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"The U.S. cannot treat Colombian migrants as criminals," Petro wrote. Petro said even though there were 15,660 Americans without legal immigration status in Colombia, he would never carry out a raid to return handcuffed Americans to the United States. "We are the opposite of the Nazis," he wrote, in a jab at Trump. Mexico also refused a request last week to let a U.S. military aircraft land with migrants.

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[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 128 points 3 days ago (3 children)

I hope the rest of the world keeps standing up.

[–] qyron@sopuli.xyz 55 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Colombia has nothing to lose. The country is already in the black list for narco traffic. They suffered political meddling from the US in the 70s/80s. What next? Invasion? The cartels would be the first to pick up arms to fight back.

[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 44 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'm not looking for perfect. I'm looking for people saying fuck you to our newly installed dictator.

[–] qyron@sopuli.xyz 21 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Exactly. No matter from where it comes, a push back is a push back.

[–] WaxiestSteam69@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago

I agree but some pushback closer to home would be nice.

[–] ThatsDrSpaceJunk2U@lemmy.world 36 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I would beg to differ. We have a lot to lose. We get millions of dollars for our armed forces and anti drug forces to fight the guerrillas (narco terrorists). If Petro keeps pushing, Trump could take that away. We are going through an increase of violence in the Catacumbo region. That means investors are already nervous. This issue with the US government could affect our economy even more. As always innocent folks will get caught in the middle of the armed conflict and any terrorist acts. We also have a ton of export trade with the US obviously starting with coffee, but lots of other industries (flowers, cacao, fruits, etc.)

Anyway, we could get fucked if Petro and Trump can't work things out. I don't expect they will, since they both behave like children.

[–] WaxiestSteam69@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago

It's likely to be taken away anyway. There is a vocal group in the US pushing for more isolation and less funding for those types of aid. The Trump admin will keep raising the vig if you capitulate now.

[–] Someone@lemmy.ca 14 points 3 days ago

If every country could come up with a way to personally annoy him (refuse to give away their largest territory, build taller buildings all around his hotels, call him a silly name, etc.) all the tariffs would essentially cancel each other out. If everything's tariffed, nothing's tariffed.