A simmering diplomatic stand-off over deportation flights spilled onto social media Sunday, threatening the once close relationship between the US and Colombia and further exposing the anxiety many feel in Latin America towards a second Trump presidency.

So Trump will likely get his way in more cases than not. But he shouldn’t celebrate just yet, because the short-term payoff of strong-arming Latin America will come at the long-term cost of accelerating the region’s shift toward China and increasing its instability. The latter tends, sooner or later, to boomerang back into the United States.

President Gustavo Petro of Colombia is under fire after a widely shared video purportedly captured him with transsexual newscaster Linda Yepes, leading to charges of infidelity and embezzlement. Yepes claimed to have received death threats after the distribution of the video,

The first daughter of Colombia’s president has waded into the short-lived standoff between her father and President Trump over deportations – suggesting the Latin American nation should send

The Government of Colombia, under the direction of President Gustavo Petro, has arranged the presidential plane to facilitate the dignified return of the compatriots.”

Colombian President Gustavo Petro asked President Donald Trump to sit down with him and talk things over a glass of whiskey, called him an outright racist in rambling social media posts and pledged to never yield to Washington’s pressure even if the economic sanctions being threatened led to his overthrow.

Gustavo Petro was quickly brought to heel by President Donald Trump after the Colombian leader rejected several deportation flights from the U.S. Colombia has agreed to accept deported migrants.

For a fleeting moment, it looked like going after Trump was a political risk Colombian President Gustavo Petro was willing to take. But all his rhetoric was for naught.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro said he will deny entry to the United States’s deportation flights as President Trump’s immigration plan begins. “The US cannot treat Colombian

China's envoy to Colombia seemed to take advantage of the weekend's public dispute between Colombian President Gustavo Petro and US President Donald Trump over immigration and deportation policies to promote Beijing's good ties with Bogota.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro welcomed “compatriots” who have been returned from the U.S. after a brief back-and-forth tussle between the countries, proclaiming a “migrant is not a