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Dec 26, 2024 · Colombia’s government decreed a 9.5% minimum wage hike after employers and labor unions failed to reach agreement. The wage hike that will take force in January is significantly higher than the estimated inflation rate for 2024.. Monthly minimum wages will go up from COP1.3 million ($297) to 1.43 million ($326) next year.

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Dec 26, 2024 · Colombia’s war crimes tribunal JEP announced that forensic experts found human remans in a waste dump in the west of Medellin.. The exhumation of at least two victims of forced displacement was celebrated by family members of missing persons who have been urging to search for their loved ones in La Escombrera.

Jan 8, 2025 · Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro said Wednesday that he won’t attend Friday’s inauguration of Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro.. In a statement on social media platform X, Petro said that recent arrests of opponents of the Venezuelan government impede his participation in the inauguration ceremony.

Jan 2, 2025 · The ongoing assassinations of social leaders are a major setback for President Gustavo Petro’s “Total Peace” policy.. When taking office in 2022, the president vowed to improve the security conditions for activists and communities that suffer from violence by …

Nov 4, 2024 · Colombia’s military commander ordered the elimination of joint task forces that were created in 2003 to combat guerrilla group FARC, which largely demobilized in 2017.. The military command also ended the so-called Specific Command forces that were created under the administration of President Gustavo Petro to combat paramilitary group …

Jan 6, 2025 · Both Ceron and one of the guests, singer Andres Fajardo, were fatally injured in the incident. Mocoa Mayor Carlos Hugo Piedrahita told media that local authorities offered a COP50 million ($11.5 thousand) reward for information leading to the assassins.

Jan 12, 2023 · To produce one kilo of cocaine some 125 kilos of coca is needed, which would cost a local drug lab $137.50. Once the lab has turned the coca leaves first into coca paste, then into coca base and ultimately into real cocaine, the value will have increased to $2,269.

Nov 18, 2024 · A disagreement about peace talks with Colombia’s government caused a surprise split between commanders of guerrilla group Segunda Marquetalia (SM). The internal division became visible during negotiations with the SM’s…