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Colombia Recalls Ambassador To US As Trump-Petro Feud Intensifies

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At the UN General Assembly in September, Colombian President Gustavo Petro called for a 'criminal process' against Donald Trump for US strikes on alleged drug trafficking boats in the Caribbean AFP Colombia on Monday recalled its ambassador to the United States as a public feud between the nations' leaders heated up with President Donald Trump revoking aid and threatening punishing tariffs, or more. Trump on Sunday vowed to end all aid to the South American nation -- a historically close US partner but the world's leading cocaine producer -- berating his leftist counterpart Gustavo Petro as an "illegal drug leader. "He also said he would announce new tariffs on Monday targeting Colombia, and threatened unspecified action to "close up" drug cultivation in the county if Petro failed to act.

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