As President Petro ramps up efforts to halt coal exports to Israel, activists push for decisive action and chart a new path for Global South solidarity.

In this episode of our Cross-Border Catch-Up podcast series, Lina Fernandez (Boston) and Carlos Colón-Machargo (Atlanta) discuss Colombia’s Law 2466 of 2025, a significant labor reform aimed at ...

One of the main changes is its regulation of telework—i.e., allowing an employee with an employment contract entered into in Colombia to work ...

Colombia’s security firms and hospitals are warning of job cuts and surging costs as a knock-on effect of President Gustavo ...

In a blistering attack on his country’s elites, President Gustavo Petro urged Congress that “the richest of the rich of ...

Effective June 26, 2025, Colombia implemented Law 2466 of 2025, which directly impacts how companies engage and compensate SENA apprentices. If a ...

Colombia's President Gustavo Petro signs a labor reform bill into law in Bogota, Colombia, Wednesday, June 25, 2025.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro announced the withdrawal of a labor reform referendum after the Senate passed a modified version of the reforms. The referendum was initially set to secure voter ...

Colombia's President Gustavo Petro announced the withdrawal of a planned referendum on labor reforms after the Senate approved a modified version of the proposal. Initially, Petro had set the ...

"As I said, since the labor reform is now law, I will repeal the decree calling for the referendum, which is no longer necessary," Petro said on X. Each measure in the referendum would have ...

BOGOTA (Reuters) -Colombia’s Council of State on Wednesday suspended a decree by President Gustavo Petro that sought to call a referendum on a labor reform, citing lack of Senate authorization.

Petro has repeatedly accused Congress of blocking his reforms and last week issued a decree that called on Colombia’s elections agency, the National Registrar, to organize a referendum on labor ...