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With the support of President Gustavo Petro, Colombia’s labor unions have begun organizing community councils that could decide to shut down the economy in an attempt to force Congress into approving a labor reform. The General Labor Confederat...

President Gustavo Petro called on Colombia to organize a mass movement in response to an allegedly fraudulent Senate vote that sunk a broadly supported referendum on the expansion of labor rights. From China, Petro addressed the nation and called on ...

Colombia’s government suffered a major defeat in Congress after a tiny Senate minority rejected a referendum that would have forced Congress to improve labor conditions. With 49 votes against and 47 in favor, the Senate ended President Gustavo ...

Colombia formally joined China’s Belt and Road Initiative in an attempt to decrease its dependence on the economy of the United States. President Gustavo Petro announced the agreement after a meeting with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in B...

Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro granted political asylum to former Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli, who was convicted of money laundering in July 2023. The former president has been residing in the Panama’s Nicaraguan Embassy s...

Illegal armed groups have forcibly recruited at least 1,494 minors in Colombia since the signing of a peace deal between the government and guerrilla organization FARC in 2016, according to the prosecution of war crimes tribunal JEP. In a report, the...

Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro arrived in China for a five-day visit that seeks to strengthen ties between the Asian giant and Latin America. As president of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean Nations (CELAC), Petro aspires a mor...

Prosecutors arrested the former president of Colombia’s Senate over allegations that he received bribes from government officials seeking to buy his support. Senator Ivan Name was taken into custody in Bogota after the Supreme Court ordered the...

The United States’ Special Envoy for Latin America warned Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro that attempts to strengthen ties with China may come with repercussions from Washington DC. Special Envoy Mauricio Claver-Carone told press that ...