Colombia to Put Petro’s Failed Labor Reform Directly to Voters

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President Gustavo Petro’s government will ask Colombians themselves whether they want better pay and working conditions after Congress rejected the leftist leader’s labor reform.

Interior Minister Armando Benedetti and Labor Minister Antonio Sanguino unveiled the list of 12 questions the government intends to put to a referendum during a news conference Tuesday in Bogota.