Colombia recalls US ambassador after Trump's tariff threat, drug remarks - Stabroek News

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

72% : There is no greed in my heart.
54% : Petro on Sunday condemned a new bombing of a vessel which killed three people, saying the boat belonged to a "humble family," and not the leftist National Liberation Army rebel group, as claimed by U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth in his own comments.
50% : Trump also called Colombian's leftist President Gustavo Petro an "illegal drug leader" on Sunday, which Petro's government described as offensive.
50% : Trump said U.S. financial aid to Colombia would be cut off and details about the new tariffs would be unveiled on Monday, but it was not clear what funding Trump was referring to. Colombia was once among the largest recipients of U.S. aid in the Western Hemisphere, but the flow of money was suddenly curtailed this year by the shuttering of USAID, the U.S. government's humanitarian arm.
50% : The oil-producing nation currently pays 10% tariffs on most imports to the U.S., the baseline level Trump has imposed on many countries.
48% : Colombia, a big exporter of oil, coal, coffee, flowers and bananas, posted a $338 million trade deficit with the U.S. between January and July, according to government statistics agency DANE. Investors from the U.S. invested $2.27 billion in Colombia in the first half of the year, according to central bank figures, some 34% of total foreign investment received during that period.
45% : Colombia's foreign ministry has vowed to seek international support for Petro, who first rose to prominence as a senator by exposing links between right-wing paramilitary groups involved in drug trafficking and corrupt politicians, as well as for the country's autonomy.

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