The Government of Colombia, under the direction of President Gustavo Petro, has arranged the presidential plane to facilitate the dignified return of the compatriots.”

Washington, United States - Former Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, who governed the country between 2010 and 2018, described Tuesday as a “very unfortunate incident” the diplomatic crisis between the United States and Colombia and regretted that their leaders,

Colombian President Gustavo Petro and President Donald Trump had brief back-and-forth over deportees and tariff threats.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Sunday ordered an increase of import tariffs on goods from the United States in retaliation to President Trump’s tariffs and sanctions. Petro, in a post

For a moment on Sunday, the government of Colombia’s Gustavo Petro looked like it might be the first in Latin America to take a meaningful stand against President Donald Trump’s mass-deportation plans. Instead, Petro gave Trump the perfect opportunity to show how far he would go to enforce compliance. Latin American leaders came out worse off.

Colombian migrants returning home described being shackled "like criminals," during earlier U.S. flights that were blocked by Colombia's president, Gustavo Petro, amid a standoff with President Donald Trump that almost led to a trade war. Newsweek has reached out to the Colombian Foreign Ministry for comment via email.

The Liberal Party of Colombia is distancing itself from President Gustavo Petro's government after he was forced to back down in his feud with Donald Trump.

The President of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, has warned United States President Donald Trump that he would never rule the world. Petro also criticised US

"In an attempt to supposedly defend the dignity of undocumented migrants, he ended up damaging the dignity of all Colombians," Christian Garcés told The Latin Times

Gustavo Petro had briefly threatened to ignite a trade war with the United States and turned away U.S. planes over the treatment of their deportees.

When Colombia’s president, Gustavo Petro, refused military planes carrying deportees, infuriating President Trump, he revealed how heated the question of deportations has become.