Colombia

Far-left President of Colombia Gustavo Petro once again called for the legalization of cocaine and claimed it is “not worse than whiskey” during a disastrous six-hour-long meeting on Tuesday evening with his cabinet of ministers that the government broadcast live.

Colombia’s far-left President Gustavo Petro called for Colombians illegally in the United States to return “as soon as possible.”

Far-left President of Colombia Gustavo Petro said on Wednesday that he will stop using Twitter (or “X”) after he caused an hours-long diplomatic crisis with the United States by refusing to accept a deportation flight and disparaging Colombia’s longtime ally in a post published at nearly 4:00 a.m. local time.

China’s public response to the deportation fight between President Donald Trump and Colombian President Petro Gustavo seemed oddly muted early this week, but that might have been because Beijing already had a man in Bogota working the political angle.

Conservative former President of Colombia Álvaro Uribe Vélez helped defuse a short-lived diplomatic crisis between Colombia and the United States caused by far-left President Gustavo Petro on Sunday, The New York Times reported on Monday.

Far-left President of Colombia Gustavo Petro on Monday refuted claims that he was in a state of inebriation when he published a late-night social media message that caused a short-lived diplomatic crisis with the United States on Sunday.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning says China will accept repatriation of Chinese nationals who illegally entered the United States.

People from all over Colombia “have united” in support of President Donald Trump, Colombia-born U.S. Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH) told Breitbart News Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow on The Alex Marlow Show.

Colombian-born Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH) explained during an interview on The Alex Marlow Show the “one fact” the media is not reporting about the deportation flights the Trump administration sent to Colombia.

On Monday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Chris Jansing Reports,” Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA) argued that President Donald Trump wants to put “a show on, as we’ve seen with his actions with Colombia, with tariffs. He wants us to be a spectacle.”

On Monday’s broadcast of “CNN Newsroom,” Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX) argued that while the Trump administration was able to work out a deal with Colombia to get them to accept deportations and save taxpayer money, the move will antagonize “one

President Trump’s tariff threat against Colombia demonstrated the power of economic leverage wielded with precision.

On Monday’s broadcast of “NewsNation Now,” John Sandweg, who served as acting ICE Director under President Obama, stated that President Donald Trump took on the longstanding problem of countries refusing to take their nationals who are deported back and did so

Far-left President of Honduras Xiomara Castro on Sunday called for an emergency meeting of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) later this week to discuss President Donald Trump’s crackdown on illegal migrants in the United States.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s (D-NY) hot take on how tariffs on Colombian goods may lead to higher coffee prices for Americans left a burnt and bitter aftertaste for many on social media.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Sunday retweeted a post from White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt that essentially declared President Donald Trump’s absolute victory in the showdown over Colombian deportees. Petro deleted his retweet a few hours later.

Politicians across the political spectrum in Colombia panned far-left President Gustavo Petro’s short-lived “trade war” with President Donald Trump and are calling for his impeachment and urging Congress to investigate his actions.

Colombia announced late on Sunday that it would send Foreign Minister Luis Gilberto Murillo and an emergency delegation to Washington.

The Colombian government “agreed to all” of President Donald Trump’s terms regarding the “unrestricted acceptance of all illegal aliens from Colombia” who are being deported from the United States.

Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH) announced that he would be introducing legislation to impose new sanctions on Colombia after Colombian President Gustavo Petro refused to accept two deportation flights from the United States.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued a warning that President Donald Trump has been clear that the United States will “no longer be lied to nor taken advantage of.”

Colombian President Gustavo Petro backed down on his declaration that he would not accept deportation flights from the United States. He now says he will send his presidential plane to personally pick up the deported migrants, a U.S. official with knowledge on the matter told Breitbart News.

President Donald Trump smacked Colombia with an emergency 25 percent tariff and other sanctions after the nation refused two repatriation flights. Colombia reversed its pledge to accept deportation flights from the United States.

A U.S. official told Breitbart News that the U.S. Embassy in Colombia is set to close on Monday, following Colombian President Gustavo Petro reversing his promise to accept deportation flights.

Ongoing violent clashes in Colombia between the National Liberation Army (ELN) and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) Marxist terrorist groups in the Colombian region of Catatumbo have left over 40,000 displaced, local media reported Friday.

Heads of state and officials from Latin America’s leftist governments and authoritarian regimes issued statements this week marking the start of President Donald Trump’s second term, condemning Trump’s firm stance against authoritarianism.

President-elect Donald Trump has expressed a strong interest in acquiring control of the Panama Canal, potentially by force if necessary.

Far-left President of Colombia Gustavo Petro warned President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday that he will side with neighboring Panama “until the last consequences” should the United States take control of the Panama Canal.

Colombian activist Josías Fiesco filed a legal complaint against the nation’s far-left President Gustavo Petro on Monday over Petro’s repeated use of the Marxist M19 guerrilla terrorist organization’s flag in official government events.

Far-left President of Colombia Gustavo Petro on Sunday expressed outrage at the ouster of former Syrian dictator Bashar Assad, issuing a flurry of allegations and conjecture in a lengthy social media post.

Authorities in Colombia on Thursday refuted claims made by the United Nations Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED), which stated that 20,000 unidentified bodies allegedly remain stored at a hangar in Bogotá’s El Dorado International Airport.

Far-left president of Colombia Gustavo Petro claimed on Tuesday that Venezuela’s fraudulent July 28 presidential election was “a mistake” due to socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro’s “dark handling” of the dubious results.

The far-left presidents of Colombia, Brazil, Chile, and Mexico on Monday vowed to strengthen the Latin American “progressive bloc” ahead of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on January 20.

Far-left President of Colombia Gustavo Petro on Wednesday criticized Hispanic Americans who voted for President-elect Donald Trump, claiming that some migrants, once they obtain a legal residence in the United States, “kick the ladder” so that others cannot reach the same position.

Venezuela’s socialist regime recalled its ambassador to Brazil and threatened Colombia’s Foreign Minister Luis Murillo on Wednesday, further straining its relationship with two of its most sympathetic leftist neighbors.

Far-left president of Colombia Gustavo Petro claimed on Tuesday that the United States is engaging in “ethnic discrimination” of illegal migrants and accused it of being responsible for the Venezuelan migrant crisis by imposing human rights sanctions on the socialist regime.