Colombian flower growers fear impact of tension between Petro and Trump administrations

George Mihalcea

(2 Oct 2025) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Bogotá, Colombia – 1 October 2025 1. Mannequin decorated with roses at a stand at the Flower Fair 2. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Juan Alejandro Guaqueta, Flower Farm Owner: "If we look at it from an economic point of view, we try to maintain what they call in English ‘business as usual." But from a political point of view, which is where the tension is strongest, the retaliation can often be economic. I don't know what the leaders want. We have a