The leftist president said his government would provide loans to those who take up his offer to return home and enlist in one of its programs to start a business.

The country was unable to secure US funds before former President Joe Biden left office and is now turning elsewhere for support.

China's envoy to Colombia seemed to take advantage of the weekend's public dispute between Colombian President Gustavo Petro and US President Donald Trump over immigration and deportation policies to promote Beijing's good ties with Bogota.

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.

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

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.

By Oliver Griffin, Luis Jaime Acosta and Nandita Bose BOGOTA/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Colombia's President Gustavo Petro averted an economic disaster at the 11th hour after diplomats from his government and the U.

Shortly after last November’s election, Trump threatened China, Mexico, and Canada with 10% and 25% tariffs, respectively.

In his first week back in the Oval Office, Trump has quickly torn up his predecessor’s alliance-driven foreign policy in favor of an even more rambunctious 2.0 version of “America First.” His provocations have raised tensions with key allies on multiple continents — and set up showdowns with other leaders that,

If Trump had carried out the threat of tariffs, the prices of many goods imported from Colombia could have increased, including coffee, flowers and crude oil.

A simmering diplomatic stand-off over deportation flights spilled onto social media Sunday, threatening the once close relationship between the US and Colombia and further exposing the anxiety many feel in Latin America towards a second Trump presidency.

President Donald Trump’s threat to tax imports from Colombia comes not long before Valentine's Day, and Colombia is America’s No. 1 foreign source of cut flowers.