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Colombia returned to the edge of a harmful trade war with the United States, reaching an agreement on the acceptance of expelled migrants returned to military planes, after a wave of threats from President Donald Trump who included steep prices.
Colombia said on Sunday evening that it had accepted “all the conditions of President Trump”, including “the without restriction” of immigrants who entered the United States illegally, after two American military planes carrying deportees been prevented from entering the country.
“We will continue to receive Colombians and Colombian women who return as deportees, guaranteeing them decent conditions as citizens subject to rights,” said Foreign Minister Luis Gilberto Murillo, in a television statement. He added that American deportation flights had resumed and that the Colombian presidential plane was ready to help citizens repatriate.
The White House also supported its threat of imposing prices unless Colombia “honors this agreement”, adding other penalties, including visa sanctions and customs inspections of Colombian nationals and cargo cargo, will remain In place until the first plan of Colombian deportees has successfully returned.
“Today’s events clearly indicate to the world that America is respected again. President Trump will continue to fiercely protect the sovereignty of our country, and he expects all other nations in the world to cooperate fully to accept the expulsion of their citizens illegally present in the United States, “said the White House in a press release.
The announcement ends a tumultuous weekend that threatened to increase coffee prices for American consumers and has an impact on hundreds of thousands of Colombian workers. It is also the first time that Trump has taken major measures against another country about his immigration policy since he took office last week.
The quarrel started early on Sunday on American military flights carrying deportees to Colombia. The documents examined by CNN Show Colombia had previously approved theft, although Colombian President Gustavo Petro challenged that he had authorized them – and that US officials claim that authorization was revoked once the planes along the way .
Petro prevented landing planes, accusing the United States of treating Colombian migrants as criminals – encouraging Trump to order steep prices on all Colombian imports, a travel ban for Colombian citizens, the revocation of visas For Colombian officials in the United States and the suspension of visa visa treatment, and the suspension of visa visa treatment for immigrant and non-immigrant visas.
Visa restrictions are particularly extraordinary because they are generally reserved for opponents or individuals who have committed human rights violations – while Colombia is a major non -nato ally of the United States, and for decades has been His partner closest to South America.
In response, Petro threatened the prices for reprisals in the United States and attacked Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio on social networks, writing: “You will never see me burn an American flag or make a raid to return illegal immigrants handcuffed in the United States. ”
Sunday evening, the White House announced that the two countries had reached their agreement.
The confrontation also demonstrates the potential challenges that other countries face other countries while preparing for the repression of Trump’s immigration – the new president already threatening prices on Canada and Mexico on border questions. And the early victory perceived on Colombia seems to have embraced one in the White House.
“You cannot go out and challenge us publicly in this way,” a Trump administration official told CNN. “We will make sure that the world knows that it cannot get away with a non -sure and deceptive being.”
Although a trade war may have been avoided for the moment, tit-for-tat threats have stressed that the benefits that could be caused.
Colombia is not a major trading partner with the United States, but its main exports include minerals, metals and coffee. Coffee prices have already increased in the past year, and prices could have made it even more expensive for American consumers.
And even if Trump returns his threats to Colombia, he has Prices promised in mind On other countries this week if they do not move manufacturing in the United States. These prices could considerably increase the prices of Americans, as importers pay prices and often transmit the increase in costs to consumers.
Meanwhile, analysts of economic and foreign policy also urged Colombia to avoid a diplomatic quarrel with the United States. The Colombian Council on International Relations (Cori), a reflection group of former ministers and foreign affairs analysts, warned that commercial reprisals would only harm Colombia and have warned the country’s government to preserve its relations with Washington.
The chief of the Colombo-American Chamber of Commerce, Maria Claudia Lacouture, echoes these feelings in a post on X, warning that the American prices on Colombian products would have an immediate and devastating impact.
“In coffee alone, more than 500,000 families depend on this sector. In flower agriculture, thousands of single mothers would lose their subsistence. And we can continue to add sectors that will be affected, ”she said.
The United States began to use military planes to bring back recent borders in its country of origin last week, the flights that should continue daily – partly as a message to other nations, said the Czar on Sunday From the White House, Tom Homan.
The Defense Ministry “has already helped administrations, but not at this level. It is therefore a multiplier of strength, and it sends a strong signal to the world. Our border is closed, ”Homan told ABC News.
The United States also asks Mexico to help catch up with its nationals via Earthly Earthly ports along the American-Mexican border, although Mexico also seemed to transform a military flight in the direction of the country last week.
Brazil has joined Colombia Sunday by condemning the Trump administration of migrants repatriated to expulsion flights, denouncing the treatment of Brazilian nationals who arrived in the country on Friday as “degrading”.
Brazilian authorities said they had found 88 deportees handcuffed to an American flight which landed by mistake in a different city from its planned destination. Brazilian officials have not authorized the plane to continue due to “the use of handcuffs and chains, the poor condition of the plane, with a defective air conditioning system, among other problems”, and the migrants have was transported to their final destination on a Brazilian flight from the Air Force.
This story and this title have been updated with additional developments.
David Goldman of CNN, Omar Fajardo, Duarte Mendonça, Julia Vargas Jones, Jennifer Hansler And Gabriela frías contributed to this report.