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Colombia didn't bend the knee
Author: Raine    Date: 01/27/2025 14:31:59

Contrary to what I am seeing/reading in headlines and social media Colombia didn't cave to Trump. The country got what it wanted.

"What?" you say?

The NYT has this headline:
Colombia Agrees to Accept Deportation Flights After Trump Threatens Tariffs

The country’s leader, Gustavo Petro, backed down after a clash with President Trump, which started when Mr. Petro turned back U.S. military planes carrying deportees.

The headline doesn't actually say why the flights were sent back. He wanted the deportees to be treated with humanity and dignity. He offered to send non-miliary planes (his own plane, actually) to repatriate Colombian citizens, He has been accepting deportations all along. In other words, he wanted them to not be shackled. From the article:
Colombia’s foreign ministry released a statement soon afterward that said “we have overcome the impasse with the United States government.” It said the government would accept all deportation flights and “guarantee dignified conditions” for those Colombians on board.

(snip)

Mr. Petro said Sunday in a series of posts that Colombia would not accept military deportation flights from the United States until the Trump administration provided a process to treat Colombian migrants with “dignity and respect.”

“I cannot make migrants stay in a country that does not want them,” Mr. Petro wrote, “but if that country sends them back, it should be with dignity and respect for them and for our country.”

He said he was still open to receiving deportees on nonmilitary flights.
He also called Trump an enslaver.

Read beyond the headline. Colombia did the right thing.

&
Raine

Bonus:

It's Colombia, not Columbia

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— greg (@mistergeezy.bsky.social) January 26, 2025 at 5:53 PM


 
 

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