After donald trump announce strong sanctions on Colombia for rejecting the arrival of two flights with migrants deported from United States, Gustavo Petro He responded forcefully and assured that he will not back down from his position. “With their economic strength and their arrogance, they can try to carry out a coup d’état like they did with (Salvador) Allende. But I die in my law, I resisted torture and I resist you,” emphasized the left-wing president.
Faced with Trump’s threat to increase tariffs by 25% on Colombian imports and a new increase planned for next week that would accumulate by 50%, Petro responded that it will do the same, but with products from the United States. “They inform me that You put a 50% tariff on our fruit of human labor to enter the US, I do the same”.
“He ordered the minister of foreign trade to raise tariffs on imports from the US by 25%. The ministry must help direct our exports to the world other than the US. “Our exports must expand”expressed Petro on the social network X.
The diplomatic crisis broke out after Petro will not allow the entry of two planes with deported US citizens this Sunday until they receive “dignified” treatment.
In this framework, Petro invited “foreign Colombian communities to be marketers of our products” to apparently try to compensate for the loss of the market in the United States. “North American products whose price will rise within the national economy must be replaced by national production, the government will help in this purpose,” added the president.
The Colombian president challenged his American counterpart with a long letter in which he even stated that he was not afraid of a coup d’état, in the midst of the bilateral crisis due to the imposition of tariffs and other measures announced by the White House.
“Knock me down, president, and the Americas and humanity will respond,” the Colombian president said firmly through X.
Donald Trump announced sanctions against Colombia
donald trumpwith the aim of continuing to advance firmly in its measures against migration, announced harsh sanctions against Colombia for reject two military planes with deported people.
The new president assured that the refusal of Gustavo Petro, his Colombian counterpart, endangered the national security of USA and therefore decided to impose sanctions that will involve tariffs, travel bans and revocation of visas on Colombian officials. Petro’s rapid action may have as its objective a deterrent effect for other countries facing a similar scenario.
The measures that Trump will take against Colombia include the imposition of emergency tariffs of 25% on all goods entering the United States, which will increase by 50% in one week; travel ban and visa revocation of officials of the Colombian government and its allies and the full imposition of emergency sanctions on the treasurybanking and finance. He also announced that he will order greater border inspections of Colombian nationals and shipments.
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