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My fear is that there will be more drama. But i have my fingers crossed that it wont happen

@@sandiemann3860 its definitely not for everyone

@ It’s that guns in the us is such a massive problem I’d really hate see that happen in Ecuador. 🇪🇨

@@sandiemann3860 i agree its a big problem in USA

Very possible.... especially in Mexico

Yes, during this time of year during "La Purisima" there is a thing called "La Gritería" (The Shouting), a lively tradition where people gather in streets and homes to sing hymns and shout, "¿Quién causa tanta alegría?" (Who causes so much joy?), to which the response is, "¡La Concepción de María!" (The Conception of Mary!). They get food in response to the songs sung

Yea it's true good point

That sounds like a pretty intense experience. Glad they didn't grab your P****

@Ryan-ul7dy wow, that does seem like a lot to deal with. By bike, you mean bicycle or motorcycle? (I lived in Medallo for about 1.5 years and know las palmas has pretty consistent crime with armed gangsters stealing motorcycles.) I generally dont suggest medellin anymore due to its crime and corruption (i had my moto sent into the patios on a made up sancion and had to pay 500usd to get it out) even though i absolutely love the city. I appreciate the comment because people that arent ACTIVELY living in Colombia/LATAM and EXPERIENCING the differences wouldnt know. The waitress at my restaurant today made a joke of how they (Colombia) should stop letting gringos into the country from now on. The changes, albeit insignificant, can be felt

@@livingabroadwitheric It was a bicycle, aluminium frame, mid-range (cost me like 6 million pesos). Not a huge loss, but annoying nonetheless. You're probably right above Medellin in particular being more crime-ridden - there are safer pueblos to live in. Haha I appreciate the anecdote of the waitress. Unfortunately many Colombians think this unjokingly which is sad. Thanks for the response!

@Ryan-ul7dy thats an expensive bike. Definitely a sizable loss. Are you moving to another country in LATAM or going back stateside?

@ Back to the states for now, but considering Chile, Uruguay, and Argentina as future possibilities in the continent.

@robbiemccann6056 the city definitely has its pros and cons but yea i totally agree people have to be realistic and understand boths sides especially before deciding to move there full time

@livingabroadwitheric After Covid that's when I noticed everything changing, I monitored the environment for about 5 years buisness closed it seemed like the people couldn't get their composure back,I'm sure many other places around the world took similar hits.

@@robbiemccann6056 do you currently live in Manta?

Hell yea! Motorcycle trips through LATAM are beyond compare! Props to you. Did you import the bike? Ship it back to seattle?

@@livingabroadwitheric I had planned to leave it in Panama for my return, but I had it shipped back up last week. I'm having some problems getting it out of US customs because the logistics company didn't tell me that there is additional information required to ship it by air, and also a lot of additional fees to "re-import" it to the US. It's kind of a pain, because if I crossed back into the US on my bike by land it wouldn't even be an issue. But yeah, riding LATAM is awesome. I especially liked the mountains of Guatemala near Lanquin, and Semuc Champey.

@daveg695 wow thats unfortunate. I worked with a company called #ecargologstics and they ship bikes around the world from Panama city (they sent my bike to bogota) so thats definitely sad to hear of your struggle. Have you ever ridden in South America?

@@livingabroadwitheric Thanks. I'll look them up. Didn't make it to SA. I was planning on riding to Ushuaia, but decided that I wanted to settle down for a while.

@daveg695 gotchya! Tomorrows another day if you ever decide to do it

Hahah

@texasrefugee7888 right this is exactly one of my worries - how their perception and attitude of Americans in their countries will change for the worse... Mexico is particularly suseptible IMO. Other places in LATAM wont be as bad like Nicaragua though

I live in Puerto Vallarta. I’m currently fabricating a backstory that I’m from Canada. But I do expect treatment of U.S. citizens to deteriorate

@drewj4297 The other day I went into my usual big mercado and the Mexicans who usually bag groceries for me for a little tip refused. I came across the border Wednesday from San Diego to Tijuana and I was getting a taco at one of the vendors when one of Trump's humongous military helicopters came flying over low and slow back and forth over the border. As I was standing right there those vendors were yelling f Trump f Trump they were all taking pictures and flipping off the helicopter They were extremely surprised because I said yes f Trump and an older gentleman yelled he's going to start world war III. I think this is true. He likes to show off his power and military. He says he's a Christian?! Matthew 7:15 through 7:23 says you will know the wolves in sheep's clothing by the fruit they bear. Well this is the fruit He is already bearing 🤬😡🤬😡🤬😡🤬😡🤬😡🤬😡🤬😡🤬😡

Good call, Im from MN so saying that im Canadian is incredibly believable even when i say it to Americans hahha but mexicans that dont speak english would have no idea

Wow refused to bag your groceries. Disappointing but eye opening experience, right? Damn

@melserrano1899 yes i was surprised at how fast he resolved the issue.

@ I just subscribed 😎🇺🇸 looking forward to see your content. Be safe out there my new friend.

