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Colombia has recalled its ambassador to the United States amid rising tensions between the two nations and comments by President Donald Trump about the South American country’s leader.

Colombian Foreign Minister Rosa Yolanda Villavicencio Mapy announced the move Monday.

"The ambassador of Colombia to the United States, Daniel García-Peña, has been recalled to Bogotá for consultations by President Gustavo Petro Urrego," Mapy wrote on X.

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