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Petro Calls for a Pact in Colombia to Define a Living Wage and Mobilizes Protests
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Petro to issue new temporary minimum wage decree after court suspension
Colombian President Gustavo Petro said he will issue “in the coming days” a temporary decree on the 2026 minimum wage after the Council of State ordered a provisional suspension of the government’s late-December decree setting the increase.
The Colombian president, in a speech broadcast on the national network, announced that he would also publish a new provisional decree on the matter, in reaction to the suspension adopted by the Council of State and pending a final decision by that court on the 23.7 per cent increase in the minimum wage.
At the end of 2025 we had to intuit it, but the mixture of amazement, emotion and anguish clouded our minds even though all the signs were present. Not in vain, while an important portion of the country celebrated the news of 23% increase in the minimum wage and another portion of Colombia lamented President Gustavo Petro's decision, it was easy to say that this government announcement was a fair decision to improve the purchasing power of those…
Chicago Tribune
Associated Press BOGOTA (AP) — Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Sunday called for a national consensus with the business sector and workers to establish a temporary living wage, as ordered by the Council of State after it suspended the one set by his government late last year. The president delivered a presidential address Sunday night in which he called for a consensus-building session starting Monday where “an agreement can be reached.” He…
The president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, on Sunday asked the different social sectors of the country to join a mobilization scheduled for Thursday, February 19, in order to support the decree on the minimum living wage promoted by his administration. The Colombian president, in a speech broadcast by national chain, announced that he will also publish a new provisional decree on the matter, in reaction to the suspension adopted by the Council of…
In a presidential address, on Sunday, February 15, President Gustavo Petro referred to the decision of the Council of State to suspend provisionally decrees 1469 and 1470 of December 29, 2025, which established the minimum living wage and transport assistance, respectively. Although he said that he respected and complied with the decision, the president stated that “in my opinion, he should not be suspended.” While the court accepts a substantiv…
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