@melserrano1899 thanks mel

Thats one interesting perspective. I have a feeling the receiving countries will probably not release them all into society but who knows

Mexico actually rejected these planes first. Petro did after. Mexico already has to worry about the 25% tariffs going into effect soon. Colombia didn't have this worry until now

​@@livingabroadwitheric Mexico had NO problem with its citizens being repatriated, they had a problem with having guatemalan deportees being sent to mexico on military planes in shackles and handcuffs, yes mexico and the previous administration along with trump instructing his henchmen to quas/kill the border bill both parties had agreed up on. There is plenty of blame to go around.

I agree

I agree it does seem very protectionist and not to mention Trump is closer to being a Sultan-Oligarch like Putin every day

I definitely like being away from the Chaos but it made its way all the way across the Caribbean and found me hahaah

it's definitely almost impossible to escape

Yea there are many terms that describe a fairly large group of people

@livingabroadwitheric Good afternoon. It's important that we identify things as they are. No other countries would identify these aliens other than illegal unless they were legal. What's insane is that because they are in America, Americans are supposed to give illegals preference over citizens. Colombia would never be tolerant of illegal aliens, and neither should America.

Interesting. I made an additional comment that did not appear in the comments.

My comment was, why is it ok for American citizens to have to give special treatment to illegal aliens? Colombia would never tolerate illegal aliens in their country. Let alone give them financial assistance.

Why do American citizens have to come second to illegal aliens?

I made the video before the solution came. I didn't know if it would take long or not.

@@furtrapper11 totally agree - being a good guest is vital.

No

100% both are basically extremes on each end

If the U.S. respected other countries it wouldn’t be a problem. But the U.S. arrogantly believes it has the right to dictate the government systems of other countries

Respect must be mutual! Nobody in his /her private life allows random people to get in their house and to have free food and drink! And of course, nobody likes someone to dictate his/her way of life! This is why I am saying respect must be mutual to each other!

everyone here hates Petro (not because of this incident, it's been that way for yeara). He's gone in 2026, and he's probably ruined the chances of anyone in Colombia electing a left learning government for the next decade.

I totally appreciate the strong dollar under Trump. It is quite strong ATM but I'm not sure Trump will be able to reduce/not add to the deficit, reduce spending with his tax plans and it seems he'll have to print more money to pay for all of his current activities. Dollar devaluation is almost guaranteed even though it's pretty strong now

Criminals don't deserve to live freely as a guest anywhere

@@livingabroadwitheric The ICE raids have rounded up less than 20 known criminals the rest are just undocumented individuals. Your country will be free of hard working labor soon

Good point BUT 60% Food 3:54 imports come from Mexico and Canada and immigrants not going to work in fear of ICE perfect combination for food prices to go up if China buys up that food

All by design

If you were in my situation where you'll be changing borders in South America continuously for the next 3 years (I'm in the middle of a 6 year LATAM motorcycle living abroad project) then you'd probably think of it differently.

A lot of countries in South America are following a leftist side trend. Absolutely doesn’t mean that they are becoming China or Venezuela, but for example when Lula was in power he implemented visa for Americans to travel to Brazil, which creates an equal treatment for both nations.

Maybe for you folks living stateside it might feel like nothing happened. But I can 150% guarantee you that for us living in Colombia, something did happen.

Yes, true and that makes me happy about Colombia specifically. But which country is next? I got 3 more years driving through South America to worry about

Yes, it's a drama created by both sides of course. US is definitely famous for being too aggressive, totally agree.

Interesting take. I'm a bit confused though - you say that "declared war" and there's "no drama"..... isn't declaring war dramatic?

@@livingabroadwitheric You can live your drama if you want, up to you. If anyone should be less dramatic about war I reckon, is you and your folks. Your people haven’t stopped doing wars against the rest of humanity since ever. But that’s not my point though. What I’m asking you to understand is to be mature and clever enough to see that the terrible situation my people all over Latin America is experiencing is directly linked to the existence of the US empire and your capacity to move freely all over while the rest of us can’t. We hardly make a living. Do you get it?

@julianmartin7502 never did i say that the situation was equal/fair for everyone. Furthermore, blaming an American that doesnt live in America for illegal wars that his government starts against the will of his people... is foolish. People live abroad for a reason

@edwardflorence5460 I agree that we wont be deported for no reason from Colombia but i am concerned about the future drama ill have crossing borders in the rest of south america

No one is going to stop you from going to any Latin American country, unless they want to get some money out of you at customs before letting you pass, and that would be about it. If I were you, I'd be more worried about being mugged. ​@@livingabroadwitheric

Yea i had some customs officials mention some lunch money when i crossed into Panama but it wasn't aggressive. I'm not too worried about getting mugged as I've been driving my moto alone around latin america now for 5 years already and have only been robbed by random police wanting bribes (mostly in mexico). I truly am just worried about VISA related complications

Don't be so sure, you guys are a great part of the economy but the Latin pride is being shaken by yours truly Donald Trump, maybe the government doesn't do anything about it but the locals will, US embassies are being burned to the ground out of spite, stay safe y'all.

