Already struggling with local guerrillas, the Colombian power has now knitted with the stirring tenant of the White House. At the end of several hours of diplomatic showdown, with threats of heavy sanctions to the key, Donald Trump made Bogota bend, on the night of Sunday on Monday, January 27, assuring that Colombia had accepted its conditions for the repatriation of 'Colombian immigrants expelled by the United States.
“The Colombian government has accepted all the conditions of President Trump, including the unrestricted acceptance of all illegal foreigners from Colombia dejected from the United States, including on board American military aircraft, without limitation or delay”said the White House in a press release. “Based on this agreement, fully written prices and sanctions will be put in reserve and will not be signed, unless Colombia does not honor this agreement”warned the spokesperson for the White House, Karoline Leavitt, in this press release. For his part, Bogota confirmed that “Impasse” With the United States was “Overcome”according to the Minister of Foreign Affairs Luis Gilberto Murillo.
“Today's events clearly show the world that America is respected again”
This reversal comes after a spectacular escalation between the two countries, Washington working against Bogota's decision to repress military aircraft carrying immigrants expelled by the United States. The left Colombian President Gustavo Petro said that on“A migrant is not a criminal and must be treated with dignity that a human being deserves”. In response, Washington notably threatened to impose customs duties of 25 % on all Colombian goods entering the United States, which were to be brought to 50 % in a week, according to President Trump, despite the free agreement -Change between the two countries.
The United States has also taken sanctions relating to the issuance of visas, announced on Sunday by the State Department. The train of American sanctions includes in particular a ban on entry in the United States and a revocation of visas for those responsible for the Colombian government, its allies and supporters as well as “Reinforced inspections” At the entrance for all Colombian nationals and goods from this country, the State Department said. These sanctions are maintained “Until the first flight of Colombian expelled has successfully arrived”added the spokesperson Karoline Leavitt, for whom “Today's events clearly show the world that America is respected again”.
-In response to American sanctions, the Colombian president had in turn announced that he had given orders to his Minister of Foreign Trade “Return to 25 % customs duties on imports from the United States ”. The Colombian presidency had also declared earlier that she was going to send her plane “To facilitate the return to the dignity of nationals who were to arrive in the country this morning, by expulsion flights”.
For her part, the president of Honduras Xiomara Castro called on a meeting on Sunday “urgent” Presidents and heads of state of the Latin American and Caribbean Community of States and Caribbean (Ceuc) on January 30 to discuss the migratory issue.
Updated Monday January 27 at 7:55 a.m. With the withdrawal of Colombia and part of the American sanctions.
