If Trump had carried out the threat of tariffs, the prices of many goods imported from Colombia could have increased, including coffee, flowers and crude oil.

The Trump administration had added extra inspections for passengers from Colombia as part of a pressure campaign. The effects lingered into Wednesday.

Colombia has not recognized Maduro’s victory, but it also has not cut diplomatic relations with the country. Gimena Sánchez-Garzoli, the Andes director at the Washington Office on Latin America ...

Colombia announced on Sunday the resolution of a diplomatic impasse with the United States caused by President Gustavo Petro's decision to block two deportation flights until the deportees were treated with dignity.

"I don't like to travel to the U.S. very much, it's a bit boring," said Gustavo Petro, addressing his remarks to Trump in a lengthy and wandering rant

Many of the junior figure skaters had traveled to Wichita for U.S. Figure Skating’s National Development Camp, which took place shortly after the national championship. Lipinski, 42, and fellow Olympian Johnny Weir served as broadcasters during the competition.

By threatening Colombia with the type of sanctions reserved for U.S. adversaries, Trump inflamed global interest in cultivating alternatives to the dollar.

The plane that crashed near Washington, D.C., was carrying an unknown number of passengers from the figure skating community, including Russian husband-and-wife world champions. Wichita, Kansas, had hosted several high-profile skating events in recent days.

Colombia’s new Foreign Minister, Laura Sarabia, faces the challenge of mending strained U.S. relations after diplomatic tensions escalated over deportations and social media clashes. Amid economic and security concerns,

The U.S. Army described the helicopter as a UH-60 Blackhawk based at Fort Belvoir in Virginia. The helicopter was on a training flight. Military aircraft frequently conduct training flights in and around the congested and heavily-restricted airspace around the nation’s capital for familiarization and continuity of government planning.

An Army Black Hawk helicopter collided midair with an American Airlines flight from Wichita, Kansas, at Reagan National Airport on Wednesday.