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Colombian Interior Minister Armando Benedetti, left, and Labor Minister Antonio Sanguino hold a press conference about a proposed referendum on labor reform in Bogota, Colombia, Tuesday, April 22 ...
Colombia's President Gustavo Petro speaks at a rally to garner support for a referendum on labor reform, in Cali, Colombia, Wednesday, June 11, 2025.
BOGOTA (Reuters) -Colombia's leftist President Gustavo Petro on Wednesday signed a decree to hold a referendum on labor reforms, an attempt to force the Senate to vote on a proposal on the matter ...
If the referendum were to be held, each measure would need to be approved by the majority of at least 13.5 million voters, a third of Colombia’s electoral roll, to be valid.
A referendum to seek voter approval for a raft of labor reforms in Colombia will be withdrawn after the Senate approved a modified and much-debated version of the changes, leftist President ...
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Thursday pressed on with his struggling plan to overhaul the country’s labor laws, sending Congress a referendum proposal whose ...
BOGOTA (Reuters) -Colombia's leftist President Gustavo Petro on Wednesday signed a decree to hold a referendum on labor reforms, an attempt to force the Senate to vote on a proposal on the matter ...
If the referendum were to be held, each measure would need to be approved by the majority of at least 13.5 million voters, a third of Colombia’s electoral roll, to be valid.