The fact that Colombia needs tourists doesn't mean Petro (or the next guy in 2026) cares about that. It's an irrational reasoning to think that the Ministerio de Migración won't mess things up. Anything is possible.

Wow, very thoughtful message Ann. I appreciate it. Since these things are out of our control, I suppose it's best to avoid thinking about it too much. My main frustration is the possible problems with future transit that might come out of nowhere due to extreme US policy. We can only sit on our hands and hope i guess. Manizales is beautiful I spent some time there in 2020 and have driven there a few times on my bike recently. 24 years is a long time abroad! Did you mostly teach ESL or what jobs did you do during these 2 dozen years?

You sound like a nuanced, kind, knowledgeable interesting human being. If you’re in states, I urge you to leave Fascist America before is too late. That ship is sinking as we speak, at the bottom of your hearth I know you know it. We know not all “Americans” are the same, unfortunately there’s too many of youse desiring and acting so we suffer even more. And there’s a very few “Americans” wanting to own everyone and everything, they don’t even want to be rich any more, they want the destruction of all of Us. Palestine is the proof of that.

I live outside the US (as my channel name "Living Abroad with Eric" suggests) but Im not sure about Ann

As we say here, "ya siéntese señora!" calm down, nobody besides you gringos think that people over here care enough how gringos are as a collective, if you have friends they will be still your friends. You are so full of yourselves. If you lived for a long time in any Latin American country, you would realize that news like this make an impact (besides, nothing really happened in the end) in daily life as much as any other news from abroad and then gets memory holed. People here live their lives and power on to get what they need. They might have a talk with you about it, but that's about it. At the end of the day, we are the ones, with God's help, to carry our families on to a better future. These gringos man...

As I mentioned in the video it was a Colombian aunt calling my Colombian girlfriend asking about me and my status. I hadn't thought much of it until she brought it up. I usually avoid the news due to the extremely emotional way it's presented but I feel with the change in government and this new international style of diplomacy things will continue this way and perhaps get more dramatic as time goes on

I agree it really distracts us!

He isn't a convicted felon, watch the latest in the court in NY they are dropping everything because at best it was a m misdemeanor stop watching news and start doing research. Typical democrat

I'm really more interested in how the policies affect me in the end...

Convicted by a kangaroo court, he's doing right by his people deporting convicted criminal Colombian nationals back to Colombia. Petro would have done the same.

If that's what he's doing, then I'm not against this move at all. I'm not seeing much transparency though and it makes me wonder

​@@livingabroadwitheric well then you deserve to feel that same uncertainty the people getting rounded up feel. and the reason why feel safe in Argentina, is because most italian nazis escaped to that country after the axis power were defeated, you know that saying "birds of a feather, flock together. "

Yea, fair play if you didn't like it. It wasn't always this way and won't always be this way for those that like living there.

So, you live in Colombia? Whereabouts? Are these sirst-hand observations?

Yes, I'm here legally but Petro pointed out that there are probably a huge number from US here illegally as well. Soooo who knows. About Venezuela - That's an interesting take.

Venezuelans and Colombians are the same people, just and ignorant gringo would say that. Stick to your video games and porn. Wanna say something interesting? Go travel and read. Never forget that the US is stolen land, stolen at gun point by criminals and religious fanatics. The empire is falling.

That isthe concern right?...Colombia becoming Venezuala. And not the least concern - its real. He MR. P seems to be a agent of chaos. He most must like chaos. Hard to explain on a rational basis but it is what it is. He spreads fear, for all types reasons ..

@donTeo136 Do you live there? Have you even been there? Where are these theories coming from?

thanks. i changed it good on you brotha

Thanks, man. I appreciate the support. Sounds like a good plan. Stay tuned for your Bucaramanga videos coming up. I've hired 3 editors to get me caught up with my content!

Mediccin? LOL

Medecciin? Are you asking about Medellin?

@ yes

20% of Colombia's GPD comes from exports and 27% of that goes to the US. If those tariffs went to 50% for week 2 Colombian pesos goes in the tank and inflation increases in Colombia. Thankfully, situation was resolved very quickly.

Crude Petroleum and cut flowers among other ones that are probably more significant to Colombians than to the u.s.

Fresh flowers and cocaine.

Cocaine don’t be arrogant educate yourself

More than six bilion dollars worth of petroleum annually, about two billion in coffee, and two billion in fresh flowers. We also import metals and minerals from Colombia.

it's a whole different type of diplomacy

The main export to the US is oil, not poison.

Coffee, oil, flowers... not poison IMO

@@theprettycity377 uh thats not true... Your GDP dont included drug market trade but, like it or not you number one export is mostly Cocaine... We have oil....

@livingabroadwitheric ruclips.net/video/wLusYBv0MtE/видео.htmlsi=qWEdUdN1spN7wnpn

@@WarriorChildofGod they have been making that claim for years and it hasn't happened yet. It's just sensationalized click-bait. Ni lo pares bolas.

Yes, deportees will use the presidential plane now

I totally get what you're saying but my main issue with his intense policies is how there could be retaliation against US citizens (changing Visa procedures and whatnot) when entering their countries. The less interruption the better for me at least