Latin American Countries Call 'Emergency' Meeting After U.S.-Colombia Tariff Standoff

Colombia Sending Emergency Delegation to D.C. to Fix Leftist President's Mess

Colombia announced late on Sunday that it would send Foreign Minister Luis Gilberto Murillo and an emergency delegation to Washington.

Latin American Countries Call 'Emergency' Meeting After U.S.-Colombia Tariff Standoff

"Migration" and "Latin American and Caribbean unity" are two of the three topics included in the agenda

Leftist Honduran President Calls an “Urgent Meeting” to All Presidents and Heads of State in Latin American and Caribbean Nations After Colombia Threat to Trump Dramatically Backfires

Xiomara Castro de Zelaya (Credit: Ricardo Stuckert/PR)Honduras President has called for an urgent meeting of all presidents and heads of state from Latin American and Caribbean nations, following a backfired threat by Colombia against U.S. President Donald Trump.It can be recalled that this is the same president who threatened to terminate military cooperation with the United States if President Donald Trump proceeded with his plan for mass depo…

Reading time approx.: 2 minutes, 36 secondsThe Pro-Tempore Presidency (PPT) of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States ( CELAC), currently led by Honduras, announced an urgent call for an Extraordinary Meeting of Presidents and Heads of State of the member countries.The meeting will take place on Thursday 30 January 2025 in a hybrid format.

The President of Honduras, Xiomara Castro, who also leads CELAC (Community of Latin American and Caribbean States), announced this Sunday (January 26, 2025) the convening of an extraordinary meeting of the organization for Thursday (January 30). The meeting, scheduled as a matter of urgency, will have as its agenda issues related to migration. The meeting was requested by Colombian President Gustavo Petro, after the friction with President Donal…

Castro, who is president pro tempore de la Celac, called the heads of state of this organization to a meeting of “urgent character” in which they will address issues such as “migration, environment and Latin American and Caribbean unity.”