn for the worse this year over the weekend, after President Donald Trump threatened steep new tariffs on a free-trade partner and said he would suspend U.S. aid and assistance to one of its key Latin American allies.
The punitive steps, announced Sunday, came after Colombian President Gustavo Petro again criticized the ongoing and legally dubious U.S.
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