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Petro pushes plebiscite before the masses at May Day march

Colombian President Gustavo Petro used Thursday's May Day marches in Bogota's Plaza Bolivar to campaign for a plebiscite on his labor reform proposals.
Petro pushed this vote after the Senate blocked debate on his flagship laws that aim to grant new worker rights and modernize Colombia's labor system.
During his speech, Petro outlined 12 referendum questions, brandished Simon Bolivar's sword, and criticized opposition senators who oppose the vote's approval.
Petro holds 37% approval, the highest in over two years, and supporters defend reforms like limiting the workday and guaranteeing 100% wages on holidays.
The outcome depends on Senate approval requiring 53 votes, but Petro insists opposing senators risk losing re-election if they block the democratic plebiscite.

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Find Petro Popular Consultation for its Reforms

Colombian President Gustavo Petro defended in mass demonstration his proposal for popular consultation to approve his reforms.

12 days ago·Mexico City, Mexico

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Gustavo Petro renews his challenge to Congress: “If they vote No to the consultation, the people rise and revoke them”

The president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, this Thursday has redoubled his challenge to the Senate to approve the popular consultation with which his government intends to revive the labor reform sunk by Congress. “The people order him to approve the consultation, and I serve as a messenger as president of the Republic,” he proclaimed, tucked in by a crowd of supporters in Bolívar Square. At the end of his speech, the culminating moment of the da…

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President Petro Hosts Popular Consultation in the Senate of Colombia

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Radication of popular consultation before the Senate highlighted in Colombia

The Senate was informed of the questionnaire of the popular consultation promoted by the Government, the aim of which is to promote far-reaching changes in the field of human rights.

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Government will have up to three months to call popular consultation if Senate approves

From the interior portfolio they assured that if the Senate of the Republic does not approve the popular consultation, they will accept the decision

11 days ago·Bogotá, Colombia

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What happened to Benedetti? Video caught ‘strange’ behavior during Petro’s speech

During President Gustavo Petro’s speech in Bolívar Square in Bogota, in the framework of Labor Day, a detail captured the general attention and went viral on social networks: the attitude of Armando Benedetti, Minister of the Interior. What happened to Armando Benedetti during Petro’s speech? In the images, during the president’s speech in Bolívar Square, the minister was visiblely uncomfortable and even ill. Armando Benedetti was protagonist ye…

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