Now coffee is more expensive
Governments should treat everyone with dignity. Everything is connected.
Overnight, the president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, refused entry to two U.S. military planes. They were carrying 160 Colombian passengers that the US was attempting to deport. Colombian authorities had apparently approved the flights for takeoff, but once in air, they were turned back.
President Petro demands that the US stop treating Colombian immigrants like criminals and establish a more respectful protocol. Until then, he says, he won't accept deportation flights.
The immediate U.S. reaction, as El Espectador reports (in Spanish), was to suspend U.S. consular services for visa processing in Bogotá, put a travel ban on Colombian government officials and visa sanctions on their family members and supporters, increase Customs and Border Protection inspections of all Colombian nationals, and declare emergency tariffs of 25% for all Colombian products entering the US (to be raised to 50% next week).
I don't have an associated action alert.
This is mostly for knowledge:
Colombia exports oil, coffee, and flowers to the US...and tariffs are paid by the consumer.
If your coffee gets more expensive in the near future, this is why.
Not that the price of coffee is the important part here. I mean that it isn't possible to order a coffee and look away.
